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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
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2) Each !|of !|the !|following !|organisms !|would !|be !|considered !|a !|microbe !|EXCEPT
A) yeast.
B) protozoan.
C) bacterium.
D) mushroom.
E) virus.
Answer: !|D
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Bloom's !|Taxonomy: ! | Remembering
!| Learning !|Outcome: !|1.4
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3) The !|term !|used !|to !|describe !|a !|disease-causing !|microorganism !|is
A) microbe.
B) bacterium.
C) virus.
D) pathogen.
E) infection.
Answer: !|D
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!| 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
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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
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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
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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
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, MICROBIOLOGY
An Introduction 13th Edition by Tortora TEST BANK
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3) The !|term !|used !|to !|describe !|a !|disease-causing !|microorganism !|is
A) microbe.
B) bacterium.
C) virus.
D) pathogen.
E) infection.
Answer: !|D
!|
!| Section: !|1.1
Bloom's !|Taxonomy: ! | Remembering
!| Learning !|Outcome: !|1.1
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An Introduction 13th Edition by Tortora TEST BANK
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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
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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
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