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Ch 1 - Introduction to Microbiology
1. Robert Hooke was the first to use the term ______________ to describe the small honeycomb-like spaces
seen in cork.
ANSWER: cell
2. Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte commissioned a scientific study by ________ to address spoiling of beer and wine.
ANSWER: Louis Pasteur
3. The hemorrhagic fever known as ________________ was first described in 1976 in Zaire, Africa.
ANSWER: Ebola
4. Letters laced with _________________ sent through the US Postal Service to media outlet offices represented an act of
domestic bioterrorism in 2001.
ANSWER: anthrax
5. The Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) is a special section within the
__________________________________ which develops guidelines for healthcare workers to prevent disease
transmission in the workplace.
ANSWER:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
6.
Surgical technologists and other team members utilize all of the following to prevent disease transmission in the operating
room EXCEPT:
a.
Aseptic and sterile techniques
b.
Other potentially infectious materials
c.
Personal protective equipment
d.
Surgical conscience
ANSWER: b
7. Which early pioneer in microbiology first theorized that disease was spread through direct contact or airborne
transmission?
a.
Girolamo Fracastoro
b.
Edward Jenner
c.
John Needham
d.
Francesco Redi
ANSWER: a
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Ch 1 - Introduction to Microbiology
1. Robert Hooke was the first to use the term ______________ to describe the small honeycomb-like spaces
seen in cork.
ANSWER: cell
2. Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte commissioned a scientific study by ________ to address spoiling of beer and wine.
ANSWER: Louis Pasteur
3. The hemorrhagic fever known as ________________ was first described in 1976 in Zaire, Africa.
ANSWER: Ebola
4. Letters laced with _________________ sent through the US Postal Service to media outlet offices represented an act of
domestic bioterrorism in 2001.
ANSWER: anthrax
5. The Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) is a special section within the
__________________________________ which develops guidelines for healthcare workers to prevent disease
transmission in the workplace.
ANSWER:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
6.
Surgical technologists and other team members utilize all of the following to prevent disease transmission in the operating
room EXCEPT:
a.
Aseptic and sterile techniques
b.
Other potentially infectious materials
c.
Personal protective equipment
d.
Surgical conscience
ANSWER: b
7. Which early pioneer in microbiology first theorized that disease was spread through direct contact or airborne
transmission?
a.
Girolamo Fracastoro
b.
Edward Jenner
c.
John Needham
d.
Francesco Redi
ANSWER: a
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