TEST BANK
PRESCOTT'S MICROBIOLOGY, 12TH EDITION
Joanne Willey, Kathleen Sandman and Dorothy Wood
Test Bank for Prescott's Microbiology, 12th Edition by Joanne Willey
,Prescott's Microbiology, 12e (Willey)
Chapter 1 The Evolution of Microorganisms and Microbiology
1) Archaea are cellular organisms that have unique cell membrane .
Answer: lipids
Topic: Archaea
Bloom's/Accessibility: 1. Remember / Keyboard Navigation
ASM Topic: Module 02 Cell Structure and Function
ASM Objective: 02.03 Bacteria and Archaea have specialized structures (e.g. flagella,
endospores, and pili) that often confer critical capabilities.
Learning Outcome: 01.01c Determine the type of microbe (e.g., bacterium, fungus, etc.) when
given a description of a newly discovered one
2) Extant microorganisms are organisms from the fossil record that are no longer present on Earth
today.
Answer: FALSE
Topic: Taxonomy of Microorganisms
Bloom's/Accessibility: 2. Understand / Keyboard Navigation
ASM Topic: Module 01 Evolution
ASM Objective: 01.05 The evolutionary relatedness of organisms is best reflected in
phylogenetic trees.
Learning Outcome: 01.02a Propose a timeline of the origin and history of microbial life and
integrate supporting evidence into it
3) All cellular organisms can be placed into one of three , which include the Bacteria,
Archaea, and the Eukarya.
Answer: domains
Topic: Taxonomy of Microorganisms
Bloom's/Accessibility: 2. Understand / Keyboard Navigation
ASM Topic: Module 01 Evolution
ASM Objective: 01.05 The evolutionary relatedness of organisms is best reflected in
phylogenetic trees.
Learning Outcome: 01.01b Explain Carl Woeses contributions in establishing the three-domain
system for classifying cellular life
4) Viruses are not generally studied by microbiologists because they are not classified as living
organisms.
Answer: FALSE
Topic: Taxonomy of Microorganisms
Bloom's/Accessibility: 2. Understand / Keyboard Navigation
ASM Topic: Module 05 Microbial Systems
ASM Objective: 02.05 The replication cycles of viruses (lytic and lysogenic) differ among
viruses and are determined by their unique structures and genomes.
Learning Outcome: 01.01a Define the term microbiology
,5) Microbiologists study a variety of organisms, but all are considered either Bacteria or Archaea.
Answer: FALSE
Topic: Taxonomy of Microorganisms
Bloom's/Accessibility: 2. Understand / Keyboard Navigation
ASM Topic: Module 05 Microbial Systems
ASM Objective: 05.04 Microorganisms, cellular and viral, can interact with both human and
nonhuman hosts in beneficial, neutral or detrimental ways.
Learning Outcome: 01.01a Define the term microbiology
6) All eukaryotes have a membrane-delimited nucleus.
Answer: TRUE
Topic: Taxonomy of Microorganisms
Bloom's/Accessibility: 2. Understand / Keyboard Navigation
ASM Topic: Module 02 Cell Structure and Function
ASM Objective: 02.04 While microscopic eukaryotes (for example, fungi, protozoa and algae)
carry out some of the same processes as bacteria, many of the cellular properties are fundamentally
different.
Learning Outcome: 01.01c Determine the type of microbe (e.g., bacterium, fungus, etc.) when
given a description of a newly discovered one
7) Viruses constitute the fourth domain of life in current biological classification schemes.
Answer: FALSE
Topic: Taxonomy of Microorganisms
Bloom's/Accessibility: 2. Understand / Keyboard Navigation
ASM Topic: Module 01 Evolution
ASM Objective: 01.05 The evolutionary relatedness of organisms is best reflected in
phylogenetic trees.
Learning Outcome: 01.01b Explain Carl Woeses contributions in establishing the three-domain
system for classifying cellular life
8) Protists contain all of the following forms of life EXCEPT .
A) protozoa
B) fungi
C) slime molds
D) algae
Answer: B
Topic: Taxonomy of Microorganisms Bloom's/Accessibility:
1. Remember / Keyboard NavigationASM
Topic: Module 01 Evolution
ASM Objective: 01.05 The evolutionary relatedness of organisms is best reflected in
phylogenetic trees.
Learning Outcome: 01.01b Explain Carl Woeses contributions in establishing the three-domain
system for classifying cellular life
9) Cells with a relatively complex morphology that have a true membrane-delimited nucleus are
called .
