OPENSTAX MICROBIOLOGY TEST BANK OpenStax
Microbiology THIS TEST BANK COVERS ALL CHAPTERS
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Chapter |1: |An |Invisible |World
* | = |Correct |answer
Multiple |Choice
|
1. Which |of |the |following |is |true |of |the |microbial |world?
A. All |microbes |are |harmful.
B. Humans |could |survive |without |microbes.
C. Many |microbes |are |helpful.*
D. Most |microbes |are |pathogenic.
Difficulty: |Easy
ASM |Standard: |23, |24
2. Which |of |the |following |is |when |humans |first |suspected |the |existence |of |microbes?
A. during |the |Industrial |Revolution
B. in |prehistoric |times*
C. in |the |last |century
D. within |the |last |500 |years
Difficulty: |Easy
|ASM |Standard: |23
3. Which |individual |first |observed |unicellular |organisms, |which |he |called
|“animalcules,” |using |a |microscope |he |developed?
A. Robert |Koch
B. Louis |Pasteur
C. Thucydides
D. Antonie |van |Leeuwenhoek*
Difficulty: |Easy
|ASM |Standard: |6
4. To |reduce |the |risk |of |open |flame |from |Bunsen |burners, |microbiologists |are
|increasingly |using |which |of |the |following |devices |for |easy, |rapid |benchtop
|sterilization |of |small |pieces |of |equipment?
A. autoclaves
B. ethylene |oxide
C. incubators
D. microincinerators*
,Difficulty: |Easy
|ASM |Standard: |36
,5. The |Swedish |botanist |known |for |having |developed |an |important |biological
|classification |system |is |which |of |the |following |people?
A. Ernst |Haeckel
B. Carolus |Linnaeus*
C. Louis |Pasteur
D. Robert |Whittaker
Difficulty: |Easy
|ASM |Standard: |N/A
6. Which |kingdom |was |the |only |one |found |in |Empire |Prokaryota?
A. Animalia
B. Fungi
C. Monera*
D. Protista
Difficulty: |Easy
|ASM |Standard: |N/A
7. Which |are |the |three |currently |accepted |domains?
A. Archaea, |Bacteria, |and |Eukarya*
B. Archaea, |Prokaryota, |and |Eukaryota
C. Bacteria, |Fungi, |and |Protista
D. Bacteria, |Prokaryota, |and |Eukarya
Difficulty: |Easy
|ASM |Standard: |N/A
8. Which |two |taxonomic |units |are |typically |used |to |identify |an |organism |when |using
|binomial |nomenclature?
A. domain |and |kingdom
B. genus |and |family
C. genus |and |species*
D. phylum |and |class
Difficulty: |Easy
|ASM |Standard: |N/A
9. Which |of |the |following |is |not |true |about |the |process |of |fermentation?
A. It |can |help |preserve |foods, |preventing |spoilage.
B. It |converts |sugars |to |organic |acids, |alcohols, |and/or |gases |such |as |carbon |dioxide.
C. It |is |carried |out |exclusively |by |unicellular |eukaryotes |such |as |yeast.*
D. It |is |used |to |make |foods |such |as |cheese |and |bread.
Difficulty: |Moderate
ASM |Standard: |11, |23, |26
, 10. The |Romans |may |have |reduced |their |risk |of |waterborne |infectious |diseases |by |using
|which |of |the |following?
A. a |variety |of |pharmaceutical |products
B. aqueducts |and |a |sewer |system*
C. prophylactic |antibiotics
D. quarantine |of |people |with |leprosy
Difficulty: |Moderate
|ASM |Standard: |23
11. For |which |of |the |following |is |Thucydides |known?
A. developing |an |effective |sewer |system |in |ancient |Greece, |helping |to |reduce
|levels |of |disease |in |cities
B. observing |microbes, |using |a |microscope, |for |the |first |time, |even |distinguishing
|between |bacteria |and |fungi
C. proposing |that |disease |was |caused |by |microorganisms
D. realizing |that |people |who |had |been |infected |by |the |Athenian |plague |had
|immunity |to |reinfection*
Difficulty: |Moderate
|ASM |Standard: |23, |31
12. Ernst |Haeckel |proposed |a |classification |system |consisting |of |which |of |the
|following |subgroups?
