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Chapter 01: Scope of Microbiology
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MULTIPLEjCHOICE
1. “Animalcules”jwerejfirstjdescribedjby
a. RobertjHooke.
b. AntonyjvanjLeeuwenhoek.
c. HansjJanssen.
d. JohnjNeedham.
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2. Injthejsixteenthjcenturyjajfather-and-sonjteam,jbyjthejnamejof
,jproducedjajcompoundjmicroscopejconsistingjofjajsimplejtubejwithjlensesjatjeachjend.
a. vanjLeeuwenhoek
b. Semmelweis
c. Janssen
d. Hooke
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3. Micrographia,jajpublicationjillustratingjinsects,jsponges,jasjwelljasjplantjcells,jwasjpublishedjby
a. RobertjHooke.
b. AntonyjvanjLeeuwenhoek.
c. HansjJanssen.
d. JohnjNeedham.
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4. Low-powerjmicroscopesjdesignedjforjobservingjfairlyjlargejobjectsjsuchjasjinsectsjorjworms
are
a. electronjmicroscopes.
b. dark-fieldjmicroscopes.
c. fluorescencejmicroscopes.
d. stereomicroscopes.
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5. Ajmicroscopejthatjprovidesjajthree-dimensionaljimagejofjajspecimenjisja
a. dark-fieldjmicroscope.
b. transmissionjelectronjmicroscope.
c. bright-fieldjmicroscope.
d. scanningjelectronjmicroscope.
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6. Thejtooljofjchoicejtojobservejlivingjmicroorganismsjisjthe
a. bright-fieldjmicroscope.
b. phase-contrastjmicroscope.
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c. fluorescencejmicroscope.
d. electronjmicroscope.
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7. Whichjscientistjisjmostjresponsiblejforjendingjthejcontroversyjaboutjspontaneousjgeneration?
a. JohnjNeedham
b. JosephjLister
c. LouisjPasteur
d. RobertjKoch
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8. Fossilsjofjprokaryotesjgojback billionjyears.
a. 4.0jtoj5.0
b.jjj 3.5jtoj4.0
c. 2.5jtoj3.0
d.jjj 2.2jtoj2.7
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9. Moldsjbelongjtojwhichjofjthejfollowingjgroupsjofjeukaryoticjorganisms?
a. Protozoans
b. Archaea
c. Fungi
d. Algae
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10. Thejcorrectjdescendingjorderjofjtaxonomicjcategoriesjis
a. species,jdomain,jphylum,jkingdom,jorder,jdivision,jclass,jgenus.
b. domain,jkingdom,jphylum,jclass,jfamily,jorder,jgenus,jspecies.
c. domain,jkingdom,jphylum,jclass,jorder,jfamily,jgenus,jspecies.
d. kingdom,jdomain,jphylum,jorder,jclass,jfamily,jgenus,jspecies.
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11. Complexjcommunitiesjofjmicroorganismsjonjsurfacesjarejcalled
a. colonies.
b. biofilms.
c. biospheres.
d. flora.
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.jj relationshipjbetweenjorganismsjinjwhichjthejwastejproductjofjonejprovidesjnutrientsjfor
anotherjisjcalled
a. mutualism.
b. competition.
c. synergism.
d. commensalism.
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13. Whichjofjthejfollowingjsitesjofjthejhumanjbodyjdoesjnotjhavejajnormaljflora?
a. Intestine
b. Skin
c. Vagina
d. Blood
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14. Whichjofjthejfollowingjlackjnucleicjacids?
a. Archaea
b. Viruses
c. Prions
d. Bacteria
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15. Thejbinominaljsystemjofjnomenclaturejwasjoriginallyjdevelopedjby
a. Pasteur.
b. Linnaeus.
c. Martini.
d. Jenner.
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16. Whichjofjthejfollowingjscientistsjperformedjthejfirstjvaccinationjagainstjsmallpox?
a. Pasteur
b. Jenner
c. Semmelweis
d. Koch
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17. Whichjofjthejfollowingjdiseasesjisjgenerallyjcausedjbyjcontaminatedjfood?
a. Mumps
b. Shigellosis
c. Legionellosis
d. Tuberculosis
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18. Whichjofjthejfollowingjdiseasesjisjtransmittedjviajaerosols?
a. Psittacosis
b. Shigellosis
c. Leptospirosis
d. Giardiasis
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19. Whichjofjthejfollowingjorganismsjisjusedjinjthejproductionjofjcheese?
a. Propionibacteriumjshermanii
b. Acetobacterjaceti
c. Giardia