Test Bank for Nester’s Microbiology: A Human Perspective, 10th Edition by Denise Anderson, Sarah Salm, Mira Beins, Eugene Nester, and Deborah Allen | Complete Exam Prep with Answers & Rationales | 2025/2026

TEST BANK
NESTER'S MICROBIOLOGY: A HUMAN PERSPECTIVE, 10TH
EDITION
Denise Anderson, Sarah Salm, Mira Beins, Eugene Nester and Deborah Allen

, Nester's Microbiology: A Human Perspective 10th Edition by Denise Anderson, Sarah Salm


TRUE/FALSE - Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false.
1) Spontaneous generation refers to the idea that organisms came from other organisms.
⊚ true
⊚ false




2) The human body only contains bacteria during illness.
⊚ true
⊚ false




3) Bacteria and eukarya both contain membrane-bound organelles.
⊚ true
⊚ false




4) The scientific name of an organism indicates its domain.
⊚ true
⊚ false




5) Viroids are naked (lacking a protein shell) pieces of RNA that infect plants.
⊚ true
⊚ false




6) Viruses simultaneously contain DNA, RNA, and protein.
⊚ true
⊚ false




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, Nester's Microbiology: A Human Perspective 10th Edition by Denise Anderson, Sarah Salm


7) Viruses, viroids, and prions are obligate intracellular agents.
⊚ true
⊚ false




8) Viruses and bacteria are both unicellular.
⊚ true
⊚ false




9) An organism is categorized in a domain according to its cell size.
⊚ true
⊚ false




10) Archaea are very similar to bacteria and have rigid cell walls made of peptidoglycan.
⊚ true
⊚ false




11) Thiomargarita namibiensis cannot be a eukaryote because it is only 1 mm in width.
⊚ true
⊚ false




MULTIPLE zCHOICE z- zChoose zthe zone zalternative zthat zbest zcompletes zthe zstatement
zor zanswers zthe zquestion.

12) The zscientist zusually zcredited zwith zseeing zthe zfirst zmicroorganisms, zwhich zhe
zcalled z"animalcules", zwas z .




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A) Redi
B) vans5zLeeuwenhoek
C) Pasteur
D) Tyndall
E) Lister




13) Thes5zwords5z"animalcule"s5zwass5zfirsts5zuseds5zbys5z .


A) Pasteur
B) Redi
C) vans5zLeeuwenhoek
D) Tyndall
E) Hooke




14) Thes5zideas5zofs5zspontaneouss5zgenerations5zpostulateds5zthat


A) organismss5zcoulds5zevolves5zintos5zthes5znexts5zgenerations5zofs5zorganisms.
B) organismss5zcoulds5zspontaneouslys5zturns5zintos5zothers5ztypess5zofs5zorganisms.
C) livings5zorganismss5zcoulds5zspontaneouslys5zarises5zfroms5znon-livings5zmaterial.
D) livings5zorganismss5zcoulds5zspontaneouslys5zarises5zfroms5zothers5zlivings5zorganisms.
E) livings5zorganismss5zmusts5zcontains5zats5zleasts5ztens5zcells.




15) Whichs5zofs5ztheses5zscientistss5zweres5zinvolveds5zins5zinvestigatings5zthes5z
ideas5zofs5zspontaneouss5zgeneration?




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