Deck 1: Introduction to Microbiology

Question 1

?Match the term or phrase with the correct description.

-variolation

A)?Method used to determine immunity or susceptibility to diphtheria
B)?A hypothesis or basic assumption based on scientific study and deduction
C)?Early theory that living things spontaneously arise from non-living materials
D)?Inoculation of a healthy individual with fluid from cowpox pustules to gain immunity
E)?Term used by von Leeuwenhoek to describe microscopic organisms
F)?The process of passing genetic material between bacterial cells
G)?Extensive, possibly world-wide disease outbreak involving large groups
H)?Early theory that disease was spread by "bad air"
I)?Any agent capable of destroying all microbial life, including spores
J)Condition of being vulnerable to disease due to ineffective natural body defenses

Answer 1

?Inoculation of a healthy individual with fluid from cowpox pustules to gain immunity

Question 2

Semmelweis identified that medical students were responsible for the high mortality rate from puerperal fever in post-partum patients.​

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Which early pioneer in microbiology first theorized that disease was spread through direct contact or airborne transmission? ​

A)​Girolamo Fracastoro
B)​Edward Jenner
C)​John Needham
D)​Francesco Redi

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Robert Koch developed which of the following laboratory technique which is now a standard method for culturing bacterial colonies? ​

A)​Pasteurization by heating
B)​S-shaped flasks with broth
C)​Streak plate wire-loop method
D)​Variolation from pustules

Question 5

​Match the term or phrase with the correct description.a.​Method used to determine immunity or susceptibility to diphtheria
b.​A hypothesis or basic assumption based on scientific study and deduction
c.​Early theory that living things spontaneously arise from non-living materials
d.​Inoculation of a healthy individual with fluid from cowpox pustules to gain immunity
e.​Term used by von Leeuwenhoek to describe microscopic organisms
f.​The process of passing genetic material between bacterial cells
g.​Extensive, possibly world-wide disease outbreak involving large groups
h.​Early theory that disease was spread by "bad air"
i.​Any agent capable of destroying all microbial life, including spores
j.Condition of being vulnerable to disease due to ineffective natural body defenses
​animalcules

Question 6

​Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte commissioned a scientific study by ________ to address spoiling of beer and wine.

Question 7

​Match the term or phrase with the correct description.a.​Method used to determine immunity or susceptibility to diphtheria
b.​A hypothesis or basic assumption based on scientific study and deduction
c.​Early theory that living things spontaneously arise from non-living materials
d.​Inoculation of a healthy individual with fluid from cowpox pustules to gain immunity
e.​Term used by von Leeuwenhoek to describe microscopic organisms
f.​The process of passing genetic material between bacterial cells
g.​Extensive, possibly world-wide disease outbreak involving large groups
h.​Early theory that disease was spread by "bad air"
i.​Any agent capable of destroying all microbial life, including spores
j.Condition of being vulnerable to disease due to ineffective natural body defenses
Schick test

Question 8

​Robert Hooke was the first to use the term ______________ to describe the small honeycomb-like spaces seen in cork.

Question 9

​Match the term or phrase with the correct description.a.​Method used to determine immunity or susceptibility to diphtheria
b.​A hypothesis or basic assumption based on scientific study and deduction
c.​Early theory that living things spontaneously arise from non-living materials
d.​Inoculation of a healthy individual with fluid from cowpox pustules to gain immunity
e.​Term used by von Leeuwenhoek to describe microscopic organisms
f.​The process of passing genetic material between bacterial cells
g.​Extensive, possibly world-wide disease outbreak involving large groups
h.​Early theory that disease was spread by "bad air"
i.​Any agent capable of destroying all microbial life, including spores
j.Condition of being vulnerable to disease due to ineffective natural body defenses
immunocompromised

Question 10

The hemorrhagic fever known as ________________ was first described in 1976 in Zaire, Africa.​

Question 11

​Match the term or phrase with the correct description.a.​Method used to determine immunity or susceptibility to diphtheria
b.​A hypothesis or basic assumption based on scientific study and deduction
c.​Early theory that living things spontaneously arise from non-living materials
d.​Inoculation of a healthy individual with fluid from cowpox pustules to gain immunity
e.​Term used by von Leeuwenhoek to describe microscopic organisms
f.​The process of passing genetic material between bacterial cells
g.​Extensive, possibly world-wide disease outbreak involving large groups
h.​Early theory that disease was spread by "bad air"
i.​Any agent capable of destroying all microbial life, including spores
j.Condition of being vulnerable to disease due to ineffective natural body defenses
​abiogenesis

