MCB 2010C Valencia Schreiber Exam 1
Questions With Correct Answers
What |types |of |Organisms |are |considered |Microbes? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Fungi, |Bacteria, |
Algea, |Protozoa, |Helminths, |Viruses
What |types |of |cells |can |viruses |infect? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Any |cell |can |be |infected.
List |and |describe |3 |branches |of |Microbiology |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Industrial, |Medical, |
Environmental
What |is |the |difference |between |a |Prokaryotic |and |Eukaryotic |cell? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-
Prokaryotes: |No |nucleus, |no |membrane |bound |organelles
Eukaryotes: |Have |nucleus |and |organelles
Describe |basic |tenets |in |evolution |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Organisms |adapt |to |their |
environment |to |continue |to |survive
True |or |False |:Microscopic |organisms |produce |more |oxygen |than |plants. |- |CORRECT |
ANSWER✔✔-True
True |or |False: |Only |bacteria |proceed |with |the |process |of |decomposition |- |CORRECT |
ANSWER✔✔-False
, Describe |1 |method |microbes |are |used |for |bioremediation |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-
Introduction |of |microbes |into |the |environment |to |restore |stability |or |to |clean |up |toxic |
pollutants
Polymerase |chain |reaction |was |invented |in |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-1980's
What |are |the |eight |taxonomic |categories? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Domain, |Kingdom, |Phylum,
|Class, |Order, |Family, |Genus, |Species
What |are |the |five |kingdoms |of |the |Whittaker |system |of |classification |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-
Animalia, |Plantae, |Protista, |Myceteae |(fungi), |Monera
What |are |the |three |domains |of |the |Woese-Fox |system |of |classification |- |CORRECT |
ANSWER✔✔-Bacteria, |Archea, |Eukarya
What |is |the |correct |to |denote |the |binomial |name |of |microorganisms? |- |CORRECT |
ANSWER✔✔-First |letter |capitalized |and |whole |text |italicized |second |word |not |capitalized
Responses |that |pertain |to |the |relative |burden |of |human |infectious |diseases |in |the |world |today
|- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔--Nearly |2000 |microbes |can |cause |human |disease |today
-Many |diseases |that |used |to |be |considered |non |infectious |probably |involve |microbial |
infections
-There |is |an |increase |in |microbes |that |are |resistant |to |drugs |today
Who |was |Dutch |linen |merchant |who |ground |glass |lenses |to |finer |specifications? |- |CORRECT |
ANSWER✔✔-Antoine |van |Leeuwenhoek
Questions With Correct Answers
What |types |of |Organisms |are |considered |Microbes? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Fungi, |Bacteria, |
Algea, |Protozoa, |Helminths, |Viruses
What |types |of |cells |can |viruses |infect? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Any |cell |can |be |infected.
List |and |describe |3 |branches |of |Microbiology |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Industrial, |Medical, |
Environmental
What |is |the |difference |between |a |Prokaryotic |and |Eukaryotic |cell? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-
Prokaryotes: |No |nucleus, |no |membrane |bound |organelles
Eukaryotes: |Have |nucleus |and |organelles
Describe |basic |tenets |in |evolution |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Organisms |adapt |to |their |
environment |to |continue |to |survive
True |or |False |:Microscopic |organisms |produce |more |oxygen |than |plants. |- |CORRECT |
ANSWER✔✔-True
True |or |False: |Only |bacteria |proceed |with |the |process |of |decomposition |- |CORRECT |
ANSWER✔✔-False
, Describe |1 |method |microbes |are |used |for |bioremediation |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-
Introduction |of |microbes |into |the |environment |to |restore |stability |or |to |clean |up |toxic |
pollutants
Polymerase |chain |reaction |was |invented |in |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-1980's
What |are |the |eight |taxonomic |categories? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Domain, |Kingdom, |Phylum,
|Class, |Order, |Family, |Genus, |Species
What |are |the |five |kingdoms |of |the |Whittaker |system |of |classification |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-
Animalia, |Plantae, |Protista, |Myceteae |(fungi), |Monera
What |are |the |three |domains |of |the |Woese-Fox |system |of |classification |- |CORRECT |
ANSWER✔✔-Bacteria, |Archea, |Eukarya
What |is |the |correct |to |denote |the |binomial |name |of |microorganisms? |- |CORRECT |
ANSWER✔✔-First |letter |capitalized |and |whole |text |italicized |second |word |not |capitalized
Responses |that |pertain |to |the |relative |burden |of |human |infectious |diseases |in |the |world |today
|- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔--Nearly |2000 |microbes |can |cause |human |disease |today
-Many |diseases |that |used |to |be |considered |non |infectious |probably |involve |microbial |
infections
-There |is |an |increase |in |microbes |that |are |resistant |to |drugs |today
Who |was |Dutch |linen |merchant |who |ground |glass |lenses |to |finer |specifications? |- |CORRECT |
ANSWER✔✔-Antoine |van |Leeuwenhoek
