MCB 2010: Exam 1 Review Questions
and Correct Answers.
Robert Koch - Answer proved that bacteria can cause disease
Robert Koch developed his postulates - Answer while identifying the cause of anthrax
Developed the process of using just enough heat to kill bacteria that cause spoilage - Answer
Pasteur
Discovered the chemotherapeutic agent against syphilis - Answer Ehrlich
Flemming - Answer discovered penicillin
Pasteur - Answer discovered the cause of fermentation
Lister is associated with - Answer aseptic surgery
Jenner is associated with - Answer vaccination
Bioremediation is the use of microbes - Answer to clean up pollutants and toxic wastes
Biotechnology can best be defined as using living organisms to - Answer develop useful
products
ONLY bacteria can convert which element into a form that is available to plants and animals -
Answer nitrogen
The current system of nomenclature for organisms was established by - Answer Linnaeus
Specific nomenclature assigns each organism two names: the genus and the - Answer
specific epithet
In 1978, Carl Woese devised a system of classification that groups organisms into the domains
Bacteria, Archaea, and - Answer Eukarya
, Eukarya includes all of the following except - Answer viruses
What is the function of the diaphragm on a
compound microscope? - Answer controls the amount of light entering the condenser
The ocular lens is used to - Answer To remagnify the image formed by the objective lens
The measure of light-bending ability of a medium is the - Answer refractive index
Most ocular lenses magnify specimens by a factor of - Answer 10
The ability of the lenses to distinguish fine detail
and structure is called - Answer resolution
Which microscope uses an opaque disk to block
light that would enter the objective lens directly? - Answer darkfield microscope
Which microscope uses an ultraviolet light
source? - Answer fluorescence microscope
Which microscope illuminates specimens with
blue light and produces three-dimensional
images? - Answer confocal microscope
Which microscope forms an image from two
sets of light rays, one from the light source and
the other diffracted from a structure in the
specimen? - Answer phase-contrast microscope
What microscope uses a metal and diamond
probe to produce a three-dimensional image? - Answer atomic force microscope
Which microscope is especially useful in
studying the surface structures of intact cells
and viruses? - Answer scanning electron microscope
and Correct Answers.
Robert Koch - Answer proved that bacteria can cause disease
Robert Koch developed his postulates - Answer while identifying the cause of anthrax
Developed the process of using just enough heat to kill bacteria that cause spoilage - Answer
Pasteur
Discovered the chemotherapeutic agent against syphilis - Answer Ehrlich
Flemming - Answer discovered penicillin
Pasteur - Answer discovered the cause of fermentation
Lister is associated with - Answer aseptic surgery
Jenner is associated with - Answer vaccination
Bioremediation is the use of microbes - Answer to clean up pollutants and toxic wastes
Biotechnology can best be defined as using living organisms to - Answer develop useful
products
ONLY bacteria can convert which element into a form that is available to plants and animals -
Answer nitrogen
The current system of nomenclature for organisms was established by - Answer Linnaeus
Specific nomenclature assigns each organism two names: the genus and the - Answer
specific epithet
In 1978, Carl Woese devised a system of classification that groups organisms into the domains
Bacteria, Archaea, and - Answer Eukarya
, Eukarya includes all of the following except - Answer viruses
What is the function of the diaphragm on a
compound microscope? - Answer controls the amount of light entering the condenser
The ocular lens is used to - Answer To remagnify the image formed by the objective lens
The measure of light-bending ability of a medium is the - Answer refractive index
Most ocular lenses magnify specimens by a factor of - Answer 10
The ability of the lenses to distinguish fine detail
and structure is called - Answer resolution
Which microscope uses an opaque disk to block
light that would enter the objective lens directly? - Answer darkfield microscope
Which microscope uses an ultraviolet light
source? - Answer fluorescence microscope
Which microscope illuminates specimens with
blue light and produces three-dimensional
images? - Answer confocal microscope
Which microscope forms an image from two
sets of light rays, one from the light source and
the other diffracted from a structure in the
specimen? - Answer phase-contrast microscope
What microscope uses a metal and diamond
probe to produce a three-dimensional image? - Answer atomic force microscope
Which microscope is especially useful in
studying the surface structures of intact cells
and viruses? - Answer scanning electron microscope
