Test bank microbiology an evolving science 3rd edition
by joan L. slonczewski and john Foster All Chapters 1-28
Covered
,TABLE OF CONTENT
1. Microbial Life: Origin & Discovery
2. Observing the Microbial Cell
3. Cell Structure and Function
4. Bacterial Culture, Growth, and Development
5. Environmental Influences and Control of Microbial Growth
6. Viruses
7. Genomes and Chromosomes
8. Transcription, Translation, and Protein Processing
9. Genetic Change and Genome Evolution
10. Molecular Regulation
11. Viral Molecular Biology
12. Molecular Complexity and Synthetic Biology
13. Energetics and Catabolism
14. Electron Flow in Organotrophy, Lithotrophy, and Phototrophy
15. Biosynthesis
16. Food and Industrial Microbiology
17. Origins and Evolution
18. Bacterial Diversity
19. Archaeal Diversity
20. Eukaryotic Diversity
21. Microbial Ecology
22. Element Cycles and Environmental Microbiology
23. The Human Microbiome and Innate Immunity
24. The Adaptive Immune Response
25. Pathogenesis
26. Microbial Disease
27. Antimicrobial Therapy and Discovery
28. Clinical Microbiology and Epidemiology
,Microbiology An Evolving Science, 3rd Edition, John Foster & Joan Slonczewski Chapter
1-28
CHAPTER 1: Microbial Life: Origin and Discovery
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Viruses are:
a. infectious agents that infect multi-cellular organisms
b. noncellular particles that take over the metabolism of a cell to generate more
virus particles
c. pathogens that replicate in complex growth media
d. cellular particles that belong to the archaea domain
e. microbes that consist of lipid membrane enclosed genomes
Answer: B DIF: Easy REF: 1.1 TOP: I.A | I.B
MSC: Remembering
2. Analysis of DNA sequences reveals:
a. the ancient convergence of two cell types, i.e., prokaryotes and eukaryotes
b. prokaryotes and eukaryotes evolved from a common ancestral cell
c. that bacteria share common ancestor with archaea, but not with eukarya
d. prokaryotes are cells with a nucleus
e. the genome of Haemophilus influenzae has about 2 billion base pairs
Answer: B DIF: Easy REF: 1.1 TOP: I.A | I.B
MSC: Remembering
3. Which of these groups are considered to be microbes but NOT considered to be cells?
a. viruses d. protists
b. bacteria e. filamentous fungi
c. archaea
Answer: A DIF: Easy REF: 1.1 TOP: I.A.i
MSC: Remembering
4. A microbe is commonly defined as:
a. a virus that requires a microscope to be seen
b. a bacterium that requires a microscope to be seen
c. a single-cellular prokaryote that requires a microscope to be
seen
d. a multicellular eukaryote that requires a microscope to be seen
e. a living organism that requires a microscope to be seen
Answer: E DIF: Easy REF: 1.1 TOP: I.A.i | I.A.ii
MSC: Remembering
5. Which one of the following statements regarding microbial cells is NOT true?
a. Microbial cells acquire food, gain energy to build themselves, and respond to
environmental change.
, b. Most Zsingle-celled Zorganisms Zrequire Za Zmicroscope Zto Zrender Zthem Zvisible,
Zbut Zsome
bacterial Zcells Zare Zlarge Zenough Zto Zbe Zseen Zwith Znaked Zeyes.
c. Microbes Zfunction Zas Zindividual Zentities.
d. Many Zmicrobes Zform Zcomplex Zmulticellular Z assemblages.
e. Viruses Zare Znot Zconsidered Zas Zmicrobial Zcells.
Answer: Z C DIF: Easy REF: Z 1.1 TOP: Z I.A.i Z|
ZI.A.ii ZMSC: Z Remembering
6. Which Zof Zthe Zfollowing Zstatements Zis ZFALSE?
a. A Zgenome Zis Zthe Ztotal Zgenetic Zinformation Zcontained Zin Zan Zorganism’s Zchromosomal ZDNA.
b. If Za Zmicrobe’s Zgenome Zincludes Zgenes Zfor Znitrogenase, Zthat Zmicrobe Zprobably
Zcan Zfix Znitrogen.
c. By Zcomparing ZDNA Zsequences Zof Zdifferent Zorganisms, Zwe Zcan Zfigure Zout Zhow
Zclosely Zrelated Zthey Zare.
d. Fred ZSanger Zdeveloped Zthe Zfirst Zapplicable ZDNA Zsequencing Zmethod.
e. Fred ZSanger Zcompleted Zthe Zsequences Zof ZHaemophilus Zinfluenzae.