A. five |kingdoms
B. four |kingdoms*
C. two |domains |and |three |kingdoms
D. two |domains |and |five |kingdoms
Difficulty: |Moderate
|ASM |Standard: |N/A
13. Viruses |not |included |in |phylogenetic |trees |for |which |of |the |following |reasons?
A. It |is |too |difficult |to |observe |their |characteristics.
B. They |are |acellular |and |nonliving.*
C. They |do |not |have |any |genes, |which |prevents |genetic |analysis.
D. They |lack |a |nucleus.
Difficulty: |Moderate
|ASM |Standard: |5
14. Which |is |the |best |description |of |the |primary |purpose |of |a |phylogeny?
A. Phylogenies |show |all |the |alterative |names |for |each |species.
B. Phylogenies |show |all |the |common |names |for |each |species.
C. Phylogenies |show |evolutionary |relatedness |between |organisms.*
Microbiology THIS TEST BANK COVERS ALL CHAPTERS
1-26
Chapter |1: |An |Invisible |World
* | = |Correct |answer
Multiple |Choice
|
1. Which |of |the |following |is |true |of |the |microbial |world?
A. All |microbes |are |harmful.
B. Humans |could |survive |without |microbes.
C. Many |microbes |are |helpful.*
D. Most |microbes |are |pathogenic.
Difficulty: |Easy
ASM |Standard: |23, |24
2. Which |of |the |following |is |when |humans |first |suspected |the |existence |of |microbes?
A. during |the |Industrial |Revolution
B. in |prehistoric |times*
C. in |the |last |century
D. within |the |last |500 |years
Difficulty: |Easy
|ASM |Standard: |23
3. Which |individual |first |observed |unicellular |organisms, |which |he |called
|“animalcules,” |using |a |microscope |he |developed?
A. Robert |Koch
B. Louis |Pasteur
C. Thucydides
D. Antonie |van |Leeuwenhoek*
Difficulty: |Easy
|ASM |Standard: |6
4. To |reduce |the |risk |of |open |flame |from |Bunsen |burners, |microbiologists |are
|increasingly |using |which |of |the |following |devices |for |easy, |rapid |benchtop
|sterilization |of |small |pieces |of |equipment?
A. autoclaves
B. ethylene |oxide
C. incubators
D. microincinerators*
,Difficulty: |Easy
|ASM |Standard: |36
,5. The |Swedish |botanist |known |for |having |developed |an |important |biological
|classification |system |is |which |of |the |following |people?
A. Ernst |Haeckel
B. Carolus |Linnaeus*
C. Louis |Pasteur
D. Robert |Whittaker
Difficulty: |Easy
|ASM |Standard: |N/A
6. Which |kingdom |was |the |only |one |found |in |Empire |Prokaryota?
A. Animalia
B. Fungi
C. Monera*
D. Protista
Difficulty: |Easy
|ASM |Standard: |N/A
7. Which |are |the |three |currently |accepted |domains?
A. Archaea, |Bacteria, |and |Eukarya*
B. Archaea, |Prokaryota, |and |Eukaryota
C. Bacteria, |Fungi, |and |Protista
D. Bacteria, |Prokaryota, |and |Eukarya
Difficulty: |Easy
|ASM |Standard: |N/A
8. Which |two |taxonomic |units |are |typically |used |to |identify |an |organism |when |using
|binomial |nomenclature?
A. domain |and |kingdom
B. genus |and |family
C. genus |and |species*
D. phylum |and |class
Difficulty: |Easy
|ASM |Standard: |N/A
9. Which |of |the |following |is |not |true |about |the |process |of |fermentation?
A. It |can |help |preserve |foods, |preventing |spoilage.
B. It |converts |sugars |to |organic |acids, |alcohols, |and/or |gases |such |as |carbon |dioxide.
C. It |is |carried |out |exclusively |by |unicellular |eukaryotes |such |as |yeast.*
D. It |is |used |to |make |foods |such |as |cheese |and |bread.
Difficulty: |Moderate
ASM |Standard: |11, |23, |26
, 10. The |Romans |may |have |reduced |their |risk |of |waterborne |infectious |diseases |by |using
|which |of |the |following?
A. a |variety |of |pharmaceutical |products
B. aqueducts |and |a |sewer |system*
C. prophylactic |antibiotics
D. quarantine |of |people |with |leprosy
Difficulty: |Moderate
|ASM |Standard: |23
11. For |which |of |the |following |is |Thucydides |known?
A. developing |an |effective |sewer |system |in |ancient |Greece, |helping |to |reduce
|levels |of |disease |in |cities
B. observing |microbes, |using |a |microscope, |for |the |first |time, |even |distinguishing
|between |bacteria |and |fungi
C. proposing |that |disease |was |caused |by |microorganisms
D. realizing |that |people |who |had |been |infected |by |the |Athenian |plague |had
|immunity |to |reinfection*
Difficulty: |Moderate
|ASM |Standard: |23, |31
12. Ernst |Haeckel |proposed |a |classification |system |consisting |of |which |of |the
|following |subgroups?
A. five |kingdoms
B. four |kingdoms*
C. two |domains |and |three |kingdoms
D. two |domains |and |five |kingdoms
Difficulty: |Moderate
|ASM |Standard: |N/A
13. Viruses |not |included |in |phylogenetic |trees |for |which |of |the |following |reasons?
A. It |is |too |difficult |to |observe |their |characteristics.
B. They |are |acellular |and |nonliving.*
C. They |do |not |have |any |genes, |which |prevents |genetic |analysis.
D. They |lack |a |nucleus.
Difficulty: |Moderate
|ASM |Standard: |5
14. Which |is |the |best |description |of |the |primary |purpose |of |a |phylogeny?
A. Phylogenies |show |all |the |alterative |names |for |each |species.
B. Phylogenies |show |all |the |common |names |for |each |species.
C. Phylogenies |show |evolutionary |relatedness |between |organisms.*
