TEST BANK
PRESCOTT'S MICROBIOLOGY, 12TH EDITION
Joanne Willey, Kathleen Sandman and Dorothy Wood
Test Bank for Prescott's Microbiology, 12th Edition by Joanne Willey
,Prescott's Microbiology, 12e (Willey)
Chapter 1 The Evolution of Microorganisms and Microbiology
1) Archaea are cellular organisms that have unique cell membrane .
Answer: lipids
Topic: Archaea
Bloom's/Accessibility: 1. Remember / Keyboard Navigation
ASM Topic: Module 02 Cell Structure and Function
ASM Objective: 02.03 Bacteria and Archaea have specialized structures (e.g. flagella,
endospores, and pili) that often confer critical capabilities.
Learning Outcome: 01.01c Determine the type of microbe (e.g., bacterium, fungus, etc.) when
given a description of a newly discovered one
2) Extant microorganisms are organisms from the fossil record that are no longer present on Earth
today.
Answer: FALSE
Topic: Taxonomy of Microorganisms
Bloom's/Accessibility: 2. Understand / Keyboard Navigation
ASM Topic: Module 01 Evolution
ASM Objective: 01.05 The evolutionary relatedness of organisms is best reflected in
phylogenetic trees.
Learning Outcome: 01.02a Propose a timeline of the origin and history of microbial life and
integrate supporting evidence into it
3) All cellular organisms can be placed into one of three , which include the Bacteria,
Archaea, and the Eukarya.
Answer: domains
Topic: Taxonomy of Microorganisms
Bloom's/Accessibility: 2. Understand / Keyboard Navigation
ASM Topic: Module 01 Evolution
ASM Objective: 01.05 The evolutionary relatedness of organisms is best reflected in
phylogenetic trees.
Learning Outcome: 01.01b Explain Carl Woeses contributions in establishing the three-domain
system for classifying cellular life
4) Viruses are not generally studied by microbiologists because they are not classified as living
organisms.
Answer: FALSE
Topic: Taxonomy of Microorganisms
Bloom's/Accessibility: 2. Understand / Keyboard Navigation
ASM Topic: Module 05 Microbial Systems
ASM Objective: 02.05 The replication cycles of viruses (lytic and lysogenic) differ among
viruses and are determined by their unique structures and genomes.
Learning Outcome: 01.01a Define the term microbiology
,5) Microbiologists study a variety of organisms, but all are considered either Bacteria or Archaea.
Answer: FALSE
Topic: Taxonomy of Microorganisms
Bloom's/Accessibility: 2. Understand / Keyboard Navigation
ASM Topic: Module 05 Microbial Systems
ASM Objective: 05.04 Microorganisms, cellular and viral, can interact with both human and
nonhuman hosts in beneficial, neutral or detrimental ways.
Learning Outcome: 01.01a Define the term microbiology
6) All eukaryotes have a membrane-delimited nucleus.
Answer: TRUE
Topic: Taxonomy of Microorganisms
Bloom's/Accessibility: 2. Understand / Keyboard Navigation
ASM Topic: Module 02 Cell Structure and Function
ASM Objective: 02.04 While microscopic eukaryotes (for example, fungi, protozoa and algae)
carry out some of the same processes as bacteria, many of the cellular properties are fundamentally
different.
Learning Outcome: 01.01c Determine the type of microbe (e.g., bacterium, fungus, etc.) when
given a description of a newly discovered one
7) Viruses constitute the fourth domain of life in current biological classification schemes.
Answer: FALSE
Topic: Taxonomy of Microorganisms
Bloom's/Accessibility: 2. Understand / Keyboard Navigation
ASM Topic: Module 01 Evolution
ASM Objective: 01.05 The evolutionary relatedness of organisms is best reflected in
phylogenetic trees.
Learning Outcome: 01.01b Explain Carl Woeses contributions in establishing the three-domain
system for classifying cellular life
8) Protists contain all of the following forms of life EXCEPT .
A) protozoa
B) fungi
C) slime molds
D) algae
Answer: B
Topic: Taxonomy of Microorganisms Bloom's/Accessibility:
1. Remember / Keyboard NavigationASM
Topic: Module 01 Evolution
ASM Objective: 01.05 The evolutionary relatedness of organisms is best reflected in
phylogenetic trees.
Learning Outcome: 01.01b Explain Carl Woeses contributions in establishing the three-domain
system for classifying cellular life
9) Cells with a relatively complex morphology that have a true membrane-delimited nucleus are
called .