, A) prokaryotes
B) eukaryotes
C) urkaryotes
D) nokaryotes
Answer: f B
Topic: Taxonomy fof fMicroorganisms
fBloom's/Accessibility: f 2. fUnderstand f/ fKeyboard
fNavigation fASM fTopic: f Module f02 fCell fStructure fand
fFunction
ASM fObjective: f 02.04 fWhile fmicroscopic feukaryotes f(for fexample, ffungi, fprotozoa fand
falgae) fcarry fout fsome fof fthe fsame fprocesses fas fbacteria, fmany fof fthe fcellular fproperties fare
ffundamentally fdifferent.
Learning fOutcome: f 01.01c fDetermine fthe ftype fof fmicrobe f(e.g., fbacterium, ffungus, fetc.)
fwhen fgiven fa fdescription fof fa fnewly fdiscovered fone
10) Cells fwith fa frelatively fsimple fcell fmorphology fthat fdo fnot fhave fa ftrue fmembrane-
delimited fnucleus fare fcalled .
A) prokaryotes
B) eukaryotes
C) urkaryotes
D) nokaryotes
Answer: f A
Topic: f f Bacterial fCellular fMorphology fBloom's/Accessibility:
2. Understand f/ fKeyboard fNavigationASM fTopic:
Module f02 fCell fStructure fand fFunction
ASM fObjective: f 02.01 fThe fstructure fand ffunction fof fmicroorganisms fhave fbeen frevealed
fby fthe fuse fof fmicroscopy f(including fbright ffield, fphase fcontrast, ffluorescent, fand felectron).
Learning fOutcome: f 01.01c fDetermine fthe ftype fof fmicrobe f(e.g., fbacterium, ffungus, fetc.)
fwhen fgiven fa fdescription fof fa fnewly fdiscovered fone
11) The fribosomal fRNA fstudies fthat fled fto fthe fdivision fof fprokaryotic forganisms finto fthe
fBacteria fand fthe fArchaea fwere fbegun fby .
A) Pasteur
B) Woese
C) Needham
D) Watson
Answer: f B
Topic: f f Taxonomy fof fMicroorganisms fBloom's/Accessibility:
1. Remember f/ fKeyboard fNavigationASM
Topic: Module f01 fEvolution
ASM fObjective: f 01.05 fThe fevolutionary frelatedness fof forganisms fis fbest freflected fin
fphylogenetic ftrees.
Learning fOutcome: f 01.01b fExplain fCarl fWoeses fcontributions fin festablishing fthe fthree-domain
fsystem ffor fclassifying fcellular flife
12) Proteins ffunction fin fmodern fcells fas .
A) catalysts
B) hereditary finformation
C) structural felements
PRESCOTT'S MICROBIOLOGY, 12TH EDITION
Joanne Willey, Kathleen Sandman and Dorothy Wood
Test Bank for Prescott's Microbiology, 12th Edition by Joanne Willey
,Prescott's Microbiology, 12e (Willey)
Chapter 1 The Evolution of Microorganisms and Microbiology
1) Archaea are cellular organisms that have unique cell membrane .
Answer: lipids
Topic: Archaea
Bloom's/Accessibility: 1. Remember / Keyboard Navigation
ASM Topic: Module 02 Cell Structure and Function
ASM Objective: 02.03 Bacteria and Archaea have specialized structures (e.g. flagella,
endospores, and pili) that often confer critical capabilities.
Learning Outcome: 01.01c Determine the type of microbe (e.g., bacterium, fungus, etc.) when
given a description of a newly discovered one
2) Extant microorganisms are organisms from the fossil record that are no longer present on Earth
today.
Answer: FALSE
Topic: Taxonomy of Microorganisms
Bloom's/Accessibility: 2. Understand / Keyboard Navigation
ASM Topic: Module 01 Evolution
ASM Objective: 01.05 The evolutionary relatedness of organisms is best reflected in
phylogenetic trees.
Learning Outcome: 01.02a Propose a timeline of the origin and history of microbial life and
integrate supporting evidence into it
3) All cellular organisms can be placed into one of three , which include the Bacteria,
Archaea, and the Eukarya.
Answer: domains
Topic: Taxonomy of Microorganisms
Bloom's/Accessibility: 2. Understand / Keyboard Navigation
ASM Topic: Module 01 Evolution
ASM Objective: 01.05 The evolutionary relatedness of organisms is best reflected in
phylogenetic trees.
Learning Outcome: 01.01b Explain Carl Woeses contributions in establishing the three-domain
system for classifying cellular life
4) Viruses are not generally studied by microbiologists because they are not classified as living
organisms.
Answer: FALSE
Topic: Taxonomy of Microorganisms
Bloom's/Accessibility: 2. Understand / Keyboard Navigation
ASM Topic: Module 05 Microbial Systems
ASM Objective: 02.05 The replication cycles of viruses (lytic and lysogenic) differ among
viruses and are determined by their unique structures and genomes.
Learning Outcome: 01.01a Define the term microbiology
,5) Microbiologists study a variety of organisms, but all are considered either Bacteria or Archaea.
