TEST BANK FOR BROCK BIOLOGY OF MICROORGANISMS MADIGAN 13TH EDITION
Exam Name___________________________________ MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1) Which statement is generally NOT true? A) Microbial cells exist as single cells. B) Microbial cells exclude the cells of plants and animals. C) Microbial cells include both bacteria and viruses. D) Microbial cells carry out their life processes of growth independently. 1) 2) Basic microbiology can be used to A) model our understanding of cellular processes in multicellular organisms, including humans. B) probe the fundamental processes of life. C) study characteristics of cells of multicellular organisms. D) do all of the above. 2) 3) Applied microbiology deals with important practical problems in A) medicine. B) industry. C) agriculture. D) all of the above. 3) 4) The largest mass of living material on Earth comes from A) animals. B) plants. C) microorganisms. D) plants and animals together. 4) 5) Differential selection and reproduction of phenotypes occurs during a process called A) cellular differentiation. B) growth. C) transformation. D) evolution. 5) 6) In what/which domain(s) of life is/are microorganisms represented? A) Bacteria B) Archaea C) Eukarya D) all of the above 6) 7) A specific molecule, used especially by evolutionary biologists, that is unique to a particular taxonomical group is called a A) biomarker. B) taxon. C) metabolic tracer. D) genome. 7) 8) Protein catalysts involved in the acceleration of the rate of chemical reactions are called A) enzymes. B) growth agents. C) evolutionary molecules. D) catalytic converters. 8) 9) Regarding early life on Earth, A) microbial life existed for billions of years before plant and animal life. B) microbial life, plant life, and animal life all appeared at about the same time. C) microbial life existed long before animals but has been around for about the same amount of time as plants. D) it is impossible to determine which type of life first appeared. 9)
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