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,TestnBank:nFundamentalsnofnMicrobiologyn12thnEdition,nJeffreynC.nPommervillen
Chaptern1
Multiple Choice
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1. nWhonwasnonenofnthenearlynnaturalnphilosophersnwhoncoinednthennamen“cella”nfornthene
mptyncorknspacesnthatnbecamenthenwordnwenusentoday,n“cells”?
A. Robertn Hooke
B. Zachariasn Janssen
C. FrancesconStalluti
D. GiovanninFaber
nAns:nA
2. Leeuwenhoeknmadenlensesnthatnallowednhimntonmagnifynobjectsnmorenthann200X.n
However,nhenfailedntonpromotenscientificninquirynbecause:
A. hendidn'tn sharenhisn drawingsn withn othern scientists.
B. hendidn'tn revealn hownhen groundnthenlensesn andn non onenelsen wasn doingnitn thatn well.
C. henlimitedn hisn researchn ton pondn water
D. itn wasnonlynan hobbynandn hen didn'tn livenverynlong
Ans:n B
,3. Leeuwenhoeknwasnthenfirstnpersonnto:
A. seenviruses.
B. usenanmicroscope.
C. describenbacteria.
D. suggestnanimalculesncausedndisease.
Ans:nC
4. FrancesconRedinisnfamousnfornperformingnonenofnthenfirstnexperimentsnovernthendebatenr
egardingnspontaneousngeneration.nWhatnwasnhisnexperiment?
A. Henboiledn somen muttonn gravynandn sealedn thentopsn withn corks.
B. Hencoverednsomenjarsnofnmeatnwithngauzenandnleftnothersnopen.nThencoverednjarsndidnnotnde
velopnmaggots,nthenuncoverednonesndid.
C. Henshowednthatnmicenwilln appearnwithn dampn ragsn andn rice.
D. Henboiledn brothn fornlongernperiodsn ofntimen andn sealedn then topsn withn meltednglass.
Ans:n B
5. didnnotnattemptntonprovenornrefutenthenideanofnspontaneousngeneration.
A. FrancesconRedi
B. RobertnKoch
C. LazzaronSpallanzani
D. LouisnPasteur
n Ans:nB
6. Whichnonenofnthenfollowingnwouldnbenconsistentnwithnthenideanofnspontaneousn
generation?
, A. Microorganismsnmaynbencultivatednonnsolidnlaboratorynmedia.
B. Insectsnarenimportantninnthentransmissionnofndisease.
C. Sicknpeoplengivenrisentonmicroorganismsninntheirnbody.
D. Disinfectionnisnessentialntonpreventnthenspreadnofnmicroorganisms.
nAns:nC
7. Spallanzani’snexperimentsnshowednthat:
A. virusesnwerentransmittednbynwater.
B. spontaneousngenerationnoccurs.
C. miasmanwasnthencausenofndisease.
D. experimentsncannbenmodifiedntontestnanhypothesis.
nAns:nD
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8. Whichnpairnofnscientistsnwerenantagonistsnduringnthensamenperiodnofnhistory?
A. PasteurnandnEhrlich
B. KochnandnLeeuwenhoek
C. SpallanzaninandnNeedham
D. PasteurnandnSnow
Ans:nC
9. Semmelweisnshowednthatnthentransmissionnofndiseasencouldnbeninterruptednby:
A. killingndisease-carryingnmosquitoes.
B. disinfectingnwaternsupplies.
C. pasteurizingnmilk.
D. washingnhandsninnchlorinenwater.