OpenStax Microbiology Test Bank Chapter 3 The Cell

OpenStax Microbiology Test Bank Chapter 3 The Cell * = Correct answer Multiple Choice 1. The idea that life could appear from nonliving materials was called which of the following? A. the cell theory B. the cellular genesis theory C. the theory of biogenesis D. the theory of spontaneous generation* Difficulty: Easy ASM Standard: N/A 2. The first known use of epidemiology to trace the source of a disease outbreak was the identification of contaminated water as the cause of cholera transmission in London. Which of the following was the physician who accomplished this? A. Joseph Lister B. John Needham C. Ignaz Semmelweis D. John Snow* Difficulty: Easy ASM Standard: N/A 3. Which of the following is a series of steps for determining the causative agent of a particular disease? A. Koch’s postulates* B. Lister’s checklists C. Pasteur’s principles D. Semmelweis’ guidelines Difficulty: Easy ASM Standard: 23 4. Which scientist performed an elegant series of experiments that finally and definitively disproved the theory of spontaneous generation? A. John Needham B. Louis Pasteur* C. Francesco Redi D. Jan Baptista van Helmont Difficulty: Easy ASM Standard: N/A 5. Prokaryotes are classified into which domain(s)? A. Domain Archaea only B. Domain Bacteria only C. Domains Archaea and Bacteria only* D. Domains Bacteria and Eukarya only Difficulty: Moderate ASM Standard: N/A 6. Which term refers to a curved rod? A. bacillus B. coccus C. spirillum D. vibrio* Difficulty: Easy ASM Standard: N/A 7. When a bacterial cell with a cell wall is placed in salt water with a higher-solute concentration than the cell cytoplasm, the cell will undergo which of the following? A. crenation B. crenolysis C. lysis D. plasmolysis* Difficulty: Moderate ASM Standard: 8, 22 8. The bacterial chromosome located in which of the following? A. the capsule B. the nucleoid region* C. the nucleus D. the thylakoids Difficulty: Easy ASM Standard: N/A 9. Which scientist thought spontaneous generation had occurred in flasks of broth after the broth had been boiled? A. John Needham* B. Louis Pasteur C. Francesco Redi D. Jan Baptista van Helmont Difficulty: Moderate ASM Standard: N/A