Foundations in microbiology 6th edition by kathleen park talaro test bank

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1. Disease-causingcmicroorganismscareccalled
A. decomposers.
B. procaryotes.
C. pathogens.
D. eucaryotes.
E. fermenters.



2. Thecmicroorganismscthatcrecyclecnutrientscbycbreakingcdowncdeadcmattercandcwastescar
eccalled
A. decomposers.
B. procaryotes.
C. pathogens.
D. eucaryotes.
E. fermenters.



3. Thecmicroorganismscthatcdocnotchavecacnucleuscinctheirccellscareccalled
A. decomposers.
B. procaryotes.
C. pathogens.
D. eucaryotes.
E. fermenters.



4. Whenchumanscmanipulatecthecgenescofcmicroorganismscthecprocesscisccalled
A. bioremediation.
B. geneticcengineering.
C. epidemiology.
D. immunology.
E. taxonomy.

,5. Whichcofc thecfollowingc isc notcconsideredc acmicroorganism?
A. mosquito
B. protozoa
C. bacteria
D. viruses
E. fungi



6. Allcmicroorganismscarecbestcdefinedcascorganismscthat
A. causechumancdisease.
B. lackcaccellcnucleus.
C. arecinfectiouscparticles.
D. arectoocsmallctocbecseencwithcthecunaidedceye.
E. canconlycbecfoundcgrowingcinclaboratories.



7. Whichcactivityciscancexamplecofcbiotechnology?
A. bacteriacincthecsoilcsecretingcancantibioticctockillccompetitors
B. acmicrobiologistcusingcthecmicroscopectocstudycbacteria
C. humanscusingcyeastctocmakecbeercandcwine
D. Mycobacteriactuberculosiscinctheclungsccausingctuberculosis
E. publicchealthcofficialscmonitoringcdiseasescincaccommunity



8. Whichcofcthecfollowingciscacuniqueccharacteristiccofcvirusescthatcdistinguishescthemcfro
mcthecothercmajorcgroupscofcmicroorganisms?
A. causechumancdisease
B. lackcacnucleus
C. cannotcbecseencwithoutcacmicroscope
D. containcgeneticcmaterial
E. lackccellcstructure



9. ThecDutchcmerchantcwhocmadecandcusedcqualitycmagnifyingclensesctocseecandcrecordcmi
croorganismscwas
A. FrancescocRedi.
B. AntoniecvancLeeuwenhoek.
C. LouiscPasteur.
D. Josephc Lister.
E. RobertcKoch.

, 10. Pasteurcusedcswan-neckcflaskscinchiscexperimentsctocprovecthat
A. airchadc"vitalcforces"ccapablecofcspontaneouscgeneration.
B. microbialcfermentationccouldcbecusedctocmakecwine.
C. dustcincaircwascacsourcecofclivingcmicroorganisms.
D. microorganismsccouldccausecdisease.
E. microorganismsccouldcbecgrowncinclaboratorycinfusions.



11. Whichcofcthecfollowingciscnotcacprocesscincthecscientificcmethod?
A. beliefcincacpreconceivedcidea
B. formulatecachypothesis
C. systematicc observation
D. laboratoryc experimentation
E. developmentcofcactheory



12. Spontaneouscgenerationciscthecbeliefcthat
A. germsccausecinfectiouscdiseases.
B. microbescarecdiversecandcubiquitous.
C. microbescplacedcincancinfusionccancgrowcincit.
D. asepticctechniquescreducecmicrobescincmedicalcsettings.
E. livingcthingscarisecfromcnonlivingcmatter.



13. Koch'scpostulatescareccriteriacusedctocestablishcthat
A. microbescarecfoundconcdustcparticles.
B. acspecificcmicrobecisctheccausecofcacspecificcdisease.
C. lifecformsccanconlycarisecfromcpreexistingclifecforms.
D. acspecificcmicrobecshouldcbecclassifiedcinc acspecificckingdom.
E. microbesccancbecusedctoccleancupctoxiccspills.



14. Whichcofcthecfollowingciscactaxoncthatccontainscallcthecotherctaxaclisted?
A. species
B. phylum
C. kingdom
D. genus
E. family