OPENSTAX MICROBIOLOGY TEST BANK OPENSTAX
MICROBIOLOGY THIS TEST BANK COVERS ALL CHAPTERS
1-26 OF THE BOOK, ANSWERED LATEST
EDITION
Chapter c1: cAn cInvisible cWorld
* c = cCorrect
canswercMultiple
cChoice
1. Which cof cthe cfollowing cis ctrue cof cthe cmicrobial cworld?
A. All cmicrobes care charmful.
B. Humans ccould csurvive cwithout cmicrobes.
C. Many cmicrobes care chelpful.*
D. Most cmicrobes care cpathogenic.
Difficulty: cEasy
ASM cStandard: c23, c24
2. Which cof cthe cfollowing cis cwhen chumans cfirst csuspected cthe cexistence cof cmicrobes?
A. during cthe cIndustrial cRevolution
B. in cprehistoric ctimes*
C. in cthe clast ccentury
D. within cthe clast c500 cyears
Difficulty: cEasy
cASM cStandard:
c23
3. Which cindividual cfirst cobserved cunicellular corganisms, cwhich che
ccalledc“animalcules,” cusing ca cmicroscope che cdeveloped?
A. Robert cKoch
B. Louis cPasteur
C. Thucydides
D. Antonie cvan cLeeuwenhoek*
Difficulty: cEasy
, cASM cStandard:
c6
4. To creduce cthe crisk cof copen cflame cfrom cBunsen cburners,
cmicrobiologists carecincreasingly cusing cwhich cof cthe cfollowing cdevices
cfor ceasy, crapid cbenchtop csterilization cof csmall cpieces cof cequipment?
A. autoclaves
B. ethylene coxide
C. incubators
D. microincinerators*
Difficulty: cEasy
cASM cStandard:
c36
,5. The cSwedish cbotanist cknown cfor chaving cdeveloped can cimportant
cbiologicalcclassification csystem cis cwhich cof cthe cfollowing cpeople?
A. Ernst cHaeckel
B. Carolus cLinnaeus*
C. Louis cPasteur
D. Robert cWhittaker
Difficulty: cEasy
cASM cStandard:
cN/A
6. Which ckingdom cwas cthe conly cone cfound cin cEmpire cProkaryota?
A. Animalia
B. Fungi
C. Monera*
D. Protista
Difficulty: cEasy
cASM cStandard:
cN/A
7. Which care cthe cthree ccurrently caccepted cdomains?
A. Archaea, cBacteria, cand cEukarya*
B. Archaea, cProkaryota, cand cEukaryota
C. Bacteria, cFungi, cand cProtista
D. Bacteria, cProkaryota, cand cEukarya
Difficulty: cEasy
cASM cStandard:
cN/A
8. Which ctwo ctaxonomic cunits care ctypically cused cto cidentify can corganism cwhen
cusingcbinomial cnomenclature?
A. domain cand ckingdom
B. genus cand cfamily
C. genus cand cspecies*
D. phylum cand cclass
Difficulty: cEasy
cASM cStandard:
cN/A
9. Which cof cthe cfollowing cis cnot ctrue cabout cthe cprocess cof cfermentation?
A. It ccan chelp cpreserve cfoods, cpreventing cspoilage.
B. It cconverts csugars cto corganic cacids, calcohols, cand/or cgases csuch cas ccarbon cdioxide.
C. It cis ccarried cout cexclusively cby cunicellular ceukaryotes csuch cas cyeast.*
D. It cis cused cto cmake cfoods csuch cas ccheese cand cbread.
Difficulty: cModerate
ASM cStandard: c11, c23, c26
, 10. The cRomans cmay chave creduced ctheir crisk cof cwaterborne cinfectious cdiseases cby
cusingcwhich cof cthe cfollowing?
A. a cvariety cof cpharmaceutical cproducts
B. aqueducts cand ca csewer csystem*
C. prophylactic cantibiotics
D. quarantine cof cpeople cwith cleprosy
Difficulty:
cModeratecASM
cStandard: c23
11. For cwhich cof cthe cfollowing cis cThucydides cknown?
A. developing can ceffective csewer csystem cin cancient cGreece, chelping cto
creduceclevels cof cdisease cin ccities
B. observing cmicrobes, cusing ca cmicroscope, cfor cthe cfirst ctime, ceven
cdistinguishingcbetween cbacteria cand cfungi
C. proposing cthat cdisease cwas ccaused cby cmicroorganisms
D. realizing cthat cpeople cwho chad cbeen cinfected cby cthe cAthenian
cplague chadcimmunity cto creinfection*
Difficulty: cModerate
cASM cStandard: c23,
c31
12. Ernst cHaeckel cproposed ca cclassification csystem cconsisting cof cwhich
cof cthecfollowing csubgroups?
A. five ckingdoms
B. four ckingdoms*
C. two cdomains cand cthree ckingdoms
D. two cdomains cand cfive ckingdoms
Difficulty:
cModeratecASM
cStandard: cN/A
13. Viruses cnot cincluded cin cphylogenetic ctrees cfor cwhich cof cthe cfollowing creasons?
A. It cis ctoo cdifficult cto cobserve ctheir ccharacteristics.
B. They care cacellular cand cnonliving.*
C. They cdo cnot chave cany cgenes, cwhich cprevents cgenetic canalysis.
D. They clack ca cnucleus.
Difficulty:
