Brock Microbiology Chapters 1-12 Quizzes With Correct Answers

Brock Microbiology Chapters 1-12 Quizzes
With Correct Answers


Most prokaryotic cells reside
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A. in the oceanic and terrestrial subsurfaces
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B. on Earth's surface
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C. in and on non-prokaryotic organisms (including humans and other
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animals).
D. in lakes, rivers, and oceans. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A. in the oceanic
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and terrestrial subsurfaces
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The discovery of antibiotics and other important chemicals led to the
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field of |




A. industrial microbiology.
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B. aquatic microbiology.
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C. marine microbiology.
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D. agricultural microbiology. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A. industrial
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microbiology.


Microbial sterilization is used to
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,A. kill bacteria but not necessarily viruses or other microbes.
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B. decrease the possibility of contaminants growing in a culture.
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C. clean a work area.
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D. kill all microbes in or on objects. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-D. kill all
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microbes in or on objects. | | | |




Developments in the fields of immunology and medical microbiology
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were practical extensions of the work of
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A. Sergei Winogradsky.
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B. Joseph Lister.
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C. Robert Koch.
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D. Antoni van Leeuwenhoek. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-B. Robert Koch.
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis is very difficult to stain because of the
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A. location of the DNA within the cell.
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B. large amounts of a waxy lipid present in its cell wall.
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C. lack of a cell wall.
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D. presence of ribosomes in the cytoplasm. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-B.
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large amounts of a waxy lipid present in its cell wall.
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,Louis Pasteur's most famous success was his work on
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A. cultivation of E. coli.
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B. the rabies vaccine.
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C. optical isomers.
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D. Mycobacterium tuberculosis. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-B. the rabies
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vaccine


The largest mass of living material on Earth comes from
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A.plants and animals together.
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B. plants.
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C. animals.
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D. microorganisms. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-D. microorganisms.
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Cyanobacteria and purple bacteria both obtain energy from light.
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However, only the ________ are capable of releasing ________.
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A. cyanobacteria / oxygen
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B. purple bacteria / organic compounds
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C. purple bacteria / oxygen
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, D. cyanobacteria / organic compounds - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A.
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cyanobacteria / oxygen | |




The process whereby microorganisms are used to help clean up
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pollution created by human activities is known as
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A. bioremediation.
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B. biodegradation.
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C. bioaugmentation.
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D. bioengineering. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A. bioremediation.
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Robert Koch received the 1905 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for
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A. developing a smallpox vaccination.
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B. identifying Mycobacterium tuberculosis as the causative agent of
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tuberculosis.
C. developing a smallpox vaccination, identifying Mycobacterium
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tuberculosis as the causative agent of tuberculosis, and making an
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effective rabies vaccine.
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D. making an effective rabies vaccine. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-B.
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identifying Mycobacterium tuberculosis as the causative agent of
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tuberculosis.