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Chapter 1 : An Invisible World o o o o o
Chapter 2 : How We See the Invisible World Ch
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apter 3 : The Cell o o o o
Chapter 4 : Prokaryotic Diversity
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Chapter 5 : The Eukaryotes of Microbiology Ch
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apter 6 : Acellular Pathogens
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Chapter 7 : Microbial Biochemistry
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Chapter 8 : Microbial Metabolism
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Chapter 9 : Microbial Growth
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Chapter 10 : Biochemistry of the Genome Cha
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pter 11 : Mechanisms of Microbial Genetics
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Chapter 12 : Modern Applications of Microbial Genetics Cha
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pter 13 : Control of Microbial Growth
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Chapter 14 : Antimicrobial Drugs
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Chapter 15 : Microbial Mechanisms of Pathogenicity Chapte
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r 16 : Disease and Epidemiology
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Chapter 17 : Innate Nonspecific Host Defenses
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Chapter 18 : Adaptive Specific Host Defenses
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Chapter 19 : Diseases of the Immune System
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Chapter 20 : Laboratory Analysis of the Immune Response
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Chapter 21 : Skin and Eye Infections
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Chapter 22 : Respiratory System Infections Ch
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apter 23 : Urogenital System Infections Chapt
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er 24 : Digestive System Infections
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Chapter 25 : Circulatory and Lymphatic System Infections C
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hapter 26 : Nervous System Infections Description
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Chaptero1:oAnoInvisibleoWorld
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ltipleoChoice
1. Whichoofotheofollowingoisotrueoofotheomicrobialoworld?
A. Allomicrobesoareoharmful.
B. Humansocouldosurviveowithoutomicrobes.
C. Manyomicrobesoareohelpful.*
D. Mostomicrobesoareopathogenic.
Difficulty:oEasy
ASMoStandard:o23,o24
2. Whichoofotheofollowingoisowhenohumansofirstosuspectedotheoexistenceoofomicrobes?
A. duringotheoIndustrialoRevolution
B. inoprehistoricotimes*
C. inotheolastocentury
D. withinotheolasto500oyears
Difficulty:oEasyoAS
MoStandard:o23
3. Whichoindividualofirstoobservedounicellularoorganisms,owhichoheocalledo“animalcules,”ousingo
aomicroscopeoheodeveloped?
A. RobertoKoch
B. LouisoPasteur
C. Thucydides
D. AntonieovanoLeeuwenhoek*
Difficulty:oEasyoAS
MoStandard:o6
4. TooreduceotheoriskoofoopenoflameofromoBunsenoburners,omicrobiologistsoareoincreasinglyousingo
whichoofotheofollowingodevicesoforoeasy,orapidobenchtoposterilizationoofosmallopiecesoofoequipm
ent?
A. autoclaves
B. ethyleneooxide
C. incubators
D. microincinerators*
Difficulty:oEasyoAS
MoStandard:o36
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5. TheoSwedishobotanistoknownoforohavingodevelopedoanoimportantobiologicaloclassificationo
systemoisowhichoofotheofollowingopeople?
A. ErnstoHaeckel
B. CarolusoLinnaeus*
C. LouisoPasteur
D. RobertoWhittaker
Difficulty:oEasyoAS
MoStandard:oN/A
6. WhichokingdomowasotheoonlyooneofoundoinoEmpireoProkaryota?
A. Animalia
B. Fungi
C. Monera*
D. Protista
Difficulty:oEasyoAS
MoStandard:oN/A
7. Whichoareotheothreeocurrentlyoacceptedodomains?
A. Archaea,oBacteria,oandoEukarya*
B. Archaea,oProkaryota,oandoEukaryota
C. Bacteria,oFungi,oandoProtista
D. Bacteria,oProkaryota,oandoEukarya
Difficulty:oEasyoAS
MoStandard:oN/A
8. Whichotwootaxonomicounitsoareotypicallyousedotooidentifyoanoorganismowhenousingobinomialon
omenclature?
A. domainoandokingdom
B. genusoandofamily
C. genusoandospecies*
D. phylumoandoclass
Difficulty:oEasyoAS
MoStandard:oN/A
9. Whichoofotheofollowingoisonototrueoaboutotheoprocessoofofermentation?
A. Itocanohelpopreserveofoods,opreventingospoilage.
B. Itoconvertsosugarsotooorganicoacids,oalcohols,oand/orogasesosuchoasocarbonodioxide.
C. Itoisocarriedooutoexclusivelyobyounicellularoeukaryotesosuchoasoyeast.*
D. Itoisousedotoomakeofoodsosuchoasocheeseoandobread.
Difficulty:oModerateoAS
MoStandard:o11,o23,o26
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10. TheoRomansomayohaveoreducedotheiroriskoofowaterborneoinfectiousodiseasesobyousingowhichoofot
heofollowing?
A. aovarietyoofopharmaceuticaloproducts
B. aqueductsoandoaosewerosystem*
C. prophylacticoantibiotics
D. quarantineoofopeopleowitholeprosy
Difficulty:oModerate
oASMoStandard:o23
11. ForowhichoofotheofollowingoisoThucydidesoknown?
A. developingoanoeffectiveosewerosystemoinoancientoGreece,ohelpingotooreduceolevelsoofo
diseaseoinocities
B. observingomicrobes,ousingoaomicroscope,oforotheofirstotime,oevenodistinguishingobetweeno
bacteriaoandofungi
C. proposingothatodiseaseowasocausedobyomicroorganisms
D. realizingothatopeopleowhoohadobeenoinfectedobyotheoAthenianoplagueohadoimmunityotoor
einfection*
Difficulty:oModerateoAS
MoStandard:o23,o31
12. ErnstoHaeckeloproposedoaoclassificationosystemoconsistingoofowhichoofotheofollowingos
ubgroups?
A. fiveokingdoms
B. fourokingdoms*
C. twoodomainsoandothreeokingdoms
D. twoodomainsoandofiveokingdoms
Difficulty:oModerate
oASM oStandard:oN/A
13. Virusesonotoincludedoinophylogeneticotreesoforowhichoofotheofollowingoreasons?
A. Itoisotooodifficultotooobserveotheirocharacteristics.
B. Theyoareoacellularoandononliving.*
C. Theyodoonotohaveoanyogenes,owhichopreventsogeneticoanalysis.
D. Theyolackoaonucleus.
Difficulty:oModerate
oASMoStandard:o5
14. Whichoisotheobestodescriptionoofotheoprimaryopurposeoofoaophylogeny?
A. Phylogeniesoshowoallotheoalterativeonamesoforoeachospecies.
B. Phylogeniesoshowoallotheocommononamesoforoeachospecies.
C. Phylogeniesoshowoevolutionaryorelatednessobetweenoorganisms.*
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