Answer: Z E DIF: Easy REF: Z 1.1 TOP: Z I.B
MSC: Z Remembering
7. The Zfirst Zcellular Zgenomes Zto Zbe Zsequenced Zwere Zthose Zof:
a. humans d. prions
b. bacteria e. fungi
c. viruses
Answer: Z B DIF: Easy REF: Z 1.1 TOP:
MSC: Z I.B.i
Z Remembering
8. The Zenvironment Zof Zearly ZEarth Zmay Zhave Zcontained Zall Zof Zthe Zfollowing ZEXCEPT:
a. ferrous Ziron d. Z Z oxygen
b. methane e. Z Z hydrogen Zgas
c. ammonia
Answer: Z D DIF: Easy REF: Z Special ZTopic
Z1.1 ZTOP: Z II.D MSC: Z Remembering
9. The Zdevelopment Zof Zthe Ztheory Zof Zthe Z―RNA Zworld‖ Zresulted Zfrom Zthe Zdiscovery Zof:
a. archaea d. Z Z ribozymes
b. prions e. Z Z endosymbionts
c. bacteria
Answer: Z D DIF: Medium REF: Z Special ZTopic
Z1.1 ZTOP: Z II.D MSC: Z Remembering
10. Which Zmicrobes Zmay Zresemble Zthose Zof Zthe Zearliest Zlife Zforms?
a. archaea d. Z Z cyanobacteria
b. photosynthetic Z algae e. Z Z protists
c. viruses
Answer: Z A DIF: Medium REF: Z Special ZTopic
Z1.1 ZTOP: Z II.D MSC: Z Remembering
11. Early Zmetabolism Zmay Zhave Zbeen Zcatalyzed Zby:
a. DNA d. Z Z amino Zacids
by joan L. slonczewski and john Foster All Chapters 1-28
Covered
,TABLE OF CONTENT
1. Microbial Life: Origin & Discovery
2. Observing the Microbial Cell
3. Cell Structure and Function
4. Bacterial Culture, Growth, and Development
5. Environmental Influences and Control of Microbial Growth
6. Viruses
7. Genomes and Chromosomes
8. Transcription, Translation, and Protein Processing
9. Genetic Change and Genome Evolution
10. Molecular Regulation
11. Viral Molecular Biology
12. Molecular Complexity and Synthetic Biology
13. Energetics and Catabolism
14. Electron Flow in Organotrophy, Lithotrophy, and Phototrophy
15. Biosynthesis
16. Food and Industrial Microbiology
17. Origins and Evolution
18. Bacterial Diversity
19. Archaeal Diversity
20. Eukaryotic Diversity
21. Microbial Ecology
22. Element Cycles and Environmental Microbiology
23. The Human Microbiome and Innate Immunity
24. The Adaptive Immune Response
25. Pathogenesis
26. Microbial Disease
27. Antimicrobial Therapy and Discovery
28. Clinical Microbiology and Epidemiology
,Microbiology An Evolving Science, 3rd Edition, John Foster & Joan Slonczewski Chapter
1-28
CHAPTER 1: Microbial Life: Origin and Discovery
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Viruses are:
a. infectious agents that infect multi-cellular organisms
b. noncellular particles that take over the metabolism of a cell to generate more
