Openstax -Micro Final Exam Review
Questions and Correct A+ Answers
Which of the following foods is NOT made by fermentation?
beer
bread
cheese
orange juice - Answer orange juice
Who is considered the "father of Western medicine"?
Marcus Terentius Varro
Thucydides
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Hippocrates - Answer Hippocrates
Who was the first to observe "animalcules" under the microscope?
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Ötzi the Iceman
Marcus Terentius Varro
Robert Koch - Answer Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Who proposed that swamps might harbor tiny, disease-causing animals too small to see?
Thucydides
Marcus Terentius Varro
Hippocrates
Louis Pasteur - Answer Marcus Terentius Varro
.
Which of the following was NOT a kingdom in Linnaeus's taxonomy?
,animal
mineral
protist
plant - Answer protist
Which of the following is a correct usage of binomial nomenclature?
Homo Sapiens
homo sapiens
Homo sapiens
Homo Sapiens - Answer Homo sapiens
.
Which scientist proposed adding a kingdom for protists?
Carolus Linnaeus
Carl Woese
Robert Whittaker
Ernst Haeckel - Answer Ernst Haeckel
.
Which of the following is NOT a domain in Woese and Fox's phylogenetic tree?
Plantae
Bacteria
Archaea
Eukarya - Answer Plantae
Which of the following is the standard resource for identifying bacteria?
Systema Naturae
Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology
Woese and Fox's phylogenetic tree
,Haeckel's General Morphology of Organisms - Answer Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology
Which of the following types of microorganisms is photosynthetic?
yeast
virus
helminth
alga - Answer alga
Which of the following is a prokaryotic microorganism?
helminth
protozoan
cyanobacterium
mold - Answer cyanobacterium
.
Which of the following is acellular?
virus
bacterium
fungus
protozoan - Answer virus
Which of the following is a type of fungal microorganism?
bacterium
protozoan
alga
yeast - Answer yeast
Which of the following is not a subfield of microbiology?
bacteriology
, botany
clinical microbiology
virology - Answer botany
Which of the following has the highest energy?
light with a long wavelength
light with an intermediate wavelength
light with a short wavelength
It is impossible to tell from the information given. - Answer light with a short wavelength
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 _____________.
fluorescent
phosphorescent
transparent
opaque - Answer fluorescent
.
Who was the first to describe "cells" in dead cork tissue?
Hans Janssen
Zaccharias Janssen
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Robert Hooke - Answer Robert Hooke
Who is the probable inventor of the compound microscope?
Girolamo Fracastoro
Zaccharias Janssen
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Robert Hooke - Answer Zaccharias Janssen
Questions and Correct A+ Answers
Which of the following foods is NOT made by fermentation?
beer
bread
cheese
orange juice - Answer orange juice
Who is considered the "father of Western medicine"?
Marcus Terentius Varro
Thucydides
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Hippocrates - Answer Hippocrates
Who was the first to observe "animalcules" under the microscope?
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Ötzi the Iceman
Marcus Terentius Varro
Robert Koch - Answer Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Who proposed that swamps might harbor tiny, disease-causing animals too small to see?
Thucydides
Marcus Terentius Varro
Hippocrates
Louis Pasteur - Answer Marcus Terentius Varro
.
Which of the following was NOT a kingdom in Linnaeus's taxonomy?
,animal
mineral
protist
plant - Answer protist
Which of the following is a correct usage of binomial nomenclature?
Homo Sapiens
homo sapiens
Homo sapiens
Homo Sapiens - Answer Homo sapiens
.
Which scientist proposed adding a kingdom for protists?
Carolus Linnaeus
Carl Woese
Robert Whittaker
Ernst Haeckel - Answer Ernst Haeckel
.
Which of the following is NOT a domain in Woese and Fox's phylogenetic tree?
Plantae
Bacteria
Archaea
Eukarya - Answer Plantae
Which of the following is the standard resource for identifying bacteria?
Systema Naturae
Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology
Woese and Fox's phylogenetic tree
,Haeckel's General Morphology of Organisms - Answer Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology
Which of the following types of microorganisms is photosynthetic?
yeast
virus
helminth
alga - Answer alga
Which of the following is a prokaryotic microorganism?
helminth
protozoan
cyanobacterium
mold - Answer cyanobacterium
.
Which of the following is acellular?
virus
bacterium
fungus
protozoan - Answer virus
Which of the following is a type of fungal microorganism?
bacterium
protozoan
alga
yeast - Answer yeast
Which of the following is not a subfield of microbiology?
bacteriology
, botany
clinical microbiology
virology - Answer botany
Which of the following has the highest energy?
light with a long wavelength
light with an intermediate wavelength
light with a short wavelength
It is impossible to tell from the information given. - Answer light with a short wavelength
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 _____________.
fluorescent
phosphorescent
transparent
opaque - Answer fluorescent
.
Who was the first to describe "cells" in dead cork tissue?
Hans Janssen
Zaccharias Janssen
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Robert Hooke - Answer Robert Hooke
Who is the probable inventor of the compound microscope?
Girolamo Fracastoro
Zaccharias Janssen
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Robert Hooke - Answer Zaccharias Janssen
