Question 1

This microorganism uses _____ to get its food.

Accepted Answer

A) pinocytosis 
B) endocytosis 
C) photosynthesis 
D) phagocytosis 
A) pinocytosis 
B) endocytosis 
C) photosynthesis 
D) phagocytosis

Question 2

Which of the following statements about algae is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A) They photosynthesize to produce their own food 
B) They are found in both fresh- and salt-water 
C) They have a nucleus 
D) They never cause disease in humans 
A) They photosynthesize to produce their own food 
B) They are found in both fresh- and salt-water 
C) They have a nucleus 
D) They never cause disease in humans

Question 3

From the following choices,who is NOT known primarily for their work with antibiotics?

Accepted Answer

A) Alexander Fleming 
B) Gregor Mendel 
C) Selman Waksman 
D) Gerhard Domagk 
A) Alexander Fleming 
B) Gregor Mendel 
C) Selman Waksman 
D) Gerhard Domagk

Question 4

Vaccines are:

Accepted Answer

A) specific disease-causing molecules that incorporate into cells 
B) the causative agent of Black Death 
C) selective chemicals used to treat infectious disease 
D) preparations that establish immunity to a disease 
A) specific disease-causing molecules that incorporate into cells 
B) the causative agent of Black Death 
C) selective chemicals used to treat infectious disease 
D) preparations that establish immunity to a disease

Question 5

Which of the following groups of organisms contains members better known for transmitting agents of disease than for causing disease themselves?

Accepted Answer

A) Arthropods 
B) Protozoa 
C) Fungi 
D) Helminths 
A) Arthropods 
B) Protozoa 
C) Fungi 
D) Helminths

Question 6

All of the following are considered microbes EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A) viruses 
B) bacteria 
C) protozoa 
D) worms 
A) viruses 
B) bacteria 
C) protozoa 
D) worms

Question 7

Bacteriophages are:

Accepted Answer

A) modified antibiotics that were used in the Soviet Union 
B) viruses that attack and kill specific kinds of bacteria including antibiotic resistant bacteria 
C)  used to introduce genes in gene therapy 
D)  some of the genes in the human genome 
A) modified antibiotics that were used in the Soviet Union 
B) viruses that attack and kill specific kinds of bacteria including antibiotic resistant bacteria 
C)  used to introduce genes in gene therapy 
D)  some of the genes in the human genome

Question 8

What discovery was crucial to the founding of the field of microbiology?

Accepted Answer

A) Isolation of lepers limiting the spread of infectious disease 
B) Agglutination of bacteria in immune serum 
C) The chemical composition of DNA, the genetic material 
D) Microscopes which allowed for the direct observation of microbes 
A) Isolation of lepers limiting the spread of infectious disease 
B) Agglutination of bacteria in immune serum 
C) The chemical composition of DNA, the genetic material 
D) Microscopes which allowed for the direct observation of microbes

Question 9

The curve in Pasteur's swan neck flasks was important because _____.

Accepted Answer

A) It prevented flies from escaping the flask 
B) It allowed only warm air to reach the infusion 
C) It trapped microbes that otherwise would have entered the flask 
D) It prevented oxygen from reaching organisms inside the flask 
A) It prevented flies from escaping the flask 
B) It allowed only warm air to reach the infusion 
C) It trapped microbes that otherwise would have entered the flask 
D) It prevented oxygen from reaching organisms inside the flask

Question 10

Microbiology is the study of bacteria,algae,fungi,viruses and protozoa.Most of these are single-celled,except for which two:

Accepted Answer

A) bacteria (some of which are multicellular)and algae 
B) algae and fungi (some have many cells) 
C) protozoa and fungi 
D) bacteria and viruses 
A) bacteria (some of which are multicellular)and algae 
B) algae and fungi (some have many cells) 
C) protozoa and fungi 
D) bacteria and viruses

Question 11

Which of the following statements is true about infection control?

Accepted Answer

A) Semmelweiss encouraged physicians to go directly from autopsies to examining women in labor without changing their white coats in hopes of reducing puerperal fever. 
B) Surgeries that use aseptic technique increases surgical wound infections. 
C) Lister aided infection control by encouraging wounds to be left open to the air instead of using bandages. 
D) Semmelweiss was ridiculed by physicians for his suggestion that physicians should wash their hands and adopt more sanitary practices before seeing patients. 
A) Semmelweiss encouraged physicians to go directly from autopsies to examining women in labor without changing their white coats in hopes of reducing puerperal fever. 
B) Surgeries that use aseptic technique increases surgical wound infections. 
C) Lister aided infection control by encouraging wounds to be left open to the air instead of using bandages. 
D) Semmelweiss was ridiculed by physicians for his suggestion that physicians should wash their hands and adopt more sanitary practices before seeing patients.

Question 12

Because viruses could not be visualized using conventional microscopes further progress required the development of techniques for isolating,propagating and analyzing viruses. All of the following are true EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A) crystal structure of the tobacco mosaic virus showed that it was made up of RNA and protein 
B) viruses were first observed with an electron microscope 
C) viral DNA has a different structure from that discovered by Watson and Crick 
D) Hershey and Chase demonstrated that the genetic material of some viruses is DNA 
A) crystal structure of the tobacco mosaic virus showed that it was made up of RNA and protein 
B) viruses were first observed with an electron microscope 
C) viral DNA has a different structure from that discovered by Watson and Crick 
D) Hershey and Chase demonstrated that the genetic material of some viruses is DNA

Question 13

The study of chemical reactions that occur in microbes is called _____.

Accepted Answer

A) microbial ecology 
B) taxonomy 
C) microbial metabolism 
D) epidemiology 
A) microbial ecology 
B) taxonomy 
C) microbial metabolism 
D) epidemiology

Question 14

Viruses were initially identified as small infectious agents that could pass through filters. How was it believed that these agents could survive?

