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Microbiology An Evolving Science, 6th Edition, John Foster & Joan Slonczewski Chapte
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CHAPTER 1: Microbial Life: Origin and Discovery
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MULTIPLEuCHOICE

1. Virusesuare:
a. infectiousuagentsuthatuinfectumulti-cellularu organisms
b. noncellularuparticlesuthatutakeuoverutheumetabolismuofuaucellutougenerateumoreuvirusu
uparticlesu

c. pathogensuthatureplicateuinucomplexugrowthumedia
d. cellularuparticlesuthatubelongutoutheuarchaeaudomain
e. microbesuthatuconsistuofulipidumembraneuenclosedugenomes
ANS:u B DIF: Easy REF:u 1.1 TOP:u I.Au|uI.B
MSC:u Remembering

2. AnalysisuofuDNAusequencesureveals:
a. theuancientuconvergenceuofutwoucellutypes,ui.e.,uprokaryotesuandueukaryotes
b. uprokaryotesuandueukaryotesuevolvedufromuaucommonuancestralucellu
c. thatubacteriaushareucommonuancestoruwithuarchaea,ubutunotuwithueukarya
d. prokaryotesuareucellsuwithuaunucleus
e. theugenomeuofuHaemophilusuinfluenzaeuhasuaboutu2ubillionubaseupairs
ANS:u B DIF: Easy REF:u 1.1 TOP:u I.Au|uI.B
MSC:u Remembering

3. WhichuofutheseugroupsuareuconsideredutoubeumicrobesubutuNOTuconsideredutoubeucells?
a. viruses d. protists
b. ubacteriau e. filamentousufungi
c. archaea
ANS:u A DIF: Easy REF:u 1.1 TOP:u I.A.i
MSC:u Remembering

4. Aumicrobeuisucommonlyudefineduas:
a. auvirusuthaturequiresuaumicroscopeutoubeuseen
b. aubacteriumuthaturequiresuaumicroscopeutoubeuseen
c. ausingle-cellularuprokaryoteuthaturequiresuaumicroscopeutoubeuseen
d. aumulticellularueukaryoteuthaturequiresuaumicroscopeutoubeuseen
e. uaulivinguorganismuthaturequiresuaumicroscopeutoubeuseenu
ANS:u E DIF: Easy REF:u 1.1 TOP:u I.A.iu|uI.A.ii
MSC:u Remembering

5. WhichuoneuofutheufollowingustatementsuregardingumicrobialucellsuisuNOTutrue?
a. Microbialucellsuacquireufood,ugainuenergyutoubuilduthemselves,uandurespondutou
environmentaluchange.

, b. Mostusingle-
celleduorganismsurequireuaumicroscopeutourenderuthemuvisible,ubutusomeubacterialucell
suareulargeuenoughutoubeuseenuwithunakedueyes.
c. uMicrobesufunctionuasuindividualuentities.u
d. Manyumicrobesuformucomplexumulticellularuassemblages.
e. Virusesuareunotuconsidereduasumicrobialucells.

ANS:u C DIF: Easy REF:u 1.1 TOP:u I.A.iu|uI.A.ii
MSC:u Remembering

6. WhichuofutheufollowingustatementsuisuFALSE?
a. Augenomeuisutheutotalugeneticuinformationucontaineduinuanuorganism’suchromosomaluDNA.
b. Ifuaumicrobe’sugenomeuincludesugenesuforunitrogenase,uthatumicrobeuprobablyucanufixunitrog
en.
c. ByucomparinguDNAusequencesuofudifferentuorganisms,uweucanufigureuoutuhowucloselyurelate
dutheyuare.
d. FreduSangerudevelopedutheufirstuapplicableuDNAusequencingumethod.
e. uFreduSangerucompletedutheusequencesuofuHaemophilusuinfluenzae.u

ANS:u E DIF: Easy REF: 1.1 TOP: I.B
MSC:u Remembering

7. Theufirstucellularugenomesutoubeusequenceduwereuthoseuof:
a. humans d. prions
b. ubacteriau e. fungi
c. viruses

ANS:u B DIF: Easy REF: 1.1 TOP: I.B.i
MSC:u Remembering

8. TheuenvironmentuofuearlyuEarthumayuhaveucontainedualluofutheufollowinguEXCEPT:
a. ferrousuiron d.u uoxygenu
b. methane e. hydrogenugas
c. ammonia

ANS:uDuT DIF: Easy
OP:uII.D REF:uSpecialuTopicu1.1uMSC:u Remem
bering
9. Theudevelopmentuofutheutheoryuofutheu―RNAuworld‖uresultedufromutheudiscoveryuof:
a. archaea d. uribozymesu
b. prions e. endosymbionts
c. bacteria

ANS:uDuT DIF: Medium
OP:uII.D REF:uSpecialuTopicu1.1uMSC:u Remem
bering
10. Whichumicrobesumayuresembleuthoseuofutheuearliestulifeuforms?
a. uarchaeau d. cyanobacteria
b. photosyntheticualgae e. protists
c. viruses
ANS:u A DIF: Medium REF:uSpecialuTopicu1.1
TOP:u II.D MSC:u Remembering

11. Earlyumetabolismumayuhaveubeenucatalyzeduby:
a. DNA d. aminouacids

, b. uRNAu e. carbohydrates
c. protein

ANS:u B DIF: Medium REF:u SpecialuTopicu1.1
TOP:u II.D MSC:u Remembering

12. Whichuofutheufollowingudiseasesuaccountsuforumoreuthanuhalfuofualluhumanumortality?
a. cardiovascularudisease d. umicrobialudisease
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b. cancer e. strokes
c. accidents
ANS:u D DIF: Easy REF:u 1.2 TOP:u II.A
MSC:u Remembering

13. Whichucenturyuisuknownuasutheugoldenuageuofumicrobiology?
a. theuseventeenth d. theutwentieth
b. theueighteenth e. theutwenty-first
c. utheunineteenthu
ANS:u C DIF: Easy REF:u 1.2 TOP:u II.A
MSC:u Remembering

14. AlluofutheufollowinguhaveubeenufounduinumummiesuandutombuartuEXCEPT:
a. tuberculosis d. smallpox
b. polio e. uAIDSu
c. leprosy
ANS:u E DIF: Medium REF:u 1.2 TOP:u II.A.i
MSC:u Remembering

15. HowudiduEuropeanuinvadersutouNorthuAmericaukillumuchuofutheunativeupopulation?
a. tuberculosis d. HIV
b. leprosy e. bubonicuplague
c. usmallpoxu
ANS:u C DIF: Medium REF:u 1.2 TOP:u II.A.i
MSC:u Remembering

16. Nightingale:
a. uisubetteruknownuasutheufounderuofuprofessionalunursingu
b. wasutheufirstutouuseudisinfectantutoudemonstrateutheusignificanceuofuasepticutechnique
c. developedutheupieuchartuofumortalityudatauduringutheuCrimeanuWar
d. performedutheufirstucontrolleduexperimentuonutheuchemicaluconversionuofumatter,uknownut
odayuasuchemotherapy
e. alluofutheuabove
ANS:u A DIF: Easy REF:u 1.2 TOP:u II.A.ii
MSC:u Remembering

17. Whoudevelopedutheuconceptuofumedicalustatistics?
a. FrancisuCrick d. LouisuPasteur
b. FlorenceuNightingale e. AlexanderuFleming
c. EdwarduJenner
ANS:u B DIF: Easy REF:u 1.2 TOP:u II.A.ii