, A) prokaryotes
B) eukaryotes
C) urkaryotes
D) nokaryotes
Answer: s B
Topic: Taxonomy sof sMicroorganisms
sBloom's/Accessibility: s 2. sUnderstand s/ sKeyboard
sNavigation sASM sTopic: s Module s02 sCell sStructure sand
sFunction
ASM sObjective: s 02.04 sWhile smicroscopic seukaryotes s(for sexample, sfungi, sprotozoa sand
salgae) scarry sout ssome sof sthe ssame sprocesses sas sbacteria, smany sof sthe scellular sproperties sare
sfundamentally sdifferent.
Learning sOutcome: s 01.01c sDetermine sthe stype sof smicrobe s(e.g., sbacterium, sfungus, setc.)
swhen sgiven sa sdescription sof sa snewly sdiscovered sone
10) Cells swith sa srelatively ssimple scell smorphology sthat sdo snot shave sa strue smembrane-
delimited snucleus sare scalled .
A) prokaryotes
B) eukaryotes
C) urkaryotes
D) nokaryotes
Answer: s A
Topic: s s Bacterial sCellular sMorphology sBloom's/Accessibility:
2. Understand s/ sKeyboard sNavigationASM sTopic:
Module s02 sCell sStructure sand sFunction
ASM sObjective: s 02.01 sThe sstructure sand sfunction sof smicroorganisms shave sbeen srevealed
sby sthe suse sof smicroscopy s(including sbright sfield, sphase scontrast, sfluorescent, sand selectron).
Learning sOutcome: s 01.01c sDetermine sthe stype sof smicrobe s(e.g., sbacterium, sfungus, setc.)
swhen sgiven sa sdescription sof sa snewly sdiscovered sone
11) The sribosomal sRNA sstudies sthat sled sto sthe sdivision sof sprokaryotic sorganisms sinto sthe
sBacteria sand sthe sArchaea swere sbegun sby .
A) Pasteur
B) Woese
C) Needham
D) Watson
Answer: s B
Topic: s s Taxonomy sof sMicroorganisms sBloom's/Accessibility:
1. Remember s/ sKeyboard sNavigationASM
Topic: Module s01 sEvolution
ASM sObjective: s 01.05 sThe sevolutionary srelatedness sof sorganisms sis sbest sreflected sin
sphylogenetic strees.
Learning sOutcome: s 01.01b sExplain sCarl sWoeses scontributions sin sestablishing sthe sthree-domain
ssystem sfor sclassifying scellular slife
12) Proteins sfunction sin smodern scells sas .
A) catalysts
B) hereditary sinformation
C) structural selements
PRESCOTT'S MICROBIOLOGY, 12TH EDITION
Joanne Willey, Kathleen Sandman and Dorothy Wood
Test Bank for Prescott's Microbiology, 12th Edition by Joanne Willey
,Prescott's Microbiology, 12e (Willey)
Chapter 1 The Evolution of Microorganisms and Microbiology
1) Archaea are cellular organisms that have unique cell membrane .
Answer: lipids
Topic: Archaea
Bloom's/Accessibility: 1. Remember / Keyboard Navigation
ASM Topic: Module 02 Cell Structure and Function
ASM Objective: 02.03 Bacteria and Archaea have specialized structures (e.g. flagella,
endospores, and pili) that often confer critical capabilities.
Learning Outcome: 01.01c Determine the type of microbe (e.g., bacterium, fungus, etc.) when
given a description of a newly discovered one
2) Extant microorganisms are organisms from the fossil record that are no longer present on Earth
today.
Answer: FALSE
Topic: Taxonomy of Microorganisms
Bloom's/Accessibility: 2. Understand / Keyboard Navigation
ASM Topic: Module 01 Evolution
ASM Objective: 01.05 The evolutionary relatedness of organisms is best reflected in
phylogenetic trees.
Learning Outcome: 01.02a Propose a timeline of the origin and history of microbial life and
integrate supporting evidence into it
3) All cellular organisms can be placed into one of three , which include the Bacteria,
Archaea, and the Eukarya.
Answer: domains
Topic: Taxonomy of Microorganisms
Bloom's/Accessibility: 2. Understand / Keyboard Navigation
ASM Topic: Module 01 Evolution
ASM Objective: 01.05 The evolutionary relatedness of organisms is best reflected in
phylogenetic trees.
Learning Outcome: 01.01b Explain Carl Woeses contributions in establishing the three-domain
system for classifying cellular life
4) Viruses are not generally studied by microbiologists because they are not classified as living
organisms.
Answer: FALSE
Topic: Taxonomy of Microorganisms
Bloom's/Accessibility: 2. Understand / Keyboard Navigation
ASM Topic: Module 05 Microbial Systems
ASM Objective: 02.05 The replication cycles of viruses (lytic and lysogenic) differ among
viruses and are determined by their unique structures and genomes.
Learning Outcome: 01.01a Define the term microbiology
,5) Microbiologists study a variety of organisms, but all are considered either Bacteria or Archaea.
