Test Bank - Microbiology with Diseases by Taxonomy,
6th Edition (Bauman,), Chapter 1-27
,Table of Contents
Chapter 1 A Brief History of Microbiology 2
Chapter 2 The Chemistry of Microbiology 19
Chapter 3 Cell Structure and Function 38
Chapter 4 Microscopy, Staining, and Classification 60
Chapter 5 Microbial Metabolism 80
Chapter 6 Microbial Nutrition and Growth 99
Chapter 7 Microbial Genetics 118
Chapter 8 Recombinant DNA Technology 137
Chapter 9 Controlling Microbial Growth in the Environment 155
Chapter 10 Controlling Microbial Growth in the Body - Antimicrobial Drugs 173
Chapter 11 Characterizing and Classifying Prokaryotes 192
Chapter 12 Characterizing and Classifying Eukaryotes 210
Chapter 13 Characterizing and Classifying Viruses, Viroids, and Prions 228
Chapter 14 Infection, Infectious Diseases, and Epidemiology 246
Chapter 15 Innate Immunity 265
Chapter 16 Adaptive Immunity 283
Chapter 17 Immunization and Immune Testing 302
Chapter 18 Immune Disorders 321
Chapter 19 Microbial Diseases of the Skin and Wounds 339
Chapter 20 Microbial Diseases of the Nervous System and Eyes 357
Chapter 21 Microbial Cardiovascular and Systemic Diseases 375
Chapter 22 Microbial Diseases of the Respiratory System 393
Chapter 23 Microbial Diseases of the Digestive System 411
Chapter 24 Microbial Diseases of the Urinary and Reproductive Systems 429
Chapter 25 Applied and Industrial Microbiology 445
Chapter 26 Microbial Ecology and Microbiomes 462
,Microbiology with Diseases by Taxonomy, 6e (Bauman)
Chapter 1 A Brief History of Microbiology
1.1 Multiple Choice Questions
1) Antoni van Leeuwenhoek was the first person in history to
A) use a magnifying glass.
B) develop a taxonomic system.
C) view microorganisms and record these observations.
D) disprove spontaneous generation.
E) use the germ theory of disease.
Answer: C
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Section: The Early Years of Microbiology
Learning Outcome: 1.1
2) The microbes commonly known as are single-celled eukaryotes that are generally
motile.
A) archaea
B) bacteria
C) fungi
D) protozoa
E) viruses
Answer: D
Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension
Section: The Early Years of Microbiology
Learning Outcome: 1.3
3) Which of the following are prokaryotes?
A) algae
B) molds
C) protozoa
D) archaea
E) worms
Answer: D
Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension
Section: The Early Years of Microbiology
Learning Outcome: 1.5
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,4) Louis Pasteur demonstrated that fermentation to produce alcohol is caused by
A) aerobes.
B) facultative anaerobes.
C) obligate parasites.
D) archaea.
E) prokaryotes.
Answer: B
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Section: The Golden Age of Microbiology
Learning Outcome: 1.6
5) Which of the following scientists provided evidence in favor of the concept of spontaneous
generation?
A) Pasteur
B) Needham
C) Redi
D) Buchner
E) Spallanzani
Answer: B
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Section: The Golden Age of Microbiology
Learning Outcome: 1.7
6) Pasteur's experiments on fermentation laid the foundation for
A) industrial microbiology.
B) epidemiology.
C) immunology.
D) abiogenesis.
E) antisepsis.
Answer: A
Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension
Section: The Golden Age of Microbiology
Learning Outcome: 1.10
7) Which of the following statements about fungi is FALSE?
A) Fungi are eukaryotes.
B) Molds are multicellular.
C) Fungi have a cell wall.
D) Fungi are photosynthetic.
E) Yeasts are unicellular.
Answer: D
Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension
Section: The Early Years of Microbiology
Learning Outcome: 1.3
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,8) Which of the following contribute to the successful application of Koch's postulates?
A) the development of the compound microscope
B) the theory of abiogenesis
C) the ability to record the appearance of bacteria photographically
D) the development of simple bacterial staining techniques
E) the development of techniques for sterile transfer of bacteria
Answer: E
Bloom's Taxonomy: Application
Section: The Golden Age of Microbiology
Learning Outcome: 1.13
9) Which of the following individuals pioneered the use of chemicals to reduce the incidence of
infections during surgery?
A) Nightingale
B) Snow
C) Ehrlich
D) Lister
E) Semmelweis
Answer: D
Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension
Section: The Golden Age of Microbiology
Learning Outcome: 1.16
10) The technique developed by Hans Christian Gram is important for bacterial
A) etiology.
B) identification.
C) classification.
D) isolation.
E) epidemiology.
Answer: B
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Section: The Golden Age of Microbiology
Learning Outcome: 1.15
11) The use of chemical agents to harm or kill microbes is
A) immunology.
B) chemotherapy.
C) epidemiology.
D) serology.
E) biotechnology.
Answer: B
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Section: The Golden Age of Microbiology
Learning Outcome: 1.18
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,12) Parasitic worms, even meters-long tapeworms, are studied in microbiology because
A) they are parasites.
B) diagnosis usually involves microscopic examination of patient samples.
C) the Gram stain can be used to identify them.
D) Leeuwenhoek first discovered them.
E) no one else wants to study them.
Answer: B
Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension
Section: The Early Years of Microbiology
Learning Outcome: 1.4
13) Which of the following areas of investigation is considered a major driver of modern
microbiology?
A) microbial classification
B) industrial microbiology
C) the etiology of infectious disease
D) genetics
E) food preparation
Answer: D
Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension
Section: The Modern Age of Microbiology
Learning Outcome: 1.19
14) Work by laid the foundations of immunology with the development of vaccines.
