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NEW FTCE ESE EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS BANK WITH
700 REAL EXAM PREP QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS/ FTCE ESE TEST 2025/ FL TEACHER
CERTIFICATION EXAM ESE
Joseph Lister - ..ANSWER...✓✓ Began using
disinfectants and antiseptics during surgery
Surgeon who encouraged hand washing before delivery
of babies - ..ANSWER...✓✓ Ignaz Semmelweis
Father of Microbiology - ..ANSWER...✓✓ Louis Pasteur
Coined the term "cell" - ..ANSWER...✓✓ Robert Hooke
Edward Jenner - ..ANSWER...✓✓ Developed a vaccine for
smallpox in 1796
Koch's Postulates - ..ANSWER...✓✓ series of guidelines
used to identify the microorganism that causes a specific
disease
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George Soper (1870-1948) - ..ANSWER...✓✓ early
epidemiologist who figured out Mary Mallon was a carrier
of typhoid fever
Woese - ..ANSWER...✓✓ Credited for creating the 3
Domain system of living organisms by looking at rRNA, he
discovered that ribosomes are different between these
groups
Prusiner - ..ANSWER...✓✓ discovered prions
John Snow - ..ANSWER...✓✓ father of epidemiology,
helped stop the cholera outbreak in London
Nightengale - ..ANSWER...✓✓ Founder of modern
nursing, help the British Army clean up camps and cut
down on death from disease
cell theory - ..ANSWER...✓✓ idea that all living things are
composed of cells, cells are the basic units of structure
and function in living things, and new cells are produced
from existing cells
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Single celled prokaryotic organisms - ..ANSWER...✓✓
Bacteria and Archaea
Helminths - ..ANSWER...✓✓ parasitic worms
Protozoans are - ..ANSWER...✓✓ unicellular eukaryotic
microorganisms
Pathogen - ..ANSWER...✓✓ An organism that causes
disease
opportunistic pathogens - ..ANSWER...✓✓ normal
microbiota that can cause disease if the immune system
is weakened or compromised
Alpha Gal disease - ..ANSWER...✓✓ red meat allergy
passed from the bite of a tick
prodromal stage - ..ANSWER...✓✓ vague feelings of
discomfort; nonspecific complaints
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chronic disease - ..ANSWER...✓✓ an ongoing condition
or illness
incubation - ..ANSWER...✓✓ maintaining something at
the most favorable temperature for its development
pure culture - ..ANSWER...✓✓ contains only one species
or strain
mixed culture - ..ANSWER...✓✓ microbial culture
consisting of two or more species
contaminated culture - ..ANSWER...✓✓ A culture that
was once pure or mixed that now contains contaminants,
or unwanted microbes of uncertain identity
scanning electron microscope - ..ANSWER...✓✓ a
microscope that produces an enlarged, three-
dimensional image of an object by using a beam of
electrons rather than light
NEW FTCE ESE EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS BANK WITH
700 REAL EXAM PREP QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS/ FTCE ESE TEST 2025/ FL TEACHER
CERTIFICATION EXAM ESE
Joseph Lister - ..ANSWER...✓✓ Began using
disinfectants and antiseptics during surgery
Surgeon who encouraged hand washing before delivery
of babies - ..ANSWER...✓✓ Ignaz Semmelweis
Father of Microbiology - ..ANSWER...✓✓ Louis Pasteur
Coined the term "cell" - ..ANSWER...✓✓ Robert Hooke
Edward Jenner - ..ANSWER...✓✓ Developed a vaccine for
smallpox in 1796
Koch's Postulates - ..ANSWER...✓✓ series of guidelines
used to identify the microorganism that causes a specific
disease
,2|Page
George Soper (1870-1948) - ..ANSWER...✓✓ early
epidemiologist who figured out Mary Mallon was a carrier
of typhoid fever
Woese - ..ANSWER...✓✓ Credited for creating the 3
Domain system of living organisms by looking at rRNA, he
discovered that ribosomes are different between these
groups
Prusiner - ..ANSWER...✓✓ discovered prions
John Snow - ..ANSWER...✓✓ father of epidemiology,
helped stop the cholera outbreak in London
Nightengale - ..ANSWER...✓✓ Founder of modern
nursing, help the British Army clean up camps and cut
down on death from disease
cell theory - ..ANSWER...✓✓ idea that all living things are
composed of cells, cells are the basic units of structure
and function in living things, and new cells are produced
from existing cells
,3|Page
Single celled prokaryotic organisms - ..ANSWER...✓✓
Bacteria and Archaea
Helminths - ..ANSWER...✓✓ parasitic worms
Protozoans are - ..ANSWER...✓✓ unicellular eukaryotic
microorganisms
Pathogen - ..ANSWER...✓✓ An organism that causes
disease
opportunistic pathogens - ..ANSWER...✓✓ normal
microbiota that can cause disease if the immune system
is weakened or compromised
Alpha Gal disease - ..ANSWER...✓✓ red meat allergy
passed from the bite of a tick
prodromal stage - ..ANSWER...✓✓ vague feelings of
discomfort; nonspecific complaints
, 4|Page
chronic disease - ..ANSWER...✓✓ an ongoing condition
or illness
incubation - ..ANSWER...✓✓ maintaining something at
the most favorable temperature for its development
pure culture - ..ANSWER...✓✓ contains only one species
or strain
mixed culture - ..ANSWER...✓✓ microbial culture
consisting of two or more species
contaminated culture - ..ANSWER...✓✓ A culture that
was once pure or mixed that now contains contaminants,
or unwanted microbes of uncertain identity
scanning electron microscope - ..ANSWER...✓✓ a
microscope that produces an enlarged, three-
dimensional image of an object by using a beam of
electrons rather than light
