Test Bank - Microbiology with Diseases by Body System 5th Edition
TEST BANK
Microbiology with Diseases by Body System
Robert W. Bauman
5th Edition
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Table of Contents
1. A Brief History of Microbiology
2. The Chemistry of Microbiology
3. Cell Structure and Function
4. Microscopy, Staining, and Classification
5. Microbial Metabolism
6. Microbial Nutrition and Growth
7. Microbial Genetics
8. Recombinant DNA Technology
9. Controlling Microbial Growth in the Environment
10. Controlling Microbial Growth in the Body: Antimicrobial Drugs
11. Characterizing and Classifying Prokaryotes
12. Characterizing and Classifying Eukaryotes
13. Characterizing and Classifying Viruses, Viroids, and Prions
14. Infection, Infectious Diseases, and Epidemiology
15. Innate Immunity
16. Adaptive Immunity
17. Immunization and Immune Testing
18. Immune Disorders
19. Microbial Diseases of the Skin and Wounds
20. Microbial Diseases of the Nervous System and Eyes
21. Microbial Cardiovascular and Systemic Diseases
22. Microbial Diseases of the Respiratory System
23. Microbial Diseases of the Digestive System
24. Microbial Diseases of the Urinary and Reproductive Systems
25. Applied and Industrial Microbiology
26. Microbial Ecology and Microbiomes
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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 MicrobiologyLearning
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 MicrobiologyLearning
Outcome: 1.5
4) Louis Pasteur demonstrated that fermentation to produce alcohol is caused by
A) aerobes.
B) facultative anaerobes.
C) obligate parasites.
D) archaea.
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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 MicrobiologyLearning
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 MicrobiologyLearning
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 ofinfections
during surgery?
A) Nightingale
B) Snow
C) Ehrlich
D) Lister
E) Semmelweis
Answer: D
Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension Section:
The Golden Age of MicrobiologyLearning
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 MicrobiologyLearning
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 MicrobiologyLearning
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 MicrobiologyLearning
Outcome: 1.17
15) According to Kluyver and van Niel, which of the following are TRUE of basic biochemicalreactions?
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 MicrobiologyLearning 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 MicrobiologyLearning 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
20) The work of lead to improvements in sewage control and other public hygiene
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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 MicrobiologyLearning 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 proteinis 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 MicrobiologyLearning 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 MicrobiologyLearning 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 MicrobiologyLearning Outcome: 1.18
27) The work of Eduard Buchner and the discovery of enzymes laid the foundations for the fieldof A)
biochemistry.
B) epidemiology. C)
immunology. D)
mycology.
E) genetics.
Answer: A
Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension Section: The
Golden Age of MicrobiologyLearning Outcome: 1.12
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
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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 ofthe
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 MicrobiologyLearning Outcome: 1.13
31) Which of the following is an INCORRECT pairing? A)
protozoa; multicellular
B) fungi; cell walls
C) algae; aquatic and marine habitats D)
prokaryotes; no nuclei
E) viruses; acellular parasites
Answer: A
Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension Section: The
TEST BANK
Microbiology with Diseases by Body System
Robert W. Bauman
5th Edition
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Table of Contents
1. A Brief History of Microbiology
2. The Chemistry of Microbiology
3. Cell Structure and Function
4. Microscopy, Staining, and Classification
5. Microbial Metabolism
6. Microbial Nutrition and Growth
7. Microbial Genetics
8. Recombinant DNA Technology
9. Controlling Microbial Growth in the Environment
10. Controlling Microbial Growth in the Body: Antimicrobial Drugs
11. Characterizing and Classifying Prokaryotes
12. Characterizing and Classifying Eukaryotes
13. Characterizing and Classifying Viruses, Viroids, and Prions
14. Infection, Infectious Diseases, and Epidemiology
15. Innate Immunity
16. Adaptive Immunity
17. Immunization and Immune Testing
18. Immune Disorders
19. Microbial Diseases of the Skin and Wounds
20. Microbial Diseases of the Nervous System and Eyes
21. Microbial Cardiovascular and Systemic Diseases
22. Microbial Diseases of the Respiratory System
23. Microbial Diseases of the Digestive System
24. Microbial Diseases of the Urinary and Reproductive Systems
25. Applied and Industrial Microbiology
26. Microbial Ecology and Microbiomes
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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 MicrobiologyLearning
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 MicrobiologyLearning
Outcome: 1.5
4) Louis Pasteur demonstrated that fermentation to produce alcohol is caused by
A) aerobes.
B) facultative anaerobes.
C) obligate parasites.
D) archaea.
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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 MicrobiologyLearning
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 MicrobiologyLearning
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 ofinfections
during surgery?
A) Nightingale
B) Snow
C) Ehrlich
D) Lister
E) Semmelweis
Answer: D
Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension Section:
The Golden Age of MicrobiologyLearning
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 MicrobiologyLearning
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 MicrobiologyLearning
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 MicrobiologyLearning
Outcome: 1.17
15) According to Kluyver and van Niel, which of the following are TRUE of basic biochemicalreactions?
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 MicrobiologyLearning 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 MicrobiologyLearning 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
20) The work of lead to improvements in sewage control and other public hygiene
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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 MicrobiologyLearning 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 proteinis 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 MicrobiologyLearning 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 MicrobiologyLearning 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 MicrobiologyLearning Outcome: 1.18
27) The work of Eduard Buchner and the discovery of enzymes laid the foundations for the fieldof A)
biochemistry.
B) epidemiology. C)
immunology. D)
mycology.
E) genetics.
Answer: A
Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension Section: The
Golden Age of MicrobiologyLearning Outcome: 1.12
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
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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 ofthe
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 MicrobiologyLearning Outcome: 1.13
31) Which of the following is an INCORRECT pairing? A)
protozoa; multicellular
B) fungi; cell walls
C) algae; aquatic and marine habitats D)
prokaryotes; no nuclei
E) viruses; acellular parasites
Answer: A
Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension Section: The
