OPENSTAX MICROBIOLOGY TEST BANK OpenStax Microbiology
THIS TEST BANK COVERS ALL CHAPTERS 1-26 OF THE BOOK
Which of the following types of microorganisms is photosynthetic?
A. yeast
B. virus
C. helminth
D. alga - D
Which of the following is a prokaryotic microorganism?
A. helminth
B. protozoan
C. cyanobacterium
D. mold - C
Which of the following is acellular?
A. virus
B. bacterium
C. fungus
D. protozoan - A
Which of the following is a type of fungal microorganism?
A. bacterium
B. protozoan
C. alga
D. yeast - D
Which of the following is not a subfield of microbiology?
A. bacteriology
B. botany
C. clinical microbiology
D. virology - B
Which of the following has the highest energy?
A. Light with long wavelength
B. light with an intermediate wavelength
C. light with a short wavelength
D. It is impossible to tell from the information given. - C
You place a specimen under the microscope and notice that parts of the specimen
begin to emit light immediately. These materials can be described as _____________.
A. fluorescent
B. phosphorescent
,C. transparent
D. opaque - A
Who was the first to describe "cells" in dead cork tissue?
A. Hans Janssen
B. Zaccharias Janssen
C. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
D. Robert Hooke - D
Who is the PROBABLE inventor of the compound microscope?
A. Girolamo Fracastoro
B. Zaccharias Janssen
C. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
D. Robert Hooke - B
Which would be the best choice for viewing the internal structures of a LIVING protist
such as a Paramecium?
A. a brightfield microscope with a stain
B. a brightfield microscope without a stain
C. a darkfield microscope
D. a transmission electron microscope - C
Which of the following foods is NOT made by fermentation?
A. Beer
B. Bread
C. Cheese
D. Orange Juice - D
Who is considered the "father of Western medicine"?
A. Marcus Terentius Varro
B. Thucydides
C. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
D. Hippocrates - D
Who was the first to observe "animalcules" under the microscope?
A. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
B. Ötzi the Iceman
C. Marcus Terentius Varro
D. Robert Koch - A
Who proposed that swamps might harbor tiny, disease-causing animals too small to
see?
A. Thucydides
B. Marcus Terentius Varro
, C. Hippocrates
D. Louis Pasteur - B
Which of the following was NOT a kingdom in Linnaeus's taxonomy?
A. animal
B. mineral
C. protist
D. plant - C
Which of the following is a correct usage of binomial nomenclature? *Imagine all
answers are Italicized except for A*
A. Homo Sapiens
B. homo sapiens
C. Homo sapiens
D. Homo Sapiens - C
Which scientist proposed adding a kingdom for protists?
A. Carolus Linnaeus
B. Carl Woese
C. Robert Whittaker
D. Ernst Haeckel - D
Which of the following is NOT a domain in Woese and Fox's phylogenetic tree?
A. Plantae
B. Bacteria
C. Archaea
D. Eukarya - A
Which of the following is the standard resource for identifying bacteria?
A. Systema Naturae
B. Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology
C. Woese and Fox's phylogenetic tree
D. Haeckel's General Morphology of Organisms - B
Remember that transmission electron microscopes and brightfield microscopes require
the specimen to be DEAD.
Which type of microscope is especially useful for viewing thick structures such as
biofilms?
A. a transmission electron microscope
B. a scanning electron microscopes
C. a phase-contrast microscope
D. a confocal scanning laser microscope
E. an atomic force microscope - D
THIS TEST BANK COVERS ALL CHAPTERS 1-26 OF THE BOOK
Which of the following types of microorganisms is photosynthetic?
A. yeast
B. virus
C. helminth
D. alga - D
Which of the following is a prokaryotic microorganism?
A. helminth
B. protozoan
C. cyanobacterium
D. mold - C
Which of the following is acellular?
A. virus
B. bacterium
C. fungus
D. protozoan - A
Which of the following is a type of fungal microorganism?
A. bacterium
B. protozoan
C. alga
D. yeast - D
Which of the following is not a subfield of microbiology?
A. bacteriology
B. botany
C. clinical microbiology
D. virology - B
Which of the following has the highest energy?
A. Light with long wavelength
B. light with an intermediate wavelength
C. light with a short wavelength
D. It is impossible to tell from the information given. - C
You place a specimen under the microscope and notice that parts of the specimen
begin to emit light immediately. These materials can be described as _____________.
A. fluorescent
B. phosphorescent
,C. transparent
D. opaque - A
Who was the first to describe "cells" in dead cork tissue?
A. Hans Janssen
B. Zaccharias Janssen
C. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
D. Robert Hooke - D
Who is the PROBABLE inventor of the compound microscope?
A. Girolamo Fracastoro
B. Zaccharias Janssen
C. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
D. Robert Hooke - B
Which would be the best choice for viewing the internal structures of a LIVING protist
such as a Paramecium?
A. a brightfield microscope with a stain
B. a brightfield microscope without a stain
C. a darkfield microscope
D. a transmission electron microscope - C
Which of the following foods is NOT made by fermentation?
A. Beer
B. Bread
C. Cheese
D. Orange Juice - D
Who is considered the "father of Western medicine"?
A. Marcus Terentius Varro
B. Thucydides
C. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
D. Hippocrates - D
Who was the first to observe "animalcules" under the microscope?
A. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
B. Ötzi the Iceman
C. Marcus Terentius Varro
D. Robert Koch - A
Who proposed that swamps might harbor tiny, disease-causing animals too small to
see?
A. Thucydides
B. Marcus Terentius Varro
, C. Hippocrates
D. Louis Pasteur - B
Which of the following was NOT a kingdom in Linnaeus's taxonomy?
A. animal
B. mineral
C. protist
D. plant - C
Which of the following is a correct usage of binomial nomenclature? *Imagine all
answers are Italicized except for A*
A. Homo Sapiens
B. homo sapiens
C. Homo sapiens
D. Homo Sapiens - C
Which scientist proposed adding a kingdom for protists?
A. Carolus Linnaeus
B. Carl Woese
C. Robert Whittaker
D. Ernst Haeckel - D
Which of the following is NOT a domain in Woese and Fox's phylogenetic tree?
A. Plantae
B. Bacteria
C. Archaea
D. Eukarya - A
Which of the following is the standard resource for identifying bacteria?
A. Systema Naturae
B. Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology
C. Woese and Fox's phylogenetic tree
D. Haeckel's General Morphology of Organisms - B
Remember that transmission electron microscopes and brightfield microscopes require
the specimen to be DEAD.
Which type of microscope is especially useful for viewing thick structures such as
biofilms?
A. a transmission electron microscope
B. a scanning electron microscopes
C. a phase-contrast microscope
D. a confocal scanning laser microscope
E. an atomic force microscope - D
