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This document provides a comprehensive test bank for the Textbook of Diagnostic Microbiology (7th edition) by Connie R. Mahon. It includes multiple-choice questions and answers designed to cover key topics in diagnostic microbiology, supporting students in exam preparation and mastery of core microbiology concepts. The material is ideal for revision and self-assessment, ensuring alignment with textbook chapters and learning objectives.

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TEST BANK
Textbook Of Diagnostic Microbiology
7th Edition By Mahon Chapters 1 - 41

, Mahon: Textbook of Diagnostic Microbiology, 7th Edition Test Bank
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Table of contents
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Part 1: Introduction to Clinical Microbiology
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Chapter 1. Bacterial Cell Structure, Physiology, Metabolism, and Genetics
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Chapter 2. Host-Parasite Interaction
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Chapter 3. The Laboratory Role in Infection Control
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Chapter 4. Control of Microorganisms: Disinfection, Sterilization, and Microbiology Safety
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Chapter 5. Performance Improvement in the Microbiology Laboratory
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Chapter 6. Specimen Collection and Processing
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Chapter 7. Microscopic Examination of Materials from Infected Sites
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Chapter 8. Use of Colony Morphology for the Presumptive Identification of Microorganisms
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Chapter 9. Biochemical Identification of Gram-Negative Bacteria
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Chapter 10. Immunodiagnosis of Infectious Diseases
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Chapter 11. Applications of Molecular Diagnostics
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Chapter 12. Antibacterial Mechanisms of Action and Bacterial Resistance Mechanisms
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Chapter 13. Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing
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Part 2: Laboratory Identification of Significant Isolates
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Chapter 14. Staphylococci
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Chapter 15. Streptococcus, Enterococcus, and Other Catalase-Negative, Gram-Positive Cocci
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Chapter 16. Aerobic Gram-Positive Bacilli
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Chapter 17. Neisseria Species and Moraxella catarrhalis
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Chapter 18. Haemophilus, HACEK, Legionella and Other Fastidious Gram-Negative Bacilli
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Chapter 19. Enterobacteriaceae
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Chapter 20. Vibrio, Aeromonas, and Campylobacter Species
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Chapter 21. Nonfermenting and Miscellaneous Gram-Negative Bacilli
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Chapter 22. Anaerobes of Clinical Importance
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Chapter 23. The Spirochetes
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Chapter 24. Chlamydia, Rickettsia, and Similar Organisms
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Chapter 25. Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma
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Chapter 26. Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Nontuberculous Mycobacteria
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Chapter 27. MedicallySignificant Fungi
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Chapter 28. Diagnostic Parasitology
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Chapter 29. Clinical Virology
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Chapter 30. Agents of Bioterror and Forensic Microbiology
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Chapter 31. Biofilms: Architects of Disease
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Part 3: Laboratory Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases: and Organ System Approach to DiagnosticMicrobiology
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Chapter 32. Upper and Lower Respiratory Tract Infections
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Chapter 33. Skin and Soft Tissue Infections
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Chapter 34. Gastrointestinal Infections and Food Poisoning
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Chapter 35. Infections of the Central Nervous System
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Chapter 36. Bacteremia and Sepsis
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Chapter 37. Urinary Tract Infections
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Chapter 38. Genital Infections and Sexually Transmitted Infections
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Chapter 39. Infections in Special Populations
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Chapter 40. Zoonotic Diseases
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Chapter 41. Ocular Infections
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1. To survive, microbial inhabitants have learned to adapt byvarying all of the following, except
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Thechapter begins by discussing the waymicrobial inhabitants have had to evolve to survivein many
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different niches and habitats. It discusses slow growers, rapid growers, and replication with scarce
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or abundant nutrients, under different atmospheric conditions, temperature requirements, and cell
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structure. Bacterial shape as a form of evolution is not discussed. AQW AQW AQW AQW AQW AQW AQW AQW A QW A QW




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2. Who was considered the father of protozoology and bacteriology?
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a. Anton van Leeuwenhoek AQW AQW




b. Louis Pasteur AQW




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The book discusses Anton van Leeuwenhoek as the inventor of the microscope and the first person to
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seethe “beasties.” So they dubbed him the fatherof protozoology and bacteriology.The other three
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3. Prokaryotic cells have which ofthe following structures in their cytoplasm? AQW AQW AQW AQW AQW AQW AQW AQW AQW AQW




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b. Ribosomes
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All the structures listed are found in eukaryotic cells, but ribosomes are the only ones thatapply t
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o prokaryotic cells.
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4. This form of DNA is commonly found in eukaryotic cells.
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a. Linear
b. Circular
c. Plasmid
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Circular and plasmid DNA areusually found only in bacteria, not eukaryotic cells. Colloid isaproper
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ty of protein molecules and is not associated with nucleotides.
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5. Thenuclear membrane in prokaryotes is
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a. missing.
b. impenetrable.
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d. alipid bilayer membrane. AQW AQW AQW




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Prokaryotic cells do not have any membrane- AQW A QW AQW A QW AQW AQW




bound structures in the cytoplasm including astructured nucleus. AQW AQW AQW AQW AQW AQW AQW AQW




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6. A microorganism that is a unicellular organism and lacks a nuclear membrane and truenucleus
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belongs to which classification?
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a. Fungi
b. Bacteria
c. Algae
d. Parasite
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Fungi, algae, and parasites are unicellular eukaryotic organisms that contain a true nucleus.Bacte
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ria are prokaryotic and do not contain a true nucleus or nuclear membrane.
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7. In the laboratory, the clinical microbiologist is responsible for all the following, except
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c. identifying microorganisms. AQW




d. analyzingbacteria that causedisease. AQW AQW AQW AQW




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Clinical microbiologists do not select the treatment forpatients. They provide the doctor withthe nam
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e of the organism and the antibiotics that can kill the bacteria, but not in the final selection of treatm
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8. What enables the microbiologist to select the correct media for primary culture and optimizethe ch
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ance of isolating a pathogenic organism? AQW AQW AQW A QW AQW




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