Deck 1: Development of Diagnostic Microbiology

Question 1

When a microbiologist reads a slide with Gram-stained bacteria, he or she can thank

A) Antoni Leeuwenhoek.
B) Hans Christian Gram.
C) Louis Pasteur.
D) both a and b.
E) both b and c.

Answer 1

both a and b.

Question 2

Pasteur's work included

A) heating liquids to destroy bacteria.
B) developing solid medium for the growth of bacteria.
C) creating stains to visualize bacteria.
D) performing the first vaccination.

Answer 2

heating liquids to destroy bacteria.

Question 3

What organism helped Fleming in his discovery of penicillin?

A) Streptococcus pyogenes
B) Staphylococcus spp.
C) Bacillus anthracis
D) Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Answer 3

Staphylococcus spp.

Question 4

When a child receives the attenuated measles vaccine, what historical science figure(s) contributed to its success?

A) Jenner
B) Pasteur
C) Ehrlich
D) Both a and b
E) All of the above

Question 5

Which of the following organisms does not meet Koch's postulates?

A) Yersinia pestis
B) Bacillus anthracis
C) Mycobacterium leprae
D) Vibrio cholerae

Question 6

Which of the following recent advancements has dramatically challenged Koch's postulates?

A) The electron microscope
B) Serological assays
C) Molecular diagnostics
D) Improved culture techniques

Question 7

One of Koch's contributions to microbiology can still be seen today in the

A) microscope.
B) use of vaccines.
C) antibiotic penicillin.
D) use of agar for cultures.

Question 8

Walter Reed probably made use of ___________________ in his study of yellow fever.

A) the spontaneous generation theory
B) the germ theory of fermentation
C) the germ theory of disease
D) Koch's postulates

Question 9

Select the historical science figure and the field of contribution combination that is

A) Jenner - immunology
B) Ehrlich - chemotherapy
C) Semmelweis - infection control
D) Mullis - virology

Question 10

Lister contributed to modern day infection control by

A) promoting hand washing between patients.
B) using carbolic acid for sterilization.
C) using nets to prevent mosquito bites.
D) his discovery of penicillin.

Question 11

Pasteur's work on the germ theory of fermentation led to the development of the
Technique known as

A) pasteurization.
B) crystallographics.
C) sterilization.
D) antisepsis.

Question 12

Pasteur's germ theory of disease formed the basis for

A) vaccination.
B) chemotherapy.
C) asepsis and sterilization.
D) molecular biology.

Question 13

The germ theory of disease states that

A) a specific infectious disease is caused by a specific type of microorganism.
B) a specific microbe produces a specific change in the substance on which it grows.
C) the same organism must be found in all cases of a given disease.
D) organisms from pure culture must reproduce the disease in a susceptible animal.

Question 14

The scientist who improved the stain used for observing the tubercle bacilli by using their acid-fast property is

A) Fleming.
B) Jenner.
C) Ehrlich.
D) Koch.