TEST BANK
Nester's Microbiology
A Human Perspective
Margaret J. Fehrenbach
10th Edition
,Test Bank - Nester's Microbiology: A Human Perspective 10th Edition (Anderson, 2022) Chapter 1-30
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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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 CHOICE - Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or
answers the question.
12) The scientist usually credited with seeing the first microorganisms, which he called
"animalcules", was .
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A) Redi
B) van Leeuwenhoek
C) Pasteur
D) Tyndall
E) Lister
13) The word "animalcule" was first used by .
A) Pasteur
B) Redi
C) van Leeuwenhoek
D) Tyndall
E) Hooke
14) The idea of spontaneous generation postulated that
A) organisms could evolve into the next generation of organisms.
B) organisms could spontaneously turn into other types of organisms.
C) living organisms could spontaneously arise from non-living material.
D) living organisms could spontaneously arise from other living organisms.
E) living organisms must contain at least ten cells.
15) Which of these scientists were involved in investigating the idea of spontaneous
generation?
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A) Redi and van Leeuwenhoek
B) Redi and Pasteur
C) van Leeuwenhoek and Pasteur
D) Pasteur and Escherich
E) Escherich and Redi
16) The work of Tyndall and Cohn
A) supported the idea of spontaneous generation rather than the idea of biogenesis.
B) explained why some spontaneous generation investigators got different results from
those of Pasteur.
C) showed that all microbes caused spontaneous disease if they enter the human body.
D) allowed scientists to see microorganisms (called "animalcules") using a simple
microscope.
E) showed that boiling fails to kill vegetative bacteria, leading to biogenesis.
17) The structures present in the hay infusions used in experiments on spontaneous
generation that made them difficult to sterilize are .
A) chloroplasts
B) endospores
C) organelles
D) toxins
E) nuclei
18) The contradictory results obtained by different scientists apparently doing the same
experiments in investigating spontaneous generation
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A) show that doing experiments once should be enough to prove something.
B) show the importance of exactly duplicating experimental conditions.
C) led to further experiments that ultimately proved spontaneous generation.
D) could not be explained by anyone involved in the work.
E) led to the development and production of swan-necked flasks.
19) If Pasteur had done his experiments investigating spontaneous generation in a horse
stable,
A) the results would probably have supported the idea of spontaneous generation.
B) the results would probably not have supported the idea of spontaneous generation.
C) the results would probably been the same as those obtained in a laboratory.
D) the results would probablyhave supported the idea of spontaneous biogenesis.
E) it would probably have taken several years to obtain any results.
20) Cellulose is a major component of plants and is only directly digested by
A) carnivores.
B) termites.
C) herbivores.
D) microorganisms.
E) birds.
21) Plants are dependent on microorganisms for
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A) providing oxygen in a usable form.
B) providing water and carbon dioxide.
C) changing atmospheric nitrogen to a usable form.
D) providing simplecarbohydrates in a usable form.
E) providing simple and complex proteins.
22) Microorganisms are useful for all of the following EXCEPT
A) causing disease.
B) curing/treating disease.
C) preparing food.
D) cleaning up pollutants.
E) scientific research.
23) Bacteria have been used to help produce or modify all of the following food products
EXCEPT
A) cheeses.
B) beer and wine.
C) pickled products.
D) bread.
E) peanuts.
24) Microorganisms areinvolved in all of the following EXCEPT
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A) production of medicinal products.
B) food production.
C) pollution cleanup.
D) converting nitrogen to a form useful to plants.
E) There are no exceptions here. There are microorganisms that participate in each of
these activities.
25) Bioremediation refers to
A) rehabilitating wayward pathogenic bacteria.
B) using bacteria to clean up environmental pollutants.
C) development of new vaccines.
D) monitoring newly discovered disease organisms.
E) destroying organisms causing infectious diseases.
26) Which of the following about the Golden Age of Medical Microbiology is FALSE?
A) It started with the development of the first microscopes.
B) It occurred during the late 1800s to the early 1900s.
C) It is a time when the knowledge of bacteria and work with them expanded.
