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TEST BANK FOR BROCK BIOLOGY OF MICROORGANISM
16TH EDITION BY MICHAEL T. MADIGAN A+
Chapter c1 cThe cMicrobial cWorld
1.1 Multiple cChoice cQuestions
1) Which cof cthe cfollowing cstatements cis cFALSE?
A) Microbial ccells ccan cexist cas csingle ccells.
B) Microbial ccells ccarry cout ctheir clife cprocesses cof cgrowth cindependently.
C) Microbial ccells cinclude cboth cbacteria cand cviruses.
D) Microbial ccells care csurrounded cby ca cplasma cmembrane.
2) Which cof cthe cfollowing cstatements cis ccorrect?
A) Microorganisms care csignificant ccontributors cto cthe ctotal cbiomass con cEarth.
B) Microorganisms crepresent ca cmuch csmaller camount cof cEarth’s cbiomass cthan cplants.
C) Microorganisms crepresent ca cmuch csmaller camount cof cEarth’s cbiomass cthan canimals.
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D) Microorganisms care csignificant cin cnumber, cbut cnot cin coverall cbiomass.
3) Differential cselection cand creproduction cof cphenotypes coccurs cduring ca cprocess ccalled
A) cellular cdifferentiation.
B) evolution.
C) growth.
D) transformation.
4) In cwhat/which cdomain(s) cof clife cis/are cmicroorganisms crepresented?
A) Archaea
B) Bacteria
C) Eukarya
D) Archaea, cBacteria, cand cEukarya
5) Biological ccatalysts cinvolved cin cthe cacceleration cof cthe crate cof cchemical creactions
care ccalled
A) catalytic cconverters.
B) growth cagents.
C) evolutionary cmolecules.
D) enzymes.
6) Regarding cearly clife con cEarth
A) microbial clife cexisted cfor cbillions cof cyears cbefore cplant cand canimal clife.
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B) microbial clife cexisted clong cbefore canimals cbut chas cbeen caround cfor cabout cthe csame
camount cof ctime cas cplants.
C) microbial clife, cplant clife, cand canimal clife call cappeared cat cabout cthe csame ctime.
D) it cis cimpossible cto cdetermine cwhich ctype cof clife cfirst cappeared.
c
7) The cperson cwho cdescribed cthe c“wee canimalcules” cwas
A) Robert cHooke.
B) Antoni cvan cLeeuwenhoek.
C) Louis cPasteur.
D) Ferdinand cCohn.
Chapter cSection: c1.5
8) Walther cHesse cand c pioneered cthe cuse cof cagar cas ca csolidifying cagent.
A) Louis cPasteur
B) Ferdinand cCohn
C) Robert cKoch
D) Sergei cWinogradsky
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9) Which cof cthe cfollowing cis/are ccharacteristic cof call ccellular corganisms?
A) communication
B) evolution
C) motility
D) communication, cevolution, cand cmotility
10) Deduce cwhy cviruses care cexcluded cfrom cthe cribosomal cRNA—based ctree cof clife.
A) Some cviruses ccontain cmultiple cstrands cof cRNA.
B) Their cgenetic celements ccannot cbe csequenced.
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C) They ccan cinfect cother corganisms, cwhich ccomplicates cthe cgenetic ccomparisons.
D) They clack cribosomal cRNA c(rRNA).
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11) Louis cPasteur cdeveloped cthe cvaccine(s) cfor
A) anthrax conly.
B) fowl ccholera conly.
C) rabies conly.
D) anthrax, cfowl ccholera, cand crabies.
Chapter cSection: c1.9
12) The cdiscovery cof cantibiotics cand cother cimportant cchemicals cled cto cthe cfield cof
A) industrial cmicrobiology.
B) agricultural cmicrobiology.
C) marine cmicrobiology.
D) aquatic cmicrobiology.
13) Microbial csterilization cis cused cto
A) decrease cthe cpossibility cof ccontaminants cgrowing cin ca cculture.
B) kill cbacteria cbut cnot cnecessarily cviruses cor cother cmicrobes.
C) kill call cmicrobes cin cor con cobjects.
D) clean ca cwork carea.
c
Chapter cSection: c1.9
14) Transparent cdouble-sided cdishes cused cfor cgrowing cmicrobes care cmost ccommonly
ccalled
A) Petri cdishes.
B) baker cdishes.
C) sterilization cplates.
