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John Foster & Joan Slonczewski, All Chapter 1 - 28
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,CHAPTER 1: Microbial Life: Origin and Discovery
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MULTIPLEhCHOICE

1. Viruseshare:
a. infectioushagentshthathinfecthmulti-cellularhorganisms
b. noncellularhparticleshthathtakehoverhthehmetabolismhofhahcellhtohgeneratehmorehvirushparti
cles
c. pathogenshthathreplicatehinhcomplexhgrowthhmedia
d. cellularhparticleshthathbelonghtohtheharchaeahdomain
e. microbeshthathconsisthofhlipidhmembranehenclosedhgenomes
ANS:h B DIF: Easy REF:hhh1.1 TOP:h I.Ah|hI.B
MSC:h Remembering

2. AnalysishofhDNAhsequenceshreveals:
a. thehancienthconvergencehofhtwohcellhtypes,hi.e.,hprokaryoteshandheukaryotes
b. prokaryoteshandheukaryoteshevolvedhfromhahcommonhancestralhcell
c. thathbacteriahsharehcommonhancestorhwithharchaea,hbuthnothwithheukarya
d. prokaryotesharehcellshwithhahnucleus
e. thehgenomehofhHaemophilushinfluenzaehhashabouth2hbillionhbasehpairs
ANS:h B DIF: Easy REF:hhh1.1 TOP:h I.Ah|hI.B
MSC:h Remembering

3. WhichhofhthesehgroupsharehconsideredhtohbehmicrobeshbuthNOThconsideredhtohbehcells?
a. viruses d. protists
b. bacteria e. filamentoushfungi
c. archaea
ANS:h A DIF: Easy REF:hhh1.1 TOP:h I.A.i
MSC:h Remembering

4. Ahmicrobehishcommonlyhdefinedhas:
a. ahvirushthathrequireshahmicroscopehtohbehseen
b. ahbacteriumhthathrequireshahmicroscopehtohbehseen
c. ahsingle-cellularhprokaryotehthathrequireshahmicroscopehtohbehseen
d. ahmulticellularheukaryotehthathrequireshahmicroscopehtohbehseen
e. ahlivinghorganismhthathrequireshahmicroscopehtohbehseen
ANS:h E DIF: Easy REF:hhh1.1 TOP:h I.A.ih|hI.A.ii
MSC:h Remembering

5. WhichhonehofhthehfollowinghstatementshregardinghmicrobialhcellshishNOThtrue?
a. Microbialhcellshacquirehfood,hgainhenergyhtohbuildhthemselves,handhrespondhto
environmentalhchange.

, b. Mosthsingle-celledhorganismshrequirehahmicroscopehtohrenderhthemhvisible,hbuthsome
bacterialhcellsharehlargehenoughhtohbehseenhwithhnakedheyes.
c. Microbeshfunctionhashindividualhentities.
d. Manyhmicrobeshformhcomplexhmulticellularhassemblages.
e. Virusesharehnothconsideredhashmicrobialhcells.
ANS:h C DIF: Easy REF:hhh1.1 TOP:h I.A.ih|hI.A.ii
MSC:h Remembering

6. WhichhofhthehfollowinghstatementshishFALSE?
a. Ahgenomehishthehtotalhgenetichinformationhcontainedhinhanhorganism’shchromosomalhDNA.
b. Ifhahmicrobe’shgenomehincludeshgeneshforhnitrogenase,hthathmicrobehprobablyhcanhfixhnitrogen.

c. ByhcomparinghDNAhsequenceshofhdifferenthorganisms,hwehcanhfigurehouthhowhclosely
relatedhtheyhare.
d. FredhSangerhdevelopedhthehfirsthapplicablehDNAhsequencinghmethod.
e. FredhSangerhcompletedhthehsequenceshofhHaemophilushinfluenzae.
ANS:h E DIF: Easy REF:hhh1.1 TOP:h I.B
MSC:h Remembering

7. Thehfirsthcellularhgenomeshtohbehsequencedhwerehthosehof:
a. humans d. prions
b. bacteria e. fungi
c. viruses
ANS:h B DIF: Easy REF:hhh1.1 TOP:h I.B.i
MSC:h Remembering

8. ThehenvironmenthofhearlyhEarthhmayhhavehcontainedhallhofhthehfollowinghEXCEPT:
a. ferroushiron d. oxygen
b. methane e. hydrogenhgas
c. ammonia
ANS:h D DIF: Easy
REF:hSpecialhTopich1.1hTOP:h II.D
MSC:h Remembering

9. Thehdevelopmenthofhthehtheoryhofhtheh―RNAhworld‖hresultedhfromhthehdiscoveryhof:
a. archaea d. ribozymes
b. prions e. endosymbionts
c. bacteria
ANS:h D DIF: Medium
REF:hSpecialhTopich1.1hTOP:h II.D
MSC:h Remembering

10. Whichhmicrobeshmayhresemblehthosehofhthehearliesthlifehforms?
a. archaea d. cyanobacteria
b. photosynthetichalgae e. protists
c. viruses
ANS:h A DIF: Medium
REF:hSpecialhTopich1.1hTOP:h II.D
MSC:h Remembering

11. Earlyhmetabolismhmayhhavehbeenhcatalyzedhby:
a. DNA d. aminohacids
b. RNA e. carbohydrates