,Test Bank for Prescott's Microbiology, 12th Edition by Joanne Willey
Prescott's Microbiology, 12e (Willey)
Chapter 1 The Evolution of Microorganisms and Microbiology
1) Archaea are cellular organisms that have unique cell membrane .
Answer: lipids
Topic: Archaea
Bloom's/Accessibility: 1. Remember / Keyboard Navigation
ASM Topic: Module 02 Cell Structure and Function
ASM Objective: 02.03 Bacteria and Archaea have specialized structures (e.g. flagella,
endospores, and pili) that often confer critical capabilities.
Learning Outcome: 01.01c Determine the type of microbe (e.g., bacterium, fungus, etc.) when
given a description of a newly discovered one
2) Extant microorganisms are organisms from the fossil record that are no longer present on Earth
today.
Answer: FALSE
Topic: Taxonomy of Microorganisms
Bloom's/Accessibility: 2. Understand / Keyboard Navigation
ASM Topic: Module 01 Evolution
ASM Objective: 01.05 The evolutionary relatedness of organisms is best reflected in
phylogenetic trees.
Learning Outcome: 01.02a Propose a timeline of the origin and history of microbial life and
integrate supporting evidence into it
3) All cellular organisms can be placed into one of three , which include the Bacteria,
Archaea, and the Eukarya.
,Answer: domains
Topic: Taxonomy of Microorganisms
Bloom's/Accessibility: 2. Understand / Keyboard Navigation
ASM Topic: Module 01 Evolution
ASM Objective: 01.05 The evolutionary relatedness of organisms is best reflected in
phylogenetic trees.
Learning Outcome: 01.01b Explain Carl Woeses contributions in establishing the three-domain
system for classifying cellular life
4) Viruses are not generally studied by microbiologists because they are not classified as living
organisms.
Answer: FALSE
Topic: Taxonomy of Microorganisms
Bloom's/Accessibility: 2. Understand / Keyboard Navigation
ASM Topic: Module 05 Microbial Systems
ASM Objective: 02.05 The replication cycles of viruses (lytic and lysogenic) differ among
viruses and are determined by their unique structures and genomes.
Learning Outcome: 01.01a Define the term microbiology
5) Microbiologists study a variety of organisms, but all are considered either Bacteria or Archaea.
Answer: FALSE
Topic: Taxonomy of Microorganisms
Bloom's/Accessibility: 2. Understand / Keyboard Navigation
ASM Topic: Module 05 Microbial Systems
ASM Objective: 05.04 Microorganisms, cellular and viral, can interact with both human and
nonhuman hosts in beneficial, neutral or detrimental ways.
Learning Outcome: 01.01a Define the term microbiology
6) All eukaryotes have a membrane-delimited nucleus.
Answer: TRUE
Topic: Taxonomy of Microorganisms
Bloom's/Accessibility: 2. Understand / Keyboard Navigation
ASM Topic: Module 02 Cell Structure and Function
ASM Objective: 02.04 While microscopic eukaryotes (for example, fungi, protozoa and algae)
carry out some of the same processes as bacteria, many of the cellular properties are fundamentally
different.
Learning Outcome: 01.01c Determine the type of microbe (e.g., bacterium, fungus, etc.) when
given a description of a newly discovered one
7) Viruses constitute the fourth domain of life in current biological classification schemes.
Answer: FALSE
, Topic: Taxonomy of Microorganisms
Bloom's/Accessibility: 2. Understand / Keyboard Navigation
ASM Topic: Module 01 Evolution
ASM Objective: 01.05 The evolutionary relatedness of organisms is best reflected in
phylogenetic trees.
Learning Outcome: 01.01b Explain Carl Woeses contributions in establishing the three-domain
system for classifying cellular life
8) Protists jcontain jall jof jthe jfollowing jforms jof jlife jEXCEPT .
A) protozoa
B) fungi
C) slime jmolds
D) algae
Answer: j B
Topic: j j Taxonomy jof jMicroorganisms jBloom's/Accessibility:
1. Remember j/ jKeyboard jNavigationASM
Topic: Module j01 jEvolution
ASM jObjective: j 01.05 jThe jevolutionary jrelatedness jof jorganisms jis jbest jreflected jin
jphylogenetic jtrees.
Learning jOutcome: j 01.01b jExplain jCarl jWoeses jcontributions jin jestablishing jthe jthree-domain
jsystem jfor jclassifying jcellular jlife
9) Cells jwith ja jrelatively jcomplex jmorphology jthat jhave ja jtrue jmembrane-delimited jnucleus jare
jcalled .
A) prokaryotes
B) eukaryotes
C) urkaryotes
D) nokaryotes
Answer: j B
Topic: Taxonomy jof jMicroorganisms
jBloom's/Accessibility: j 2. jUnderstand j/ jKeyboard jNavigation
jASM jTopic: j Module j02 jCell jStructure jand jFunction
ASM jObjective: j 02.04 jWhile jmicroscopic jeukaryotes j(for jexample, jfungi, jprotozoa jand jalgae)
jcarryjout jsome jof jthe jsame jprocesses jas jbacteria, jmany jof jthe jcellular jproperties jare jfundamentally
jdifferent.