Accepted Answer

A) They had small compact structures that allowed for the production of metabolites and replication. 
B) They survived on the metabolites and poisons that pass through the filter. 
C) They borrowed the use of existing metabolic and replicative mechanisms of the host cells they infected. 
D) They are capable of capturing energy from the sun. 
A) They had small compact structures that allowed for the production of metabolites and replication. 
B) They survived on the metabolites and poisons that pass through the filter. 
C) They borrowed the use of existing metabolic and replicative mechanisms of the host cells they infected. 
D) They are capable of capturing energy from the sun.

Question 15

Koch's postulates were:

Accepted Answer

A) specific to anthrax and tuberculosis but don't apply to other diseases 
B) designed to establish a casual relationship between a causative microbe and a disease 
C) strict in that microorganisms isolated from experimentally inoculated hosts had to be different from the microorganism that was introduced into the host. 
D) interpreted as many organisms could cause the same disease 
A) specific to anthrax and tuberculosis but don't apply to other diseases 
B) designed to establish a casual relationship between a causative microbe and a disease 
C) strict in that microorganisms isolated from experimentally inoculated hosts had to be different from the microorganism that was introduced into the host. 
D) interpreted as many organisms could cause the same disease

Question 16

The field of ___________ involves studying how a person defends him/ herself against microbial infection.

Accepted Answer

A) molecular biology 
B) virology 
C) mycology 
D) immunology 
A) molecular biology 
B) virology 
C) mycology 
D) immunology

Question 17

Pasteur worked on rabies and cholera vaccine during the emergence of immunology.While culturing a chicken cholera he noted that an old culture was weakened and useful as a vaccine as it:

Accepted Answer

A) caused disease 
B) caused severe cholera symptoms and prevented further infection 
C) allowed for the cholera to spread from person to person 
D) did not cause disease symptoms and immunized against chicken cholera 
A) caused disease 
B) caused severe cholera symptoms and prevented further infection 
C) allowed for the cholera to spread from person to person 
D) did not cause disease symptoms and immunized against chicken cholera

Question 18

Which of the following is a reason microorganisms are useful in many different research laboratories (such as ecology,biochemistry,evolution and genetics)?

Accepted Answer

A) They are easy to see and count 
B) They have fairly complex structures and are expensive 
C) They reproduce fast and grow in large numbers 
D) They live everywhere so contaminants from the environment are not a problem. 
A) They are easy to see and count 
B) They have fairly complex structures and are expensive 
C) They reproduce fast and grow in large numbers 
D) They live everywhere so contaminants from the environment are not a problem.

Question 19

A microorganism that causes disease is _______ .

Accepted Answer

A) pathogenic 
B) phagocytic 
C) virulent 
D) algae 
A) pathogenic 
B) phagocytic 
C) virulent 
D) algae

Question 20

Koch developed tuberculin,which he hoped would be a vaccine against tuberculosis. Tuberculin is:

Accepted Answer

A) the current vaccine used against tuberculosis 
B) responsible for definitively proving that one organism causes one disease 
C) administered as a skin test to diagnose tuberculosis 
D) an exception to germ theory 
A) the current vaccine used against tuberculosis 
B) responsible for definitively proving that one organism causes one disease 
C) administered as a skin test to diagnose tuberculosis 
D) an exception to germ theory

Exam 1: Scope and History of Microbiology

This microorganism uses _____ to get its food.

Which of the following statements about algae is FALSE?

From the following choices,who is NOT known primarily for their work with antibiotics?

Vaccines are:

Which of the following groups of organisms contains members better known for transmitting agents of disease than for causing disease themselves?

All of the following are considered microbes EXCEPT:

Bacteriophages are:

What discovery was crucial to the founding of the field of microbiology?

The curve in Pasteur's swan neck flasks was important because _____.

Microbiology is the study of bacteria,algae,fungi,viruses and protozoa.Most of these are single-celled,except for which two:

Which of the following statements is true about infection control?

Because viruses could not be visualized using conventional microscopes further progress required the development of techniques for isolating,propagating and analyzing viruses. All of the following are true EXCEPT:

The study of chemical reactions that occur in microbes is called _____.

Viruses were initially identified as small infectious agents that could pass through filters. How was it believed that these agents could survive?

Koch's postulates were:

The field of ___________ involves studying how a person defends him/ herself against microbial infection.

Pasteur worked on rabies and cholera vaccine during the emergence of immunology.While culturing a chicken cholera he noted that an old culture was weakened and useful as a vaccine as it:

Which of the following is a reason microorganisms are useful in many different research laboratories (such as ecology,biochemistry,evolution and genetics)?

A microorganism that causes disease is _______ .

Koch developed tuberculin,which he hoped would be a vaccine against tuberculosis. Tuberculin is:

Fundamentals of Chemistry

Microscopy and Staining

Characteristics of Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells

Essential Concepts of Metabolism

Growth and Culturing of Bacteria

Microbial Genetics

Gene Transfer and Genetic Engineering

An Introduction to Taxonomy: the Bacteria

Viruses

Eukaryotic Microorganisms and Parasites

Sterilization and Disinfection

Antimicrobial Therapy

Host-Microbe Relationships and Disease Processes

Epidemiology and Nosocomial Infections

Innate Host Defenses

Immunology I: Basic Principles of Adaptive Immunity and Immunization

Immunology Ii: Immunological Disorders and Tests

Diseases of the Skin and Eyes; Wounds and Bites

Urogenital and Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Diseases of the Respiratory System

Oral and Gastrointestinal Diseases

Cardiovascular, lymphatic and Systemic Disease

Diseases of the Nervous System

Environmental Microbiology

Applied Microbiology

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