, BrockgBiologygofgMicroorganisms,g16thg(Madigan/Ma
rtinko)Chapterg1:gMicroorganismsgandgMicrobiology
MULTIPLEgCHOICE
1) Whichgstatementgisgnotgtruegasgaggeneralgrule?
A) Microbialgcellsgexistgasgsinglegcellsgorgingcellgclusters.
B) Microbialgcellsgcarrygoutgtheirglifegprocessesgindependently.
C) Microbialgcellsgincludegbothgbacteriagandg viruses.
D) Microbialgcellsgexcludegthegcellsgofgplantsgandganimal
s.gAnswer:gC
2) Basicgmicrobiologygcangbegusedgto
A) probegthegnaturegofglifegprocesses.
B) studygbiochemicalgpropertiesgcommongtogallg cells.
C) modelgourgunderstandinggofgcellgfunctionginghighergorganisms.
D) allgofgthegabove
.gAnswer:gD
3) Appliedgmicrobiologygdealsgwithgproblemsgin
A) medicine.
B) agriculture.
C) industry.
D) allgofgthegabove
.gAnswer:gD
4) TheggreatestgsourcegofgbiomassgongEarthgcomesgfrom
A) prokaryoticgcells.
B) plants.
C) animals.
D) plantsgandganimalsgtogether
.gAnswer:gA
5) Thegcell'sggeneticginformationgisgfoundgingthe
A) cellgmembrane.
B) nucleusgorgnucleoid.
C) cytoplasm.
D) nonegofgthegabove
.gAnswer:gB
6) Becausegthegcellgcommunicates,gexchangesg materialsgwithgitsgenvironment,gandgundergoesgchange,gitg is
calledga(n)
A) ancestralgsystem.
B) dynamicgentity.
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, C) closedgsystem.
D) nucleoidgsystem.
gAnswer:gB
7) Changesgingcellulargcharacteristicsgaregtransmittedgtogoffspringgthroughgthegprocessgof
A) chemicalgsignaling.
B) reproductiveginitiative.
C) evolution.
D) nonegofgthegabove
.gAnswer:gC
8) Catalystsginvolvedgingthegaccelerationgofgthegrategofgchemicalgreactionsgaregcalled
A) catalyticgconverters.
B) growthgagents.
C) evolutionarygmolecules.
D) enzymes.
gAnswer:gD
9) RegardinggearlyglifegongEarth:
A) MicrobialglifegexistedgongEarthgforgbillionsgofgyearsgbeforegplantgandganimalglife.
B) MicrobialglifegexistedgongEarthglonggbeforeganimalsgbutghasgbeengaroundgforgaboutgthegsamegamount
gofgtimegasgplants.
C) Microbialglife,gplantglife,gandganimalglifegallgappearedgatgaboutgthegsamegtime.
D) ItgisgimpossiblegtogdeterminegwhichgtypegofglifegfirstgappearedgongEart
h.gAnswer:gA
10) Mostgprokaryoticgcellsgreside
A) ongthegEarth'sgsurface.
B) ingthegEarth'sglakes,grivers,gandgoceans.
C) ingandgongnon-prokaryoticgorganismsg(includingghumansgandgotherganimals).
D) ingthegoceanicgandgterrestrialgsubsurfaces
.gAnswer:gD
11) Thegpersongwhogdescribedgtheg"weeganimalcules"gwas
A) Hooke.
B) vangLeeuwenhoek.
C) Pasteur.
D) Cohn.
Answer:gB
12) FanniegHessegisgcreditedgwithggiving
thegideasgforgusinggagargasgagsolidifyinggagent.
A) Pasteur
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, B) Cohn
C) Koch
D) Winogradsky
gAnswer:gC
13) Whichgofgthegfollowinggis/aregcharacteristicgofgcellulargorganisms?
A) Metabolism
B) Reproduction
C) Communication
D) Allgofgthegabov
egAnswer:gD
14) Whichgofgthegfollowinggisgnotgagmajorgecosystem?
A) Aquatic
B) Terrestrial
C) Atmospheric
D) Highergorganisms,gbothgplantgandganima
lgAnswer:gC
15) Whichgstatementgisgtrue?
A) Populationsgaregassemblagesgofgmicrobialgcommunities.
B) Microbialgcommunitiesgaregassemblagesgofgpopulations.
C) Habitatsgaregassemblagesgofgmicrobialgcommunities.
D) Populationsgaregassemblagesgofghabitats
.gAnswer:gB
16) ThegexportgofgU.S.gbeefgtogforeigngmarketsgwasgshutgdownging2003gduegto
A) AIDS.
B) smallpox.
C) tuberculosis.
D) madgcowgdisease
.
Answer:gD
17) Duringgagverygscientificallygproductivegperiodginghisglife,gPasteurgdevelopedgvaccinesgfor
A) anthrax.
B) fowlgcholera.
C) rabies.
D) allgofgthegabove
.gAnswer:gD
18) Thegdiscoverygofgantibioticsgandgothergimportantgchemicalsgledgtogthegfieldgof
A) industrialgmicrobiology.
B) agriculturalgmicrobiology.
C) marinegmicrobiology.
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