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,TestBank:FundamentalsofMicrobiology12thEdition,JeffreyC.Pommerville
ChapterA1
Multiple Choice
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1.WhoAwasAoneAofAtheAearlyAnaturalAphilosophersAwhoAcoinedAtheAnameA“cella”AforAth
eAemptyAcorkAspacesAthatAbecameAtheAwordAweAuseAtoday,A“cells”?
A.RobertAHooke
B.ZachariasAJanssen
C.FrancescoAStalluti
D.GiovanniAFaber
Ans:AA
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2.LeeuwenhoekAmadeAlensesAthatAallowedAhimAtoAmagnifyAobjectsAmoreAthanA200X
.AHowever,AheAfailedAtoApromoteAscientificAinquiryAbecause:
A.heAdidn'tAshareAhisAdrawingsAwithAotherAscientists.
B.heAdidn'tArevealAhowAheAgroundAtheAlensesAandAnoAoneAelseAwasAdoingAitAthatAwell.
C.heAlimitedAhisAresearchAtoApondAwater
D.itAwasAonlyAaAhobbyAandAheAdidn'tAliveAveryAlong
Ans:AB
,3.LeeuwenhoekAwasAtheAfirstApersonAto:
A.seeAviruses.
B.useAaAmicroscope.
C.describeAbacteria.
D.suggestAanimalculesAcausedAdisease.
Ans:AC
4.FrancescoARediAisAfamousAforAperformingAoneAofAtheAfirstAexperimentsAoverAtheAdebat
eAregardingAspontaneousAgeneration.AWhatAwasAhisAexperiment?
A.HeAboiledAsomeAmuttonAgravyAandAsealedAtheAtopsAwithAcorks.
B.HeAcoveredAsomeAjarsAofAmeatAwithAgauzeAandAleftAothersAopen.ATheAcoveredAjarsAdidAn
otAdevelopAmaggots,AtheAuncoveredAonesAdid.
C.HeAshowedAthatAmiceAwillAappearAwithAdampAragsAandArice.
D.HeAboiledAbrothAforAlongerAperiodsAofAtimeAandAsealedAtheAtopsAwithAmeltedAglass.
Ans:AB
5.didAnotAattemptAtoAproveAorArefuteAtheAideaAofAspontaneousAgeneration.
A.FrancescoARedi
B.RobertAKoch
C.LazzaroASpallanzani
D.LouisAPasteu
rAAns:AB
6.WhichAoneAofAtheAfollowingAwouldAbeAconsistentAwithAtheAideaAofAspontaneo
usAgeneration?
, A.MicroorganismsAmayAbeAcultivatedAonAsolidAlaboratoryAmedia.
B.InsectsAareAimportantAinAtheAtransmissionAofAdisease.
C.SickApeopleAgiveAriseAtoAmicroorganismsAinAtheirAbody.
D.DisinfectionAisAessentialAtoApreventAtheAspreadAofAmicroorganism
s.AAns:AC
7.Spallanzani’sAexperimentsAshowedAthat:
A.virusesAwereAtransmittedAbyAwater.
B.spontaneousAgenerationAoccurs.
C.miasmaAwasAtheAcauseAofAdisease.
D.experimentsAcanAbeAmodifiedAtoAtestAaAhypothesi
s.AAns:AD
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8.WhichApairAofAscientistsAwereAantagonistsAduringAtheAsameAperiodAofAhistory?
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A.PasteurAandAEhrlich t
B.KochAandALeeuwenhoek t
C.SpallanzaniAandANeedham t
D.PasteurAandASnow t
Ans:ACt
9.SemmelweisAshowedAthatAtheAtransmissionAofAdiseaseAcouldAbeAinterruptedAby: t
A.killingAdisease-carryingAmosquitoes. t
B.disinfectingAwaterAsupplies. t
C.pasteurizingAmilk.t
D.washingAhandsAinAchlorineAwater. t