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TEST BANK FOR BROCK BIOLOGY OF MICROORGANISM
16TH EDITION BY MICHAEL T. MADIGAN A+
Chapter c1 cThe cMicrobial cWorld
1.1 Multiple cChoice cQuestions
1) Which cof cthe cfollowing cstatements cis cFALSE?
A) Microbial ccells ccan cexist cas csingle ccells.
B) Microbial ccells ccarry cout ctheir clife cprocesses cof cgrowth cindependently.
C) Microbial ccells cinclude cboth cbacteria cand cviruses.
D) Microbial ccells care csurrounded cby ca cplasma cmembrane.
2) Which cof cthe cfollowing cstatements cis ccorrect?
A) Microorganisms care csignificant ccontributors cto cthe ctotal cbiomass con cEarth.
B) Microorganisms crepresent ca cmuch csmaller camount cof cEarth’s cbiomass cthan cplants.
C) Microorganisms crepresent ca cmuch csmaller camount cof cEarth’s cbiomass cthan canimals.
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D) Microorganisms care csignificant cin cnumber, cbut cnot cin coverall cbiomass.
3) Differential cselection cand creproduction cof cphenotypes coccurs cduring ca cprocess ccalled
A) cellular cdifferentiation.
B) evolution.
C) growth.
D) transformation.
4) In cwhat/which cdomain(s) cof clife cis/are cmicroorganisms crepresented?
A) Archaea
B) Bacteria
C) Eukarya
D) Archaea, cBacteria, cand cEukarya
5) Biological ccatalysts cinvolved cin cthe cacceleration cof cthe crate cof cchemical creactions
care ccalled
A) catalytic cconverters.
B) growth cagents.
C) evolutionary cmolecules.
D) enzymes.
6) Regarding cearly clife con cEarth
A) microbial clife cexisted cfor cbillions cof cyears cbefore cplant cand canimal clife.
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B) microbial clife cexisted clong cbefore canimals cbut chas cbeen caround cfor cabout cthe csame
camount cof ctime cas cplants.
C) microbial clife, cplant clife, cand canimal clife call cappeared cat cabout cthe csame ctime.
D) it cis cimpossible cto cdetermine cwhich ctype cof clife cfirst cappeared.
c
7) The cperson cwho cdescribed cthe c“wee canimalcules” cwas
A) Robert cHooke.
B) Antoni cvan cLeeuwenhoek.
C) Louis cPasteur.
D) Ferdinand cCohn.
Chapter cSection: c1.5
8) Walther cHesse cand c pioneered cthe cuse cof cagar cas ca csolidifying cagent.
A) Louis cPasteur
B) Ferdinand cCohn
C) Robert cKoch
D) Sergei cWinogradsky
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9) Which cof cthe cfollowing cis/are ccharacteristic cof call ccellular corganisms?
A) communication
B) evolution
C) motility
D) communication, cevolution, cand cmotility
10) Deduce cwhy cviruses care cexcluded cfrom cthe cribosomal cRNA—based ctree cof clife.
A) Some cviruses ccontain cmultiple cstrands cof cRNA.
B) Their cgenetic celements ccannot cbe csequenced.
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C) They ccan cinfect cother corganisms, cwhich ccomplicates cthe cgenetic ccomparisons.
D) They clack cribosomal cRNA c(rRNA).
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11) Louis cPasteur cdeveloped cthe cvaccine(s) cfor
A) anthrax conly.
B) fowl ccholera conly.
C) rabies conly.
D) anthrax, cfowl ccholera, cand crabies.
Chapter cSection: c1.9
12) The cdiscovery cof cantibiotics cand cother cimportant cchemicals cled cto cthe cfield cof
A) industrial cmicrobiology.
B) agricultural cmicrobiology.
C) marine cmicrobiology.
D) aquatic cmicrobiology.
13) Microbial csterilization cis cused cto
A) decrease cthe cpossibility cof ccontaminants cgrowing cin ca cculture.
B) kill cbacteria cbut cnot cnecessarily cviruses cor cother cmicrobes.
C) kill call cmicrobes cin cor con cobjects.
D) clean ca cwork carea.
c
Chapter cSection: c1.9
14) Transparent cdouble-sided cdishes cused cfor cgrowing cmicrobes care cmost ccommonly
ccalled
A) Petri cdishes.
B) baker cdishes.
C) sterilization cplates.
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