Test Bank for Prescott's Microbiology, 12th Edition by Joanne
Willey
Chapterwi1ThewiEvolutionwiofwiMicroorganismswiandwiMicrobiology
1) Archaeawiarewicellularwiorganismswithatwihavewiuniquewicellwimembrane .
Answer:wilipids
Topic: Archaea
Bloom's/Accessibility: 1.wiRememberwi/wiKeyboardwiNavigation
ASMwiTopic:Modulewi02wiCellwiStructurewiandwiFunction
ASMwiObjective:wi02.03wiBacteriawiandwiArchaeawihavewispecializedwistructureswi(e.g.wiflagella,wi
endospores,wiandwipili)withatwioftenwiconferwicriticalwicapabilities.
LearningwiOutcome:wi01.01cwiDeterminewithewitypewiofwimicrobewi(e.g.,wibacterium,wifungus,wietc.
)wiwhenwigivenwiawidescriptionwiofwiawinewlywidiscoveredwione
2) Extantwimicroorganismswiarewiorganismswifromwithewifossilwirecordwithatwiarewinowilongerwipres
entwionwiEarthwitoday.
Answer: FALSE
Topic: TaxonomywiofwiMicroorganisms
Bloom's/Accessibility: 2.wiUnderstandwi/wiKeyboardwiNavigation
ASMwiTopic: Modulewi01wiEvolution
ASMwiObjective:wi01.05wiThewievolutionarywirelatednesswiofwiorganismswiiswibestwireflectedwiinwi
phylogeneticwitrees.
LearningwiOutcome:wi01.02awiProposewiawitimelinewiofwithewioriginwiandwihistorywiofwimicrobialwil
ifewiandwiintegratewisupportingwievidencewiintowiit
3) Allwicellularwiorganismswicanwibewiplacedwiintowionewiofwithree,wiwhichwiincludewithewiBacteria,
wiArchaea,wiandwithewiEukarya.
Answer: domains
Topic: TaxonomywiofwiMicroorganisms
Bloom's/Accessibility: 2.wiUnderstandwi/wiKeyboardwiNavigation
ASMwiTopic: Modulewi01wiEvolution
ASMwiObjective:wi01.05wiThewievolutionarywirelatednesswiofwiorganismswiiswibestwireflectedwiinwi
phylogeneticwitrees.
LearningwiOutcome:wi01.01bwiExplainwiCarlwiWoeseswicontributionswiinwiestablishingwithewithree-
domainwisystemwiforwiclassifyingwicellularwilife
4) Viruseswiarewinotwigenerallywistudiedwibywimicrobiologistswibecausewitheywiarewinotwiclassifiedw
iaswilivingwiorganisms.
,Answer: FALSE
Topic:wiTaxonomywiofwiMicroorganisms
Bloom's/Accessibility: 2.wiUnderstandwi/wiKeyboardwiNavigation
ASMwiTopic:Modulewi05wiMicrobialwiSystems
ASMwiObjective:wi02.05wiThewireplicationwicycleswiofwiviruseswi(lyticwiandwilysogenic)widif
ferwiamongwiviruseswiandwiarewideterminedwibywitheirwiuniquewistructureswiandwigenomes.wi
LearningwiOutcome:wi01.01awiDefinewithewitermwimicrobiology
5) Microbiologistswistudywiawivarietywiofwiorganisms,wibutwiallwiarewiconsideredwieitherwiBacteriawi
orwiArchaea.
Answer: FALSE
Topic:wiTaxonomywiofwiMicroorganisms
Bloom's/Accessibility: 2.wiUnderstandwi/wiKeyboardwiNavigation
ASMwiTopic:Modulewi05wiMicrobialwiSystems
ASMwiObjective:wi05.04wiMicroorganisms,wicellularwiandwiviral,wicanwiinteractwiwithwibothwi
humanwiandwinonhumanwihostswiinwibeneficial,wineutralwiorwidetrimentalwiways.wiLearningwiO
utcome:wi01.01awiDefinewithewitermwimicrobiology
6) Allwieukaryoteswihavewiawimembrane-delimitedwinucleus.
Answer: TRUE
Topic: TaxonomywiofwiMicroorganisms
Bloom's/Accessibility: 2.wiUnderstandwi/wiKeyboardwiNavigation
ASMwiTopic:Modulewi02wiCellwiStructurewiandwiFunction
ASMwiObjective:wi02.04wiWhilewimicroscopicwieukaryoteswi(forwiexample,wifungi,wiprotozoawian
dwialgae)wicarrywioutwisomewiofwithewisamewiprocesseswiaswibacteria,wimanywiofwithewicellularwipr
opertieswiarewifundamentallywidifferent.
LearningwiOutcome:wi01.01cwiDeterminewithewitypewiofwimicrobewi(e.g.,wibacterium,wifungus,wietc.
)wiwhenwigivenwiawidescriptionwiofwiawinewlywidiscoveredwione
7) Viruseswiconstitutewithewifourthwidomainwiofwilifewiinwicurrentwibiologicalwiclassificationwische
mes.