Question 12

​Match the term or phrase with the correct description.a.​Method used to determine immunity or susceptibility to diphtheria
b.​A hypothesis or basic assumption based on scientific study and deduction
c.​Early theory that living things spontaneously arise from non-living materials
d.​Inoculation of a healthy individual with fluid from cowpox pustules to gain immunity
e.​Term used by von Leeuwenhoek to describe microscopic organisms
f.​The process of passing genetic material between bacterial cells
g.​Extensive, possibly world-wide disease outbreak involving large groups
h.​Early theory that disease was spread by "bad air"
i.​Any agent capable of destroying all microbial life, including spores
j.Condition of being vulnerable to disease due to ineffective natural body defenses
​pandemic

Question 13

​Match the term or phrase with the correct description.a.​Method used to determine immunity or susceptibility to diphtheria
b.​A hypothesis or basic assumption based on scientific study and deduction
c.​Early theory that living things spontaneously arise from non-living materials
d.​Inoculation of a healthy individual with fluid from cowpox pustules to gain immunity
e.​Term used by von Leeuwenhoek to describe microscopic organisms
f.​The process of passing genetic material between bacterial cells
g.​Extensive, possibly world-wide disease outbreak involving large groups
h.​Early theory that disease was spread by "bad air"
i.​Any agent capable of destroying all microbial life, including spores
j.Condition of being vulnerable to disease due to ineffective natural body defenses
​conjugation

Question 14

​Match the term or phrase with the correct description.a.​Method used to determine immunity or susceptibility to diphtheria
b.​A hypothesis or basic assumption based on scientific study and deduction
c.​Early theory that living things spontaneously arise from non-living materials
d.​Inoculation of a healthy individual with fluid from cowpox pustules to gain immunity
e.​Term used by von Leeuwenhoek to describe microscopic organisms
f.​The process of passing genetic material between bacterial cells
g.​Extensive, possibly world-wide disease outbreak involving large groups
h.​Early theory that disease was spread by "bad air"
i.​Any agent capable of destroying all microbial life, including spores
j.Condition of being vulnerable to disease due to ineffective natural body defenses
​postulate

Question 15

Letters laced with _________________ sent through the US Postal Service to media outlet offices represented an act of domestic bioterrorism in 2001.​

Question 16

Which of the following pioneers in microbiology first proposed that microbes can be classified as either aerobic or anaerobic?​

A)​Edward Jenner
B)​Joseph Lister
C)​Robert Koch
D)​Louis Pasteur

Question 17

​Match the term or phrase with the correct description.a.​Method used to determine immunity or susceptibility to diphtheria
b.​A hypothesis or basic assumption based on scientific study and deduction
c.​Early theory that living things spontaneously arise from non-living materials
d.​Inoculation of a healthy individual with fluid from cowpox pustules to gain immunity
e.​Term used by von Leeuwenhoek to describe microscopic organisms
f.​The process of passing genetic material between bacterial cells
g.​Extensive, possibly world-wide disease outbreak involving large groups
h.​Early theory that disease was spread by "bad air"
i.​Any agent capable of destroying all microbial life, including spores
j.Condition of being vulnerable to disease due to ineffective natural body defenses
​sterilant

Question 18

The Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) is a special section within the __________________________________ which develops guidelines for healthcare workers to prevent disease transmission in the workplace.?

Question 19

​Match the term or phrase with the correct description.a.​Method used to determine immunity or susceptibility to diphtheria
b.​A hypothesis or basic assumption based on scientific study and deduction
c.​Early theory that living things spontaneously arise from non-living materials
d.​Inoculation of a healthy individual with fluid from cowpox pustules to gain immunity
e.​Term used by von Leeuwenhoek to describe microscopic organisms
f.​The process of passing genetic material between bacterial cells
g.​Extensive, possibly world-wide disease outbreak involving large groups
h.​Early theory that disease was spread by "bad air"
i.​Any agent capable of destroying all microbial life, including spores
j.Condition of being vulnerable to disease due to ineffective natural body defenses
miasma theory

Question 20

Semmelweis tried implementing strict hand hygiene protocols to reduce the fatality rate in post-partum patients from which of the following diseases?​

A)​Anthrax
B)​Puerperal fever
C)​Smallpox
D)​Typhoid fever

Question 21

Standard precautions no longer apply because they have been replaced by universal precautions by the CDC's HICPAC.​

Question 22

Endemic diseases are continuously present in certain geographic areas and involve relatively few people with low mortality rates.​

Question 23

PPEs include masks, sterile and unsterile gowns and gloves, hats, shoe covers, respirators, and aprons.​

Question 24

Robert Koch discovered the first antibiotic while discarding used Petri dishes after experiments.​

Question 25

Hans Gram is credited with developing the pure culture techniques and streak plate method used in laboratory analyses.​

Question 26

Transmission-based precautions include airborne, contact, and droplet precautions.​

Question 27

Both aerobic and anaerobic microbes grow best in the presence of air, but only anaerobic microbes create pus.​

Question 28

Pasteur reduced post-operative wound infections by soaking dressings in carbolic acid and spraying it over surgical set-ups.​