100% satisfaction guarantee Immediately available after payment Both online and in PDF No strings attached 4.2 TrustPilot
logo-home
Exam (elaborations)

TEST BANK For Textbook Of Diagnostic Microbiology, 6th Edition By Connie R. Mahon, Verified Chapters 1 - 41, Complete Newest Version

Rating
-
Sold
-
Pages
445
Grade
A+
Uploaded on
06-08-2025
Written in
2025/2026

This document provides the comprehensive test bank for Textbook of Diagnostic Microbiology (6th Edition) by Connie R. Mahon. It features multiple-choice questions with correct answers and rationales across all chapters. Topics include microbial identification, pathogenic mechanisms, specimen collection, diagnostic techniques, and antimicrobial susceptibility—an essential resource for clinical laboratory science and microbiology students.

Show more Read less
Institution
Textbook Of Diagnostic Microbiology
Course
Textbook of diagnostic microbiology











Whoops! We can’t load your doc right now. Try again or contact support.

Written for

Institution
Textbook of diagnostic microbiology
Course
Textbook of diagnostic microbiology

Document information

Uploaded on
August 6, 2025
Number of pages
445
Written in
2025/2026
Type
Exam (elaborations)
Contains
Questions & answers

Subjects

Content preview

TEST BANK u




TEXTBOOK OF u




DIAGNOSTIC MI u




CROBIOLOGY
6th Edition By Connie R. Mahon
u u u u u




TESTBANK u




, Mahon:uTextbookuofuDiagnosticuMicrobiology,u6thuEditionuTestuBank

Tableuofucontents
Partu1:uIntroductionutouClinicaluMicrobiology
Chapteru1.uBacterialuCelluStructure,uPhysiology,uMetabolism,uanduGenetics
Chapteru2.uHost-ParasiteuInteraction
Chapteru3.uTheuLaboratoryuRoleuinuInfectionuControl
Chapteru4.uControluofuMicroorganisms:uDisinfection,uSterilization,uanduMicrobiologyuSafety
Chapteru5.uPerformanceuImprovementuinutheuMicrobiologyuLaboratory
Chapteru6.uSpecimenuCollectionuanduProcessing
Chapteru7.uMicroscopicuExaminationuofuMaterialsufromuInfecteduSites
Chapteru8.u UseuofuColonyuMorphologyuforutheuPresumptiveuIdentificationuofuMicroorganisms
Chapteru9.u BiochemicaluIdentificationuofuGram-NegativeuBacteria
Chapteru10.uImmunodiagnosisuofuInfectiousuDiseases
Chapteru11.uApplicationsuofuMolecularuDiagnostics
Chapteru12.uAntibacterialuMechanismsuofuActionuanduBacterialuResistanceuMechanisms
Chapteru13.uAntimicrobialuSusceptibilityuTesting
Partu2:uLaboratoryuIdentificationuofuSignificantuIsolates
Chapteru14.uStaphylococci
Chapteru15.uStreptococcus,uEnterococcus,uanduOtheruCatalase-Negative,uGram-PositiveuCocci
Chapteru16.uAerobicuGram-PositiveuBacilli
Chapteru17.uNeisseriauSpeciesuanduMoraxellaucatarrhalis
Chapteru18.uHaemophilus,uHACEK,uLegionellauanduOtheruFastidiousuGram-NegativeuBacilli
Chapteru19.uEnterobacteriaceae
Chapteru20.uVibrio,uAeromonas,uanduCampylobacteruSpecies
Chapteru21.uNonfermentinguanduMiscellaneousuGram-NegativeuBacilli
Chapteru22.uAnaerobesuofuClinicaluImportance
Chapteru23.uTheuSpirochetes
Chapteru24.uChlamydia,uRickettsia,uanduSimilaruOrganisms
Chapteru25.uMycoplasmauanduUreaplasma
Chapteru26.uMycobacteriumutuberculosisuanduNontuberculousuMycobacteria
Chapteru27.uMedicallyuSignificantuFungi
Chapteru28.uDiagnosticuParasitology
Chapteru29.uClinicaluVirology
Chapteru30.uAgentsuofuBioterroruanduForensicuMicrobiology
Chapteru31.uBiofilms:uArchitectsuofuDisease
Partu3:uLaboratoryuDiagnosisuofuInfectiousuDiseases:uanduOrganuSystemuApproachutouDiagnosticuMicrobiolog
y
Chapteru32.uUpperuanduLoweruRespiratoryuTractuInfections
Chapteru33.uSkinuanduSoftuTissueuInfections
Chapteru34.uGastrointestinaluInfectionsuanduFooduPoisoning
Chapteru35.uInfectionsuofutheuCentraluNervousuSystem
Chapteru36.uBacteremiauanduSepsis
Chapteru37.uUrinaryuTractuInfections
Chapteru38.uGenitaluInfectionsuanduSexuallyuTransmitteduInfections
Chapteru39.uInfectionsuinuSpecialuPopulations
Chapteru40.uZoonoticuDiseases
Chapteru41.uOcularuInfections
-

,Chapteru01:uBacterialuCelluStructure,uPhysiology,uMetabolism,uanduGeneticsu
Mahon:uTextbookuofuDiagnosticuMicrobiology,u6thuEditionuTestuBank

MULTIPLEuCHOICE

1. Tousurvive,umicrobialuinhabitantsuhaveulearnedutouadaptubyuvaryingualluofutheufollowing,uexcept
a. growthurate.
b. growthuinualluatmosphericuconditions.
c. growthuatuparticularutemperatures.
d. bacterialushape.
ANS:u D
Theuchapterubeginsubyudiscussingutheuwayumicrobialuinhabitantsuhaveuhadutouevolveutousurviveui
numanyudifferentunichesuanduhabitats.uItudiscussesuslowugrowers,urapidugrowers,uandureplication
uwithuscarceuoruabundantunutrients,uunderudifferentuatmosphericuconditions,utemperatureurequir

ements,uanducellustructure.uBacterialushapeuasuauformuofuevolutionuisunotudiscussed.

