,CHAPTER 1: Microbial Life: Origin and Discovery
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MULTIPLE CHOICE
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1. Virusesare: r
a. infectiousagentsthatinfectmulti-cellularorganisms r r r r r
b. noncellular particlesthat take over the metabolism of acell to generate more virus r r r r r r r r r r r r r FG
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c. pathogens that replicate in complex growth media r r r r r r
d. cellular particles that belong to the archaea domain r r r r r r r
e. microbesthatconsist oflipidmembraneenclosedgenomes r r r r r r r
ANS: B DIF: Easy REF: 1.1 TOP: I.A|I.B r r r
MSC: Remembering r
2. Analysis of DNA sequences reveals: r r r r
a. the ancient convergence oftwo cell types, i.e., prokaryotes and eukaryotes
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b. prokaryotes and eukaryotes evolved froma common ancestral cell r r r r r r r r
c. that bacteria sharecommon ancestor with archaea, but not with eukarya
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d. prokaryotes are cells with a nucleus r r GF r r
e. the genome ofHaemophilusinfluenzae hasabout 2billion basepairs
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ANS: B DIF: Easy REF: 1.1 TOP: I.A|I.B r r r
MSC: Remembering r
3. Which ofthese groups are consideredto be microbes but NOT considered to be cells?
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a. viruses d. protists r r
b. bacteria e. filamentous fungi r
c. archaea
ANS: A DIF: Easy REF: 1.1 TOP: I.A.i r
MSC: Remembering r
4. Amicrobe is commonlydefined as:
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a. a virusthat requires a microscope to be seen
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b. a bacterium that requires a microscope to be seen
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c. a single-cellular prokaryote that requires a microscope to be seen
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d. a multicellular eukaryote that requires a microscope to be seen
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e. a living organism that requires a microscope to be seen
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ANS: E DIF: Easy REF: 1.1 TOP: I.A.i|I.A.ii
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MSC: Remembering r
5. Which one of the following statements regardingmicrobial cells isNOT true?
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a. Microbial cells acquire food, gain energy to build themselves, and respond to r r r r r r r r r r r
environmentalchange.
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, b. Most single-celled organisms require amicroscopetorender themvisible,butsome
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bacterialcells are large enough to be seen withnaked eyes.
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c. Microbesfunctionasindividualentities. r r r r
d. Many microbesform complex multicellularassemblages. r r r r r
e. Virusesarenot considered as microbialcells. r r r r r r
ANS: C DIF: Easy REF: 1.1 TOP: I.A.i|I.A.ii r r r
MSC: Remembering r
6. Which of thefollowing statements is FALSE?
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a. Agenomeisthetotal geneticinformationcontained inan organism’schromosomal DNA.
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b. If a microbe’s genome includes genes for nitrogenase, that microbe probably can fix nitroge n.
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c. BycomparingDNA sequences of different organisms, we canfigure out how closely
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related they are.
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d. Fred Sanger developed the first applicable DNA sequencing method.
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e. Fred Sanger completed the sequences of Haemophilus influenzae.
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ANS: E DIF: Easy REF: 1.1 TOP: I.B r
MSC: Remembering r
7. Thefirstcellulargenomesto be sequencedwerethoseof:
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a. humans d. prions
b. bacteria e. fungi
c. viruses
ANS: B DIF: Easy REF: 1.1 TOP: I.B.i r
MSC: Remembering r
8. The environment of early Earth may have contained all of the following EXCEPT:
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a. ferrousiron d. oxygen r r r
b. methane e. hydrogen gas r
c. ammonia
ANS: D DIF: Easy
REF: Special Topic 1.1TOP: II.D r r r
MSC: Remembering
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9. The development of the theory of the ―RNA world‖ resulted from the discovery of:
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a. archaea d. ribozymes r r
b. prions e. endosymbionts
c. bacteria
ANS: D DIF: Medium
REF: Special Topic 1.1TOP: II.D r r r
MSC: Remembering
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10. Whichmicrobes may resemble those ofthe earliestlife forms?
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a. archaea d. cyanobacteria r r
b. photosynthetic algae e. protists r
c. viruses
ANS: A DIF: Medium
REF: Special Topic 1.1TOP: II.D r r r
MSC: Remembering
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11. Early metabolism may have been catalyzed by:
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a. DNA d. aminoacids r r
b. RNA e. carbohydrates