Microbiology for the Healthcare Professional 2nd Edition VanMeter Test Bank
,Microbiology for the Healthcare Professional 2nd Edition VanMeter Test Bank
, Microbiology for the Healthcare Professional 2nd Edition VanMeter Test Bank
Chapter’01:’Scope’of’Microbiology
VanMeter:’Microbiology’for’the’Healthcare’Professional,’2nd’Edition
MULTIPLE’CHOICE
1. In’the’sixteenth’century’a’father-and-son’team,’by’the’name’of’
,’produced’a’
compound’microscope’consisting’of’a’simple’tube’with’lenses’at’each’end.
a. van’Leeuwenhoek
b. Semmelweis
c. Janssen
d. Hooke
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2. “Animalcules”‘were’first’described’by
a. Robert’Hooke.
b. Antony’van’Leeuwenhoek.
c. Hans’Janssen.
d. John’Needham.
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3. Micrographia,’a’publication’illustrating’insects,’sponges,’as’well’as’plant’cells,’was’published’b
y
a. Robert’Hooke.
b. Antony’van’Leeuwenhoek.
c. Hans’Janssen.
d. John’Needham.
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4. Low-power’microscopes’designed’for’observing’fairly’large’objects’such’as’insects’or’worms’
are’
‘
a. electron’microscopes.
b. dark-field’microscopes.
c. fluorescence’microscopes.
d. stereomicroscopes.
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5. A’microscope’that’provides’a’three-dimensional’image’of’a’specimen’is’a
a. dark-field’microscope.
b. transmission’electron’microscope.
c. bright-field’microscope.
d. scanning’electron’microscope.
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6. The’tool’of’choice’to’observe’living’microorganisms’is’the’
a. bright-field’microscope.
b. phase-contrast’microscope.
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c. fluorescence’microscope.
d. electron’microscope.
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7. Which’scientist’is’most’responsible’for’ending’the’controversy’about’spontaneous’generation?
a. John’Needham
b. Joseph’Lister
c. Louis’Pasteur
d. Robert’Koch
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8. Fossils’of’prokaryotes’go’back’ billion’years.
a. 4.0’to’5.0
b. 3.5’to’4.0
c. 2.5’to’3.0
d. 2.2’to’2.7
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9. Molds’belong’to’which’of’the’following’groups’of’eukaryotic’organisms?
a. Protozoans
b. Archaea
c. Fungi
d. Algae
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10. The’correct’descending’order’of’taxonomic’categories’is
a. species,’domain,’phylum,’kingdom,’order,’division,’class,’genus.
b. domain,’kingdom,’phylum,’class,’family,’order,’genus,’species.
c. domain,’kingdom,’phylum,’class,’order,’family,’genus,’species.
d. kingdom,’domain,’phylum,’order,’class,’family,’genus,’species.
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11. Complex’communities’of’microorganisms’on’surfaces’are’called
a. colonies.
b. biofilms.
c. biospheres.
d. flora.
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12. A’relationship’between’organisms’in’which’the’waste’product’of’one’provides’nutrients’for’
another’is’called’
‘
a. mutualism.
b. competition.
c. synergism.
d. commensalism.
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