D) It was the time when people realized that diseases could be caused by invisible
agents.
E) It was a time when several major advances were made in microbiology.
27) Which of the following statements about newly emerging or reemerging diseases is
FALSE?
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A) They may be caused by changing lifestyles.
B) Examples include hepatitis C, Ebola disease and COVID-19.
C) They may result from a breakdown in sanitation and social order.
D) They are all caused by drug-resistant pathogens.
E) They may result when microbes evolve and develop new characteristics.
28) Lyme disease is an example of a disease that is due to
A) increased interaction between humans and tick-carrying animals.
B) failure to effectively vaccinate children.
C) a mutation in the human genome.
D) climate change leading to a significantly greater mosquito population.
E) an increase in the number of people travelling to Asia and Africa.
29) The outbreak of measles within the last few years is due to
A) mutation of the measles virus.
B) change in the environment and climate.
C) a decline in vaccination of children in the previous years.
D) increase in sensitivity of detection techniques.
E) emergence of novel measles viruses.
30) Which of the statements regarding smallpox is TRUE?
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A) Smallpox has been eliminated as a naturally occurring infection in human beings
through vaccination.
B) Smallpox still occasionally occurs in developing countries though failure to
vaccinate everyone.
C) Smallpox outbreaks sometimes occur in chimpanzee populations but seldom kills the
animals.
D) Smallpox outbreaks sometimes occur in chimpanzee populations and kills all the
animals affected.
E) Smallpox continues to be a common, naturally occurring infection in human beings.
31) Smallpox
A) has occurred in a few countries since 1977.
B) has little potential as a weapon of bioterrorism.
C) has not occurredanywhere in the word since 1977.
D) very seldom kills people, but does scar them.
E) is an emerging infectious disease.
32) Ulcers, previously thought to be caused by stress, are in fact often caused by
A) a bacterial infection.
B) an insufficient diet.
C) a genetic mutation.
D) a fungal pathogen.
E) a viral infection.
33) Bacteria are useful to study because
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Nester's Microbiology
A Human Perspective
Margaret J. Fehrenbach
10th Edition
,Test Bank - Nester's Microbiology: A Human Perspective 10th Edition (Anderson, 2022) Chapter 1-30
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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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 CHOICE - Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or
answers the question.
12) The scientist usually credited with seeing the first microorganisms, which he called
"animalcules", was .
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A) Redi
B) van Leeuwenhoek
C) Pasteur
D) Tyndall
E) Lister
13) The word "animalcule" was first used by .
A) Pasteur
B) Redi
C) van Leeuwenhoek
D) Tyndall
E) Hooke
14) The idea of spontaneous generation postulated that
A) organisms could evolve into the next generation of organisms.
B) organisms could spontaneously turn into other types of organisms.
C) living organisms could spontaneously arise from non-living material.
D) living organisms could spontaneously arise from other living organisms.
E) living organisms must contain at least ten cells.
15) Which of these scientists were involved in investigating the idea of spontaneous
generation?
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,Test Bank - Nester's Microbiology: A Human Perspective 10th Edition (Anderson, 2022) Chapter 1-30
A) Redi and van Leeuwenhoek
B) Redi and Pasteur
C) van Leeuwenhoek and Pasteur
D) Pasteur and Escherich
E) Escherich and Redi
16) The work of Tyndall and Cohn
A) supported the idea of spontaneous generation rather than the idea of biogenesis.
B) explained why some spontaneous generation investigators got different results from
those of Pasteur.
C) showed that all microbes caused spontaneous disease if they enter the human body.
D) allowed scientists to see microorganisms (called "animalcules") using a simple
microscope.
E) showed that boiling fails to kill vegetative bacteria, leading to biogenesis.
17) The structures present in the hay infusions used in experiments on spontaneous
generation that made them difficult to sterilize are .
A) chloroplasts
B) endospores
C) organelles
D) toxins
E) nuclei
18) The contradictory results obtained by different scientists apparently doing the same
experiments in investigating spontaneous generation
Test Bank Page 5
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A) show that doing experiments once should be enough to prove something.
