Test bank for openstax microbiology

TEST BANK FOR OPEXSTAX MICROBIOLOGY
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QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS.ALL CHAPTERSI
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Chaptern1:nAnnInvisiblenWorld

*n=nCorrectnanswern

MultiplenChoice

1. Yeastsnarenwhichnofnthenfollowing?
A. antypenofnalgae
B. antypenofnprotist
C. anynunicellularnmicrobe
D. unicellularnfungi*

Difficulty:nModeratenASMn
Standard:n20

3. Thencellnwallsnofnarchaeansnoftenncontainnwhichnofnthenfollowingnsubstances?
A. cellulose
B. chitin
C. peptidoglycan
D. pseudopeptidoglycan*n
ASMnStandard:n20

4. Whichnofnthenfollowingnisnnotntruenofnarchaeans?nA.nSomenspeciesnlivenonnthenhumannbody.
B. Theynarengeneticallyndistinctnfromnbacteria.
C. Theynarenonlynfoundninnextremenenvironments.*
D. Theynhavensubstantialnmetabolicndifferencesnfromnbacteria.

Difficulty:nDifficultnASMn
Standard:n20




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,Whichnofnthenfollowingnisnnotntruenaboutnthenprocessnofnfer
mentation?nA.nItncannhelpnpreservenfoods,npreventingnsp
oilage.
B. Itnconvertsnsugarsntonorganicnacids,nalcohols,nand/orngasesnsuchnasncarbonndioxide.
C. Itnisncarriednoutnexclusivelynbynunicellularneukaryotesnsuchnasnyeast.*
D. Itnisnusedntonmakenfoodsnsuchnasncheesenandnbread.

Difficulty:n ModeratenAS
MnStandard:n11,n23,n26
5. ThenRomansnmaynhavenreducedntheirnrisknofnwaterborneninfectiousndiseasesnbynusingnwhichn
ofnthenfollowing?
A. anvarietynofnpharmaceuticalnproducts
B. aqueductsnandnansewernsystem*
C. prophylacticnantibiotics
D. quarantinenofnpeoplenwithnleprosyn

Difficulty:nModerate

ASMnStandard:n23

6. FornwhichnofnthenfollowingnisnThucydidesnknown?
A. developingnanneffectivensewernsystemninnancientnGreece,nhelpingntonreducenlevelsnofn
diseaseninncities
B. observingnmicrobes,nusingnanmicroscope,nfornthenfirstntime,nevenndistinguishingnbetweenn
bacterianandnfungi
C. proposingnthatndiseasenwasncausednbynmicroorganisms
D. realizingnthatnpeoplenwhonhadnbeenninfectednbynthenAtheniannplaguenhadnimmunitynton
reinfection*

Difficulty:nModeraten
ASMnStandard:n23,n31

7. ErnstnHaeckelnproposednanclassificationnsystemnconsistingnofnwhichnofnthenfollowingn
subgroups?nA.nfivenkingdoms
B. fournkingdoms*
C. twondomainsnandnthreenkingdoms
D. twondomainsnandnfivenkingdoms

Difficulty:nModeratenASMn
Standard:nN/A



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,8. Virusesnnotnincludedninnphylogeneticntreesnfornwhichnofnthenfollowingnreasons?nA.nItnisntoon
difficultntonobserventheirncharacteristics.
B. Theynarenacellularnandnnonliving.*
C. Theyndonnotnhavenanyngenes,nwhichnpreventsngeneticnanalysis.
D. Theynlacknannucleus.

Difficulty:nModeratenASMn
Standard:n5

9. Whichnisnthenbestndescriptionnofnthenprimarynpurposenofnanphylogeny?nA.nPhylogeniesnshown
allnthenalterativennamesnforneachnspecies.
B. Phylogeniesnshownallnthencommonnnamesnforneachnspecies.
C. Phylogeniesnshownevolutionarynrelatednessnbetweennorganisms.*
D. Phylogeniesnshowninteractionsnbetweennspeciesninnansharednhabitat.

Difficulty:nModeratenASMn
Standard:n5

10. Currentnphylogeneticnanalysesnincludenwhichnofnthenfollowing?
A. informationnfromnanrangenofnsources,nincludingnmorphological,ngenetic,nandnbiochemicaln
data*
B. informationnonnvisiblensimilaritiesnonly
C. informationnregardingnhowntonclassifynorganismsnonnthenbasisnofnexternalnmorphologicaln
characteristicsnandnvisiblenbehaviors
D. variednmorphologicalnandnstructuralncharacteristics,nwithnpreferencenfornleavingnhistoricaln
classificationsntonpreventnconfusion

Difficulty:nModeratenASMn
Standard:n5

11. Diatomsnarenclassifiednwithinnwhichnofnthenfollowingndomains?
A. Archaea
B. Bacteria
C. Eukarya*
D. Prokaryota

Difficulty:nModeratenASMn
Standard:nN/A

12. Horizontalngenentransferninvolvesnwhichnofnthenfollowing?
A. anyntransfernofngenesninnanlaboratorynsetting


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, B. thentransfernofngenesnfromnanvirusntonanbacteriumnornvicenversanbutnnotnanynothernformnofn
genentransfer
C. thentransfernofngenesnfromnonenindividualntonanother,nincludingnfromnonenspeciesnton
another,nbutnnotnfromnparentntonoffspring*nD.nthentransfernofngenesnfromnparentnton
offspring

Difficulty:nModeraten

ASMnStandard:n2,n4

13. Bacterianarengenerallynidentifiedntonspeciesnbynusingnwhichnofnthenfollowing?
A. ancombinationnofngenetic,nbiochemical,nandnmicroscopicnapproaches*
B. ancombinationnofnmicroscopicnandnphysiologicalnapproaches,nbutnnotngenetics
C. primarilyncharacteristicsnsuchnasnmotilitynthatncannbenvisualizednusingnmicroscopy
D. primarilynmorphologicalncharacteristicsnofnindividualncells

Difficulty:nModeraten
ASMnStandard:n34,n36
14. Forntaxonomicnclassificationnofnmicrobes,nserologicalntestsntypicallynarenusedntondonwhichnofn
thenfollowing?
A. determinencompletengenomensequencesnfornmicrobes
B. identifynproteinsnonnthenbasisnofntheirnreactionnwithnspecificnantibodies*
C. runnanalysesntonidentifynwhethernparticularngenesnarenpresent
D. visualizenmicrobialnexternalnmorphology

Difficulty:nModeratenAS
MnStandard:n34,n36

Whichnofnthenfollowingnisntruenofnthenmicrobialnworld?nA.nAlln
microbesnarenharmful.
B.n Humansncouldnsurvivenwithoutnmicrobes.
C.n Manynmicrobesnarenhelpful.*D.nMostnmicrobesnaren
pathogenic.

Difficulty:nEasy
ASMnStandard:n23,n24

15. Whichnofnthenfollowingnisnwhennhumansnfirstnsuspectednthenexistencenofnmicrobes?
A. duringnthenIndustrialnRevolution
B. innprehistoricntimes*
C. innthenlastncentury


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