Test Bank For Microbiology by OpenStax 978-7 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 M...
OpenStax Microbiology Test Bank / OSX Microbiology Test Bank - Chapter 01 to Chapter 26
2024 Update
(Multiple Choice, True/False, Matching, Fill in the Blank, Short Answers & Brief Essay)
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 : Įaboratory 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 Įymphatic System Infections Chapter 26 : Nervous System Infections
Description
Chapter 1: An Invisible World
* (correct
answer) =
,Correct answer
Multiple Choice
Which of the following is true of the microbial world?
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All microbes are harmful.
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Humans could survive without microbes.
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Many microbes are helpful.* (correct answer)
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Most microbes are pathogenic.
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Difficulty: Easy
ASM Standard: 23, 24
Which of the following is when humans first suspected the existence of microbes?
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during the Industrial Revolution
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in prehistoric times* (correct answer)
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in the last century
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within the last 500 years
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Difficulty:
Easy ASM
Standard: 23
Which individual first observed unicellular organisms, which he called animalcules, using
“
”
•
a microscope he developed?
Robert Koch
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Louis Pasteur
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Thucydides
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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek* (correct answer)
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Difficulty
: Easy
ASM
Standard
:6
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?
autoclaves
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ethylene oxide
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incubators
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, microincinerators* (correct answer)
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Difficulty:
Easy ASM
Standard: 36
Which kingdom was the only one found in Empire Prokaryota?
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Animalia
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Fungi
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Monera* (correct answer)
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Protista
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Difficulty:
Easy ASM
Standard:
N/A
The Swedish botanist known for having developed an important biological classification
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system is which of the following people?
Ernst Haeckel
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Carolus Linnaeus* (correct answer)
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Louis Pasteur
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Robert Whittaker
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Difficulty:
Easy ASM
Standard:
N/A
Which are the three currently accepted domains?
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Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya* (correct answer)
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Archaea, Prokaryota, and Eukaryota
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Bacteria, Fungi, and Protista
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Bacteria, Prokaryota, and Eukarya
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Difficulty:
Easy ASM
Standard:
N/A
, Which two taxonomic units are typically used to identify an organism when using binomial
•
nomenclature?
domain and kingdom
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genus and family
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genus and species* (correct answer)
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phylum and class
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Difficulty:
Easy ASM
Standard:
N/A
Which of the following is not true about the process of fermentation?
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It can help preserve foods, preventing spoilage.
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It converts sugars to organic acids, alcohols, and/or gases such as carbon dioxide.
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It is carried out exclusively by unicellular eukaryotes such as yeast.* (correct answer)
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It is used to make foods such as cheese and bread.
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Difficulty:
Moderate ASM
Standard: 11, 23,
26
For which of the following is Thucydides known?
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developing an effective sewer system in ancient Greece, helping to reduce levels of
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disease in cities
observing microbes, using a microscope, for the first time, even distinguishing between
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bacteria and fungi
proposing that disease was caused by microorganisms
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realizing that people who had been infected by the Athenian plague had immunity
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to reinfection* (correct answer)
Difficulty:
Moderate
ASM
Standard: 23,
31
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