Test Bank for Microbiology by OpenStax , 1st Edition by Nina Parker, 9781938168147, Covering Chapters 1-26 | Includes Rationales

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Chapter i1: iAn iInvisible iWorld

* i= iCorrect ianswer

Multiple iChoice
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1. Which iof ithe ifollowing iis itrue iof ithe imicrobial iworld?
A. All imicrobes iare iharmful.
B. Humans icould isurvive iwithout imicrobes.
C. Many imicrobes iare ihelpful.*
D. Most imicrobes iare ipathogenic.

Difficulty: iEasy
ASM iStandard: i23, i24

2. Which iof ithe ifollowing iis iwhen ihumans ifirst isuspected ithe iexistence iof imicrobes?
A. during ithe iIndustrial iRevolution
B. in iprehistoric itimes*
C. in ithe ilast icentury
D. within ithe ilast i500 iyears

Difficulty: iEasy
iASM iStandard:

i23




3. Which iindividual ifirst iobserved iunicellular iorganisms, iwhich ihe icalled i“animalcules,”
iusingia imicroscope ihe ideveloped?

A. Robert iKoch
B. Louis iPasteur
C. Thucydides
D. Antonie ivan iLeeuwenhoek*

Difficulty: iEasy
iASM iStandard:

i6




4. To ireduce ithe irisk iof iopen iflame ifrom iBunsen iburners, imicrobiologists iare iincreasingly
iusingiwhich iof ithe ifollowing idevices ifor ieasy, irapid ibenchtop isterilization iof ismall ipieces

iof iequipment?

A. autoclaves
B. ethylene ioxide
C. incubators
D. microincinerators*

Difficulty: iEasy
iASM iStandard:

i36



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5. The iSwedish ibotanist iknown ifor ihaving ideveloped ian iimportant ibiological
iclassificationisystem iis iwhich iof ithe ifollowing ipeople?

A. Ernst iHaeckel
B. Carolus iLinnaeus*
C. Louis iPasteur
D. Robert iWhittaker

Difficulty: iEasy
iASM iStandard:

iN/A




6. Which ikingdom iwas ithe ionly ione ifound iin iEmpire iProkaryota?
A. Animalia
B. Fungi
C. Monera*
D. Protista

Difficulty: iEasy
iASM iStandard:

iN/A




7. Which iare ithe ithree icurrently iaccepted idomains?
A. Archaea, iBacteria, iand iEukarya*
B. Archaea, iProkaryota, iand iEukaryota
C. Bacteria, iFungi, iand iProtista
D. Bacteria, iProkaryota, iand iEukarya

Difficulty: iEasy
iASM iStandard:

iN/A




8. Which itwo itaxonomic iunits iare itypically iused ito iidentify ian iorganism iwhen iusing
ibinomialinomenclature?

A. domain iand ikingdom
B. genus iand ifamily
C. genus iand ispecies*
D. phylum iand iclass

Difficulty: iEasy
iASM iStandard:

iN/A




9. Which iof ithe ifollowing iis inot itrue iabout ithe iprocess iof ifermentation?
A. It ican ihelp ipreserve ifoods, ipreventing ispoilage.
B. It iconverts isugars ito iorganic iacids, ialcohols, iand/or igases isuch ias icarbon idioxide.
C. It iis icarried iout iexclusively iby iunicellular ieukaryotes isuch ias iyeast.*
D. It iis iused ito imake ifoods isuch ias icheese iand ibread.
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