TEST BANK
Prescott's Microbiology
JOANNE WILLEY, KATHLEEN SANDMAN, DOROTHY WOOD
12th Edition
, Test Bank for Prescott's Microbiology, 12th Edition by Joanne Willey
Prescott's Microbiology, 12e (Willey)
Chapter 1 The Evolution of Microorganisms and Microbiology
1) Archaea are cellular organisms that have unique cell membrane .
Answer: lipids
Topic:
Archaea
Bloom's/Accessibility: 1. Remember / Keyboard
Navigation ASM Topic: Module 02 Cell Structure and
Function
ASM Objective: 02.03 Bacteria and Archaea have specialized structures (e.g.
flagella, endospores, and pili) that often confer critical capabilities.
Learning Outcome: 01.01c Determine the type of microbe (e.g., bacterium, fungus,
etc.) when given a description of a newly discovered one
2) Extant microorganisms are organisms from the fossil record that are no longer
present on Earth today.
Answer: FALSE
Topic: Taxonomy of Microorganisms
Bloom's/Accessibility: 2. Understand / Keyboard
Navigation ASM Topic: Module 01 Evolution
ASM Objective: 01.05 The evolutionary relatedness of organisms is best reflected
in phylogenetic trees.
Learning Outcome: 01.02a Propose a timeline of the origin and history of microbial
life and integrate supporting evidence into it
3) All cellular organisms can be placed into one of three , which include the
Bacteria, Archaea, and the Eukarya.
Answer: domains
Topic: Taxonomy of Microorganisms
Bloom's/Accessibility: 2. Understand / Keyboard
Navigation ASM Topic: Module 01 Evolution
ASM Objective: 01.05 The evolutionary relatedness of organisms is best reflected
in phylogenetic trees.
Learning Outcome: 01.01b Explain Carl Woeses contributions in establishing the
three-domain system for classifying cellular life
4) Viruses are not generally studied by microbiologists because they are not
classified as living organisms.
Answer: FALSE
Topic: Taxonomy of Microorganisms
Bloom's/Accessibility: 2. Understand / Keyboard
Navigation ASM Topic: Module 05 Microbial Systems
1|Page
,ASM Objective: 02.05 The replication cycles of viruses (lytic and lysogenic) differ
among viruses and are determined by their unique structures and genomes.
Learning Outcome: 01.01a Define the term microbiology
5) Microbiologists study a variety of organisms, but all are considered either Bacteria or
Archaea.
Answer: FALSE
Topic: Taxonomy of Microorganisms
Bloom's/Accessibility: 2. Understand / Keyboard
Navigation ASM Topic: Module 05 Microbial Systems
ASM Objective: 05.04 Microorganisms, cellular and viral, can interact with both
human and nonhuman hosts in beneficial, neutral or detrimental ways.
Learning Outcome: 01.01a Define the term microbiology
6) All eukaryotes have a membrane-delimited nucleus.
Answer: TRUE
Topic: Taxonomy of Microorganisms
Bloom's/Accessibility: 2. Understand / Keyboard
Navigation ASM Topic: Module 02 Cell Structure and
Function
ASM Objective: 02.04 While microscopic eukaryotes (for example, fungi, protozoa
and algae) carry out some of the same processes as bacteria, many of the cellular
properties are fundamentally different.
Learning Outcome: 01.01c Determine the type of microbe (e.g., bacterium, fungus,
etc.) when given a description of a newly discovered one
7) Viruses constitute the fourth domain of life in current biological classification
schemes.
Answer: FALSE
Topic: Taxonomy of Microorganisms
Bloom's/Accessibility: 2. Understand / Keyboard
Navigation ASM Topic: Module 01 Evolution
ASM Objective: 01.05 The evolutionary relatedness of organisms is best reflected
in phylogenetic trees.
Learning Outcome: 01.01b Explain Carl Woeses contributions in establishing the
three-domain system for classifying cellular life
2|Page
, 8) Protists contain all of the following forms of life EXCEPT .
A) protozoa
B) fungi
C) slime molds
D) algae
Answer: B
Topic: Taxonomy of Microorganisms Bloom's/Accessibility:
1. Remember / Keyboard NavigationASM
Topic: Module 01 Evolution
ASM Objective: 01.05 The evolutionary relatedness of organisms is best reflected
in phylogenetic trees.
Learning Outcome: 01.01b Explain Carl Woeses contributions in establishing the
three-domain system for classifying cellular life
9) Cells with a relatively complex morphology that have a true membrane-
delimited nucleus are called .
A) prokaryotes
B) eukaryotes
C) urkaryotes
D) nokaryotes
Answer: B
Topic: Taxonomy of Microorganisms
Bloom's/Accessibility: 2. Understand / Keyboard
Navigation ASM Topic: Module 02 Cell Structure and
Function
ASM Objective: 02.04 While microscopic eukaryotes (for example, fungi, protozoa
and algae) carry out some of the same processes as bacteria, many of the cellular
properties are fundamentally different.
Learning Outcome: 01.01c Determine the type of microbe (e.g., bacterium, fungus,
etc.) when given a description of a newly discovered one
10) Cells with a relatively simple cell morphology that do not have a true
membrane-delimited nucleus are called .
A) prokaryotes
B) eukaryotes
C) urkaryotes
D) nokaryotes
Answer: A
Topic: Bacterial Cellular Morphology Bloom's/Accessibility:
2. Understand / Keyboard NavigationASM Topic:
Module 02 Cell Structure and Function
ASM Objective: 02.01 The structure and function of microorganisms have been
revealed by the use of microscopy (including bright field, phase contrast,
fluorescent, and electron).