Answer: FALSE
Topic: Taxonomy of Microorganisms
Bloom's/Accessibility: 2. Understand / Keyboard Navigation
ASM Topic: Module 05 Microbial Systems
ASM Objective: 05.04 Microorganisms, cellular and viral, can interact with both human and
nonhuman hosts in beneficial, neutral or detrimental ways.
Learning Outcome: 01.01a Define the term microbiology
6) All eukaryotes have a membrane-delimited nucleus.
Answer: TRUE
Topic: Taxonomy of Microorganisms
Bloom's/Accessibility: 2. Understand / Keyboard Navigation
ASM Topic: Module 02 Cell Structure and Function
ASM Objective: 02.04 While microscopic eukaryotes (for example, fungi, protozoa and algae)
carry out some of the same processes as bacteria, many of the cellular properties are fundamentally
different.
Learning Outcome: 01.01c Determine the type of microbe (e.g., bacterium, fungus, etc.) when
given a description of a newly discovered one
7) Viruses constitute the fourth domain of life in current biological classification schemes.
Answer: FALSE
Topic: Taxonomy of Microorganisms
Bloom's/Accessibility: 2. Understand / Keyboard Navigation
ASM Topic: Module 01 Evolution
ASM Objective: 01.05 The evolutionary relatedness of organisms is best reflected in
phylogenetic trees.
Learning Outcome: 01.01b Explain Carl Woeses contributions in establishing the three-domain
system for classifying cellular life
8) Protists contain all of the following forms of life EXCEPT .
A) protozoa
B) fungi
C) slime molds
D) algae
Answer: B
Topic: Taxonomy of Microorganisms Bloom's/Accessibility:
1. Remember / Keyboard NavigationASM
Topic: Module 01 Evolution
ASM Objective: 01.05 The evolutionary relatedness of organisms is best reflected in
phylogenetic trees.
Learning Outcome: 01.01b Explain Carl Woeses contributions in establishing the three-domain
system for classifying cellular life
9) Cells with a relatively complex morphology that have a true membrane-delimited nucleus are
called .
, A) prokaryotes
B) eukaryotes
C) urkaryotes
D) nokaryotes
Answer: f B
Topic: Taxonomy fof fMicroorganisms
fBloom's/Accessibility: f 2. fUnderstand f/ fKeyboard
fNavigation fASM fTopic: f Module f02 fCell fStructure fand
fFunction
ASM fObjective: f 02.04 fWhile fmicroscopic feukaryotes f(for fexample, ffungi, fprotozoa fand
falgae) fcarry fout fsome fof fthe fsame fprocesses fas fbacteria, fmany fof fthe fcellular fproperties fare
ffundamentally fdifferent.
Learning fOutcome: f 01.01c fDetermine fthe ftype fof fmicrobe f(e.g., fbacterium, ffungus, fetc.)
fwhen fgiven fa fdescription fof fa fnewly fdiscovered fone
10) Cells fwith fa frelatively fsimple fcell fmorphology fthat fdo fnot fhave fa ftrue fmembrane-
delimited fnucleus fare fcalled .
A) prokaryotes
B) eukaryotes
C) urkaryotes
D) nokaryotes
Answer: f A
Topic: f f Bacterial fCellular fMorphology fBloom's/Accessibility:
2. Understand f/ fKeyboard fNavigationASM fTopic:
Module f02 fCell fStructure fand fFunction
ASM fObjective: f 02.01 fThe fstructure fand ffunction fof fmicroorganisms fhave fbeen frevealed
fby fthe fuse fof fmicroscopy f(including fbright ffield, fphase fcontrast, ffluorescent, fand felectron).
Learning fOutcome: f 01.01c fDetermine fthe ftype fof fmicrobe f(e.g., fbacterium, ffungus, fetc.)
fwhen fgiven fa fdescription fof fa fnewly fdiscovered fone
11) The fribosomal fRNA fstudies fthat fled fto fthe fdivision fof fprokaryotic forganisms finto fthe
fBacteria fand fthe fArchaea fwere fbegun fby .
A) Pasteur
B) Woese
C) Needham
D) Watson
Answer: f B
Topic: f f Taxonomy fof fMicroorganisms fBloom's/Accessibility:
1. Remember f/ fKeyboard fNavigationASM
Topic: Module f01 fEvolution
ASM fObjective: f 01.05 fThe fevolutionary frelatedness fof forganisms fis fbest freflected fin
fphylogenetic ftrees.
Learning fOutcome: f 01.01b fExplain fCarl fWoeses fcontributions fin festablishing fthe fthree-domain
fsystem ffor fclassifying fcellular flife
12) Proteins ffunction fin fmodern fcells fas .
A) catalysts
B) hereditary finformation
C) structural felements
