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BrockgBiologygofgMicroorganisms,g11eg(Madigan/Martinko)gTestgbank
BrockgBiologygofgMicroorganisms,g11eg(Madiga esgchange,gitgisgcalledga(n)
n/Martinko) A) ancestralgsystem.
Chapterg1:gMicroorganismsgandgMicrobiology B) dynamicgentity.
1) Whichgstatementgisgnotgtruegasgaggener
algrule?
A) Microbialgcellsgexistgasgsinglegcellsgorgingce
llgclusters.
B) Microbialgcellsgcarrygoutgtheirglifegprocesse
sgindependently.
C) Microbialgcellsgincludegbothgbacteriagan
dgviruses.
D) Microbialgcellsgexcludegthegcellsgofgplantsgan
dganimals.
Answer:gC
2) Basicgmicrobiologygcangbegusedgto
A) probegthegnaturegofglifegprocesses.
B) studygbiochemicalgpropertiesgcommongtogal
lgcells.
C) modelgourgunderstandinggofgcellgfunctiongi
nghighergorganisms.
D) allgofgthegabove
.gAnswer:gD
3) Appliedgmicrobiologygdealsgwithgproblemsgi
n
A) medicine.
B) agriculture.
C) industry.
D) allgofgthegabove
.gAnswer:gD
4) TheggreatestgsourcegofgbiomassgongEart
hgcomesgfrom
A) prokaryoticgcells.
B) plants.
C) animals.
D) plantsgandganimalsgtogether
.gAnswer:gA
5) Thegcell'sggeneticginformationgisgfoundgingthe
A) cellgmembrane.
B) nucleusgorgnucleoid.
C) cytoplasm.
D) nonegofgthegabove
.gAnswer:gB
6) Becausegthegcellgcommunicates,gexchange
sgmaterialsgwithgitsgenvironment,gandgundergo

, BrockgBiologygofgMicroorganisms,g11eg(Madigan/Martinko)gTestgbank
C) closedgsystem. .
D) nucleoidgsyste Answer:g
B
m.gAnswer:gB
12) FanniegHessegisgcreditedgwithggiving
7) Changesgingcellulargcharacteristicsgaregt
gthegideasgforgusinggagargasg
ransmittedgtogoffspringgthroughgthegprocessg
agsolidifyinggagent.
of
A) Pasteur
A) chemicalgsignaling.
B) reproductiveginitiative.
C) evolution.
D) nonegofgthegabo
ve.gAnswer:gC
8) Catalystsginvolvedgingthegaccelerationgofg
thegrategofgchemicalgreactionsgaregcalled
A) catalyticgconverters.
B) growthgagents.
C) evolutionarygmolecules.
D) enzym
es.gAnswe
r:gD
9) RegardinggearlyglifegongEarth:
A) MicrobialglifegexistedgongEarthgforgbillions
gofgyearsgbeforegplantgandganimalglife.

B) MicrobialglifegexistedgongEarthglonggbefo
reganimalsgbutghasgbeengaroundgforgaboutgthe
gsamegamountgofgtimegasgplants.

C) Microbialglife,gplantglife,gandganimalglife
gallgappearedgatgaboutgthegsamegtime.

D) Itgisgimpossiblegtogdeterminegwhichgtypegofg
lifegfirstgappearedgongEarth.
Answer:gA
10) Mostgprokaryoticgcellsgreside
A) ongthegEarth'sgsurface.
B) ingthegEarth'sglakes,grivers,gandgoceans.
C) ingandgongnon-
prokaryoticgorganismsg(includingghu
mansgandgotherganimals).
D) ingthegoceanicgandgterrestrialgsubsurfac
es.gAnswer:gD
11) Thegpersongwhogdescribedgtheg"
weeganimalcules"gwas
A) Hooke.
B) vangLeeuwenhoek.
C) Pasteur.
D) Cohn

, BrockgBiologygofgMicroorganisms,g11eg(Madigan/Martinko)gTestgbank
B) Cohn B) agriculturalgmicrobiology.
C) Koch C) marinegmicrobiology.
D) Winogradsky
gAnswer:gC

13) Whichgofgthegfollowinggis/aregcharacteristi
cgofgcellulargorganisms?
A) Metabolism
B) Reproduction
C) Communication
D) Allgofgthegabov
egAnswer:gD
14) Whichgofgthegfollowinggisgnotgagmajo
rgecosystem?
A) Aquatic
B) Terrestrial
C) Atmospheric
D) Highergorganisms,gbothgplantgandganima
lgAnswer:gC
15) Whichgstatementgisgtrue?
A) Populationsgaregassemblagesgofgmicrobia
lgcommunities.
B) Microbialgcommunitiesgaregassemblagesgo
fgpopulations.
C) Habitatsgaregassemblagesgofgmicrobia
lgcommunities.
D) Populationsgaregassemblagesgofghabitats
.gAnswer:gB
16) ThegexportgofgU.S.gbeefgtogforeigngmarket
sgwasgshutgdownging2003gduegto
A) AIDS.
B) smallpox.
C) tuberculosis.
D) madgcowgdisease
.gAnswer:gD
17) Duringgagverygscientificallygproductivegper
iodginghisglife,gPasteurgdevelopedgvaccinesgfor
A) anthrax.
B) fowlgcholera.
C) rabies.
D) allgofgthegabove
.gAnswer:gD
18) Thegdiscoverygofgantibioticsgandgothe
rgimportantgchemicalsgledgtogthegfieldgof
A) industrialgmicrobiology.

, BrockgBiologygofgMicroorganisms,g11eg(Madigan/Martinko)gTestgbank
D) aquaticgmicrobiolo 24) AgPasteurgflaskghasga(n)
gy.gAnswer:gA A) swangneckgtogpreventgairgparticlesgfromggettin
19) Microbialgsterilizationgisgusedgto ggintogthegmaingbodygofgthegflask.
A) decreasegthegpossibilitygofgcontamin
antsggrowinggingagculture.
B) killgbacteriagbutgnotgnecessarilygvirusesgorgo
thergmicrobes.
C) killgallgmicrobesgingorgongobjects.
D) cleangagworkgar
ea.gAnswer:gC
20) Flatgcoveredgdishesgusedgforggrow
inggmicrobesgaregmostgcommonlygcall
ed
A) Petrigdishes.
B) bakergdishes.
C) sterilizationgplates.
D) culturegmediumgpla
tes.gAnswer:gA
21) Microbesgplayinggagrolegingnitrogengfixati
ong ingplantsgliveging
gwhilegthosegplayinggagrolegingthegdigestive

gtractgofgcertaingherbivoresgliveging .
A) rumensg/gnodules
B) nodulesg/grumens
C) nodulesg/gfortrans
D) fortransg/grum
ensgAnswer:gB
22) Geneticgengineeringgcouldgbestgbegdescri
bedgas
A) thegcreatinggofglifegfromgnon-life.
B) thegartificialgmanipulationgofggenesgandgt
heirgproducts.
C) thegtreatinggofgdiseasesgwithgsyntheticgdrugs.
D) thegexpansiongofgthegbiomassgtogmeetgspe
cificgneeds.
Answer:gB
23) Thegultimategdownfallgofgthegtheorygofgs
pontaneousggenerationgwasgthegresultgofgworkg
by
A) Pasteur.
B) Koch.
C) Hooke.
D) Leeuwenho
ek.gAnswer:gA
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