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BrockdBiologydofdMicroorganisms,d11ed(Madigan/ A) ancestraldsystem.
Martinko) B) dynamicdentity.
Chapterd1:dMicroorganismsdanddMicrobiology
1) Whichdstatementdisdnotdtruedasdadgenerald
rule?
A) Microbialdcellsdexistdasdsingledcellsdordindcelld
clusters.
B) Microbialdcellsdcarrydoutdtheirdlifedprocessesd
independently.
C) Microbialdcellsdincludedbothdbacteriadandd
viruses.
D) Microbialdcellsdexcludedthedcellsdofdplantsdandd
animals.
Answer:dC
2) Basicdmicrobiologydcandbeduseddto
A) probedthednaturedofdlifedprocesses.
B) studydbiochemicaldpropertiesdcommondtodalld
cells.
C) modeldourdunderstandingdofdcelldfunctiondind
higherdorganisms.
D) alldofdthedabove.d
Answer:dD
3) Applieddmicrobiologyddealsdwithdproblemsdin
A) medicine.
B) agriculture.
C) industry.
D) alldofdthedabove.d
Answer:dD
4) ThedgreatestdsourcedofdbiomassdondEarthd
comesdfrom
A) prokaryoticdcells.
B) plants.
C) animals.
D) plantsdanddanimalsdtogether.d
Answer:dA
5) Thedcell'sdgeneticdinformationdisdfounddindthe
A) celldmembrane.
B) nucleusdordnucleoid.
C) cytoplasm.
D) nonedofdthedabove.d
Answer:dB
6) Becausedthedcelldcommunicates,dexchangesd
materialsdwithditsdenvironment,danddundergoesd
change,ditdisdcalledda(n)

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C) closeddsystem. Answer:dB
D) nucleoiddsyste 12) FanniedHessedisdcrediteddwithdgiving
dthedideasdfordusingdagardasdad
m.dAnswer:dB
7) Changesdindcellulardcharacteristicsdaredtr solidifyingdagent.
ansmitteddtodoffspringdthroughdthedprocessdof A) Pasteur
A) chemicaldsignaling.
B) reproductivedinitiative.
C) evolution.
D) nonedofdthedabov
e.dAnswer:dC
8) Catalystsdinvolveddindthedaccelerationdofdt
hedratedofdchemicaldreactionsdaredcalled
A) catalyticdconverters.
B) growthdagents.
C) evolutionarydmolecules.
D) enzym
es.dAnswe
r:dD
9) RegardingdearlydlifedondEarth:
A) MicrobialdlifedexisteddondEarthdfordbillionsd
ofdyearsdbeforedplantdanddanimaldlife.
B) MicrobialdlifedexisteddondEarthdlongdbefore
danimalsdbutdhasdbeendarounddfordaboutdthedsa


medamountdofdtimedasdplants.
C) Microbialdlife,dplantdlife,danddanimaldlifeda
lldappeareddatdaboutdthedsamedtime.
D) Itdisdimpossibledtoddeterminedwhichdtypedofdlif
edfirstdappeareddondEarth.
Answer:dA
10) Mostdprokaryoticdcellsdreside
A) ondthedEarth'sdsurface.
B) indthedEarth'sdlakes,drivers,danddoceans.
C) indanddondnon-
prokaryoticdorganismsd(includingdhu
mansdanddotherdanimals).
D) indthedoceanicdanddterrestrialdsubsurface
s.dAnswer:dD
11) Thedpersondwhoddescribeddthed"w
eedanimalcules"dwas
A) Hooke.
B) vandLeeuwenhoek.
C) Pasteur.
D) Cohn
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B) Cohn B) agriculturaldmicrobiology.
C) Koch C) marinedmicrobiology.
D) Winogradsky
dAnswer:dC


13) Whichdofdthedfollowingdis/aredcharacteristicd
ofdcellulardorganisms?
A) Metabolism
B) Reproduction
C) Communication
D) Alldofdthedaboved
Answer:dD
14) Whichdofdthedfollowingdisdnotdadmajord
ecosystem?
A) Aquatic
B) Terrestrial
C) Atmospheric
D) Higherdorganisms,dbothdplantdanddanimald
Answer:dC
15) Whichdstatementdisdtrue?
A) Populationsdaredassemblagesdofdmicrobiald
communities.
B) Microbialdcommunitiesdaredassemblagesdofd
populations.
C) Habitatsdaredassemblagesdofdmicrobiald
communities.
D) Populationsdaredassemblagesdofdhabitats.d
Answer:dB
16) ThedexportdofdU.S.dbeefdtodforeigndmarketsd
wasdshutddowndind2003dduedto
A) AIDS.
B) smallpox.
C) tuberculosis.
D) maddcowddisease.
dAnswer:dD


17) Duringdadverydscientificallydproductivedperi
oddindhisdlife,dPasteurddevelopeddvaccinesdfor
A) anthrax.
B) fowldcholera.
C) rabies.
D) alldofdthedabove.d
Answer:dD
18) Theddiscoverydofdantibioticsdanddotherd
importantdchemicalsdleddtodthedfielddof
A) industrialdmicrobiology.

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D) aquaticdmicrobiolo ngdintodthedmaindbodydofdthedflask.
gy.dAnswer:dA
19) Microbialdsterilizationdisduseddto
A) decreasedthedpossibilitydofdcontamina
ntsdgrowingdindadculture.
B) killdbacteriadbutdnotdnecessarilydvirusesdordoth
erdmicrobes.
C) killdalldmicrobesdindordondobjects.
D) cleandadworkdar
ea.dAnswer:dC
20) Flatdcoveredddishesduseddfordgrowi
ngdmicrobesdaredmostdcommonlydcalled
A) Petriddishes.
B) bakerddishes.
C) sterilizationdplates.
D) culturedmediumdplat
es.dAnswer:dA
21) Microbesdplayingdadroledindnitrogendfixatio
nd indplantsdlivedind
dwhiledthosedplayingdadroledindtheddigestivedt


ractdofdcertaindherbivoresdlivedind .
A) rumensd/dnodules
B) nodulesd/drumens
C) nodulesd/dfortrans
D) fortransd/drum
ensdAnswer:dB
22) Geneticdengineeringdcoulddbestdbeddescrib
eddas
A) thedcreatingdofdlifedfromdnon-life.
B) thedartificialdmanipulationdofdgenesdanddth
eirdproducts.
C) thedtreatingdofddiseasesdwithdsyntheticddrugs.
D) thedexpansiondofdthedbiomassdtodmeetdspeci
ficdneeds.
Answer:dB
23) Thedultimateddownfalldofdthedtheorydofdsp
ontaneousdgenerationdwasdthedresultdofdworkdby
A) Pasteur.
B) Koch.
C) Hooke.
D) Leeuwenho
ek.dAnswer:dA
24) AdPasteurdflaskdhasda(n)
A) swandneckdtodpreventdairdparticlesdfromdgetti