Test Bank for Microbiology Evolving Science 3rd Edition Slonczewski Foster

MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Viruses are: a. infectious agents that infect multi-cellular organisms b. noncellular particles that take over the metabolism of a cell to generate more virus particles c. pathogens that replicate in complex growth media d. cellular particles that belong to the archaea domain e. microbes that consist of lipid membrane enclosed genomes ANS: B DIF: Easy REF: 1.1 TOP: I.A | I.B MSC: Remembering 2. Analysis of DNA sequences reveals: a. the ancient convergence of two cell types, i.e., prokaryotes and eukaryotes b. prokaryotes and eukaryotes evolved from a common ancestral cell c. that bacteria share common ancestor with archaea, but not with eukarya d. prokaryotes are cells with a nucleus e. the genome of Haemophilus influenzae has about 2 billion base pairs ANS: B DIF: Easy REF: 1.1 TOP: I.A | I.B MSC: Remembering