B) show the importance of exactly duplicating experimental conditions.
C) led to further experiments that ultimately proved spontaneous generation.
D) could not be explained by anyone involved in the work.
E) led to the development and production of swan-necked flasks.
19) If Pasteur had done his experiments investigating spontaneous generation in a horse
stable,
A) the results would probably have supported the idea of spontaneous generation.
B) the results would probably not have supported the idea of spontaneous generation.
C) the results would probably been the same as those obtained in a laboratory.
D) the results would probablyhave supported the idea of spontaneous biogenesis.
E) it would probably have taken several years to obtain any results.
20) Cellulose is a major component of plants and is only directly digested by
A) carnivores.
B) termites.
C) herbivores.
D) microorganisms.
E) birds.
21) Plants are dependent on microorganisms for
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A) providing oxygen in a usable form.
B) providing water and carbon dioxide.
C) changing atmospheric nitrogen to a usable form.
D) providing simplecarbohydrates in a usable form.
E) providing simple and complex proteins.
22) Microorganisms are useful for all of the following EXCEPT
A) causing disease.
B) curing/treating disease.
C) preparing food.
D) cleaning up pollutants.
E) scientific research.
23) Bacteria have been used to help produce or modify all of the following food products
EXCEPT
A) cheeses.
B) beer and wine.
C) pickled products.
D) bread.
E) peanuts.
24) Microorganisms areinvolved in all of the following EXCEPT
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A) production of medicinal products.
B) food production.
C) pollution cleanup.
D) converting nitrogen to a form useful to plants.
E) There are no exceptions here. There are microorganisms that participate in each of
these activities.
25) Bioremediation refers to
A) rehabilitating wayward pathogenic bacteria.
B) using bacteria to clean up environmental pollutants.
C) development of new vaccines.
D) monitoring newly discovered disease organisms.
E) destroying organisms causing infectious diseases.
26) Which of the following about the Golden Age of Medical Microbiology is FALSE?
A) It started with the development of the first microscopes.
B) It occurred during the late 1800s to the early 1900s.
C) It is a time when the knowledge of bacteria and work with them expanded.
D) It was the time when people realized that diseases could be caused by invisible
agents.
E) It was a time when several major advances were made in microbiology.
27) Which of the following statements about newly emerging or reemerging diseases is
FALSE?
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A) They may be caused by changing lifestyles.
B) Examples include hepatitis C, Ebola disease and COVID-19.
C) They may result from a breakdown in sanitation and social order.
D) They are all caused by drug-resistant pathogens.
E) They may result when microbes evolve and develop new characteristics.
28) Lyme disease is an example of a disease that is due to
A) increased interaction between humans and tick-carrying animals.
B) failure to effectively vaccinate children.
C) a mutation in the human genome.
D) climate change leading to a significantly greater mosquito population.
E) an increase in the number of people travelling to Asia and Africa.
29) The outbreak of measles within the last few years is due to
A) mutation of the measles virus.
B) change in the environment and climate.
C) a decline in vaccination of children in the previous years.
D) increase in sensitivity of detection techniques.
E) emergence of novel measles viruses.
30) Which of the statements regarding smallpox is TRUE?
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A) Smallpox has been eliminated as a naturally occurring infection in human beings
through vaccination.
B) Smallpox still occasionally occurs in developing countries though failure to
vaccinate everyone.
C) Smallpox outbreaks sometimes occur in chimpanzee populations but seldom kills the
animals.
D) Smallpox outbreaks sometimes occur in chimpanzee populations and kills all the
animals affected.
E) Smallpox continues to be a common, naturally occurring infection in human beings.
31) Smallpox
A) has occurred in a few countries since 1977.
B) has little potential as a weapon of bioterrorism.
C) has not occurredanywhere in the word since 1977.
D) very seldom kills people, but does scar them.
E) is an emerging infectious disease.
32) Ulcers, previously thought to be caused by stress, are in fact often caused by
A) a bacterial infection.
B) an insufficient diet.
C) a genetic mutation.
D) a fungal pathogen.
E) a viral infection.
33) Bacteria are useful to study because
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