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[Madigan/Martinko]
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MULTIPLE CHOICE #E
Chapter 1: Microorganisms and Microbiology
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1) Which #Estatement #Eis #Enot #Etrue #Eas #Ea #Egeneral #Erule?
A) Microbial #Ecells #Eexist #Eas #Esingle #Ecells #Eor #Ein #Ecell #Eclusters.
B) Microbial #Ecells #Ecarry #Eout #Etheir #Elife #Eprocesses #Eindependently.
C) Microbial #Ecells #Einclude #Eboth #Ebacteria #Eand #E viruses.
D) Microbial #Ecells #Eexclude #Ethe #Ecells #Eof #Eplants #Eand
#Eanimals. #EAnswer: #EC
2) Basic #Emicrobiology #Ecan #Ebe #Eused #Eto
A) probe #Ethe #Enature #Eof #Elife #Eprocesses.
B) study #Ebiochemical #Eproperties #Ecommon #Eto #Eall #E cells.
C) model #Eour #Eunderstanding #Eof #Ecell #Efunction #Ein #Ehigher #Eorganisms.
D) all #Eof #Ethe
#Eabove. #EAnswer:
#ED
3) Applied #Emicrobiology #Edeals #Ewith #Eproblems #Ein
A) medicine.
B) agriculture.
C) industry.
D) all #Eof #Ethe
above. #EAnswer:
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D
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4) The #Egreatest #Esource #Eof #Ebiomass #Eon #EEarth #Ecomes #Efrom
A) prokaryotic #Ecells.
B) plants.
C) animals.
D) plants #Eand #Eanimals
together. #EAnswer: #EA
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5) The #Ecell's #Egenetic #Einformation #Eis #Efound #Ein #Ethe
A) cell #Emembrane.
B) nucleus #Eor #Enucleoid.
C) cytoplasm.
D) none #Eof#Ethe
above. #EAnswer: #EB
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6) Because #Ethe #Ecell #Ecommunicates, #Eexchanges #Ematerials #Ewith #E its #E environment, #E and #Eundergoes #E change, #Eit
#E is
called #Ea(n)
A) ancestral #Esystem.
,B) dynamic #Eentity.
, 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
time 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