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MULTIPLE CHOICE
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1. Viruses are: GU
a. infectious agents that infect multi-cellular organisms
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b. noncellular particles that take over the metabolism of a cell to genera
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c. pathogens that replicate in complex growth media
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d. cellular particles that belong to the archaea domain
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e. microbes that consist of lipid membrane enclosed genomes
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2. Analysis of DNA sequences reveals:
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a. the ancient convergence of two cell types, i.e., prokaryotes and
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eukaryotes
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b. prokaryotes and eukaryotes evolved from a common ancestral ce
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c. that bacteria share common ancestor with archaea, but not with
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e. the genome of Haemophilus influenzae has about 2 billion base
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3. Which of these groups are considered to be microbes but NOT considered to be cells?
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c. archaea
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4. A microbe is commonly defined as:
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a. a virus that 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-
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d. a multicellular eukaryote that requires a microscope to
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e. a living organism that requires a microscope to be seen
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5. Which one of the following statements regarding microbial cells is NOT true?
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a. Microbial cells acquire food, gain energy to build themselves, and
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