Chapter 1 The Microbial World For Brock Biology of Microorganisms 16th Edition By
Madigan
1.1 Multiple Choice Questions
1) Which of the following statements is FALSE?
A) Microbial cells can exist as single cells.
B) Microbial cells carry out their life processes of growth independently.
C) Microbial cells include both bacteria and viruses.
D) Microbial cells are surrounded by a cytoplasmic
membrane.
Answer: C
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1.2 Learning Objective: 1.I
2) Which of the following statements is correct?
A) Microorganisms are significant contributors to the total biomass on Earth.
B) Microorganisms represent a much smaller amount of Earth's biomass than plants.
C) Microorganisms represent a much smaller amount of Earth's biomass than animals.
D) Microorganisms are significant in number, but not in overall biomass.
Answer: A
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1.1 Learning Objective: 1.I
3) Differential selection and decent with modification occurs during a process called
A) cellular differentiation.
B) evolution.
C) growth.
D) transforma ti on.
Answer: B
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1.2 Learning Objective: 1.I
,4) In what/which domain(s) of life is/are microorganisms represented?
A) Archaea
B) Bacteria
C) Eukarya
D) Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya
Answer: D
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1.4 Learning Objective: 1.I
5) Biological catalysts involved in the acceleration of the rate of chemical reactions are called
A) catalytic converters.
B) growth agents.
C) evolutionary molecules.
D) enzym e s.
Answer: D
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1.2 Learning Objective: 1.I
6) Regarding early life on Earth,
A) microbial life existed for billions of years before plant and animal life.
B) microbial life existed long before animals but has been around for about the same amount oftime as plants.
C) microbial life, plant life, and animal life all appeared at about the same time.
D) it is impossible to determine which type of life first appeared.
Answer: A
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1.5 Learning Objective: 1.I
7) The person who described the "wee animalcules" was
A) Robert Hooke.
B) Antoni van Leeuwenhoek.
C) Louis Pasteur.
D) Ferdinan d
Cohn.
Answer: B
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-2: Remembering/UnderstandingChapter Section:
1.7 Learning Objective: 1.II
8) Walther Hesse and pioneered the use of agar as a solidifying agent.
A) Louis Pasteur
, B) Ferdinand Cohn
C) Robert Koch
D) Sergei
Madigan
1.1 Multiple Choice Questions
1) Which of the following statements is FALSE?
A) Microbial cells can exist as single cells.
B) Microbial cells carry out their life processes of growth independently.
C) Microbial cells include both bacteria and viruses.
D) Microbial cells are surrounded by a cytoplasmic
membrane.
Answer: C
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-2: Remembering/UnderstandingChapter Section:
1.2 Learning Objective: 1.I
2) Which of the following statements is correct?
A) Microorganisms are significant contributors to the total biomass on Earth.
B) Microorganisms represent a much smaller amount of Earth's biomass than plants.
C) Microorganisms represent a much smaller amount of Earth's biomass than animals.
D) Microorganisms are significant in number, but not in overall biomass.
Answer: A
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-2: Remembering/UnderstandingChapter Section:
1.1 Learning Objective: 1.I
3) Differential selection and decent with modification occurs during a process called
A) cellular differentiation.
B) evolution.
C) growth.
D) transforma ti on.
Answer: B
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-2: Remembering/UnderstandingChapter Section:
1.2 Learning Objective: 1.I
,4) In what/which domain(s) of life is/are microorganisms represented?
A) Archaea
B) Bacteria
C) Eukarya
D) Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya
Answer: D
,Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-2: Remembering/UnderstandingChapter Section:
1.4 Learning Objective: 1.I
5) Biological catalysts involved in the acceleration of the rate of chemical reactions are called
A) catalytic converters.
B) growth agents.
C) evolutionary molecules.
D) enzym e s.
Answer: D
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-2: Remembering/UnderstandingChapter Section:
1.2 Learning Objective: 1.I
6) Regarding early life on Earth,
A) microbial life existed for billions of years before plant and animal life.
B) microbial life existed long before animals but has been around for about the same amount oftime as plants.
C) microbial life, plant life, and animal life all appeared at about the same time.
D) it is impossible to determine which type of life first appeared.
Answer: A
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-2: Remembering/UnderstandingChapter Section:
1.5 Learning Objective: 1.I
7) The person who described the "wee animalcules" was
A) Robert Hooke.
B) Antoni van Leeuwenhoek.
C) Louis Pasteur.
D) Ferdinan d
Cohn.
Answer: B
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1-2: Remembering/UnderstandingChapter Section:
1.7 Learning Objective: 1.II
8) Walther Hesse and pioneered the use of agar as a solidifying agent.
A) Louis Pasteur
, B) Ferdinand Cohn
C) Robert Koch
D) Sergei
