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1. Which nofnthenfollowingndistinguish nthenfieldnofnmicrobiology nfromnother nfieldsnofnbiology?
A. Thensizenofnthenorganismnstudied
B. Then techniques n usedntonstudyn organismsn regardless n ofn their n size
C. Bothnthensizenofnthenorganism nstudiednandn then techniques nemployed ninnthenstudy n ofn or
ganisms
D. Neither nthensizenofnthenorganismnstudiednnor nthen techniques nemployedninnth
enstudy nofnorganisms nregardless nof ntheir nsize
2. Whonofnthenfollowingndevelopedn anset nofncriterianthat ncouldnbenusedntonestablish nanca
usativenlinknbetween na nparticular nmicroorganism nand nanparticular ndisease?
A. Fracastoro
B. Koch
C. Pasteur
D. Lister
3. Whonofnthenfollowingn wasn thenfirstnto nobservenandnaccurately n describenmicroorganisms?
A. Pasteur
B. Lister
C. VannLeeuwenhoek
D. Tyndall
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4. Whonofnthenfollowingnprovidedn thenevidencenneedednton discredit nthenconceptn ofnsp
ontaneousngeneration?
A. Pasteur
B. Koch
C. Semmelweiss
D. Lister
5. Thenribosomal nRNAnstudiesnthatnledn to nthen division nof nprocaryoticn organisms ninto nthen B
acterianandnthenArcheanwerenbegun nby
A. Pasteur
B. Woese
C. Needham
D. Watson
6. Thenconceptnthatnlivingnorganismsnarisenfromnnonlivingnmaterial nisncalled
A. Biogenesis
B. Cell n theory
C. Spontaneousn generation
D. Germntheory
7. Cellsnwith nanrelatively nsimplencell nmorphology nthat ndonnotnhave nan truenmembrane-
delimitednnucleusnarencalled
A. Procaryotes
B. Eucaryotes
C. Urcaryotes
D. Nocaryotes
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8. Thenconceptnthat nhuman nandnanimal ndiseases narencausednb ynmicroorganisms nisncallednt
he
A. Cell ntheory
B. Germntheory
C. Causativen theory
D. Diseasentheory
9. Cellsnwith nanrelatively ncomplexnmorphology nthat nhaven antrue nmembrane-
delimitednnucleusnarencalled
A. Procaryotes
B. Eucaryotes
C. Urcaryotes
D. Nocaryotes
10 . Whosenworknonnspontaneousngeneration nfirstn demonstrated nthen existencen ofna nverynhe
at-resistantnformnofnbacterianthatnarencallednendospores?
A. Schwann
B. Redi
C. Tyndall
D. Pasteur
11 . Protistsncontain nall nofnthenfollowingnformsnofnlifenexcept
A. Protozoa
B. Fungi
C. Slimenmolds
D. Algae
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12 . Antisepticnsurgery n wasn pioneeredn by
A. Pasteur
B. Lister
C. Jenner
D. Kitasato
13 . Studiesn byn Emil n von n Behringn andn Shibasaburon Kitasaton demonstratedn thatn inactivate
dn toxinsn can ninducenthensynthesis nofnantitoxinsninnthenbloodnofnrabbits.nThesenantitoxin
sn(antibodies)narenthenbasisnof
A. Humoral nimmunity
B. Cell-mediatednimmunity
C. Antibioticnimmunity
D. Phagocyte-mediatedn immunity
14 . Thenfirstnsurgical nantisepticntonbenusednwas
A. Iodine
B. Ethanol
C. Phenol
D. Nonenofnthe nchoices
15 . Oldnculturesnofnbacterianthatnhavenlostntheir nability ntoncausen diseasenarensaidntonbe
