Microbiology Quiz Chapter 1

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Questions based on chapter 1 of Microbiology an introduction and on the teacher's document with the learning objectives.

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1.

Every affirmation is true except:
- A.
  
  Microbes help maintain a balance between living organisms and the environment
- B.
  
  Microbes can be used commercially
- C.
  
  Microbes are absent from animal's and human's instestines
- D.
  
  Only a small portion is pathogenic
2.

Hooke's discovery concerning life's smallest structural units marked the beginning of the cell theory.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
3.

What are the main domains?
- A.
  
  Protists, bacteria, archaea, eukarya
- B.
  
  Protists, fungi, plants, bacteria
- C.
  
  Bacteria, eukarya, plants
- D.
  
  Bacteria, archaea, eukarya
4.

____ and _____ are prokaryotic microorganisms.Please fill answer below
5.

Viruses can only be seen with an _____________.Please fill answer below
6.

The following are all bacteria except:
- A.
  
  Staphylococcus aureus
- B.
  
  Streptococcus equinus
- C.
  
  FIV
- D.
  
  Helminths
- E.
  
  Bacillus megaterium
- F.
  
  Amoebas
- G.
  
  Penicillium chrysogenum
- H.
  
  Salmonella typhimurium
- I.
  
  Methanogens
- J.
  
  Staphylococcus epidermis
7.

Pasteur demonstrated that microorganisms are present in the air and can contaminate sterile solutions, and that air itself can create microbes.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
8.

Pasteur influenced Joseph Lister and Robert Koch's works. Which one was not contributed by the two of them?
- A.
  
  A specific microbe caused a specific disease
- B.
  
  Applying the germ theory of disease to medical procedures
- C.
  
  Microorganisms called yeasts convert the sugars to alcohol in the absence of air
9.

Edward Jenner helped Koch discover the idea of _____. It is ____ that later discovered how they were working.
10.

An emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) is a new or changing disease that is increasing or has the potential to increase in incidence in the near future.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
11.

All are false except for one:
- A.
  
  Smallpox is used to treat cowpox
- B.
  
  Some vaccines are produced from avirulent microbial strains that stimulate immunity to the related virulent strain
- C.
  
  Vaccines can't be made from killed virulent microbes
- D.
  
  Pasteur used the term vaccine for cultures of virulent microorganisms used for preventive inoculation
12.

Find the ones that are true
- A.
  
  Paul Ehrlich, speculator of the ''magic bullet', discovered salvarsan, an asernic derivative effective against malaria, which is why it was given that name
- B.
  
  Alexander Fleming discovered the first antibiotic
- C.
  
  Microorganisms help recycle vital elements between the soil and atmosphere
- D.
  
  Fragments of human or animal DNA that code for important proteins can be attached to viral DNA or RNA
- E.
  
  Microorganisms can be genetically modified to manufacture large amounts of urgently needed medical substances
- F.
  
  Gene therapy is a biotechnology example that uses recombinant DNA technology
- G.
  
  Microorganisms are not used as pest control
- H.
  
  A biofilm is a complex aggregation of microbes