TEST BANK
Prescott's Microbiology
by Willey, Sandman, and Wood
12th Edition
1|Page
,Chapter 01: The Evolution of Microorganisms and Microbiology
MULTIPLE CHOICES
A
Antiseptic surgery was pioneered by
A. Lister
B. Pasteur
C. Kitasato
D. Jenner
D
The first evidence of primitive cellular life was the 1977 discovery of microbial fossils in the
Swartkoppie chert, a type of granular sedimentary rock rich in silica. Why is this evidence
not considered definitive?
A. The fossils did not look like bacterial cells.
B. There is no evidence of carbon dioxide, which is needed to prove that living organisms
respired.
C. There was no evidence of water, therefore it is questionable whether cells could have been
present.
D. Objects that look like cells can be formed by geological forces as the rocks formed.
D
In the following list of scientists who provided the evidence needed to discredit the concept
of spontaneous generation?
A. Semmelweiss
B. Koch
C. Lister
D. Pasteur
C
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,Carl Woese distinguished between the members of the Archaea and the Bacteria using studies
of their
A. transfer RNA
B. messenger RNA
C. ribosomal RNA
D. DNA
B
The instrument that produces a bright image of the specimen against a dark background is
called a(n) _________ microscope.
A. bright-field
B. dark-field
C. phase-contrast
D. electron
C
Select a harmful effect that can result from bacterial colonization of the human body.
A. Digestion of food
B. Immune system development
C. Invasion of host cells
D. Production of vitamins
D
The concept that living organisms arise from nonliving material is called _________.
A. germ theory
B. biogenesis
C. cell theory
D. spontaneous generation
C
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, Which of the following experiments is used to identify new pathogens?
A. Stanley Miller experiment
B. Pasteur's swan-neck experiment
C. Koch postulates
D. Endosymbiotic theory
C
Cells with a relatively complex morphology that have a true membrane-delimited nucleus are
called _________.
A. nokaryotes
B. urkaryotes
C. eukaryotes
D. prokaryotes
D
Which of the following advances best describes the idea that today we may be experiencing a
second golden age of microbiology?
A. Koch postulates
B. Light microscopy
C. Biochemical testing
D. Genomic testing
B
Which of the following structures are external to both bacterial and archaeal cells?
A. Peptidoglycan
B. Pili
C. Hami
D. Ribosomes
D
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Prescott's Microbiology
by Willey, Sandman, and Wood
12th Edition
1|Page
,Chapter 01: The Evolution of Microorganisms and Microbiology
MULTIPLE CHOICES
A
Antiseptic surgery was pioneered by
A. Lister
B. Pasteur
C. Kitasato
D. Jenner
D
The first evidence of primitive cellular life was the 1977 discovery of microbial fossils in the
Swartkoppie chert, a type of granular sedimentary rock rich in silica. Why is this evidence
not considered definitive?
A. The fossils did not look like bacterial cells.
B. There is no evidence of carbon dioxide, which is needed to prove that living organisms
respired.
C. There was no evidence of water, therefore it is questionable whether cells could have been
present.
D. Objects that look like cells can be formed by geological forces as the rocks formed.
D
In the following list of scientists who provided the evidence needed to discredit the concept
of spontaneous generation?
A. Semmelweiss
B. Koch
C. Lister
D. Pasteur
C
2|Page
,Carl Woese distinguished between the members of the Archaea and the Bacteria using studies
of their
A. transfer RNA
B. messenger RNA
C. ribosomal RNA
D. DNA
B
The instrument that produces a bright image of the specimen against a dark background is
called a(n) _________ microscope.
A. bright-field
B. dark-field
C. phase-contrast
D. electron
C
Select a harmful effect that can result from bacterial colonization of the human body.
A. Digestion of food
B. Immune system development
C. Invasion of host cells
D. Production of vitamins
D
The concept that living organisms arise from nonliving material is called _________.
A. germ theory
B. biogenesis
C. cell theory
D. spontaneous generation
C
3|Page
, Which of the following experiments is used to identify new pathogens?
A. Stanley Miller experiment
B. Pasteur's swan-neck experiment
C. Koch postulates
D. Endosymbiotic theory
C
Cells with a relatively complex morphology that have a true membrane-delimited nucleus are
called _________.
A. nokaryotes
B. urkaryotes
C. eukaryotes
D. prokaryotes
D
Which of the following advances best describes the idea that today we may be experiencing a
second golden age of microbiology?
A. Koch postulates
B. Light microscopy
C. Biochemical testing
D. Genomic testing
B
Which of the following structures are external to both bacterial and archaeal cells?
A. Peptidoglycan
B. Pili
C. Hami
D. Ribosomes
D
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