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Mahon: Textbook of Diagnostic Microbiology, 7th Edition Test Bank

Table of contents
Part 1: Introduction to Clinical Microbiology
Chapter 1. Bacterial Cell Structure, Physiology, Metabolism, and Genetics
Chapter 2. Host-Parasite Interaction
Chapter 3. The Laboratory Role in Infection Control
Chapter 4. Control of Microorganisms: Disinfection, Sterilization, and Microbiology Safety
Chapter 5. Performance Improvement in the Microbiology Laboratory
Chapter 6. Specimen Collection and Processing
Chapter 7. Microscopic Examination of Materials from Infected Sites
Chapter 8. Use of Colony Morphology for the Presumptive Identification of Microorganisms
Chapter 9. Biochemical Identification of Gram-Negative Bacteria
Chapter 10. Immunodiagnosis of Infectious Diseases
Chapter 11. Applications of Molecular Diagnostics
Chapter 12. Antibacterial Mechanisms of Action and Bacterial Resistance Mechanisms
Chapter 13. Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing
Part 2: Laboratory Identification of Significant Isolates
Chapter 14. Staphylococci
Chapter 15. Streptococcus, Enterococcus, and Other Catalase-Negative, Gram-Positive
Cocci
Chapter 16. Aerobic Gram-Positive Bacilli
Chapter 17. Neisseria Species and Moraxella catarrhalis
Chapter 18. Haemophilus, HACEK, Legionella and Other Fastidious Gram-Negative Bacilli
Chapter 19. Enterobacteriaceae
Chapter 20. Vibrio, Aeromonas, and Campylobacter Species
Chapter 21. Nonfermenting and Miscellaneous Gram-Negative Bacilli
Chapter 22. Anaerobes of Clinical Importance
Chapter 23. The Spirochetes
Chapter 24. Chlamydia, Rickettsia, and Similar Organisms
Chapter 25. Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma
Chapter 26. Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Nontuberculous Mycobacteria
Chapter 27. Medically Significant Fungi
Chapter 28. Diagnostic Parasitology
Chapter 29. Clinical Virology
Chapter 30. Agents of Bioterror and Forensic Microbiology
Chapter 31. Biofilms: Architects of Disease
Part 3: Laboratory Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases: and Organ System Approach
to Diagnostic Microbiology
Chapter 32. Upper and Lower Respiratory Tract Infections
Chapter 33. Skin and Soft Tissue Infections
Chapter 34. Gastrointestinal Infections and Food Poisoning
Chapter 35. Infections of the Central Nervous System
Chapter 36. Bacteremia and Sepsis
Chapter 37. Urinary Tract Infections
Chapter 38. Genital Infections and Sexually Transmitted Infections
Chapter 39. Infections in Special Populations
Chapter 40. Zoonotic Diseases
Chapter 41. Ocular Infections
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Chapter 01: Bacterial Cell Structure, Physiology,
Metabolism, and Genetics Mahon: Textbook of
Diagnostic Microbiology, 7th Edition Test Bank

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. To survive, microbial inhabitants have learned to adapt by varying all of the
following, except
a.
growth rate.
b.
growth in all atmospheric conditions.
c.
growth at particular temperatures.
d.
bacterial shape.
ANSWER: D
The chapter begins by discussing the way microbial inhabitants have had
to evolve to survive in many different niches and habitats. It discusses
slow growers, rapid growers, and replication with scarce or abundant
nutrients, under different atmospheric conditions, temperature
requirements, and cell structure. Bacterial shape as a form of evolution is
not discussed.

OBJ: Level 2: Interpretation

2. Who was considered the father of protozoology and bacteriology?
a.
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
b.
Louis Pasteur
c.
Carl Landsteiner
d.
Michael Douglas
ANSWER: A
The book discusses Anton van Leeuwenhoek as the inventor of the
microscope and the first person to see the “beasties.” So they dubbed
him the father of protozoology and bacteriology. The other three
individuals were not discussed.

OBJ: Level 1: Recall

3. Prokaryotic cells have which of the following structures in their cytoplasm?
a.
Golgi apparatus
b.
Ribosomes
c.
Mitochondria
d.
Endoplasmic reticulum
ANSWER: B
All the structures listed are found in eukaryotic cells, but ribosomes
are the only ones that apply to prokaryotic cells.

OBJ: Level 1: Recall

4. This form of DNA is commonly found in eukaryotic cells.
a.
Linear
b.
Circular
c.
Plasmid
d.
Colloid




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