TEST BANK FOR OSX MICROBIOLOGY BY
OPENSTAX ALL CHAPTERS 1-26 COVERED
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
NEWEST VERSION.
TABLE OF CONTENT
Chapter 1 : An Invisible World
Chapter 2 : How We See the Invisible World
Chapter 3 : The Cell
Chapter 4 : Prokaryotic Diversity
Chapter 5 : The Eukaryotes of Microbiology
Chapter 6 : Acellular Pathogens
Chapter 7 : Microbial Biochemistry
Chapter 8 : Microbial Metabolism
Chapter 9 : Microbial Growth
Chapter 10 : Biochemistry of the Genome
Chapter 11 : Mechanisms of Microbial Genetics
Chapter 12 : Modern Applications of Microbial Genetics
Chapter 13 : Control of Microbial Growth
Chapter 14 : Antimicrobial Drugs
Chapter 15 : Microbial Mechanisms of Pathogenicity
Chapter 16 : Disease and Epidemiology
Chapter 17 : Innate Nonspecific Host Defenses
Chapter 18 : Adaptive Specific Host Defenses
Chapter 19 : Diseases of the Immune System
Chapter 20 : Laboratory Analysis of the Immune Response
Chapter 21 : Skin and Eye Infections
Chapter 22 : Respiratory System Infections
Chapter 23 : Urogenital System Infections
Chapter 24 : Digestive System Infections
Chapter 25 : Circulatory and Lymphatic System Infections
Chapter 26 : Nervous System Infections
, Chapter 1: An Invisible World
* = Correct answer
Multiple Choice
1. Which of the following is true of the microbial world? A. All microbes are harmful.
B. Humans could survive without microbes.
C. Many microbes are helpful.* D. Most microbes are
pathogenic.
Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: 23, 24
2. Which of the following is when humans first suspected the existence of microbes?
A. during the Industrial Revolution
B. in prehistoric times*
C. in the last century
D. within the last 500 years
Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: 23
3. Which individual first observed unicellular organisms, which he called
“animalcules,” using a microscope he developed?
A. Robert Koch
B. Louis Pasteur
C. Thucydides
D. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek*
Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: 6
4. To reduce the risk of open flame from Bunsen burners, microbiologists are
increasingly using which of the following devices for easy, rapid benchtop
sterilization of small pieces of equipment?
A. autoclaves
, B. ethylene oxide
C. incubators
D. microincinerators*
Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: 36
5. The Swedish botanist known for having developed an important biological
classification system is which of the following people?
A. Ernst Haeckel
B. Carolus Linnaeus*
C. Louis Pasteur
D. Robert Whittaker
Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: N/A
6. Which kingdom was the only one found in Empire Prokaryota?
A. Animalia
B. Fungi
C. Monera*
D. Protista
Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: N/A
7. Which are the three currently accepted domains?
A. Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya*
B. Archaea, Prokaryota, and Eukaryota
C. Bacteria, Fungi, and Protista
D. Bacteria, Prokaryota, and Eukarya
Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: N/A
8. Which two taxonomic units are typically used to identify an organism when using
binomial nomenclature? A. domain and kingdom
B. genus and family
C. genus and species*
, D. phylum and class
Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: N/A
9. Which of the following is not true about the process of fermentation? A. It can help
preserve foods, preventing spoilage.
B. It converts sugars to organic acids, alcohols, and/or gases such as carbon dioxide. C. It
is carried out exclusively by unicellular eukaryotes such as yeast.*
D. It is used to make foods such as cheese and bread.
Difficulty: Moderate
ASM Standard: 11, 23, 26
10. The Romans may have reduced their risk of waterborne infectious diseases by
using which of the following?
A. a variety of pharmaceutical products
B. aqueducts and a sewer system*
C. prophylactic antibiotics
D. quarantine of people with leprosy
Difficulty: Moderate
ASM Standard: 23
11. For which of the following is Thucydides known?
A. developing an effective sewer system in ancient Greece, helping to reduce
levels of disease in cities
B. observing microbes, using a microscope, for the first time, even distinguishing
between bacteria and fungi
C. proposing that disease was caused by microorganisms
D. realizing that people who had been infected by the Athenian plague had
immunity to reinfection*
Difficulty: Moderate
ASM Standard: 23, 31
12. Ernst Haeckel proposed a classification system consisting of which of the following
subgroups? A. five kingdoms
B. four kingdoms*
C. two domains and three kingdoms
D. two domains and five kingdoms
Difficulty: Moderate
OPENSTAX ALL CHAPTERS 1-26 COVERED
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
NEWEST VERSION.
