MICROBIOLOGY EXAM 1 (CHAPTERS
1-3)CORRECT 100%
Who was the first person to see bacterial cells with the microscope?
A. Koch
B. Pasteur
C. Hooke
D. Leeuwenhoek - ANSWERLeeuwenhoek
What process was studied by Redi and Spallanzani?
A. Variolation
B. Fermentation
C. Antisepsis
D. Spontaneous generation - ANSWERSpontaneous generation
Who believed that animalcules arose spontaneously from decaying matter? -
ANSWERJohn Needham
T or F: variolation involves inoculation of dried smallpox scabs under the skin. -
ANSWERTrue
What is the name for the field of study established by Semmelweis and Snow in the
mid-1800s?
A. Immunology
B. Epidemiology
C. Bacteriology
D. Virology - ANSWEREpidemiology
Who proposed that cholera was a waterborne disease? - ANSWERJohn Snow
_______ is the process of controlled heating and was used to keep wine from spoiling. -
ANSWERpasteurization
What surgical practice was established by Lister?
A. Antisepsis
B. Sterilization
C. Chemotherapy
D. Variolation - ANSWERantisepsis
T or F: Some bacterial cells can convert nitrogen gas (N2) into ammonia (NH3). -
ANSWERTrue
What are the eukaryotic microorganisms that are also decomposers? - ANSWERFungi
, What group of microbial agents would be identified by the work of Ivanowsky and
Beijerinck?
A. Fungi
B. Bacteria
C. Viruses
D. Protists - ANSWERViruses
Which one of the following statements is NOT part of Koch's postulates?
A. The microorganism and disease can be identified from a mixed culture.
B. The microorganism must be isolated from a dead animal and pure cultured.
C. The pure cultured organism is inoculated into a healthy, susceptible animal.
D. The same microorganism must be present in every case of the disease. -
ANSWERThe microorganism and disease can be identified from a mixed culture.
Match the lab with the correct set of identified diseases.
A. Pasteur: diptheria and typhoid fever
B. Koch: cholera and tuberculosis
C. Pasteur: tetanus and tuberculosis
D. Koch: anthrax and rabies - ANSWERB. Koch: cholera and tuberculosis
Which of the following is NOT found in bacterial cells?
A. Cytoplasm
B. Mitochondria
C. Ribosomes
D. DNA - ANSWERmitochondria
What group of microorganisms has a variety of internal cell compartments and many of
which act as decomposers?
A. Bacteria
B. Viruses
C. Fungi
D. Archaea - ANSWERFungi
The term ______ was used to refer to antimicrobial substances naturally derived from
some ______. - ANSWERantibiotic ; bacteria and fungi
T or F: Most microbes today exist as independent and free-living cells. - ANSWERFalse
T or F: Pasteur said "wine disease" was souring of wine caused by yeast cells. -
ANSWERFalse; bacterial cells
Which one of the following organisms was NOT a model organism related to the birth of
molecular genetics?
A. Escherichia
B. Neurospora
C. Penicillium
D. Streptococcus - ANSWERPenicillium
1-3)CORRECT 100%
Who was the first person to see bacterial cells with the microscope?
A. Koch
B. Pasteur
C. Hooke
D. Leeuwenhoek - ANSWERLeeuwenhoek
What process was studied by Redi and Spallanzani?
A. Variolation
B. Fermentation
C. Antisepsis
D. Spontaneous generation - ANSWERSpontaneous generation
Who believed that animalcules arose spontaneously from decaying matter? -
ANSWERJohn Needham
T or F: variolation involves inoculation of dried smallpox scabs under the skin. -
ANSWERTrue
What is the name for the field of study established by Semmelweis and Snow in the
mid-1800s?
A. Immunology
B. Epidemiology
C. Bacteriology
D. Virology - ANSWEREpidemiology
Who proposed that cholera was a waterborne disease? - ANSWERJohn Snow
_______ is the process of controlled heating and was used to keep wine from spoiling. -
ANSWERpasteurization
What surgical practice was established by Lister?
A. Antisepsis
B. Sterilization
C. Chemotherapy
D. Variolation - ANSWERantisepsis
T or F: Some bacterial cells can convert nitrogen gas (N2) into ammonia (NH3). -
ANSWERTrue
What are the eukaryotic microorganisms that are also decomposers? - ANSWERFungi
, What group of microbial agents would be identified by the work of Ivanowsky and
Beijerinck?
A. Fungi
B. Bacteria
C. Viruses
D. Protists - ANSWERViruses
Which one of the following statements is NOT part of Koch's postulates?
A. The microorganism and disease can be identified from a mixed culture.
B. The microorganism must be isolated from a dead animal and pure cultured.
C. The pure cultured organism is inoculated into a healthy, susceptible animal.
D. The same microorganism must be present in every case of the disease. -
ANSWERThe microorganism and disease can be identified from a mixed culture.
Match the lab with the correct set of identified diseases.
A. Pasteur: diptheria and typhoid fever
B. Koch: cholera and tuberculosis
C. Pasteur: tetanus and tuberculosis
D. Koch: anthrax and rabies - ANSWERB. Koch: cholera and tuberculosis
Which of the following is NOT found in bacterial cells?
A. Cytoplasm
B. Mitochondria
C. Ribosomes
D. DNA - ANSWERmitochondria
What group of microorganisms has a variety of internal cell compartments and many of
which act as decomposers?
A. Bacteria
B. Viruses
C. Fungi
D. Archaea - ANSWERFungi
The term ______ was used to refer to antimicrobial substances naturally derived from
some ______. - ANSWERantibiotic ; bacteria and fungi
T or F: Most microbes today exist as independent and free-living cells. - ANSWERFalse
T or F: Pasteur said "wine disease" was souring of wine caused by yeast cells. -
ANSWERFalse; bacterial cells
Which one of the following organisms was NOT a model organism related to the birth of
molecular genetics?
A. Escherichia
B. Neurospora
C. Penicillium
D. Streptococcus - ANSWERPenicillium