A) Redi and Spallanzani
B) Koch and Pasteur
C) Jenner and Pasteur
D) Lister and Semmelweis
E) Pauling and Woese
Answer: C
Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension
Section: The Golden Age of Microbiology
Learning Outcome: 1.17
15) According to Kluyver and van Niel, which of the following are TRUE of basic biochemical
reactions?
A) They vary widely among living things.
B) There are an unlimited number of them.
C) They all require energy input.
D) Basic biochemical reactions of life primarily involve transfer of electrons and hydrogen ions.
E) They primarily involve transfers of chemical groups.
Answer: D
Bloom's Taxonomy: Application
Section: The Modern Age of Microbiology
Learning Outcome: 1.19
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,16) Semmelweis advocated handwashing as a method of preventing which of the following
diseases?
A) cholera
B) puerperal fever
C) smallpox
D) anthrax
E) syphilis
Answer: B
Bloom's Taxonomy: Application
Section: The Golden Age of Microbiology
Learning Outcome: 1.16
17) Paul Ehrlich used chemotherapy to treat
A) cholera.
B) cancer.
C) anthrax.
D) smallpox.
E) syphilis.
Answer: E
Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension
Section: The Golden Age of Microbiology
Learning Outcome: 1.18
18) Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of viruses?
A) They are visible with a light microscope.
B) They are acellular.
C) They are composed of genetic material and protein.
D) They are typically smaller than prokaryotic cells.
E) They are obligatory parasites.
Answer: A
Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension
Section: The Early Years of Microbiology
Learning Outcome: 1.3
19) The first true vaccine protected against disease caused by a(n) pathogen.
A) bacterial
B) protozoal
C) fungal
D) viral
E) archaeal
Answer: D
Bloom's Taxonomy: Application
Section: The Golden Age of Microbiology
Learning Outcome: 1.17
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,20) The work of lead to improvements in sewage control and other public hygiene
measures.
A) John Snow
B) Lazzaro Spallanzani
C) Florence Nightingale
D) Ignaz Semmelweis
E) Joseph Lister
Answer: A
Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension
Section: The Golden Age of Microbiology
Learning Outcome: 1.16
21) Which of the following types of microbe was NOT observed by Leeuwenhoek?
A) fungus
B) protozoan
C) prokaryote
D) alga
E) virus
Answer: E
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Section: The Early Years of Microbiology
Learning Outcome: 1.2
22) Inserting a gene from the hepatitis B virus into yeast so that the yeast produces a viral protein
is an example of
A) etiology.
B) genetic engineering.
C) immunology.
D) microbial genetics.
E) gene therapy.
Answer: B
Bloom's Taxonomy: Application
Section: The Modern Age of Microbiology
Learning Outcome: 1.19
23) Louis Pasteur's experiments disproving spontaneous generation were different from John
Needham's in which important way?
A) The necks of the flasks Pasteur used were bent into an S-shape and left open to the air.
B) Pasteur boiled infusions to kill any microbes present.
C) The necks of Pasteur's flasks were bent into an S-shape and then melted to seal them.
D) Pasteur used meat broths instead of infusions.
E) The flasks Pasteur used were sealed with corks.
Answer: A
Bloom's Taxonomy: Application
Section: The Golden Age of Microbiology
Learning Outcome: 1.8
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,24) Identification of bacteria in the laboratory usually begins with the for placement in
one of two large groups of bacteria.
A) Koch's stain
B) Gram stain
C) Pasteur fermentation test
D) Petri stain
E) Ehrlich magic test
Answer: B
Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension
Section: The Golden Age of Microbiology
Learning Outcome: 1.15
25) Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of protozoa?
A) Most exhibit asexual reproduction.
B) They are single-celled organisms.
C) They are eukaryotic organisms.
D) They are all photosynthetic.
E) They frequently possess cilia or flagella.
Answer: D
Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension
Section: The Early Years of Microbiology
Learning Outcome: 1.4
26) Whose search for chemicals that would kill microbes without harming humans was the
foundation for chemotherapy?
A) Ehrlich
B) Koch
C) Gram
D) Lister
E) Pasteur
Answer: A
Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension
Section: The Golden Age of Microbiology
Learning Outcome: 1.18
27) The work of Eduard Buchner and the discovery of enzymes laid the foundations for the field
of
A) biochemistry.
B) epidemiology.
C) immunology.
D) mycology.
E) genetics.
Answer: A
Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension
Section: The Golden Age of Microbiology
Learning Outcome: 1.12
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, 28) What is the CORRECT order for the application of Koch's postulates?
I. Inoculate suspect agent into test subject and observe that subject develops disease of
interest.
II. Isolate and culture suspect agent in the laboratory.
III. Find suspect agent is every case of disease of interest but not in healthy hosts.
IV. Recover and isolate suspect agent from test subject.
A) III, I, IV, II
B) IV, I, III, II
C) I, II, III, IV
D) III, II, I, IV
E) IV, I, II, III
Answer: D
Bloom's Taxonomy: Analysis
Section: The Golden Age of Microbiology
Learning Outcome: 1.14
29) John Snow's research during a cholera outbreak in London laid the foundation for which of
the following branches of microbiology?
A) infection control only
B) epidemiology only
C) immunology only
D) both infection control and epidemiology
E) infection control, epidemiology, and immunology
Answer: D
Bloom's Taxonomy: Application
Section: The Golden Age of Microbiology
Learning Outcome: 1.16
30) Robert Koch was involved in research on all of the following topics EXCEPT
A) the cause of anthrax.
B) the cause of fermentation.
C) development of a method to determine the cause of an infectious disease.
D) the cause of tuberculosis.
E) techniques for isolating microbes in the laboratory.
Answer: B
Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension
Section: The Golden Age of Microbiology
Learning Outcome: 1.13
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