Answer: FALSE
Topic: TaxonomywiofwiMicroorganisms
Bloom's/Accessibility: 2.wiUnderstandwi/wiKeyboardwiNavigation
ASMwiTopic: Modulewi01wiEvolution
ASMwiObjective:wi01.05wiThewievolutionarywirelatednesswiofwiorganismswiiswibestwireflectedwiinwi
phylogeneticwitrees.
LearningwiOutcome:wi01.01bwiExplainwiCarlwiWoeseswicontributionswiinwiestablishingwithewithree-
domainwisystemwiforwiclassifyingwicellularwilife
,8) ProtistswicontainwiallwiofwithewifollowingwiformswiofwilifewiEXCEPT .
A) protozoa
B) fungi
C) slimewimolds
D) algae
Answer: B
Topic: TaxonomywiofwiMicroorganismswiBloom's/Accessibility:
1.wiRememberwi/wiKeyboardwiNavigationASM
Topic: Modulewi01wiEvolution
ASMwiObjective:
01.05wiThewievolutionarywirelatednesswiofwiorganismswiiswibestwireflectedwiinwiphylogeneti
cwitrees.
LearningwiOutcome:wi01.01bwiExplainwiCarlwiWoeseswicontributionswiinwiestablishingwithewithree-
domainwisystemwiforwiclassifyingwicellularwilife
9)wiCellswiwithwiawirelativelywicomplexwimorphologywithatwihavewiawitruewimembrane-
delimitedwinucleuswiarewicalled .
A) prokaryotes
B) eukaryotes
C) urkaryotes
D) nokaryotes
Answer: B
Topic: TaxonomywiofwiMicroorganisms
Bloom's/Accessibility: 2.wiUnderstandwi/wiKeyboardwiNavigation
ASMwiTopic:Modulewi02wiCellwiStructurewiandwiFunction
ASMwiObjective:wi02.04wiWhilewimicroscopicwieukaryoteswi(forwiexample,wifungi,wiprotozoawian
dwialgae)wicarrywioutwisomewiofwithewisamewiprocesseswiaswibacteria,wimanywiofwithewicellularwipr
opertieswiarewifundamentallywidifferent.
LearningwiOutcome:
01.01cwiDeterminewithewitypewiofwimicrobewi(e.g.,wibacterium,wifungus,wietc.)wiwhenwigive
nwiawidescriptionwiofwiawinewlywidiscoveredwione
10)wiCellswiwithwiawirelativelywisimplewicellwimorphologywithatwidowinotwihavewiawitruewimembran
e-delimitedwinucleuswiarewicalled .
A) prokaryotes
B) eukaryotes
C) urkaryotes
D) nokaryotes
Answer: A
Topic: BacterialwiCellularwiMorphologywiBloom's/Accessibility:
2.wiUnderstandwi/wiKeyboardwiNavigationASMwiTopic:
Modulewi02wiCellwiStructurewiandwiFunction
, ASMwiObjective:
02.01wiThewistructurewiandwifunctionwiofwimicroorganismswihavewibeenwirevealedwibywithewiusewi
ofwimicroscopywi(includingwibrightwifield,wiphasewicontrast,wifluorescent,wiandwielectron).wiLearn
ingwiOutcome:
01.01cwiDeterminewithewitypewiofwimicrobewi(e.g.,wibacterium,wifungus,wietc.)wiwhenwigivenwiawi
descriptionwiofwiawinewlywidiscoveredwione
11)wiThewiribosomalwiRNAwistudieswithatwiledwitowithewidivisionwiofwiprokaryoticwiorganismswiinto
withewiBacteriawiandwithewiArchaeawiwerewibegunwibywi.
A) Pasteur
B) Woese
C) Needham
D) Watson
Answer: B
Topic: TaxonomywiofwiMicroorganismswiBloom's/Accessibility:
1.wiRememberwi/wiKeyboardwiNavigationASM
Topic: Modulewi01wiEvolution
ASMwiObjective:wi01.05wiThewievolutionarywirelatednesswiofwiorganismswiiswibestwireflectedwiinwi
phylogeneticwitrees.
LearningwiOutcome:wi01.01bwiExplainwiCarlwiWoeseswicontributionswiinwiestablishingwithewithree-
domainwisystemwiforwiclassifyingwicellularwilife
12)wiProteinswifunctionwiinwimodernwicellswias .
A) catalysts
B) hereditarywiinformation
C) structuralwielements
D) bothwicatalystswiandwistructuralwielements
Answer: D
Topic: BacterialwiCellularwiMorphologywiBloom's/Accessibility:
2.wiUnderstandwi/wiKeyboardwiNavigationASMwiTopic:wi
Modulewi03wiMetabolicwiPathways
ASMwiObjective:wi03.01wiBacteriawiandwiArchaeawiexhibitwiextensive,wiandwioftenwiunique,w
imetabolicwidiversitywi(e.g.winitrogenwifixation,wimethanewiproduction,wianoxygenicwiphotosy
nthesis).wiLearningwiOutcome:wi01.01awiDefinewithewitermwimicrobiology
13)wiRNAwiserveswitowiconvertwithewiinformationwistoredwiinwiDNAwito .
A) carbohydrates
B) protein
C) lipidswiD)wiRNA
Answer:wiB
Topic: Bacteria
Bloom's/Accessibility: 2.wiUnderstandwi/wiKeyboardwiNavigation