Brock Biology of Microorganisms 16th Edition Test Bank by Madigan, All Chapters Covered

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Chapter 1 The Microbial World ln ln ln ln




1.1 Multiple Choice Questions ln ln




1) Which of the following statements is FALSE?
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A) Microbial cells can exist as single cells.
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B) Microbial cells carry out their life processes of growth independently.
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C) Microbial cells include both bacteria and viruses.
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D) Microbial cells are surrounded by a plasma membrane.
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2) Which of the following statements is correct?
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A) Microorganisms are significant contributors to the total biomass on Earth.
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B) Microorganisms represent a much smaller amount of Earth’s biomass than plants.
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C) Microorganisms represent a much smaller amount of Earth’s biomass than animals.
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D) Microorganisms are significant in number, but not in overall biomass.
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3) Differential selection and reproduction of phenotypes occurs during a process called
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A) cellular differentiation.
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B) evolution.
C) growth.
D) transformation.




4) In what/which domain(s) of life is/are microorganisms represented?
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A) Archaea
B) Bacteria

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C) Eukarya
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5)
Biological catalysts involved in the acceleration of the rate of chemical reactions are call
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D) enzymes.




6) Regarding early life on Earth ln ln ln ln




A) microbial life existed for billions of years before plant and animal life.
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B)
microbial life existed long before animals but has been around for about the same amoun
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t of time as plants.
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C) microbial life, plant life, and animal life all appeared at about the same time.
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D) it is impossible to determine which type of life first appeared.
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7) The person who described the “wee animalcules” was
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B) Antoni van Leeuwenhoek. ln ln




C) Louis Pasteur. ln




D) Ferdinand Cohn. ln




Chapter Section: 1.5
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8) Walther Hesse and ln ln pioneered the use of agar as a solidifying agent.
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A) Louis Pasteur
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C) Robert Koch ln




D) Sergei Winogradsky
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9) Which of the following is/are characteristic of all cellular organisms?
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A) communication
B) evolution
C) motility
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10) Deduce why viruses are excluded from the ribosomal RNA—based tree of life.
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A) Some viruses contain multiple strands of RNA.
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B) Their genetic elements cannot be sequenced.
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C) They can infect other organisms, which complicates the genetic comparisons.
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D) They lack ribosomal RNA (rRNA).
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11) Louis Pasteur developed the vaccine(s) for
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A) anthrax only. ln




B) fowl cholera only.
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C) rabies only.ln




D) anthrax, fowl cholera, and rabies.
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