A. Impotent
B. Virulent
C. Pathogenic
D. Attenuated
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Chapter 1 n
Student:nn
1. Which nofnthenfollowingndistinguish nthenfieldnofnmicrobiology nfromnother nfieldsnofnbiology?
A. Thensizenofnthenorganismnstudied
B. Then techniques n usedntonstudyn organismsn regardless n ofn their n size
C. Bothnthensizenofnthenorganism nstudiednandn then techniques nemployed ninnthenstudy n ofn or
ganisms
D. Neither nthensizenofnthenorganismnstudiednnor nthen techniques nemployedninnth
enstudy nofnorganisms nregardless nof ntheir nsize
2. Whonofnthenfollowingndevelopedn anset nofncriterianthat ncouldnbenusedntonestablish nanca
usativenlinknbetween na nparticular nmicroorganism nand nanparticular ndisease?
A. Fracastoro
B. Koch
C. Pasteur
D. Lister
3. Whonofnthenfollowingn wasn thenfirstnto nobservenandnaccurately n describenmicroorganisms?
A. Pasteur
B. Lister
C. VannLeeuwenhoek
D. Tyndall
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,BIOLOGICAL 101>Prescotts Principles of Microbiology
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4. Whonofnthenfollowingnprovidedn thenevidencenneedednton discredit nthenconceptn ofnsp
ontaneousngeneration?
A. Pasteur
B. Koch
C. Semmelweiss
D. Lister
5. Thenribosomal nRNAnstudiesnthatnledn to nthen division nof nprocaryoticn organisms ninto nthen B
acterianandnthenArcheanwerenbegun nby
A. Pasteur
B. Woese
C. Needham
D. Watson
6. Thenconceptnthatnlivingnorganismsnarisenfromnnonlivingnmaterial nisncalled
A. Biogenesis
B. Cell n theory
C. Spontaneousn generation
D. Germntheory
7. Cellsnwith nanrelatively nsimplencell nmorphology nthat ndonnotnhave nan truenmembrane-
delimitednnucleusnarencalled
A. Procaryotes
B. Eucaryotes
C. Urcaryotes
D. Nocaryotes
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,BIOLOGICAL 101>Prescotts Principles of Microbiology
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8. Thenconceptnthat nhuman nandnanimal ndiseases narencausednb ynmicroorganisms nisncallednt
he
A. Cell ntheory
B. Germntheory
C. Causativen theory
D. Diseasentheory
9. Cellsnwith nanrelatively ncomplexnmorphology nthat nhaven antrue nmembrane-
delimitednnucleusnarencalled
A. Procaryotes
B. Eucaryotes
C. Urcaryotes
D. Nocaryotes
10 . Whosenworknonnspontaneousngeneration nfirstn demonstrated nthen existencen ofna nverynhe
at-resistantnformnofnbacterianthatnarencallednendospores?
A. Schwann
B. Redi
C. Tyndall
D. Pasteur
11 . Protistsncontain nall nofnthenfollowingnformsnofnlifenexcept
A. Protozoa
B. Fungi
C. Slimenmolds
D. Algae
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, BIOLOGICAL 101>Prescotts Principles of Microbiology
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12 . Antisepticnsurgery n wasn pioneeredn by
A. Pasteur
B. Lister
C. Jenner
D. Kitasato
13 . Studiesn byn Emil n von n Behringn andn Shibasaburon Kitasaton demonstratedn thatn inactivate
dn toxinsn can ninducenthensynthesis nofnantitoxinsninnthenbloodnofnrabbits.nThesenantitoxin
sn(antibodies)narenthenbasisnof
A. Humoral nimmunity
B. Cell-mediatednimmunity
C. Antibioticnimmunity
D. Phagocyte-mediatedn immunity
14 . Thenfirstnsurgical nantisepticntonbenusednwas
A. Iodine
B. Ethanol
C. Phenol
D. Nonenofnthe nchoices
15 . Oldnculturesnofnbacterianthatnhavenlostntheir nability ntoncausen diseasenarensaidntonbe
A. Impotent
B. Virulent
C. Pathogenic
D. Attenuated
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