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,TABLE OF CONTENT
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1. Microbial Life: Origin & Discovery
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2. Observing the Microbial Cell m m m




3. Cell Structure and Function
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4. Bacterial Culture, Growth, and Development
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5. Environmental Influences and Control of Microbial Growth m m m m m m




6. Viruses
7. Genomes and Chromosomes m m




8. Transcription, Translation, and Protein Processing m m m m




9. Genetic Change and Genome Evolution
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10. Molecular Regulation m




11. Viral Molecular Biology
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12. Molecular Complexity and Synthetic Biology m m m m




13. Energetics and Catabolism m m




14. Electron Flow in Organotrophy, Lithotrophy, and Phototrophy
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15. Biosynthesis
16. Food and Industrial Microbiology
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17. Origins and Evolution m m




18. Bacterial Diversity m




19. Archaeal Diversity m




20. Eukaryotic Diversity m




21. Microbial Ecology m




22. Element Cycles and Environmental Microbiology
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23. The Human Microbiome and Innate Immunity
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24. The Adaptive Immune Response
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25. Pathogenesis
26. Microbial Disease m




27. Antimicrobial Therapy and Discovery m m m




28. Clinical Microbiology and Epidemiology
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,Microbiology An Evolving Science, 3rd Edition, John Foster & Joan Slonczewski Chapter
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CHAPTER 1: Microbial Life: Origin and Discovery
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MULTIPLE CHOICEm




1. Viruses are: m




a. infectious agents that infect multi-cellular organisms m m m m m




b. noncellular particles that take over the metabolism of a cell to generate more
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virus particles
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c. pathogens that replicate in complex growth media m m m m m m




d. cellular particles that belong to the archaea domain m m m m m m m




e. microbes that consist of lipid membrane enclosed genomes m m m m m m m




Answer: B DIF: m Easy REF: 1.1 m TOP: I.A | I.B m m m




MSC: Rememberingm




2. Analysis of DNA sequences reveals:
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a. the ancient convergence of two cell types, i.e., prokaryotes and eukaryotes
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b. prokaryotes and eukaryotes evolved from a common ancestral cell m m m m m m m m




c. that bacteria share common ancestor with archaea, but not with eukarya
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d. prokaryotes are cells with a nucleus m m m m m




e. the genome of Haemophilus influenzae has about 2 billion base pairs
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Answer: B DIF: m Easy REF: 1.1 m TOP: I.A | I.B m m m




MSC: Rememberingm




3. Which of these groups are considered to be microbes but NOT considered to be cells?
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a. viruses d. protists m m




b. bacteria e. filamentous fungi m m m




c. archaea

Answer: A DIF: m Easy REF: 1.1 m TOP: I.A.i m




MSC: Rememberingm




4. A microbe is commonly defined as:
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a. a virus that requires a microscope to be seen
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b. a bacterium that requires a microscope to be seen
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c. a single-cellular prokaryote that requires a microscope to be
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d. a multicellular eukaryote that requires a microscope to be seen
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e. a living organism that requires a microscope to be seen
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Answer: E DIF: m Easy REF: 1.1 m TOP: I.A.i | I.A.ii
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MSC: Remembering
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5. Which one of the following statements regarding microbial cells is NOT true?
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a. Microbial cells acquire food, gain energy to build themselves, and respond to
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environmental change.
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, b. Most single-celled organisms require a microscope to render them visible, but
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some
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bacterial cells are large enough to be seen with naked eyes.
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c. Microbes function as individual entities. m m m m




d. Many microbes form complex multicellular assemblages.
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e. Viruses are not considered as microbial cells.
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Answer: C DIF: m Easy REF: 1.1 m TOP: I.A.i | I.A.ii
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MSC: Remembering
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6. Which of the following statements is FALSE?
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a. A genome is the total genetic information contained in an organism’s chromosomal DNA.
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b. If a microbe’s genome includes genes for nitrogenase, that microbe probably can fix
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nitrogen.
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c. By comparing DNA sequences of different organisms, we can figure out how closely
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related they are.
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d. Fred Sanger developed the first applicable DNA sequencing method.
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e. Fred Sanger completed the sequences of Haemophilus influenzae.
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Answer: E DIF: m Easy REF: 1.1 m TOP: I.B m




MSC: Remembering
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7. The first cellular genomes to be sequenced were those of:
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a. humans d. prions
b. bacteria e. fungi
c. viruses
Answer: B m DIF: Easy REF: 1.1 m TOP:
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MSC: Remembering
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8. The environment of early Earth may have contained all of the following EXCEPT:
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a. ferrous iron m d. oxygen m m




b. methane e. hydrogen gas m m m




c. ammonia

Answer: D m DIF: Easy REF: Special Topic 1.1 m m m




TOP: II.D
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9. The development of the theory of the ―RNA world‖ resulted from the discovery of:
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a. archaea d. ribozymes m m




b. prions e. endosymbionts m m




c. bacteria

Answer: D m DIF: Medium REF: Special Topic 1.1 m m m




TOP: II.D
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10. Which microbes may resemble those of the earliest life forms?
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a. archaea d. cyanobacteria m m




b. photosynthetic algae e. protists m m m




c. viruses

Answer: A m DIF: Medium REF: Special Topic 1.1 m m m




TOP: II.D
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11. Early metabolism may have been catalyzed by:
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a. DNA d. m m amino acids m