Test bank for brock biology of microorganisms 16th madiganmartinko.

Med#C#File

, Brock Biology of Microorganisms, 16th (Madigan/Ma
# # # # #



rtinko)Chapter 1: Microorganisms and Microbiology
# # # #



MULTIPLE CHOICE #



1) Which#statement#is#not#true#as#a#general#rule?
A) Microbial#cells#exist#as#single#cells#or#in#cell#clusters.
B) Microbial#cells#carry#out#their#life#processes#independently.
C) Microbial#cells#include#both#bacteria#and# viruses.
D) Microbial#cells#exclude#the#cells#of#plants#and#animals.#
Answer:#C
2) Basic#microbiology#can#be#used#to
A) probe#the#nature#of#life#processes.
B) study#biochemical#properties#common#to#all# cells.
C) model#our#understanding#of#cell#function#in#higher#organisms.
D) all#of#the#above.
#Answer:#D


3) Applied#microbiology#deals#with#problems#in
A) medicine.
B) agriculture.
C) industry.
D) all#of#the#above.
Answer:#D
#


4) The#greatest#source#of#biomass#on#Earth#comes#from
A) prokaryotic# cells.
B) plants.
C) animals.
D) plants#and#animals#together.#
Answer:#A
5) The#cell's#genetic#information#is#found#in#the
A) cell#membrane.
B) nucleus#or#nucleoid.
C) cytoplasm.
D) none#of#the#above.
Answer:#B
#


6) Because#the#cell#communicates,#exchanges# materials#with# its# environment,# and#undergoes# change,#it# is
called#a(n)
A) ancestral#system.
B) dynamic#entity.




Med#C#File

, C) closed#system.
D) nucleoid#system.
Answer:#B
#


7) Changes#in#cellular#characteristics#are#transmitted#to#offspring#through#the#process#of
A) chemical#signaling.
B) reproductive#initiative.
C) evolution.
D) none#of#the#above.
Answer:#C
#


8) Catalysts#involved#in#the#acceleration#of#the#rate#of#chemical#reactions#are#called
A) catalytic#converters.
B) growth#agents.
C) evolutionary#molecules.
D) enzymes.
#Answer:#D
9) Regarding#early#life#on#Earth:
A) Microbial#life#existed#on#Earth#for#billions#of#years#before#plant#and#animal#life.
B) Microbial#life#existed#on#Earth#long#before#animals#but#has#been#around#for#about#the#same#amount#of#t
ime#as#plants.
C) Microbial#life,#plant#life,#and#animal#life#all#appeared#at#about#the#same#time.
D) It#is#impossible#to#determine#which#type#of#life#first#appeared#on#Earth.#
Answer:#A
10) Most#prokaryotic#cells#reside
A) on#the#Earth's#surface.
B) in#the#Earth's#lakes,#rivers,#and#oceans.
C) in#and#on#non-prokaryotic#organisms#(including#humans#and#other#animals).
D) in#the#oceanic#and#terrestrial#subsurfaces.
#Answer:#D


11) The#person#who#described#the#"wee#animalcules"#was
A) Hooke.
B) van#Leeuwenhoek.
C) Pasteur.
D) Cohn.
Answer:#B
12) Fannie#Hesse#is#credited#with#giving
the#ideas#for#using#agar#as#a#solidifying#agent.
A) Pasteur




Med#C#File

, B) Cohn
C) Koch
D) Winogradsky
Answer:#C
#


13) Which#of#the#following#is/are#characteristic#of#cellular#organisms?
A) Metabolism
B) Reproduction
C) Communication
D) All#of#the#above
Answer:#D
#


14) Which#of#the#following#is#not#a#major#ecosystem?
A) Aquatic
B) Terrestrial
C) Atmospheric
D) Higher#organisms,#both#plant#and#animal
Answer:#C
#


15) Which#statement#is#true?
A) Populations#are#assemblages#of#microbial#communities.
B) Microbial#communities#are#assemblages#of# populations.
C) Habitats#are#assemblages#of#microbial# communities.
D) Populations#are#assemblages#of#habitats.#
Answer:#B
16) The#export#of#U.S.#beef#to#foreign#markets#was#shut#down#in#2003#due#to
A) AIDS.
B) smallpox.
C) tuberculosis.
D) mad#cow#disease.
Answer:#D
17) During#a#very#scientifically#productive#period#in#his#life,#Pasteur#developed#vaccines#for
A) anthrax.
B) fowl#cholera.
C) rabies.
D) all#of#the#above.
Answer:#D
#


18) The#discovery#of#antibiotics#and#other#important#chemicals#led#to#the#field#of
A) industrial#microbiology.
B) agricultural#microbiology.
C) marine#microbiology.




Med#C#File