NEW MODIFIED MICROBIOLOGY WITH
DISEASES BY BODY SYSTEM 5TH EDITION
CHAPTER 1-24 A NEW TESTBANK EXAM Q&A
Chapter 1: a brief history of microbiology
1) The technique developed by Hans Christian Gram is important for bacterial
A) etiology.
B) identification.
C) classification.
D) isolation.
E) epidemiology.
Answer: B
2) The use of chemical agents to harm or kill microbes is
A) immunology.
B) chemotherapy.
C) epidemiology.
D) serology.
E) biotechnology.
Answer: B
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,3) Parasitic worms, even meters-long tapeworms, are studied in microbiology because A)
they are parasites.
B) diagnosis usually involves microscopic examination of patient samples.
C) the Gram stain can be used to identify them.
D) Leeuwenhoek first discovered them.
E) no one else wants to study them.
Answer: B
4) Which of the following areas of investigation is considered a major driver of modern
microbiology?
A) microbial classification
B) industrial microbiology
C) the etiology of infectious disease
D) genetics
E) food preparation
Answer: D
5) Work by laid the foundations of immunology with the development of vaccines.
A) Redi and Spallanzani
B) Koch and Pasteur
C) Jenner and Pasteur
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,D) Lister and Semmelweis
E) Pauling and Woese
Answer: C
6) According to Kluyver and van Niel, which of the following are TRUE of basic
biochemical reactions?
A) They vary widely among living things.
B) There are an unlimited number of them.
C) They all require energy input.
D) Basic biochemical reactions of life primarily involve transfer of electrons and hydrogen
ions.
E) They primarily involve transfers of chemical groups.
Answer: D
7) Semmelweis advocated handwashing as a method of preventing which of the following
diseases?
A) cholera
B) puerperal fever
C) smallpox
D) anthrax
E) syphilis
Answer: B
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, 8) Paul Ehrlich used chemotherapy to treat
A) cholera.
B) cancer.
C) anthrax.
D) smallpox.
E) syphilis.
Answer: E
9) The microbes commonly known as motile. are single-celled eukaryotes that are generally
A) archaea
B) bacteria
C) fungi
D) protozoa
E) viruses
Answer: D
10) Pasteur's experiments on fermentation laid the foundation for
A) industrial microbiology.
B) epidemiology.
C) immunology.
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DISEASES BY BODY SYSTEM 5TH EDITION
CHAPTER 1-24 A NEW TESTBANK EXAM Q&A
Chapter 1: a brief history of microbiology
1) The technique developed by Hans Christian Gram is important for bacterial
A) etiology.
B) identification.
C) classification.
D) isolation.
E) epidemiology.
Answer: B
2) The use of chemical agents to harm or kill microbes is
A) immunology.
B) chemotherapy.
C) epidemiology.
D) serology.
E) biotechnology.
Answer: B
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,3) Parasitic worms, even meters-long tapeworms, are studied in microbiology because A)
they are parasites.
B) diagnosis usually involves microscopic examination of patient samples.
C) the Gram stain can be used to identify them.
D) Leeuwenhoek first discovered them.
E) no one else wants to study them.
Answer: B
4) Which of the following areas of investigation is considered a major driver of modern
microbiology?
A) microbial classification
B) industrial microbiology
C) the etiology of infectious disease
D) genetics
E) food preparation
Answer: D
5) Work by laid the foundations of immunology with the development of vaccines.
A) Redi and Spallanzani
B) Koch and Pasteur
C) Jenner and Pasteur
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,D) Lister and Semmelweis
E) Pauling and Woese
Answer: C
6) According to Kluyver and van Niel, which of the following are TRUE of basic
biochemical reactions?
A) They vary widely among living things.
B) There are an unlimited number of them.
C) They all require energy input.
D) Basic biochemical reactions of life primarily involve transfer of electrons and hydrogen
ions.
E) They primarily involve transfers of chemical groups.
Answer: D
7) Semmelweis advocated handwashing as a method of preventing which of the following
diseases?
A) cholera
B) puerperal fever
C) smallpox
D) anthrax
E) syphilis
Answer: B
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, 8) Paul Ehrlich used chemotherapy to treat
A) cholera.
B) cancer.
C) anthrax.
D) smallpox.
E) syphilis.
Answer: E
9) The microbes commonly known as motile. are single-celled eukaryotes that are generally
A) archaea
B) bacteria
C) fungi
D) protozoa
E) viruses
Answer: D
10) Pasteur's experiments on fermentation laid the foundation for
A) industrial microbiology.
B) epidemiology.
C) immunology.
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