Test Bank for Nester’s Microbiology: A Human Perspective, 10th Edition by Denise Anderson, Sarah Salm, Mira Beins, Eugene Nester, and Deborah Allen | Complete Exam Prep with Answers & Rationales | 2025/2026

TEST BANK
NESTER'S MICROBIOLOGY: A HUMAN PERSPECTIVE, 10TH
EDITION
Denise Anderson, Sarah Salm, Mira Beins, Eugene Nester and Deborah Allen

, Nester's Microbiology: A Human Perspective 10th Edition by Denise Anderson, Sarah Salm


TRUE/FALSE - Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false.
1) Spontaneous generation refers to the idea that organisms came from other organisms.
⊚ true
⊚ false




2) The human body only contains bacteria during illness.
⊚ true
⊚ false




3) Bacteria and eukarya both contain membrane-bound organelles.
⊚ true
⊚ false




4) The scientific name of an organism indicates its domain.
⊚ true
⊚ false




5) Viroids are naked (lacking a protein shell) pieces of RNA that infect plants.
⊚ true
⊚ false




6) Viruses simultaneously contain DNA, RNA, and protein.
⊚ true
⊚ false




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7) Viruses, viroids, and prions are obligate intracellular agents.
⊚ true
⊚ false




8) Viruses and bacteria are both unicellular.
⊚ true
⊚ false




9) An organism is categorized in a domain according to its cell size.
⊚ true
⊚ false




10) Archaea are very similar to bacteria and have rigid cell walls made of peptidoglycan.
⊚ true
⊚ false




11) Thiomargarita namibiensis cannot be a eukaryote because it is only 1 mm in width.
⊚ true
⊚ false




MULTIPLE zCHOICE z- zChoose zthe zone zalternative zthat zbest zcompletes zthe zstatement
zor zanswers zthe zquestion.

12) The zscientist zusually zcredited zwith zseeing zthe zfirst zmicroorganisms, zwhich zhe
zcalled z"animalcules", zwas z .




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A) Redi
B) van zLeeuwenhoek
C) Pasteur
D) Tyndall
E) Lister




13) The zword z"animalcule" zwas zfirst zused zby z .


A) Pasteur
B) Redi
C) van zLeeuwenhoek
D) Tyndall
E) Hooke




14) The zidea zof zspontaneous zgeneration zpostulated zthat


A) organisms zcould zevolve zinto zthe znext zgeneration zof zorganisms.
B) organisms zcould zspontaneously zturn zinto zother ztypes zof zorganisms.
C) living zorganisms zcould zspontaneously zarise zfrom znon-living zmaterial.
D) living zorganisms zcould zspontaneously zarise zfrom zother zliving zorganisms.
E) living zorganisms zmust zcontain zat zleast zten zcells.




15) Which zof zthese zscientists zwere zinvolved zin zinvestigating zthe zidea zof
zspontaneous zgeneration?




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