Learning Outcome: 01.01c Determine the type of microbe (e.g., bacterium, fungus,
3|Page
Prescott's Microbiology
JOANNE WILLEY, KATHLEEN SANDMAN, DOROTHY WOOD
12th Edition
, Test Bank for Prescott's Microbiology, 12th Edition by Joanne Willey
Prescott's Microbiology, 12e (Willey)
Chapter 1 The Evolution of Microorganisms and Microbiology
1) Archaea are cellular organisms that have unique cell membrane .
Answer: lipids
Topic:
Archaea
Bloom's/Accessibility: 1. Remember / Keyboard
Navigation ASM Topic: Module 02 Cell Structure and
Function
ASM Objective: 02.03 Bacteria and Archaea have specialized structures (e.g.
flagella, endospores, and pili) that often confer critical capabilities.
Learning Outcome: 01.01c Determine the type of microbe (e.g., bacterium, fungus,
etc.) when given a description of a newly discovered one
2) Extant microorganisms are organisms from the fossil record that are no longer
present on Earth today.
Answer: FALSE
Topic: Taxonomy of Microorganisms
Bloom's/Accessibility: 2. Understand / Keyboard
Navigation ASM Topic: Module 01 Evolution
ASM Objective: 01.05 The evolutionary relatedness of organisms is best reflected
in phylogenetic trees.
Learning Outcome: 01.02a Propose a timeline of the origin and history of microbial
life and integrate supporting evidence into it
3) All cellular organisms can be placed into one of three , which include the
Bacteria, Archaea, and the Eukarya.
Answer: domains
Topic: Taxonomy of Microorganisms
Bloom's/Accessibility: 2. Understand / Keyboard
Navigation ASM Topic: Module 01 Evolution
ASM Objective: 01.05 The evolutionary relatedness of organisms is best reflected
in phylogenetic trees.
Learning Outcome: 01.01b Explain Carl Woeses contributions in establishing the
three-domain system for classifying cellular life
4) Viruses are not generally studied by microbiologists because they are not
classified as living organisms.
Answer: FALSE
Topic: Taxonomy of Microorganisms
Bloom's/Accessibility: 2. Understand / Keyboard
Navigation ASM Topic: Module 05 Microbial Systems
1|Page
,ASM Objective: 02.05 The replication cycles of viruses (lytic and lysogenic) differ
among viruses and are determined by their unique structures and genomes.
Learning Outcome: 01.01a Define the term microbiology
5) Microbiologists study a variety of organisms, but all are considered either Bacteria or
Archaea.
Answer: FALSE
Topic: Taxonomy of Microorganisms
Bloom's/Accessibility: 2. Understand / Keyboard
Navigation ASM Topic: Module 05 Microbial Systems
ASM Objective: 05.04 Microorganisms, cellular and viral, can interact with both
human and nonhuman hosts in beneficial, neutral or detrimental ways.
Learning Outcome: 01.01a Define the term microbiology
6) All eukaryotes have a membrane-delimited nucleus.
Answer: TRUE
Topic: Taxonomy of Microorganisms
Bloom's/Accessibility: 2. Understand / Keyboard
Navigation ASM Topic: Module 02 Cell Structure and
Function
ASM Objective: 02.04 While microscopic eukaryotes (for example, fungi, protozoa
and algae) carry out some of the same processes as bacteria, many of the cellular
properties are fundamentally different.
Learning Outcome: 01.01c Determine the type of microbe (e.g., bacterium, fungus,
etc.) when given a description of a newly discovered one
7) Viruses constitute the fourth domain of life in current biological classification
schemes.
Answer: FALSE
Topic: Taxonomy of Microorganisms
Bloom's/Accessibility: 2. Understand / Keyboard
Navigation ASM Topic: Module 01 Evolution
ASM Objective: 01.05 The evolutionary relatedness of organisms is best reflected
in phylogenetic trees.
Learning Outcome: 01.01b Explain Carl Woeses contributions in establishing the
three-domain system for classifying cellular life
2|Page
, 8) Protists contain all of the following forms of life EXCEPT .
A) protozoa
B) fungi
C) slime molds
D) algae
Answer: B
Topic: Taxonomy of Microorganisms Bloom's/Accessibility:
1. Remember / Keyboard NavigationASM
Topic: Module 01 Evolution
ASM Objective: 01.05 The evolutionary relatedness of organisms is best reflected
in phylogenetic trees.
Learning Outcome: 01.01b Explain Carl Woeses contributions in establishing the
three-domain system for classifying cellular life
9) Cells with a relatively complex morphology that have a true membrane-
delimited nucleus are called .
A) prokaryotes
B) eukaryotes
C) urkaryotes
D) nokaryotes
Answer: B
Topic: Taxonomy of Microorganisms
Bloom's/Accessibility: 2. Understand / Keyboard
Navigation ASM Topic: Module 02 Cell Structure and
Function
ASM Objective: 02.04 While microscopic eukaryotes (for example, fungi, protozoa
and algae) carry out some of the same processes as bacteria, many of the cellular
properties are fundamentally different.
Learning Outcome: 01.01c Determine the type of microbe (e.g., bacterium, fungus,
etc.) when given a description of a newly discovered one
10) Cells with a relatively simple cell morphology that do not have a true
membrane-delimited nucleus are called .
A) prokaryotes
B) eukaryotes
C) urkaryotes
D) nokaryotes
Answer: A
Topic: Bacterial Cellular Morphology Bloom's/Accessibility:
2. Understand / Keyboard NavigationASM Topic:
Module 02 Cell Structure and Function
ASM Objective: 02.01 The structure and function of microorganisms have been
revealed by the use of microscopy (including bright field, phase contrast,
fluorescent, and electron).
Learning Outcome: 01.01c Determine the type of microbe (e.g., bacterium, fungus,
3|Page
