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Test Bank For Textbook Of Diagnostic Microbiology
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6th Edition By Connie R. Mahon
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Chapters 1 - 41
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, Mahon: Textbook of Diagnostic Microbiology, 6th 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. Medically Significant 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 Diagnostic
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Microbiology
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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,Chapter 01: Bacterial Cell Structure, Physiology, Metabolism, and Genetics
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Mahon: Textbook of Diagnostic Microbiology, 6th Edition Test Bank
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MULTIPLE CHOICE m




1. To survive, microbial inhabitants have learned to adapt by varying all of the following, except
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a. growth rate. m


b. growth in all atmospheric conditions.
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c. growth at particular temperatures.
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d. bacterial shape. m




ANSWER: D m


The chapter begins by discussing the way microbial inhabitants have had to evolve to
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survive in many different niches and habitats. It discusses slow growers, rapid growers,
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and replication with scarce or abundant nutrients, under different atmospheric conditions,
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temperature requirements, and cell structure. Bacterial shape as a form of evolution is not
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discussed.
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OBJ: Level 2: Interpretation
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2. Who was considered the father of protozoology and bacteriology?
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a. Anton van Leeuwenhoek m m


b. Louis Pasteur m


c. Carl Landsteiner m


d. Michael Douglas m




ANSWER: A m


The book discusses Anton van Leeuwenhoek as the inventor of the microscope and the
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first person to see the ―beasties.‖ So they dubbed him the father of protozoology and
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bacteriology. The other three individuals were not discussed.
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OBJ: Level 1: Recall
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3. Prokaryotic cells have which of the following structures in their cytoplasm?
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a. Golgi apparatus m


b. Ribosomes
c. Mitochondria
d. Endoplasmic reticulum m




ANSWER: B m


All the structures listed are found in eukaryotic cells, but ribosomes are the only ones that
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apply to prokaryotic cells.
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OBJ: Level 1: Recall
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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
d. Colloid




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Circular and plasmid DNA are usually found only in bacteria, not eukaryotic cells. Colloid
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is a property of protein molecules and is not associated with nucleotides.
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OBJ: Level 1: Recall
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5. The nuclear membrane in prokaryotes is
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a. missing.
b. impenetrable.
c. a classic membrane.
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d. a lipid bilayer membrane.
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ANSWER: A m


Prokaryotic cells do not have any membrane-bound structures in the cytoplasm including a
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structured nucleus.
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OBJ: Level 1: Recall
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land mltruelnucleus mlbelongs mlto mlwhich mlclassification?
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a. Fungi
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Fungi, lalgae, land lparasites lare lunicellular leukaryotic lorganisms lthat lcontain la ltrue
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lnucleus.lBacteria lare lprokaryotic land ldo lnot lcontain la ltrue lnucleus lor lnuclear
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lmembrane.
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OBJ: lLevel l1: lRecall
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7. In lthe llaboratory, lthe lclinical lmicrobiologist lis lresponsible lfor lall lthe lfollowing, lexcept
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a. isolating lmicroorganisms. m


b. selecting ltreatment lfor lpatients. m m m


c. identifying lmicroorganisms. m


d. analyzinglbacteria lthat lcause ldisease. m m m




ANSWER: l B m m


Clinical lmicrobiologists ldo lnot lselect lthe ltreatment lfor lpatients. lThey lprovide lthe ldoctor
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lwithlthe lname lof lthe lorganism land lthe lantibiotics lthat lcan lkill lthe lbacteria, lbut lnot lin
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lthe lfinal lselection lof ltreatment lprotocols.
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OBJ: lLevel l2: lRecall
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8. What lenables lthe lmicrobiologist lto lselect lthe lcorrect lmedia lfor lprimary lculture
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land mloptimizelthe mlchance mlof mlisolating mla mlpathogenic mlorganism?
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c. Understanding lthe lgrowth lrequirements lof lpotential lpathogens lat lspecific lbody lsite
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d. Knowing lthe ldifferences lin lcell lwalls lof lparticular lbacteria
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