Test Bank for Brock Biology of Microorganisms, 16th Global Edition by Madigan All Chapters, Isbn No: 9781292404790 ||Complete A+ Guide

Test Bank For Brock Biology of Microorganisms 16th Edition
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By Michael T. Madigan, All Chapters ||Complete A+ Guide
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Brock Biology of Microorganisms, 16e
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(Madigan et al.) Chapter 1
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1.1 Multiple Choice Questions m m




1) Which of the following statements is FALSE?
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A) Microbial cells can exist as single cells.
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B) Microbial cells carry out their life processes of growth independently.
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C) Microbial cells include both bacteria and viruses.
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D) Microbial cells are surrounded by a plasma membrane.
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2) Which of the following statements is correct?
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A) Microorganisms are significant contributors to the total biomass on Earth.
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B) Microorganisms represent a much smaller amount of Earth’s biomass than plants.
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C) Microorganisms represent a much smaller amount of Earth’s biomass than animals.
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D) Microorganisms are significant in number, but not in overall biomass.
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3) Differential selection and reproduction of phenotypes occurs during a process called
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A) cellular differentiation.
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B) evolution.
C) growth.
D) transformation.




4) In what/which domain(s) of life is/are microorganisms represented?
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A) Archaea
B) Bacteria
C) Eukarya
D) Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya
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5) Biological catalysts involved in the acceleration of the rate of chemical reactions are called
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A) catalytic converters. m

B) growth agents. m

C) evolutionary molecules. m

D) enzymes.



6) Regarding early life on Earth m m m m

A) microbial life existed for billions of years before plant and animal life.
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B) microbial life existed long before animals but has been around for about the same amount of time as plants.
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C) microbial life, plant life, and animal life all appeared at about the same time.
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D) it is impossible to determine which type of life first appeared.
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,7) The person who described the “wee animalcules” was
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A) Robert Hooke. m

B) Antoni van Leeuwenhoek.
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C) Louis Pasteur.
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D) Ferdinand Cohn. m




Chapter Section: 1.5
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8) Walther Hesse and m m m pioneered the use of agar as a solidifying agent.
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A) Louis Pasteur
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B) Ferdinand Cohn m

C) Robert Koch m

D) Sergei Winogradsky
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9) Which of the following is/are characteristic of all cellular organisms?
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A) communication
B) evolution
C) motility
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10) Deduce why viruses are excluded from the ribosomal RNA—based tree of life.
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A) Some viruses contain multiple strands of RNA.
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B) Their genetic elements cannot be sequenced.
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C) They can infect other organisms, which complicates the genetic comparisons.
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D) They lack ribosomal RNA (rRNA).
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11) Louis Pasteur developed the vaccine(s) for
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A) anthrax only. m

B) fowl cholera only.
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C) rabies only. m

D) anthrax, fowl cholera, and rabies.
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Chapter Section: 1.9
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12) The discovery of antibiotics and other important chemicals led to the field of
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A) industrial microbiology. m

B) agricultural microbiology. m

C) marine microbiology.
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D) aquatic microbiology. m




13) Microbial sterilization is used tom m m m

A) decrease the possibility of contaminants growing in a culture.
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B) kill bacteria but not necessarily viruses or other microbes.
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C) kill all microbes in or on objects.
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D) clean a work area.
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,Chapter Section: 1.9
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14) Transparent double-sided dishes used for growing microbes are most commonly called
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A) Petri dishes.
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B) baker dishes. m

C) sterilization plates. m

D) culture medium plates.
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15) Microbes playing a role in nitrogen fixation in plants live in , while those playing a role in the digestive
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A) rumens / nodules m m

B) nodules / rumens m m

C) nodules / fortransm m

D) fortrans / rumens m m




16) Which of the following is NOT an accomplishment of Louis Pasteur?
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A) determined that the alcohol-making process was mediated by microbial fermentation and thus refuted the
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mtheory of spontaneous generation
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B) developed enrichment culture techniques
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C) developed heat sterilization techniques that involved the creation of a specialized swan-necked flask
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D) developed the first rabies vaccine and treated thousands of individuals
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Chapter Section: 1.9
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17) The theory of spontaneous generation was refuted by the work of
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A) Louis Pasteur.m

B) Robert Koch. m

C) Robert Hooke. m

D) Antoni van Leeuwenhoek.
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Chapter Section: 1.9
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18) A Pasteur flask has a(n)
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A) swan neck to prevent particulate matter from getting into the main body of the flask.
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B) double neck so two substances may be added at the same time.
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C) secondary opening at the base to allow for drainage.
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D) inverted upper edge to prevent spillage while swirling.
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Chapter Section: 1.9
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19) Predict how Pasteur’s conclusions on spontaneous generation with swan flasks would have changed if he worked
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mwith and maintained the flasks in a sterile laminar flow hood.
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A) Sterilization of the swan flask solutions would not have been necessary to reject spontaneous generation. If he did
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msterilize the flasks, the spontaneous generation hypothesis would have been supported.
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B) His incubation times would not have been sufficient to refute spontaneous generation.
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C) Pasteur’s flasks never would have putrefied, and the experiment would not have refuted spontaneous generation.
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D) Viruses would have still been present, and his conclusion would have been unchanged.
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, Chapter Section: 1.9
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20) A pure culture
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A) is sterile.
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B) is a population of identical cells.
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C) is made of a clearly defined chemical medium.
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D) contains one microbial cell.
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Chapter Section: 1.9
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21) Martinus Beijerinck was the first to isolate
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A) green algae. m

B) certain nitrogen-fixing root nodule bacteria.
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C) certain sulfate-reducing bacteria.
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D) green algae, certain nitrogen-fixing root nodule bacteria, and certain sulfate-reducing bacteria.
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22) Chemolithotrophy involves m

A) oxidation of organic compounds.
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B) oxidation of inorganic compounds.
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C) reduction of organic compounds.
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23) Developments in the fields of immunology and medical microbiology were practical extensions of the work of
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A) Sergei Winogradsky.
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B) Antoni van Leeuwenhoek.
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C) Joseph Lister. m

D) Robert Koch. m




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24) Microbial control in wastewaters would most logically be a part of
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A) microbial genetics. m

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25) Robert Koch contributed to the field of microbiology by being the first person to
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A) develop the tuberculin test only.
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B) formulate four postulates for definitively linking a specific microorganism to a specific disease only.
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C) use agar as a solidifying agent in growth media only.
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D) develop the tuberculin test, formulate four postulates for definitively linking a
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Chapter Section: 1.9
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26) Mycobacterium tuberculosis is very difficult to stain because of the
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A) presence of ribosomes in the cytoplasm.
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B) location of the DNA within the cell.
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C) large amounts of a waxlike lipids present in its cell wall.
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D) lack of a cell wall.
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