TEST BANK FOR FUNDAMENTALS OF MICROBIOLOGY 12TH EDITION (POMMERVILLE, 2021) ALL CHAPTERS 1-26

Test Bank for Fundamentals of Microbiology
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12th Edition by Jeffrey C. Pommerville
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,Chap01, Chapter 1
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Multiple Choice 1




1. Who was one of the early natural philosophers who coined the name “cella” for thee
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mpty cork spaces that became the word we use today, “cells”?
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A. Robert Hooke 1




B. Zacharias Janssen 1




C. Francesco Stalluti 1




D. Giovanni Faber 1




Ans: A
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2. Leeuwenhoek made lenses that allowed him to magnify objects more than 200X.H
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owever, he failed to promote scientific inquiry because:
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A. he didn't share his drawings with other scientists.
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B. he didn't reveal how he ground the lenses and no one else was doing it that well.
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C. he limited his research to pond water
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D. it was only a hobby and he didn't live very long
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Ans: B
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,3. Leeuwenhoek was the first person to: 1 1 1 1 1




A. see viruses. 1




B. use a microscope. 1 1




C. describe bacteria. 1




D. suggest animalcules caused disease.
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Ans: C 1




4. Francesco Redi is famous for performing one of the first experiments over the debatere
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garding spontaneous generation. What was his experiment?
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A. He boiled some mutton gravy and sealed the tops with corks.
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B. He covered some jars of meat with gauze and left others open. The covered jars did notde
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velop maggots, the uncovered ones did.
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C. He showed that mice will appear with damp rags and rice.
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D. He boiled broth for longer periods of time and sealed the tops with melted glass.
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Ans: B 1




5. 1 did not attempt to prove or refute the idea of spontaneous generation.
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A. Francesco Redi 1




B. Robert Koch 1




C. Lazzaro Spallanzani 1




D. Louis Pasteur 1




Ans: B 1

, 6. Which one of the following would be consistent with the idea of spontaneousg
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eneration?
A. Microorganisms may be cultivated on solid laboratory media. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1




B. Insects are important in the transmission of disease.
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C. Sick people give rise to microorganisms in their body.
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D. Disinfection is essential to prevent the spread of microorganisms.
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Ans: C
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7. Spallanzani’s experiments showed that: 1 1 1




A. viruses were transmitted by water.
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B. spontaneous generation occurs. 1 1




C. miasma was the cause of disease.
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D. experiments can be modified to test a hypothesis.
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Ans: D Page
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8. Which pair of scientists were antagonists during the same period of history?
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A. Pasteur and Ehrlich 1 1




B. Koch and Leeuwenhoek
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C. Spallanzani and Needham 1 1