Students: Interactive Self-Evaluation and Chapter Confidence Questions

In the book, each chapter finishes with ten example Self-Evaluation and Chapter Confidence questions. This resource aims to support the reader by allowing them to self-assess their understanding of each chapter.

Here the students can access the full set of questions in an interactive format, fully covering the content of the book. In some cases feedback is provided to help explain to the reader why a particular answer is correct.

Chapter 1 - What is Microbiology and Why Does It Matter?

Chapter 2 - Fundamental Chemistry for Microbiology

Chapter 3 - Essentials of Metabolism

Chapter 4 - An Introduction to Cell Structure and Host– Pathogen Relationships

Chapter 5 - Requirements for Infection

Chapter 6 - Transmission of Infection, the Compromised Host, Epidemiology, and Diagnosing Infections

Chapter 7 - Principles of Disease

Chapter 8 - Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases

Chapter 9 - The Clinical Significance of Bacterial Anatomy

Chapter 10 - Bacterial Growth

Chapter 11 - Microbial Genetics and Infectious Disease

Chapter 12 - The Structure and Infection Cycle of Viruses

Chapter 13 - Viral Infection

Chapter 14 - Parasitic and Fungal Infections

Chapter 15 - The Innate Immune Response

Chapter 16 - The Adaptive Immune Response

Chapter 17 - Failures of the Immune Response

Chapter 18 - Control of Microbial Growth

Chapter 19 - Antibiotics and Antimicrobial Drugs

Chapter 20 - Antibiotic Resistance

Chapter 21 - Infections of the Respiratory System

Chapter 22 - Infections of the Digestive System

Chapter 23 - Infections of the Genitourinary System

Chapter 24 - Infections of the Central Nervous System

Chapter 25 - Infections of the Blood and Lymph

Chapter 26 - Infections of the Skin and Eyes