Microbiology TTU Exam 1 Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
List the types of Micro organisms -
correct answer ✅1. Bacteria
2. Fungi
3. Viruses
4. Protozoans
5. Algae
Microbial areas of study -
correct answer ✅1. Taxonomy
2. Ecology
3. Genetics (transfer and regulation)
4. Morphology
5. Physiology (energy)
6. Immunology
The Concept of Spontaneous Generation/ History -
correct answer ✅-Life arose from non-life primarily in decaying
material through a vital force. Air was necessary.
-Abiogenesis
-Inadequate observation and faulty deductions.
,Microbiology TTU Exam 1 Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
Origins of life: Early ideas -
correct answer ✅Spontaneous generation:
-The idea that non-living material can produce life.
Examples: maggots, mice
Francisco Redi (Italy) -
correct answer ✅Disproved spontaneous generation for macrolife.
-left jars of meat open and closed
-covered with cheese cloth
-vital force was there
Antoni Von Leewenhoek (Dutch) -
correct answer ✅Father of Microbiology
Cloth merchant (upper class)
Discovered the world of animicules
Produced high quality lenses (resolution)
No one could figure out how he did it for 100 years
,Microbiology TTU Exam 1 Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
The Slow Death of Spontaneous Generation -
correct answer ✅John Needham (English)
Lazzaro Spallanzani (1795): Microbes come from air. Boiling will kill
them. (hypothesis)
The Development of Canning -
correct answer ✅Nicolae Appert: Inventor of air tight food
-1795: placed food on glass jars, sealed with cork and sealing wax
-1810, won a French Military Prize
Edward Jenner (English) -
correct answer ✅-Cowpox vaccination to protect people from
smallpox
-developed vaccination but wasn't with out critics (against vaccines
like people are today)
Louis Pasteur (Swan Neck Flasks) -
correct answer ✅-French
-trained as a chemist to understand fermentation and why it
spoiled
-disproved spontaneous generation.
, Microbiology TTU Exam 1 Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
Pasteur's Test of Spontaneous Generation -
correct answer ✅1.Broth is boiled
2. Broth remains free of microorganisms
3. curved neck is removed
4. microorganisms grow in broth
Pasteur's Contributions: -
correct answer ✅-stated that microbes caused disease
-pasteurization
-rabbies vaccine
Development of Antiseptic Conditions -
correct answer ✅Ignez Semmelweiss predicted that washing
hands reduces contamination and death in hospitals.
-Doctors would not listen and put him in an insane asylum
Joseph Lister: Antiseptic Technique -
correct answer ✅-student of Semmelweiss
-used carbolic acid to dress wounds and sterile equipment
Answers (Grade A+)
List the types of Micro organisms -
correct answer ✅1. Bacteria
2. Fungi
3. Viruses
4. Protozoans
5. Algae
Microbial areas of study -
correct answer ✅1. Taxonomy
2. Ecology
3. Genetics (transfer and regulation)
4. Morphology
5. Physiology (energy)
6. Immunology
The Concept of Spontaneous Generation/ History -
correct answer ✅-Life arose from non-life primarily in decaying
material through a vital force. Air was necessary.
-Abiogenesis
-Inadequate observation and faulty deductions.
,Microbiology TTU Exam 1 Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
Origins of life: Early ideas -
correct answer ✅Spontaneous generation:
-The idea that non-living material can produce life.
Examples: maggots, mice
Francisco Redi (Italy) -
correct answer ✅Disproved spontaneous generation for macrolife.
-left jars of meat open and closed
-covered with cheese cloth
-vital force was there
Antoni Von Leewenhoek (Dutch) -
correct answer ✅Father of Microbiology
Cloth merchant (upper class)
Discovered the world of animicules
Produced high quality lenses (resolution)
No one could figure out how he did it for 100 years
,Microbiology TTU Exam 1 Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
The Slow Death of Spontaneous Generation -
correct answer ✅John Needham (English)
Lazzaro Spallanzani (1795): Microbes come from air. Boiling will kill
them. (hypothesis)
The Development of Canning -
correct answer ✅Nicolae Appert: Inventor of air tight food
-1795: placed food on glass jars, sealed with cork and sealing wax
-1810, won a French Military Prize
Edward Jenner (English) -
correct answer ✅-Cowpox vaccination to protect people from
smallpox
-developed vaccination but wasn't with out critics (against vaccines
like people are today)
Louis Pasteur (Swan Neck Flasks) -
correct answer ✅-French
-trained as a chemist to understand fermentation and why it
spoiled
-disproved spontaneous generation.
, Microbiology TTU Exam 1 Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
Pasteur's Test of Spontaneous Generation -
correct answer ✅1.Broth is boiled
2. Broth remains free of microorganisms
3. curved neck is removed
4. microorganisms grow in broth
Pasteur's Contributions: -
correct answer ✅-stated that microbes caused disease
-pasteurization
-rabbies vaccine
Development of Antiseptic Conditions -
correct answer ✅Ignez Semmelweiss predicted that washing
hands reduces contamination and death in hospitals.
-Doctors would not listen and put him in an insane asylum
Joseph Lister: Antiseptic Technique -
correct answer ✅-student of Semmelweiss
-used carbolic acid to dress wounds and sterile equipment
