TEST BANK FOR
MICROBIOLOGY OPENSTAX
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MICROBIOLOGY OPENSTAX
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MICROBIOLOGY OPENSTAX
OpenStax Microbiology Test Bank All Book Chapters
Covered: Contents:
Chapter 1: An Invisible World
Chapter 2: How We See the Invisible
World Chapter 3: The Cell
Chapter 4: Prokaryotic Diversity
Chapter 5: The Eukaryotes of
Microbiology Chapter 6: Acellular
Pathogens
Chapter 7: Microbial
Biochemistry Chapter 8:
Microbial Metabolism
Chapter 9: Microbial
Growth
Chapter 10: Biochemistry of the
Genome Chapter 11: Mechanisms of
Microbial Genetics
Chapter 12: Modern Applications of Microbial
Genetics Chapter 13: Control of Microbial
Growth
Chapter 14: Antimicrobial Drugs
Chapter 15: Microbial Mechanisms of
Pathogenicity Chapter 16: Disease and
Epidemiology
Chapter 1 7: Innate Nonspecific Host
Defenses Chapter 18: Adaptive Specific
Host Defenses Chapter 19: Diseases of
the Immune System
Chapter 20: Laboratory Analysis of the Immune
Response Chapter 21: Skin and Eye Infections
Chapter 22: Respiratory System
Infections Chapter 23: Urogenital
System Infections Chapter 24:
Digestive System Infections
Chapter 25: Circulatory and Lymphatic System
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MICROBIOLOGY OPENSTAX
Infections Chapter 26: Nervous System
Infections
, Chapter 1: An Invisible World
* = Correct answer
Multiple Choice
1. Which of the following is true of the microbial world?
A. All microbes are harmful.
B. Humans could survive without microbes.
C. Many microbes are helpful.*
D. Most microbes are pathogenic.
Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: 23, 24
2. Which of the following is when humans first suspected the existence of microbes?
A. during the Industrial Revolution
B. in prehistoric times*
C. in the last century
D. within the last 500 years
Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard:
23
3. Which individual first observed unicellular organisms, which he called
“animalcules,” using a microscope he developed?
A. Robert Koch
B. Louis Pasteur
C. Thucydides
D. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek*
Difficulty:
Easy ASM
Standard: 6
4. To reduce the risk of open flame from Bunsen burners, microbiologists are
increasingly using which of the following devices for easy, rapid benchtop
sterilization of small pieces of equipment?
A. autoclaves
B. ethylene oxide
C. incubators
D. microincinerators*
Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard:
36
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MICROBIOLOGY OPENSTAX
TEST BANK FOR
MICROBIOLOGY OPENSTAX
,TEST BANK FOR
MICROBIOLOGY OPENSTAX
OpenStax Microbiology Test Bank All Book Chapters
Covered: Contents:
Chapter 1: An Invisible World
Chapter 2: How We See the Invisible
World Chapter 3: The Cell
Chapter 4: Prokaryotic Diversity
Chapter 5: The Eukaryotes of
Microbiology Chapter 6: Acellular
Pathogens
Chapter 7: Microbial
Biochemistry Chapter 8:
Microbial Metabolism
Chapter 9: Microbial
Growth
Chapter 10: Biochemistry of the
Genome Chapter 11: Mechanisms of
Microbial Genetics
Chapter 12: Modern Applications of Microbial
Genetics Chapter 13: Control of Microbial
Growth
Chapter 14: Antimicrobial Drugs
Chapter 15: Microbial Mechanisms of
Pathogenicity Chapter 16: Disease and
Epidemiology
Chapter 1 7: Innate Nonspecific Host
Defenses Chapter 18: Adaptive Specific
Host Defenses Chapter 19: Diseases of
the Immune System
Chapter 20: Laboratory Analysis of the Immune
Response Chapter 21: Skin and Eye Infections
Chapter 22: Respiratory System
Infections Chapter 23: Urogenital
System Infections Chapter 24:
Digestive System Infections
Chapter 25: Circulatory and Lymphatic System
,TEST BANK FOR
MICROBIOLOGY OPENSTAX
Infections Chapter 26: Nervous System
Infections
, Chapter 1: An Invisible World
* = Correct answer
Multiple Choice
1. Which of the following is true of the microbial world?
A. All microbes are harmful.
B. Humans could survive without microbes.
C. Many microbes are helpful.*
D. Most microbes are pathogenic.
Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: 23, 24
2. Which of the following is when humans first suspected the existence of microbes?
A. during the Industrial Revolution
B. in prehistoric times*
C. in the last century
D. within the last 500 years
Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard:
23
3. Which individual first observed unicellular organisms, which he called
“animalcules,” using a microscope he developed?
A. Robert Koch
B. Louis Pasteur
C. Thucydides
D. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek*
Difficulty:
Easy ASM
Standard: 6
4. To reduce the risk of open flame from Bunsen burners, microbiologists are
increasingly using which of the following devices for easy, rapid benchtop
sterilization of small pieces of equipment?
A. autoclaves
B. ethylene oxide
C. incubators
D. microincinerators*
Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard:
36
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