Test Bank for Microbiology with Diseases by Body System, 5th Edition (Bauman, 2017), All Chapters

Test Bank for Microbiology with Diseases by Body System, 5th Edition
(Bauman, 2017), All Chapters

1) Antoni van Leeuwenhoek was the first person in history to
A) use a magnifying glass.
B) develop a taxonomic system.
C) view microorganisms and record these observations.
D) disprove spontaneous generation.
E) use the germ theory of disease.
Answer: C
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Section: The Early Years of Microbiology
Learning Outcome: 1.1

2) The microbes commonly known as are single-celled eukaryotes that are generally
motile.
A) archaea
B) bacteria
C) fungi
D) protozoa
E) viruses
Answer:
D
Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension Section:
The Early Years of MicrobiologyLearning
Outcome: 1.3

3) Which of the following are prokaryotes?
A) algae
B) molds
C) protozoa
D) archaea
E) worms
Answer:
D
Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension Section:
The Early Years of MicrobiologyLearning
Outcome: 1.5

,4) Louis Pasteur demonstrated that fermentation to produce alcohol is caused by
A) aerobes.
B) facultative anaerobes.
C) obligate parasites.
D) archaea.
E) prokaryotes.
Answer: B
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Section: The Golden Age of Microbiology
Learning Outcome: 1.6

5) Which of the following scientists provided evidence in favor of the concept of spontaneous
generation?
A) Pasteur
B) Needham
C) Redi
D) Buchner
E) Spallanzani
Answer: B
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Section: The Golden Age of Microbiology
Learning Outcome: 1.7

6) Pasteur's experiments on fermentation laid the foundation for
A) industrial microbiology.
B) epidemiology.
C) immunology.
D) abiogenesis.
E) antisepsis.
Answer:
A
Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension Section:
The Golden Age of MicrobiologyLearning
Outcome: 1.10

7) Which of the following statements about fungi is FALSE?
A) Fungi are eukaryotes.
B) Molds are multicellular.
C) Fungi have a cell wall.
D) Fungi are photosynthetic.
E) Yeasts are unicellular.
Answer: D

,Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension Section:
The Early Years of MicrobiologyLearning
Outcome: 1.3




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, 8) Which of the following contribute to the successful application of Koch's postulates?
A) the development of the compound microscope
B) the theory of abiogenesis
C) the ability to record the appearance of bacteria photographically
D) the development of simple bacterial staining techniques
E) the development of techniques for sterile transfer of bacteria
Answer: E
Bloom's Taxonomy: Application
Section: The Golden Age of Microbiology
Learning Outcome: 1.13

9) Which of the following individuals pioneered the use of chemicals to reduce the incidence ofinfections
during surgery?
A) Nightingale
B) Snow
C) Ehrlich
D) Lister
E) Semmelweis
Answer: D
Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension Section:
The Golden Age of MicrobiologyLearning
Outcome: 1.16

10) The technique developed by Hans Christian Gram is important for bacterial
A) etiology.
B) identification.
C) classification.
D) isolation.
E) epidemiology.
Answer: B
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Section: The Golden Age of Microbiology
Learning Outcome: 1.15

11) The use of chemical agents to harm or kill microbes is
A) immunology.
B) chemotherapy.
C) epidemiology.
D) serology.
E) biotechnology.
Answer: B
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
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