TABLE OF CONTENT
Chapter 1 : An Invisible World
Chapter 2 : How We See the Invisible World
Chapter 3 : The Cell
Chapter 4 : Prokaryotic Diversity
Chapter 5 : The Eukaryotes of Microbiology
Chapter 6 : Acellular Pathogens
Chapter 7 : Microbial Biochemistry
Chapter 8 : Microbial Metabolism
Chapter 9 : Microbial Growth
Chapter 10 : Biochemistry of the Genome
Chapter 11 : Mechanisms of Microbial Genetics
Chapter 12 : Modern Applications of Microbial Genetics
Chapter 13 : Control of Microbial Growth
Chapter 14 : Antimicrobial Drugs
Chapter 15 : Microbial Mechanisms of Pathogenicity
Chapter 16 : Disease and Epidemiology
Chapter 17 : Innate Nonspecific Host Defenses
Chapter 18 : Adaptive Specific Host Defenses
Chapter 19 : Diseases of the Immune System
Chapter 20 : Laboratory Analysis of the Immune Response
Chapter 21 : Skin and Eye Infections
Chapter 22 : Respiratory System Infections
Chapter 23 : Urogenital System Infections
Chapter 24 : Digestive System Infections
Chapter 25 : Circulatory and Lymphatic System Infections
Chapter 26 : Nervous System Infections
, Chapter 1: An Invisible World
* = Correct answer
Multiple Choice
1. Which of the following is true of the microbial world? A. All microbes are harmful.
B. Humans could survive without microbes.
C. Many microbes are helpful.* D. Most microbes are
pathogenic.
Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: 23, 24
2. Which of the following is when humans first suspected the existence of microbes?
A. during the Industrial Revolution
B. in prehistoric times*
C. in the last century
D. within the last 500 years
Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: 23
3. Which individual first observed unicellular organisms, which he called
“animalcules,” using a microscope he developed?
A. Robert Koch
B. Louis Pasteur
C. Thucydides
D. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek*
Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: 6
4. To reduce the risk of open flame from Bunsen burners, microbiologists are
increasingly using which of the following devices for easy, rapid benchtop
sterilization of small pieces of equipment?
A. autoclaves
, B. ethylene oxide
C. incubators
D. microincinerators*
Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: 36
5. The Swedish botanist known for having developed an important biological
classification system is which of the following people?
A. Ernst Haeckel
B. Carolus Linnaeus*
C. Louis Pasteur
D. Robert Whittaker
Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: N/A
6. Which kingdom was the only one found in Empire Prokaryota?
A. Animalia
B. Fungi
C. Monera*
D. Protista
Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: N/A
7. Which are the three currently accepted domains?
A. Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya*
B. Archaea, Prokaryota, and Eukaryota
C. Bacteria, Fungi, and Protista
D. Bacteria, Prokaryota, and Eukarya
Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: N/A
8. Which two taxonomic units are typically used to identify an organism when using
binomial nomenclature? A. domain and kingdom
B. genus and family
C. genus and species*
, D. phylum and class
Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: N/A
9. Which of the following is not true about the process of fermentation? A. It can help
preserve foods, preventing spoilage.
B. It converts sugars to organic acids, alcohols, and/or gases such as carbon dioxide. C. It
is carried out exclusively by unicellular eukaryotes such as yeast.*
D. It is used to make foods such as cheese and bread.
Difficulty: Moderate
ASM Standard: 11, 23, 26
10. The Romans may have reduced their risk of waterborne infectious diseases by
using which of the following?
A. a variety of pharmaceutical products
B. aqueducts and a sewer system*
C. prophylactic antibiotics
D. quarantine of people with leprosy
Difficulty: Moderate
ASM Standard: 23
11. For which of the following is Thucydides known?
A. developing an effective sewer system in ancient Greece, helping to reduce
levels of disease in cities
B. observing microbes, using a microscope, for the first time, even distinguishing
between bacteria and fungi
C. proposing that disease was caused by microorganisms
D. realizing that people who had been infected by the Athenian plague had
immunity to reinfection*
Difficulty: Moderate
ASM Standard: 23, 31
12. Ernst Haeckel proposed a classification system consisting of which of the following
subgroups? A. five kingdoms
B. four kingdoms*
C. two domains and three kingdoms
D. two domains and five kingdoms
Difficulty: Moderate
