Test Bank for Brock Biology of Microorganisms, Madigan 15th Edition by Madigan - Ch. 1-33, 9781292235103, with Rationales 2

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BrocksBiologysofsMicroorganisms,s11es(Madigan/ A) ancestralssystem.
Martinko) B) dynamicsentity.
Chapters1:sMicroorganismssandsMicrobiology
1) Whichsstatementsissnotstruesassasgeneralsr
ule?
A) Microbialscellssexistsasssinglescellssorsinscellsc
lusters.
B) Microbialscellsscarrysoutstheirslifesprocessessi
ndependently.
C) Microbialscellssincludesbothsbacteriasands
viruses.
D) Microbialscellssexcludesthescellssofsplantssandsa
nimals.
Answer:sC
2) Basicsmicrobiologyscansbesusedsto
A) probesthesnaturesofslifesprocesses.
B) studysbiochemicalspropertiesscommonstosalls
cells.
C) modelsoursunderstandingsofscellsfunctionsins
highersorganisms.
D) allsofsthesabove.s
Answer:sD
3) Appliedsmicrobiologysdealsswithsproblemssin
A) medicine.
B) agriculture.
C) industry.
D) allsofsthesabove.s
Answer:sD
4) ThesgreatestssourcesofsbiomasssonsEarthsc
omessfrom
A) prokaryoticscells.
B) plants.
C) animals.
D) plantssandsanimalsstogether.s
Answer:sA
5) Thescell'ssgeneticsinformationsissfoundsinsthe
A) cellsmembrane.
B) nucleussorsnucleoid.
C) cytoplasm.
D) nonesofsthesabove.s
Answer:sB
6) Becausesthescellscommunicates,sexchangess
materialsswithsitssenvironment,sandsundergoessc
hange,sitsisscalledsa(n)

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C) closedssystem. Answer:sB
D) nucleoidssyste 12) FanniesHessesisscreditedswithsgiving
sthesideassforsusingsagarsassass
m.sAnswer:sB
7) Changessinscellularscharacteristicssarestra olidifyingsagent.
nsmittedstosoffspringsthroughsthesprocesssof A) Pasteur
A) chemicalssignaling.
B) reproductivesinitiative.
C) evolution.
D) nonesofsthesabov
e.sAnswer:sC
8) Catalystssinvolvedsinsthesaccelerationsofsth
esratesofschemicalsreactionssarescalled
A) catalyticsconverters.
B) growthsagents.
C) evolutionarysmolecules.
D) enzym
es.sAnswe
r:sD
9) RegardingsearlyslifesonsEarth:
A) MicrobialslifesexistedsonsEarthsforsbillionsso
fsyearssbeforesplantsandsanimalslife.
B) MicrobialslifesexistedsonsEarthslongsbefores
animalssbutshassbeensaroundsforsaboutsthessam
esamountsofstimesassplants.
C) Microbialslife,splantslife,sandsanimalslifesal
lsappearedsatsaboutsthessamestime.
D) Itsissimpossiblestosdetermineswhichstypesofslif
esfirstsappearedsonsEarth.
Answer:sA
10) Mostsprokaryoticscellssreside
A) onsthesEarth'sssurface.
B) insthesEarth'sslakes,srivers,sandsoceans.
C) insandsonsnon-
prokaryoticsorganismss(includingshum
anssandsothersanimals).
D) insthesoceanicsandsterrestrialssubsurfaces
.sAnswer:sD
11) Thespersonswhosdescribedsthes"we
esanimalcules"swas
A) Hooke.
B) vansLeeuwenhoek.
C) Pasteur.
D) Cohn
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B) Cohn B) agriculturalsmicrobiology.
C) Koch C) marinesmicrobiology.
D) Winogradsky
sAnswer:sC


13) Whichsofsthesfollowingsis/arescharacteristics
ofscellularsorganisms?
A) Metabolism
B) Reproduction
C) Communication
D) Allsofsthesaboves
Answer:sD
14) Whichsofsthesfollowingsissnotsasmajorse
cosystem?
A) Aquatic
B) Terrestrial
C) Atmospheric
D) Highersorganisms,sbothsplantsandsanimals
Answer:sC
15) Whichsstatementsisstrue?
A) Populationssaresassemblagessofsmicrobials
communities.
B) Microbialscommunitiessaresassemblagessofs
populations.
C) Habitatssaresassemblagessofsmicrobials
communities.
D) Populationssaresassemblagessofshabitats.s
Answer:sB
16) ThesexportsofsU.S.sbeefstosforeignsmarketss
wassshutsdownsins2003sduesto
A) AIDS.
B) smallpox.
C) tuberculosis.
D) madscowsdisease.s
Answer:sD
17) Duringsasverysscientificallysproductivesperi
odsinshisslife,sPasteursdevelopedsvaccinessfor
A) anthrax.
B) fowlscholera.
C) rabies.
D) allsofsthesabove.s
Answer:sD
18) Thesdiscoverysofsantibioticssandsothersi
mportantschemicalssledstosthesfieldsof
A) industrialsmicrobiology.

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D) aquaticsmicrobiolo gsintosthesmainsbodysofsthesflask.
gy.sAnswer:sA
19) Microbialssterilizationsissusedsto
A) decreasesthespossibilitysofscontaminan
tssgrowingsinsasculture.
B) killsbacteriasbutsnotsnecessarilysvirusessorsoth
ersmicrobes.
C) killsallsmicrobessinsorsonsobjects.
D) cleansasworksare
a.sAnswer:sC
20) Flatscoveredsdishessusedsforsgrowi
ngsmicrobessaresmostscommonlyscalled
A) Petrisdishes.
B) bakersdishes.
C) sterilizationsplates.
D) culturesmediumsplat
es.sAnswer:sA
21) Microbessplayingsasrolesinsnitrogensfixation
s insplantsslivesins


swhilesthosesplayingsasrolesinsthesdigestivestra


ctsofscertainsherbivoresslivesins .
A) rumenss/snodules
B) noduless/srumens
C) noduless/sfortrans
D) fortranss/srume
nssAnswer:sB
22) Geneticsengineeringscouldsbestsbesdescrib
edsas
A) thescreatingsofslifesfromsnon-life.
B) thesartificialsmanipulationsofsgenessandsthe
irsproducts.
C) thestreatingsofsdiseasesswithssyntheticsdrugs.
D) thesexpansionsofsthesbiomassstosmeetsspecifi
csneeds.
Answer:sB
23) Thesultimatesdownfallsofsthestheorysofsspo
ntaneoussgenerationswassthesresultsofsworksby
A) Pasteur.
B) Koch.
C) Hooke.
D) Leeuwenho
ek.sAnswer:sA
24) AsPasteursflaskshassa(n)
A) swansneckstospreventsairsparticlessfromsgettin