PLPA 2003 Midterm Exam – Plant Pathology Fundamentals and Disease Management Review
What does Leeuwenhoek use as a unit of scale?
Micrometers
Wood Fibers
Cats whiskers
Sand
Ant legs - (ANSWER)Sand
Based on this letter, which of the following might most accurately be described as a potential bias that
would affect our interpretation of this primary historic account?
A. His very strong religious
convictions
B. His hatred of the English
C. His distrust of female scientists
D. There are no indications of any of the potential biases mentioned above or below.
E. His fear of dogs - (ANSWER)D. There are no indications of any of the potential biases mentioned
above or below.
Which of the following is NOT a sample type that Leeuwenhoek discusses in this letter?
Snow-water
Rain Water
Human Blood
Sea water
Pepper - (ANSWER)Human Blood
,PLPA 2003 Midterm Exam – Plant Pathology Fundamentals and Disease Management Review
After Ignaz Semmelweis reported his findings on the importance of hand washing for surgeons, most of
his peers in the medical community quickly made changes to their practices.
True or False? - (ANSWER)False
Which of the 3 individuals' discoveries occurred most before Pasteur and Koch's Germ Theory of
Disease?
Ignaz Semmelweis
None preceded Pasteur and Koch
Joseph Lister
Agostino Bassi - (ANSWER)Agostino Bassi
What substance did Joseph Lister use as an antiseptic?
Carbolic acid
Turpentine
Listerine
Iodine
Kerosene - (ANSWER)Carbolic acid
Who was the first individual most credited with "discovering" that bacteria (and other microbes) exist
and what they look like as individual cells?
Robert Hooke
Robert Koch
Louis Pasteur
Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek - (ANSWER)Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek
, PLPA 2003 Midterm Exam – Plant Pathology Fundamentals and Disease Management Review
According to the author how have advances in bacteriology effected the demographics of the United
States.
Greater diversity
aging
more youth
more homogenous - (ANSWER)aging
What does the author describe as "the most successful of all microbes"?
Nuclei
Viruses
Bacteria
Mitochondria
Archaea - (ANSWER)Mitochondria
The author advocates for several changes in the way that scientists think about and study microbial
pathogens. Which of the following is NOT one of the changes he suggests.
Place less emphasis on the mouse as model host
Reconsider our use of antibacterial products
Focus more research on hypervirulence
Also consider the importance of other microbes on our bodies that are not the cause of disease. -
(ANSWER)Focus more research on hypervirulence
(he actually suggests the opposite)
What does Leeuwenhoek use as a unit of scale?
Micrometers
Wood Fibers
Cats whiskers
Sand
Ant legs - (ANSWER)Sand
Based on this letter, which of the following might most accurately be described as a potential bias that
would affect our interpretation of this primary historic account?
A. His very strong religious
convictions
B. His hatred of the English
C. His distrust of female scientists
D. There are no indications of any of the potential biases mentioned above or below.
E. His fear of dogs - (ANSWER)D. There are no indications of any of the potential biases mentioned
above or below.
Which of the following is NOT a sample type that Leeuwenhoek discusses in this letter?
Snow-water
Rain Water
Human Blood
Sea water
Pepper - (ANSWER)Human Blood
,PLPA 2003 Midterm Exam – Plant Pathology Fundamentals and Disease Management Review
After Ignaz Semmelweis reported his findings on the importance of hand washing for surgeons, most of
his peers in the medical community quickly made changes to their practices.
True or False? - (ANSWER)False
Which of the 3 individuals' discoveries occurred most before Pasteur and Koch's Germ Theory of
Disease?
Ignaz Semmelweis
None preceded Pasteur and Koch
Joseph Lister
Agostino Bassi - (ANSWER)Agostino Bassi
What substance did Joseph Lister use as an antiseptic?
Carbolic acid
Turpentine
Listerine
Iodine
Kerosene - (ANSWER)Carbolic acid
Who was the first individual most credited with "discovering" that bacteria (and other microbes) exist
and what they look like as individual cells?
Robert Hooke
Robert Koch
Louis Pasteur
Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek - (ANSWER)Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek
, PLPA 2003 Midterm Exam – Plant Pathology Fundamentals and Disease Management Review
According to the author how have advances in bacteriology effected the demographics of the United
States.
Greater diversity
aging
more youth
more homogenous - (ANSWER)aging
What does the author describe as "the most successful of all microbes"?
Nuclei
Viruses
Bacteria
Mitochondria
Archaea - (ANSWER)Mitochondria
The author advocates for several changes in the way that scientists think about and study microbial
pathogens. Which of the following is NOT one of the changes he suggests.
Place less emphasis on the mouse as model host
Reconsider our use of antibacterial products
Focus more research on hypervirulence
Also consider the importance of other microbes on our bodies that are not the cause of disease. -
(ANSWER)Focus more research on hypervirulence
(he actually suggests the opposite)