virus particles
c. pathogens that replicate in complex growth media
d. cellular particles that belong to the archaea domain
e. microbes that consist of lipid membrane enclosed genomes
Answer: B DIF: Easy REF: 1.1 TOP: I.A | I.B
MSC: Remembering
2. Analysis of DNA sequences reveals:
a. the ancient convergence of two cell types, i.e., prokaryotes and eukaryotes
b. prokaryotes and eukaryotes evolved from a common ancestral cell
c. that bacteria share common ancestor with archaea, but not with eukarya
d. prokaryotes are cells with a nucleus
e. the genome of Haemophilus influenzae has about 2 billion base pairs
Answer: B DIF: Easy REF: 1.1 TOP: I.A | I.B
MSC: Remembering
3. Which of these groups are considered to be microbes but NOT considered to be cells?
a. viruses d. protists
b. bacteria e. filamentous fungi
c. archaea
Answer: A DIF: Easy REF: 1.1 TOP: I.A.i
MSC: Remembering
4. A microbe is commonly defined as:
a. a virus that requires a microscope to be seen
b. a bacterium that requires a microscope to be seen
c. a single-cellular prokaryote that requires a microscope to be
seen
d. a multicellular eukaryote that requires a microscope to be seen
e. a living organism that requires a microscope to be seen
Answer: E DIF: Easy REF: 1.1 TOP: I.A.i | I.A.ii
MSC: Remembering
5. Which one of the following statements regarding microbial cells is NOT true?
a. Microbial cells acquire food, gain energy to build themselves, and respond to
environmental change.
, b. Most Zsingle-celled Zorganisms Zrequire Za Zmicroscope Zto Zrender Zthem Zvisible,
Zbut Zsome
bacterial Zcells Zare Zlarge Zenough Zto Zbe Zseen Zwith Znaked Zeyes.
c. Microbes Zfunction Zas Zindividual Zentities.
d. Many Zmicrobes Zform Zcomplex Zmulticellular Z assemblages.
e. Viruses Zare Znot Zconsidered Zas Zmicrobial Zcells.
Answer: Z C DIF: Easy REF: Z 1.1 TOP: Z I.A.i Z|
ZI.A.ii ZMSC: Z Remembering
6. Which Zof Zthe Zfollowing Zstatements Zis ZFALSE?
a. A Zgenome Zis Zthe Ztotal Zgenetic Zinformation Zcontained Zin Zan Zorganism’s Zchromosomal ZDNA.
b. If Za Zmicrobe’s Zgenome Zincludes Zgenes Zfor Znitrogenase, Zthat Zmicrobe Zprobably
Zcan Zfix Znitrogen.
c. By Zcomparing ZDNA Zsequences Zof Zdifferent Zorganisms, Zwe Zcan Zfigure Zout Zhow
Zclosely Zrelated Zthey Zare.
d. Fred ZSanger Zdeveloped Zthe Zfirst Zapplicable ZDNA Zsequencing Zmethod.
e. Fred ZSanger Zcompleted Zthe Zsequences Zof ZHaemophilus Zinfluenzae.
Answer: Z E DIF: Easy REF: Z 1.1 TOP: Z I.B
MSC: Z Remembering
7. The Zfirst Zcellular Zgenomes Zto Zbe Zsequenced Zwere Zthose Zof:
a. humans d. prions
b. bacteria e. fungi
c. viruses
Answer: Z B DIF: Easy REF: Z 1.1 TOP:
MSC: Z I.B.i
Z Remembering
8. The Zenvironment Zof Zearly ZEarth Zmay Zhave Zcontained Zall Zof Zthe Zfollowing ZEXCEPT:
a. ferrous Ziron d. Z Z oxygen
b. methane e. Z Z hydrogen Zgas
c. ammonia
Answer: Z D DIF: Easy REF: Z Special ZTopic
Z1.1 ZTOP: Z II.D MSC: Z Remembering
9. The Zdevelopment Zof Zthe Ztheory Zof Zthe Z―RNA Zworld‖ Zresulted Zfrom Zthe Zdiscovery Zof:
a. archaea d. Z Z ribozymes
b. prions e. Z Z endosymbionts
c. bacteria
Answer: Z D DIF: Medium REF: Z Special ZTopic
Z1.1 ZTOP: Z II.D MSC: Z Remembering
10. Which Zmicrobes Zmay Zresemble Zthose Zof Zthe Zearliest Zlife Zforms?
a. archaea d. Z Z cyanobacteria
b. photosynthetic Z algae e. Z Z protists
c. viruses
Answer: Z A DIF: Medium REF: Z Special ZTopic
Z1.1 ZTOP: Z II.D MSC: Z Remembering
11. Early Zmetabolism Zmay Zhave Zbeen Zcatalyzed Zby:
a. DNA d. Z Z amino Zacids
