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TEST BANK FOR MICROBIOLOGY: AN INTRODUCTION,
13TH EDITION BY TORTORA – ALL CHAPTER
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS COVERED
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Chapter 1 The Microbial World and You
1.1 Multiple-Choice Questions
1) Microorganisms are involved in each of the following processes EXCEPT
A) infection.
B) decomposition of organic material.
C) O2 production.
D) food production.
E) smog
production.
Answer: E
Section: 1.1
Bloom's Taxonomy:
Remembering Learning
Outcome: 1.1
Global Outcome: 5
2) Each of the following organisms would be considered a microbe EXCEPT
A) yeast.
B) protozoan.
C) bacterium.
D) mushroom.
E) virus.
Answer:
D
Section:
1.1
Bloom's Taxonomy:
Remembering Learning
Outcome: 1.4
3) The term used to describe a disease-causing microorganism is
A) microbe.
B) bacterium.
C) virus.
D) pathogen.
E) infectio
n.
Answer:
D
Section:
1.1
Bloom's Taxonomy:
Remembering Learning
Outcome: 1.1
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4) Common commercial benefits of microorganisms include synthesis of
A) riboflavin.
B) acetone.
C) insulin.
D) aspirin.
E) riboflavin, acetone and
insulin. Answer: E
Section: 1.1
Bloom's Taxonomy:
Remembering ASMcue
Outcome: 6.3
Learning Outcome: 1.1
5) What factors contribute to the rising incidence of antibiotic resistance?
A) overuse of the specific drugs
B) misuse of the specific drugs
C) random mutations in bacterial genomes
D) random mutations, overuse and misuse of specific drugs
E) overuse and misuse of
specific drugs Answer: D
Section: 1.5
Bloom's Taxonomy:
Understanding ASMcue
Outcome: 4.1
Learning Outcome: 1.19
Global Outcome: 5
6) The formal system for classifying and naming organisms was developed by
A) Robert Koch.
B) Ignaz Semmelweis.
C) Aristotle.
D) Carolus Linnaeus.
E) Louis
Pasteur.
Answer: D
Section: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy:
Remembering Learning
Outcome: 1.3
7) In the name Staphylococcus aureus, aureus is the
A) genus.
B) domain name.
C) species.
D) kingdom.
E) family
name.
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Answer: C
Section: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy:
Understanding Learning
Outcome: 1.3
.
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TEST BANK FOR MICROBIOLOGY: AN INTRODUCTION,
13TH EDITION BY TORTORA – ALL CHAPTER
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS COVERED
1
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Chapter 1 The Microbial World and You
1.1 Multiple-Choice Questions
1) Microorganisms are involved in each of the following processes EXCEPT
A) infection.
B) decomposition of organic material.
C) O2 production.
D) food production.
E) smog
production.
Answer: E
Section: 1.1
Bloom's Taxonomy:
Remembering Learning
Outcome: 1.1
Global Outcome: 5
2) Each of the following organisms would be considered a microbe EXCEPT
A) yeast.
B) protozoan.
C) bacterium.
D) mushroom.
E) virus.
Answer:
D
Section:
1.1
Bloom's Taxonomy:
Remembering Learning
Outcome: 1.4
3) The term used to describe a disease-causing microorganism is
A) microbe.
B) bacterium.
C) virus.
D) pathogen.
E) infectio
n.
Answer:
D
Section:
1.1
Bloom's Taxonomy:
Remembering Learning
Outcome: 1.1
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4) Common commercial benefits of microorganisms include synthesis of
A) riboflavin.
B) acetone.
C) insulin.
D) aspirin.
E) riboflavin, acetone and
insulin. Answer: E
Section: 1.1
Bloom's Taxonomy:
Remembering ASMcue
Outcome: 6.3
Learning Outcome: 1.1
5) What factors contribute to the rising incidence of antibiotic resistance?
A) overuse of the specific drugs
B) misuse of the specific drugs
C) random mutations in bacterial genomes
D) random mutations, overuse and misuse of specific drugs
E) overuse and misuse of
specific drugs Answer: D
Section: 1.5
Bloom's Taxonomy:
Understanding ASMcue
Outcome: 4.1
Learning Outcome: 1.19
Global Outcome: 5
6) The formal system for classifying and naming organisms was developed by
A) Robert Koch.
B) Ignaz Semmelweis.
C) Aristotle.
D) Carolus Linnaeus.
E) Louis
Pasteur.
Answer: D
Section: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy:
Remembering Learning
Outcome: 1.3
7) In the name Staphylococcus aureus, aureus is the
A) genus.
B) domain name.
C) species.
D) kingdom.
E) family
name.
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Answer: C
Section: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy:
Understanding Learning
Outcome: 1.3
.
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