Answer: FALSE
Topic: Taxonomy of Microorganisms
Bloom's/Accessibility: 2. Understand / Keyboard Navigation
ASM Topic: Module 05 Microbial Systems
ASM Objective: 05.04 Microorganisms, cellular and viral, can interact with both human and
nonhuman hosts in beneficial, neutral or detrimental ways.
Learning Outcome: 01.01a Define the term microbiology
6) All eukaryotes have a membrane-delimited nucleus.
Answer: TRUE
Topic: Taxonomy of Microorganisms
Bloom's/Accessibility: 2. Understand / Keyboard Navigation
ASM Topic: Module 02 Cell Structure and Function
ASM Objective: 02.04 While microscopic eukaryotes (for example, fungi, protozoa and algae)
carry out some of the same processes as bacteria, many of the cellular properties are fundamentally
different.
Learning Outcome: 01.01c Determine the type of microbe (e.g., bacterium, fungus, etc.) when
given a description of a newly discovered one
7) Viruses constitute the fourth domain of life in current biological classification schemes.
Answer: FALSE
Topic: Taxonomy of Microorganisms
Bloom's/Accessibility: 2. Understand / Keyboard Navigation
ASM Topic: Module 01 Evolution
ASM Objective: 01.05 The evolutionary relatedness of organisms is best reflected in
phylogenetic trees.
Learning Outcome: 01.01b Explain Carl Woeses contributions in establishing the three-domain
system for classifying cellular life
8) Protists contain all of the following forms of life EXCEPT .
A) protozoa
B) fungi
C) slime molds
D) algae
Answer: B
Topic: Taxonomy of Microorganisms Bloom's/Accessibility:
1. Remember / Keyboard NavigationASM
Topic: Module 01 Evolution
ASM Objective: 01.05 The evolutionary relatedness of organisms is best reflected in
phylogenetic trees.
Learning Outcome: 01.01b Explain Carl Woeses contributions in establishing the three-domain
system for classifying cellular life
9) Cells with a relatively complex morphology that have a true membrane-delimited nucleus are
called .
, A) prokaryotes
B) eukaryotes
C) urkaryotes
D) nokaryotes
Answer: s B
Topic: Taxonomy sof sMicroorganisms
sBloom's/Accessibility: s 2. sUnderstand s/ sKeyboard
sNavigation sASM sTopic: s Module s02 sCell sStructure sand
sFunction
ASM sObjective: s 02.04 sWhile smicroscopic seukaryotes s(for sexample, sfungi, sprotozoa sand
salgae) scarry sout ssome sof sthe ssame sprocesses sas sbacteria, smany sof sthe scellular sproperties sare
sfundamentally sdifferent.
Learning sOutcome: s 01.01c sDetermine sthe stype sof smicrobe s(e.g., sbacterium, sfungus, setc.)
swhen sgiven sa sdescription sof sa snewly sdiscovered sone
10) Cells swith sa srelatively ssimple scell smorphology sthat sdo snot shave sa strue smembrane-
delimited snucleus sare scalled .
A) prokaryotes
B) eukaryotes
C) urkaryotes
D) nokaryotes
Answer: s A
Topic: s s Bacterial sCellular sMorphology sBloom's/Accessibility:
2. Understand s/ sKeyboard sNavigationASM sTopic:
Module s02 sCell sStructure sand sFunction
ASM sObjective: s 02.01 sThe sstructure sand sfunction sof smicroorganisms shave sbeen srevealed
sby sthe suse sof smicroscopy s(including sbright sfield, sphase scontrast, sfluorescent, sand selectron).
Learning sOutcome: s 01.01c sDetermine sthe stype sof smicrobe s(e.g., sbacterium, sfungus, setc.)
swhen sgiven sa sdescription sof sa snewly sdiscovered sone
11) The sribosomal sRNA sstudies sthat sled sto sthe sdivision sof sprokaryotic sorganisms sinto sthe
sBacteria sand sthe sArchaea swere sbegun sby .
A) Pasteur
B) Woese
C) Needham
D) Watson
Answer: s B
Topic: s s Taxonomy sof sMicroorganisms sBloom's/Accessibility:
1. Remember s/ sKeyboard sNavigationASM
Topic: Module s01 sEvolution
ASM sObjective: s 01.05 sThe sevolutionary srelatedness sof sorganisms sis sbest sreflected sin
sphylogenetic strees.
Learning sOutcome: s 01.01b sExplain sCarl sWoeses scontributions sin sestablishing sthe sthree-domain
ssystem sfor sclassifying scellular slife
12) Proteins sfunction sin smodern scells sas .
A) catalysts
B) hereditary sinformation
C) structural selements
