Test History of Microbiology

Viruses can have genomes made of

• RNA

• Both DNA & RNA

• DNA or RNA, but not both

• DNA

Which of the following diseases wiped out approximately 50% of Europe's population during the middle ages?

• Anthrax

• Bubonic plague

• Smallpox

• Measles

Which of the following is not considered a significant contribution to microbiology

• development of vaccines

• all are significant contributions

• invention of the microscope

• development of antibiotics

Malaria is the infectious disease that causes the most deaths worldwide each year.

• True

• False

What is the cause of stomach ulcers?

• Helicobacter pylori

• stress

• none of the answers is correct

• spicy food

Which of the following is considered a traditional diagnostic procedure?

• culture

• electron microscopy

• Ouchterlony

• Gel electrophoresis

HIV infections can be found in most countries around the world.

• True

• False

Which of the following microscopes are routinely used in the clinical microbiology lab?

• A & C only

• B

  electron microscope

• D

  none of the above

• A

  brightfield or lightfield microscope

• C

  fluorescent microscope

Place Koch's Postulates in the correct order.

• Pathogen present in all cases of the disease

• Pathogen must be re-isolated from host

• Pathogen isolated from the diseased host and grown in pure culture

• Pathogen from pure culture will cause disease when inoculated into a healthy, susceptible host

Cell cultures are used to grow

• A

  intracellular bacteria

• D

  none of the above

• C

  viruses

• B

  all bacteria

• both A & C