OBJ:u Levelu2:uInterpretation

2. Whouwasuconsideredutheufatheruofuprotozoologyuandubacteriology?
a. AntonuvanuLeeuwenhoek
b. LouisuPasteur
c. CarluLandsteiner
d. MichaeluDouglas
ANS:u A
TheubookudiscussesuAntonuvanuLeeuwenhoekuasutheuinventoruofutheumicroscopeuandutheufirstupe
rsonutouseeutheu“beasties.”uSoutheyudubbeduhimutheufatheruofuprotozoologyuandubacteriology.uThe
uotheruthreeuindividualsuwereunotudiscussed.




OBJ:u Levelu1:uRecall

3. Prokaryoticucellsuhaveuwhichuofutheufollowingustructuresuinutheirucytoplasm?
a. Golgiuapparatus
b. Ribosomes
c. Mitochondria
d. Endoplasmicureticulum
ANS:u B
Allutheustructuresulisteduareufounduinueukaryoticucells,ubuturibosomesuareutheuonlyuonesuthatua
pplyutouprokaryoticucells.

OBJ:u Levelu1:uRecall

4. ThisuformuofuDNAuisucommonlyufounduinueukaryoticucells.
a. Linear
b. Circular
c. Plasmid
d. Colloid




TestBanks/uSolutionuManualsuanduExam

, ANS:u A
CircularuanduplasmiduDNAuareuusuallyufounduonlyuinubacteria,unotueukaryoticucells.uColloiduisuau
propertyuofuproteinumoleculesuanduisunotuassociateduwithunucleotides.

OBJ:u Levelu1:uRecall

5. Theunuclearumembraneuinuprokaryotesuis
a. missing.
b. impenetrable.
c. auclassicumembrane.
d. aulipidubilayerumembrane.
ANS:u A
Prokaryoticucellsudounotuhaveuanyumembrane-
boundustructuresuinutheucytoplasmuincludinguaustructuredunucleus.

OBJ:u Levelu1:uRecall

6. Aumicroorganismuthatuisuauunicellularuorganismuandulacksuaunuclearumembraneuandutrueun
ucleusubelongsutouwhichuclassification?
a. Fungi
b. Bacteria
c. Algae
d. Parasite
ANS:u B
Fungi,ualgae,uanduparasitesuareuunicellularueukaryoticuorganismsuthatucontainuautrueunucleus.u
Bacteriauareuprokaryoticuandudounotucontainuautrueunucleusuorunuclearumembrane.
OBJ:u Levelu1:uRecall

7. Inutheulaboratory,utheuclinicalumicrobiologistuisuresponsibleuforuallutheufollowing,uexcept
a. isolatingumicroorganisms.
b. selectingutreatmentuforupatients.
c. identifyingumicroorganisms.
d. analyzingubacteriauthatucauseudisease.

ANS:u B
Clinicalumicrobiologistsudounotuselectutheutreatmentuforupatients.uTheyuprovideutheudoctoruwithut
heunameuofutheuorganismuandutheuantibioticsuthatucanukillutheubacteria,ubutunotuinutheufinaluselect
ionuofutreatmentuprotocols.

OBJ:u Levelu2:uRecall

8. Whatuenablesutheumicrobiologistutouselectutheucorrectumediauforuprimaryucultureuanduoptimizeut
heuchanceuofuisolatinguaupathogenicuorganism?
a. Determiningustainingucharacteristics
b. Understandingutheucellustructureuandubiochemicalupathwaysuofuanuorganism
c. Understandingutheugrowthurequirementsuofupotentialupathogensuatuspecificubodyusite
d. Knowingutheudifferencesuinucelluwallsuofuparticularubacteria
ANS:u C

Get to know the seller

Seller avatar
Reputation scores are based on the amount of documents a seller has sold for a fee and the reviews they have received for those documents. There are three levels: Bronze, Silver and Gold. The better the reputation, the more your can rely on the quality of the sellers work.
GUARANTEEDSTORE Teachme2-tutor
View profile
Follow You need to be logged in order to follow users or courses
Sold
214
Member since
1 year
Number of followers
45
Documents
7874
Last sold
23 hours ago
EXCELLENT HOMEWORK HELP ,

EXCELLENT HOMEWORK HELP ,ALL KIND OF QUIZ AND EXAMS WITH GUARANTEE OF A Hello ,I am about quality, The documents herein quarantees an A+ for exams, essay, class discussion, term papers , quizlets and Q & A assigments, Do not hesistate to make your purchase. Investing in your education is a life invesment, ,I 'm a honest and friendly person,For more info you can contact me at Let study together,All THE BEST

4.8

3181 reviews

5
2614
4
410
3
108
2
28
1
21

Recently viewed by you

Why students choose Stuvia

Created by fellow students, verified by reviews

Quality you can trust: written by students who passed their tests and reviewed by others who've used these notes.

Didn't get what you expected? Choose another document

No worries! You can instantly pick a different document that better fits what you're looking for.

Pay as you like, start learning right away

No subscription, no commitments. Pay the way you're used to via credit card and download your PDF document instantly.

Student with book image

“Bought, downloaded, and aced it. It really can be that simple.”

Alisha Student

Frequently asked questions