Test Bank For Microbiology by OpenStax 23rd Edition by Nina Parker, Mark Schneegurt, Anh-Hue Thi Tu,

TEST BANK FOR OPEXSTAX MICROBIOLOGY QUEST
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IONS AND SOLUTIONS.ALL CHAPTERS INCLUDED
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Chapterb1:bAnbInvisiblebWorld

*b=bCorrectbanswerbMultipl

ebChoice

1. Yeastsbarebwhichbofbthebfollowing?
A. abtypebofbalgae
B. abtypebofbprotist
C. anybunicellularbmicrobe
D. unicellularbfungi*

Difficulty:bModeratebASMbStandar
d:b20

3. Thebcellbwallsbofbarchaeansboftenbcontainbwhichbofbthebfollowingbsubstances?
A. cellulose
B. chitin
C. peptidoglycan
D. pseudopeptidoglycan*
bASMbStandard:b20




4. Whichbofbthebfollowingbisbnotbtruebofbarchaeans?bA.bSomebspeciesblivebonbthebhumanbbody.
B.b Theybarebgeneticallybdistinctbfrombbacteria.
C.b Theybarebonlybfoundbinbextremebenvironments.*
D.b Theybhavebsubstantialbmetabolicbdifferencesbfrombbacteria.

Difficulty:bDifficultbASM
bStandard:b20




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,Whichbofbthebfollowingbisbnotbtruebaboutbthebprocessbofbferment
ation?bA.bItbcanbhelpbpreservebfoods,bpreventingbspoilage.
B.bItbconvertsbsugarsbtoborganicbacids,balcohols,band/orbgasesbsuchbasbcarbonbdioxide.
C.bItbisbcarriedboutbexclusivelybbybunicellularbeukaryotesbsuchbasbyeast.*
D.bItbisbusedbtobmakebfoodsbsuchbasbcheesebandbbread.

Difficulty:bModerateb AS
MbStandard:b11,b23,b26
5. ThebRomansbmaybhavebreducedbtheirbriskbofbwaterbornebinfectiousbdiseasesbbybusingbwhichb
ofbthebfollowing?
A. abvarietybofbpharmaceuticalbproducts
B. aqueductsbandbabsewerbsystem*
C. prophylacticbantibiotics
D. quarantinebofbpeoplebwithbleprosy

bDifficulty:bModerate

ASMbStandard:b23

6. ForbwhichbofbthebfollowingbisbThucydidesbknown?
A. developingbanbeffectivebsewerbsystembinbancientbGreece,bhelpingbtobreduceblevelsbofb
diseasebinbcities
B. observingbmicrobes,busingbabmicroscope,bforbthebfirstbtime,bevenbdistinguishingbbetweenb
bacteriabandbfungi
C. proposingbthatbdiseasebwasbcausedbbybmicroorganisms
D. realizingbthatbpeoplebwhobhadbbeenbinfectedbbybthebAthenianbplaguebhadbimmunitybtob
reinfection*

Difficulty:bModeratebAS
MbStandard:b23,b31

7. ErnstbHaeckelbproposedbabclassificationbsystembconsistingbofbwhichbofbthebfollowingb
subgroups?bA.bfivebkingdoms
B.b fourbkingdoms*
C.b twobdomainsbandbthreebkingdoms
D.b twobdomainsbandbfivebkingdoms

Difficulty:bModeratebASMbStandar
d:bN/A




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,8. Virusesbnotbincludedbinbphylogeneticbtreesbforbwhichbofbthebfollowingbreasons?bA.bItbisbtoob
difficultbtobobservebtheirbcharacteristics.
B.b Theybarebacellularbandbnonliving.*
C.b Theybdobnotbhavebanybgenes,bwhichbpreventsbgeneticbanalysis.
D.b Theyblackbabnucleus.

Difficulty:bModeratebASMbStandar
d:b5

9. Whichbisbthebbestbdescriptionbofbthebprimarybpurposebofbabphylogeny?bA.bPhylogeniesbshowb
allbthebalterativebnamesbforbeachbspecies.
B.b Phylogeniesbshowballbthebcommonbnamesbforbeachbspecies.
C.b Phylogeniesbshowbevolutionarybrelatednessbbetweenborganisms.*
D.b Phylogeniesbshowbinteractionsbbetweenbspeciesbinbabsharedbhabitat.

Difficulty:bModeratebASMbStandar
d:b5

10. Currentbphylogeneticbanalysesbincludebwhichbofbthebfollowing?
A. informationbfrombabrangebofbsources,bincludingbmorphological,bgenetic,bandbbiochemicalb
data*
B. informationbonbvisiblebsimilaritiesbonly
C. informationbregardingbhowbtobclassifyborganismsbonbthebbasisbofbexternalbmorphologicalb
characteristicsbandbvisiblebbehaviors
D. variedbmorphologicalbandbstructuralbcharacteristics,bwithbpreferencebforbleavingbhistoricalb
classificationsbtobpreventbconfusion

Difficulty:bModeratebASMbStandar
d:b5

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

Difficulty:bModeratebASMbStandar
d:bN/A

12. Horizontalbgenebtransferbinvolvesbwhichbofbthebfollowing?
A. anybtransferbofbgenesbinbablaboratorybsetting


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, B. thebtransferbofbgenesbfrombabvirusbtobabbacteriumborbvicebversabbutbnotbanybotherbformbofb
genebtransfer
C. thebtransferbofbgenesbfrombonebindividualbtobanother,bincludingbfrombonebspeciesbtob
another,bbutbnotbfrombparentbtoboffspring*bD.bthebtransferbofbgenesbfrombparentbtob
offspring

Difficulty:bModerate

bASMbStandard:b2,b4

13. Bacteriabarebgenerallybidentifiedbtobspeciesbbybusingbwhichbofbthebfollowing?
A. abcombinationbofbgenetic,bbiochemical,bandbmicroscopicbapproaches*
B. abcombinationbofbmicroscopicbandbphysiologicalbapproaches,bbutbnotbgenetics
C. primarilybcharacteristicsbsuchbasbmotilitybthatbcanbbebvisualizedbusingbmicroscopy
D. primarilybmorphologicalbcharacteristicsbofbindividualbcells

Difficulty:bModeratebAS
MbStandard:b34,b36
14. Forbtaxonomicbclassificationbofbmicrobes,bserologicalbtestsbtypicallybarebusedbtobdobwhichbofb
thebfollowing?
A. determinebcompletebgenomebsequencesbforbmicrobes
B. identifybproteinsbonbthebbasisbofbtheirbreactionbwithbspecificbantibodies*
C. runbanalysesbtobidentifybwhetherbparticularbgenesbarebpresent
D. visualizebmicrobialbexternalbmorphology

Difficulty:bModeratebAS
MbStandard:b34,b36

Whichbofbthebfollowingbisbtruebofbthebmicrobialbworld?bA.bAllbmicr
obesbarebharmful.
B.b Humansbcouldbsurvivebwithoutbmicrobes.
C.b Manybmicrobesbarebhelpful.*D.bMostbmicrobesbarebpathog
enic.

Difficulty:bEasy
ASMbStandard:b23,b24

15. Whichbofbthebfollowingbisbwhenbhumansbfirstbsuspectedbthebexistencebofbmicrobes?
A. duringbthebIndustrialbRevolution
B. inbprehistoricbtimes*
C. inbtheblastbcentury


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