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A) Microbial cells can exist as single cells.
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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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3) Differential selection and reproduction of phenotypes occurs during a process called
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4) In what/which domain(s) of life is/are microorganisms represented?
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5) Biological catalysts involved in the acceleration of the rate of chemical reactions are called
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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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8) Walther Hesse and ju ju pioneered the use of agar as a solidifying agent.
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C) Robert Koch ju
D) Sergei Winogradsky ju
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9) Which of the following is/are characteristic of all cellular organisms?
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10) Deduce why viruses are excluded from the ribosomal RNA—based tree of life.
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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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12) The discovery of antibiotics and other important chemicals led to the field of
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C) marine microbiology. ju
D) aquatic microbiology. ju
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A) decrease the possibility of contaminants growing in a culture.
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B) kill bacteria but not necessarily viruses or other microbes.
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C) kill all microbes in or on objects.
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T.MADIGAN
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Chapter 1 The Microbial World
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Test Bank For Brock Biology of Microorganisms 15th Edition By Michael T. Madigan
1.1 Multiple Choice Questions ju ju
1) Which
Brock of the
Biology of following statements
Microorganisms,
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15e (Madigan
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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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Answer c ju
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. ju ju ju ju ju ju ju ju ju
Answer a ju
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.
Answer b ju
4) In what/which domain(s) of life is/are microorganisms represented?
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A) Archaea
B) Bacteria
C) Eukarya
D) Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya ju ju ju
Answer d ju
5) Biological catalysts involved in the acceleration of the rate of chemical reactions are called
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A) catalytic converters. ju
B) growth agents. ju
C) evolutionary molecules. ju
D) enzymes.
Answer d ju
6) Regarding early life on Earth ju ju ju ju
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 amount 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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Answer a ju
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A) Robert Hooke. ju
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C) Louis Pasteur. ju
D) Ferdinand Cohn. ju
Answer b ju
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8) Walther Hesse and ju ju pioneered the use of agar as a solidifying agent.
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A) Louis Pasteur ju
B) Ferdinand Cohn ju
C) Robert Koch ju
D) Sergei Winogradsky ju
Answer c ju
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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
D) communication, evolution, and motility ju ju ju
Answer b ju
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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Answer d ju
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11) Louis Pasteur developed the vaccine(s) for
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12) The discovery of antibiotics and other important chemicals led to the field of
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A) industrial microbiology. ju
B) agricultural microbiology. ju
C) marine microbiology. ju
D) aquatic microbiology. ju
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13) Microbial sterilization is used to ju ju ju ju
A) decrease the possibility of contaminants growing in a culture.
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B) kill bacteria but not necessarily viruses or other microbes.
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C) kill all microbes in or on objects.
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D) clean a work area. ju ju ju
Answer c ju
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