cModeratecASM
cStandard: c5
14. Which cis cthe cbest cdescription cof cthe cprimary cpurpose cof ca cphylogeny?
A. Phylogenies cshow call cthe calterative cnames cfor ceach cspecies.
B. Phylogenies cshow call cthe ccommon cnames cfor ceach cspecies.
C. Phylogenies cshow cevolutionary crelatedness cbetween corganisms.*
MICROBIOLOGY THIS TEST BANK COVERS ALL CHAPTERS
1-26 OF THE BOOK, ANSWERED LATEST
EDITION
Chapter c1: cAn cInvisible cWorld
* c = cCorrect
canswercMultiple
cChoice
1. Which cof cthe cfollowing cis ctrue cof cthe cmicrobial cworld?
A. All cmicrobes care charmful.
B. Humans ccould csurvive cwithout cmicrobes.
C. Many cmicrobes care chelpful.*
D. Most cmicrobes care cpathogenic.
Difficulty: cEasy
ASM cStandard: c23, c24
2. Which cof cthe cfollowing cis cwhen chumans cfirst csuspected cthe cexistence cof cmicrobes?
A. during cthe cIndustrial cRevolution
B. in cprehistoric ctimes*
C. in cthe clast ccentury
D. within cthe clast c500 cyears
Difficulty: cEasy
cASM cStandard:
c23
3. Which cindividual cfirst cobserved cunicellular corganisms, cwhich che
ccalledc“animalcules,” cusing ca cmicroscope che cdeveloped?
A. Robert cKoch
B. Louis cPasteur
C. Thucydides
D. Antonie cvan cLeeuwenhoek*
Difficulty: cEasy
, cASM cStandard:
c6
4. To creduce cthe crisk cof copen cflame cfrom cBunsen cburners,
cmicrobiologists carecincreasingly cusing cwhich cof cthe cfollowing cdevices
cfor ceasy, crapid cbenchtop csterilization cof csmall cpieces cof cequipment?
A. autoclaves
B. ethylene coxide
C. incubators
D. microincinerators*
Difficulty: cEasy
cASM cStandard:
c36
,5. The cSwedish cbotanist cknown cfor chaving cdeveloped can cimportant
cbiologicalcclassification csystem cis cwhich cof cthe cfollowing cpeople?
A. Ernst cHaeckel
B. Carolus cLinnaeus*
C. Louis cPasteur
D. Robert cWhittaker
Difficulty: cEasy
cASM cStandard:
cN/A
6. Which ckingdom cwas cthe conly cone cfound cin cEmpire cProkaryota?
A. Animalia
B. Fungi
C. Monera*
D. Protista
Difficulty: cEasy
cASM cStandard:
cN/A
7. Which care cthe cthree ccurrently caccepted cdomains?
A. Archaea, cBacteria, cand cEukarya*
B. Archaea, cProkaryota, cand cEukaryota
C. Bacteria, cFungi, cand cProtista
D. Bacteria, cProkaryota, cand cEukarya
Difficulty: cEasy
cASM cStandard:
cN/A
8. Which ctwo ctaxonomic cunits care ctypically cused cto cidentify can corganism cwhen
cusingcbinomial cnomenclature?
A. domain cand ckingdom
B. genus cand cfamily
C. genus cand cspecies*
D. phylum cand cclass
Difficulty: cEasy
cASM cStandard:
cN/A
9. Which cof cthe cfollowing cis cnot ctrue cabout cthe cprocess cof cfermentation?
A. It ccan chelp cpreserve cfoods, cpreventing cspoilage.
B. It cconverts csugars cto corganic cacids, calcohols, cand/or cgases csuch cas ccarbon cdioxide.
C. It cis ccarried cout cexclusively cby cunicellular ceukaryotes csuch cas cyeast.*
D. It cis cused cto cmake cfoods csuch cas ccheese cand cbread.
Difficulty: cModerate
ASM cStandard: c11, c23, c26
, 10. The cRomans cmay chave creduced ctheir crisk cof cwaterborne cinfectious cdiseases cby
cusingcwhich cof cthe cfollowing?
A. a cvariety cof cpharmaceutical cproducts
B. aqueducts cand ca csewer csystem*
C. prophylactic cantibiotics
D. quarantine cof cpeople cwith cleprosy
Difficulty:
cModeratecASM
cStandard: c23
11. For cwhich cof cthe cfollowing cis cThucydides cknown?
A. developing can ceffective csewer csystem cin cancient cGreece, chelping cto
creduceclevels cof cdisease cin ccities
B. observing cmicrobes, cusing ca cmicroscope, cfor cthe cfirst ctime, ceven
cdistinguishingcbetween cbacteria cand cfungi
C. proposing cthat cdisease cwas ccaused cby cmicroorganisms
D. realizing cthat cpeople cwho chad cbeen cinfected cby cthe cAthenian
cplague chadcimmunity cto creinfection*
Difficulty: cModerate
cASM cStandard: c23,
c31
12. Ernst cHaeckel cproposed ca cclassification csystem cconsisting cof cwhich
cof cthecfollowing csubgroups?
A. five ckingdoms
B. four ckingdoms*
C. two cdomains cand cthree ckingdoms
D. two cdomains cand cfive ckingdoms
Difficulty:
cModeratecASM
cStandard: cN/A
13. Viruses cnot cincluded cin cphylogenetic ctrees cfor cwhich cof cthe cfollowing creasons?
A. It cis ctoo cdifficult cto cobserve ctheir ccharacteristics.
B. They care cacellular cand cnonliving.*
C. They cdo cnot chave cany cgenes, cwhich cprevents cgenetic canalysis.
D. They clack ca cnucleus.
Difficulty:
cModeratecASM
cStandard: c5
14. Which cis cthe cbest cdescription cof cthe cprimary cpurpose cof ca cphylogeny?
A. Phylogenies cshow call cthe calterative cnames cfor ceach cspecies.
B. Phylogenies cshow call cthe ccommon cnames cfor ceach cspecies.
C. Phylogenies cshow cevolutionary crelatedness cbetween corganisms.*
