Chapter 09 Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Chapter 09 Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is usually credited with the discovery of penicillin?
   A.Fleming
   B. Florey and Chain
   C. Duchesne
   D. Ehrlich

ASM Objective: 03.04 The growth of microorganisms can be controlled by physical, chemical, mechanical, or biological methods.
ASM Topic: Module 03 Metabolic Pathways
Blooms Level: 1. Remember
Learning Outcome: 09.01.01 Trace the general history of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Section: 09.01
Topic: Antibacterials

2. Whose discovery of streptomycin stimulated an intense search for other antibiotics?
   A.Waksman
   B. Ehrlich
   C. Fleming
   D. Pasteur

ASM Objective: 03.04 The growth of microorganisms can be controlled by physical, chemical, mechanical, or biological methods.
ASM Topic: Module 03 Metabolic Pathways
Blooms Level: 1. Remember
Learning Outcome: 09.01.01 Trace the general history of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Section: 09.01
Topic: Antibacterials

3. The use of arsenic compound Salvarsan as a treatment for syphilis is credited to
   A.Fleming.
   B. Ehrlich.
   C. Waksman.
   D. Chain.

ASM Objective: 03.04 The growth of microorganisms can be controlled by physical, chemical, mechanical, or biological methods.
ASM Topic: Module 03 Metabolic Pathways
Blooms Level: 1. Remember
Learning Outcome: 09.01.01 Trace the general history of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Section: 09.01
Topic: Antibacterials

4. Chemotherapeutic agents that are natural products of microorganisms are most specifically referred to as __________.
   A.antimicrobial agents
   B. synthetic drugs
   C. antibiotics
   D. semisynthetic drugs

ASM Objective: 03.04 The growth of microorganisms can be controlled by physical, chemical, mechanical, or biological methods.
ASM Objective: 05.04 Microorganisms, cellular and viral, can interact with both human and nonhuman hosts in beneficial, neutral or detrimental ways.
ASM Topic: Module 03 Metabolic Pathways
ASM Topic: Module 05 Microbial Systems
Blooms Level: 1. Remember
Learning Outcome: 09.01.01 Trace the general history of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Learning Outcome: 09.01.02 Propose natural sources of new antimicrobial agents
Section: 09.01
Topic: Antibacterials

5. Who is generally credited with the discovery of sulfanilamide as a chemotherapeutic agent?
   A.Gerhard Domagk
   B. Ernest Duchesne
   C. Ernst Chain
   D. Robert Koch

ASM Objective: 03.04 The growth of microorganisms can be controlled by physical, chemical, mechanical, or biological methods.
ASM Topic: Module 03 Metabolic Pathways
Blooms Level: 1. Remember
Learning Outcome: 09.01.01 Trace the general history of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Section: 09.01
Topic: Antibacterials