,Chapter fil01: filBacterial filCell filStructure, filPhysiology, filMetabolism, filand
filGeneticslM
fi ahon: filTextbook filof filDiagnostic filMicrobiology, fil6th filEdition
filTest filBank
MULTIPLE filCHOICE
1. To filsurvive, filmicrobial filinhabitants filhave fillearned filto filadapt filby filvarying filall filof filthe filfollowing,
filexcept
a. growth filrate.
b. growth filin filall filatmospheric filconditions.
c. growth filat filparticular filtemperatures.
d. bacterial filshape.
ANS: f i l D
The filchapter filbegins filby fildiscussing filthe filway filmicrobial filinhabitants filhave filhad filto
filevolve filto filsurvivelifi n filmany fildifferent filniches filand filhabitats. filIt fildiscusses filslow
filgrowers, filrapid filgrowers, filand filreplication filwith filscarce filor filabundant filnutrients,
filunder fildifferent filatmospheric filconditions, filtemperature filrequirements, filand filcell
filstructure. filBacterial filshape filas fila filform filof filevolution filis filnot fildiscussed.
OBJ: filLevel fil2: filInterpretation
2. Who filwas filconsidered filthe filfather filof filprotozoology filand filbacteriology?
a. Anton filvan filLeeuwenhoek
b. Louis filPasteur
c. Carl filLandsteiner
d. Michael filDouglas
ANS: f i l A
The filbook fildiscusses filAnton filvan filLeeuwenhoek filas filthe filinventor filof filthe filmicroscope
filand filthe filfirst filperson filto filsee filthe fil―beasties.‖ filSo filthey fildubbed filhim filthe filfather filof
filprotozoology filand filbacteriology. filThe filother filthree filindividuals filwere filnot fildiscussed.
OBJ: fil Level fil1: filRecall
3. Prokaryotic filcells filhave filwhich filof filthe filfollowing filstructures filin filtheir filcytoplasm?
a. Golgi filapparatus
b. Ribosomes
c. Mitochondria
d. Endoplasmic filreticulum
ANS: f i l B
All filthe filstructures fillisted filare filfound filin fileukaryotic filcells, filbut filribosomes filare
filthe filonly filones filthatla
fi pply filto filprokaryotic filcells.
OBJ: fil Level fil1: filRecall
4. This filform filof filDNA filis filcommonly filfound filin fileukaryotic filcells.
a. Linear
b. Circular
c. Plasmid
d. Colloid
, ANS: f i l A
Circular filand filplasmid filDNA filare filusually filfound filonly filin filbacteria, filnot fileukaryotic
filcells. filColloid filisla
fi filproperty filof filprotein filmolecules filand filis filnot filassociated filwith
filnucleotides.
OBJ: fil Level fil1: filRecall
5. The filnuclear filmembrane filin filprokaryotes filis
a. missing.
b. impenetrable.
c. a filclassic filmembrane.
d. a fillipid filbilayer filmembrane.
ANS: f i l A
Prokaryotic filcells fildo filnot filhave filany filmembrane-bound filstructures filin filthe
filcytoplasm filincluding filals
fi tructured filnucleus.
OBJ: fil Level fil1: filRecall
6. A filmicroorganism filthat filis fila filunicellular filorganism filand fillacks fila filnuclear
filmembrane filand filtrueln
fi ucleus filbelongs filto filwhich filclassification?
a. Fungi
b. Bacteria
c. Algae
d. Parasite
ANS: f i l B
Fungi, filalgae, filand filparasites filare filunicellular fileukaryotic filorganisms filthat filcontain fila
filtrue filnucleus.lB
fi acteria filare filprokaryotic fil and fildo filnot filcontain fila filtrue filnucleus filor
filnuclear filmembrane.
OBJ: fil Level fil1: filRecall
7. In filthe fillaboratory, filthe filclinical filmicrobiologist filis filresponsible filfor filall filthe filfollowing, filexcept
a. isolating filmicroorganisms.
b. selecting filtreatment filfor filpatients.
c. identifying filmicroorganisms.
d. analyzing filbacteria filthat filcause fildisease.
ANS: f i l B
Clinical filmicrobiologists fildo filnot filselect filthe filtreatment filfor filpatients. filThey filprovide
filthe fildoctor filwithltfi he filname filof filthe filorganism filand filthe filantibiotics filthat filcan filkill filthe
filbacteria, filbut filnot filin filthe filfinal filselection filof filtreatment filprotocols.
OBJ: fil Level fil2: filRecall
8. What filenables filthe filmicrobiologist filto filselect filthe filcorrect filmedia filfor filprimary filculture
filand filoptimizeltfi he filchance filof filisolating fila filpathogenic filorganism?
a. Determining filstaining filcharacteristics
b. Understanding filthe filcell filstructure filand filbiochemical filpathways filof filan filorganism
c. Understanding filthe filgrowth filrequirements filof filpotential filpathogens filat filspecific filbody filsite
d. Knowing filthe fildifferences filin filcell filwalls filof filparticular filbacteria
ANS: f i l C