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Microbiology

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Set 1 Introduction To Microbiology

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Question 1

(Multiple Choice)

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?Match the term or phrase with the correct description.
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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

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Question 2

(True False)

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

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Question 3

(Multiple Choice)

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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

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