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Chapter 1 Introduction to Microbes and Their Building Blocks
1) When humans manipulate ithe igenes iof imicroorganisms, ithe iprocess iis icalled .
A) bioremediation
B) genetic iengineering
C) epidemiology
D) immunology
E) taxonomy
ANSWER: i B
iSection: i 01.01
Topic: i Microbial iRoles; iBasics iof iGenetic
iEngineeringiBloom's: i 01. iRemember
ASM iTopic: i Module i04 iInformation iFlow
ASM iObjective: i 04.05 iCell igenomes ican ibe imanipulated ito ialter icell ifunction.
2) Which iof ithe ifollowing iis inot iconsidered ia imicroorganism?
A) Mosquito
B) Protozoan
C) Bacterium
D) Virus
E) Fungus
ANSWER: i A
iSection:
i 01.01
Topic: iTaxonomy iof
iMicroorganismsiBloom's: i 01.
iRemember
ASM iTopic: i Module i01 iEvolution
ASM iObjective: i 01.02 iMutations iand ihorizontal igene itransfer, ialong iwith ithe iimmense ivariety
iofimicroenvironments, ihave iresulted i in ia ivast i diversity iof imicroorganisms.
3) All imicroorganisms iare ibest idefined ias iorganisms ithat .
A) cause ihuman idisease
B) lack ia icell inucleus
C) are iinfectious iparticles
D) are itoo ismall ito ibe iseen iwith ithe iunaided ieye
E) can ionly ibe ifound igrowing iin ilaboratories
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, ANSWER: i D
iSection: i 01.01
Topic: i Microbial iRoles
iBloom's: i 01. iRemember
ASM iTopic: i Module i01 iEvolution
ASM iObjective: i 01.02 iMutations iand ihorizontal igene itransfer, ialong iwith ithe iimmense ivariety
iofimicroenvironments, ihave iresulted i in ia ivast i diversity iof imicroorganisms.
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