Learning jOutcome: j 01.01c jDetermine jthe jtype jof jmicrobe j(e.g., jbacterium, jfungus, jetc.) jwhen
jgiven ja jdescription jof ja jnewly jdiscovered jone
Prescott's Microbiology, 12e (Willey)
Chapter 1 The Evolution of Microorganisms and Microbiology
1) Archaea are cellular organisms that have unique cell membrane .
Answer: lipids
Topic: Archaea
Bloom's/Accessibility: 1. Remember / Keyboard Navigation
ASM Topic: Module 02 Cell Structure and Function
ASM Objective: 02.03 Bacteria and Archaea have specialized structures (e.g. flagella,
endospores, and pili) that often confer critical capabilities.
Learning Outcome: 01.01c Determine the type of microbe (e.g., bacterium, fungus, etc.) when
given a description of a newly discovered one
2) Extant microorganisms are organisms from the fossil record that are no longer present on Earth
today.
Answer: FALSE
Topic: Taxonomy of Microorganisms
Bloom's/Accessibility: 2. Understand / Keyboard Navigation
ASM Topic: Module 01 Evolution
ASM Objective: 01.05 The evolutionary relatedness of organisms is best reflected in
phylogenetic trees.
Learning Outcome: 01.02a Propose a timeline of the origin and history of microbial life and
integrate supporting evidence into it
3) All cellular organisms can be placed into one of three , which include the Bacteria,
Archaea, and the Eukarya.
,Answer: domains
Topic: Taxonomy of Microorganisms
Bloom's/Accessibility: 2. Understand / Keyboard Navigation
ASM Topic: Module 01 Evolution
ASM Objective: 01.05 The evolutionary relatedness of organisms is best reflected in
phylogenetic trees.
Learning Outcome: 01.01b Explain Carl Woeses contributions in establishing the three-domain
system for classifying cellular life
4) Viruses are not generally studied by microbiologists because they are not classified as living
organisms.
Answer: FALSE
Topic: Taxonomy of Microorganisms
Bloom's/Accessibility: 2. Understand / Keyboard Navigation
ASM Topic: Module 05 Microbial Systems
ASM Objective: 02.05 The replication cycles of viruses (lytic and lysogenic) differ among
viruses and are determined by their unique structures and genomes.
Learning Outcome: 01.01a Define the term microbiology
5) Microbiologists study a variety of organisms, but all are considered either Bacteria or Archaea.
Answer: FALSE
Topic: Taxonomy of Microorganisms
Bloom's/Accessibility: 2. Understand / Keyboard Navigation
ASM Topic: Module 05 Microbial Systems
ASM Objective: 05.04 Microorganisms, cellular and viral, can interact with both human and
nonhuman hosts in beneficial, neutral or detrimental ways.
Learning Outcome: 01.01a Define the term microbiology
6) All eukaryotes have a membrane-delimited nucleus.
Answer: TRUE
Topic: Taxonomy of Microorganisms
Bloom's/Accessibility: 2. Understand / Keyboard Navigation
ASM Topic: Module 02 Cell Structure and Function
ASM Objective: 02.04 While microscopic eukaryotes (for example, fungi, protozoa and algae)
carry out some of the same processes as bacteria, many of the cellular properties are fundamentally
different.
Learning Outcome: 01.01c Determine the type of microbe (e.g., bacterium, fungus, etc.) when
given a description of a newly discovered one
7) Viruses constitute the fourth domain of life in current biological classification schemes.
Answer: FALSE
, Topic: Taxonomy of Microorganisms
Bloom's/Accessibility: 2. Understand / Keyboard Navigation
ASM Topic: Module 01 Evolution
ASM Objective: 01.05 The evolutionary relatedness of organisms is best reflected in
phylogenetic trees.
Learning Outcome: 01.01b Explain Carl Woeses contributions in establishing the three-domain
system for classifying cellular life
8) Protists jcontain jall jof jthe jfollowing jforms jof jlife jEXCEPT .
A) protozoa
B) fungi
C) slime jmolds
D) algae
Answer: j B
Topic: j j Taxonomy jof jMicroorganisms jBloom's/Accessibility:
1. Remember j/ jKeyboard jNavigationASM
Topic: Module j01 jEvolution
ASM jObjective: j 01.05 jThe jevolutionary jrelatedness jof jorganisms jis jbest jreflected jin
jphylogenetic jtrees.
Learning jOutcome: j 01.01b jExplain jCarl jWoeses jcontributions jin jestablishing jthe jthree-domain
jsystem jfor jclassifying jcellular jlife
9) Cells jwith ja jrelatively jcomplex jmorphology jthat jhave ja jtrue jmembrane-delimited jnucleus jare
jcalled .
A) prokaryotes
B) eukaryotes
C) urkaryotes
D) nokaryotes
Answer: j B
Topic: Taxonomy jof jMicroorganisms
jBloom's/Accessibility: j 2. jUnderstand j/ jKeyboard jNavigation
jASM jTopic: j Module j02 jCell jStructure jand jFunction
ASM jObjective: j 02.04 jWhile jmicroscopic jeukaryotes j(for jexample, jfungi, jprotozoa jand jalgae)
jcarryjout jsome jof jthe jsame jprocesses jas jbacteria, jmany jof jthe jcellular jproperties jare jfundamentally
jdifferent.
Learning jOutcome: j 01.01c jDetermine jthe jtype jof jmicrobe j(e.g., jbacterium, jfungus, jetc.) jwhen
jgiven ja jdescription jof ja jnewly jdiscovered jone
