TEST BANK
NESTER'S MICROBIOLOGY: A HUMAN PERSPECTIVE, 10TH
EDITION
Denise Anderson, Sarah Salm, Mira Beins, Eugene Nester and Deborah Allen
, Nester's Microbiology: A Human Perspective 10th Edition by Denise Anderson, Sarah Salm
TRUE/FALSE - Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false.
1) Spontaneous generation refers to the idea that organisms came from other organisms.
⊚ true
⊚ false
2) The human body only contains bacteria during illness.
⊚ true
⊚ false
3) Bacteria and eukarya both contain membrane-bound organelles.
⊚ true
⊚ false
4) The scientific name of an organism indicates its domain.
⊚ true
⊚ false
5) Viroids are naked (lacking a protein shell) pieces of RNA that infect plants.
⊚ true
⊚ false
6) Viruses simultaneously contain DNA, RNA, and protein.
⊚ true
⊚ false
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, Nester's Microbiology: A Human Perspective 10th Edition by Denise Anderson, Sarah Salm
7) Viruses, viroids, and prions are obligate intracellular agents.
⊚ true
⊚ false
8) Viruses and bacteria are both unicellular.
⊚ true
⊚ false
9) An organism is categorized in a domain according to its cell size.
⊚ true
⊚ false
10) Archaea are very similar to bacteria and have rigid cell walls made of peptidoglycan.
⊚ true
⊚ false
11) Thiomargarita namibiensis cannot be a eukaryote because it is only 1 mm in width.
⊚ true
⊚ false
MULTIPLE CHOICE - Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or
answers the question.
12) The scientist usually credited with seeing the first microorganisms, which he called
"animalcules", was .
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, Nester's Microbiology: A Human Perspective 10th Edition by Denise Anderson, Sarah Salm
A) Redi
B) vanaLeeuwenhoek
C) Pasteur
D) Tyndall
E) Lister
13) Theaworda"animalcule"awasafirstausedabya .
A) Pasteur
B) Redi
C) vanaLeeuwenhoek
D) Tyndall
E) Hooke
14) Theaideaaofaspontaneousagenerationapostulatedathat
A) organismsacouldaevolveaintoatheanextagenerationaofaorganisms.
B) organismsacouldaspontaneouslyaturnaintoaotheratypesaofaorganisms.
C) livingaorganismsacouldaspontaneouslyaariseafromanon-livingamaterial.
D) livingaorganismsacouldaspontaneouslyaariseafromaotheralivingaorganisms.
E) livingaorganismsamustacontainaataleastatenacells.
15) Whichaofatheseascientistsawereainvolvedainainvestigatingatheaideaaofaspontaneousag
eneration?
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NESTER'S MICROBIOLOGY: A HUMAN PERSPECTIVE, 10TH
EDITION
Denise Anderson, Sarah Salm, Mira Beins, Eugene Nester and Deborah Allen
, Nester's Microbiology: A Human Perspective 10th Edition by Denise Anderson, Sarah Salm
TRUE/FALSE - Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false.
1) Spontaneous generation refers to the idea that organisms came from other organisms.
⊚ true
⊚ false
2) The human body only contains bacteria during illness.
⊚ true
⊚ false
3) Bacteria and eukarya both contain membrane-bound organelles.
⊚ true
⊚ false
4) The scientific name of an organism indicates its domain.
⊚ true
⊚ false
5) Viroids are naked (lacking a protein shell) pieces of RNA that infect plants.
⊚ true
⊚ false
6) Viruses simultaneously contain DNA, RNA, and protein.
⊚ true
⊚ false
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, Nester's Microbiology: A Human Perspective 10th Edition by Denise Anderson, Sarah Salm
7) Viruses, viroids, and prions are obligate intracellular agents.
⊚ true
⊚ false
8) Viruses and bacteria are both unicellular.
⊚ true
⊚ false
9) An organism is categorized in a domain according to its cell size.
⊚ true
⊚ false
10) Archaea are very similar to bacteria and have rigid cell walls made of peptidoglycan.
⊚ true
⊚ false
11) Thiomargarita namibiensis cannot be a eukaryote because it is only 1 mm in width.
⊚ true
⊚ false
MULTIPLE CHOICE - Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or
answers the question.
12) The scientist usually credited with seeing the first microorganisms, which he called
"animalcules", was .
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, Nester's Microbiology: A Human Perspective 10th Edition by Denise Anderson, Sarah Salm
A) Redi
B) vanaLeeuwenhoek
C) Pasteur
D) Tyndall
E) Lister
13) Theaworda"animalcule"awasafirstausedabya .
A) Pasteur
B) Redi
C) vanaLeeuwenhoek
D) Tyndall
E) Hooke
14) Theaideaaofaspontaneousagenerationapostulatedathat
A) organismsacouldaevolveaintoatheanextagenerationaofaorganisms.
B) organismsacouldaspontaneouslyaturnaintoaotheratypesaofaorganisms.
C) livingaorganismsacouldaspontaneouslyaariseafromanon-livingamaterial.
D) livingaorganismsacouldaspontaneouslyaariseafromaotheralivingaorganisms.
E) livingaorganismsamustacontainaataleastatenacells.
15) Whichaofatheseascientistsawereainvolvedainainvestigatingatheaideaaofaspontaneousag
eneration?
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