1|P age
1. The Swedish botanist known for having developed an important biological classification system is which of
the following people?
A. Ernst Haeckel
B. Carolus Linnaeus*
C. Louis Pasteur
D. Robert Whittaker
Difficulty: Easy ASM Standard: N/A
2. Which kingdom was the only one found in Empire Prokaryota?
A. Animalia
B. Fungi
C. Monera*
D. Protista
Difficulty: Easy ASM Standard: N/A
3. Which are the three currently accepted domains?
A. Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya*
B. Archaea, Prokaryota, and Eukaryota
C. Bacteria, Fungi, and Protista
D. Bacteria, Prokaryota, and Eukarya
Difficulty: Easy ASM Standard: N/A
4. Which two taxonomic units are typically used to identify an organism when using binomial nomenclature?
A. domain and kingdom
B. genus and family
C. genus and species*
D. phylum and class
,2|P age
Difficulty: Easy ASM Standard: N/A
5. Which of the following is not true about the process of fermentation?
A. It can help preserve foods, preventing spoilage.
B. It converts sugars to organic acids, alcohols, and/or gases such as carbon dioxide.
C. It is carried out exclusively by unicellular eukaryotes such as yeast.*
D. It is used to make foods such as cheese and bread.
Difficulty: Moderate ASM Standard: 11, 23, 26
,3|P age
6. The Romans may have reduced their risk of waterborne infectious diseases by using which of the following?
A. a variety of pharmaceutical products
B. aqueducts and a sewer system*
C. prophylactic antibiotics
D. quarantine of people with leprosy
Difficulty:
Moderate ASM Standard: 23
7. For which of the following is Thucydides known?
A. developing an effective sewer system in ancient Greece, helping to reduce levels of disease in cities
B. observing microbes, using a microscope, for the first time, even distinguishing between bacteria and fungi
C. proposing that disease was caused by microorganisms
D. realizing that people who had been infected by the Athenian plague had immunity to reinfection*
Difficulty: Moderate ASM Standard: 23, 31
8. Ernst Haeckel proposed a classification system consisting of which of the following subgroups?
A. five kingdoms
B. four kingdoms*
C. two domains and three kingdoms
D. two domains and five kingdoms
Difficulty:
Moderate ASM Standard: N/A
9. Viruses not included in phylogenetic trees for which of the following reasons?
A. It is too difficult to observe their characteristics.
B. They are acellular and nonliving.*
, 4|P age
C. They do not have any genes, which prevents genetic analysis.
D. They lack a nucleus.
Difficulty:
Moderate ASM Standard: 5
10. Which is the best description of the primary purpose of a phylogeny?
A. Phylogenies show all the alterative names for each species.
1. The Swedish botanist known for having developed an important biological classification system is which of
the following people?
A. Ernst Haeckel
B. Carolus Linnaeus*
C. Louis Pasteur
D. Robert Whittaker
Difficulty: Easy ASM Standard: N/A
2. Which kingdom was the only one found in Empire Prokaryota?
A. Animalia
B. Fungi
C. Monera*
D. Protista
Difficulty: Easy ASM Standard: N/A
3. Which are the three currently accepted domains?
A. Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya*
B. Archaea, Prokaryota, and Eukaryota
C. Bacteria, Fungi, and Protista
D. Bacteria, Prokaryota, and Eukarya
Difficulty: Easy ASM Standard: N/A
4. Which two taxonomic units are typically used to identify an organism when using binomial nomenclature?
A. domain and kingdom
B. genus and family
C. genus and species*
D. phylum and class
,2|P age
Difficulty: Easy ASM Standard: N/A
5. Which of the following is not true about the process of fermentation?
A. It can help preserve foods, preventing spoilage.
B. It converts sugars to organic acids, alcohols, and/or gases such as carbon dioxide.
C. It is carried out exclusively by unicellular eukaryotes such as yeast.*
D. It is used to make foods such as cheese and bread.
Difficulty: Moderate ASM Standard: 11, 23, 26
,3|P age
6. The Romans may have reduced their risk of waterborne infectious diseases by using which of the following?
A. a variety of pharmaceutical products
B. aqueducts and a sewer system*
C. prophylactic antibiotics
D. quarantine of people with leprosy
Difficulty:
Moderate ASM Standard: 23
7. For which of the following is Thucydides known?
A. developing an effective sewer system in ancient Greece, helping to reduce levels of disease in cities
B. observing microbes, using a microscope, for the first time, even distinguishing between bacteria and fungi
C. proposing that disease was caused by microorganisms
D. realizing that people who had been infected by the Athenian plague had immunity to reinfection*
Difficulty: Moderate ASM Standard: 23, 31
8. Ernst Haeckel proposed a classification system consisting of which of the following subgroups?
A. five kingdoms
B. four kingdoms*
C. two domains and three kingdoms
D. two domains and five kingdoms
Difficulty:
Moderate ASM Standard: N/A
9. Viruses not included in phylogenetic trees for which of the following reasons?
A. It is too difficult to observe their characteristics.
B. They are acellular and nonliving.*
, 4|P age
C. They do not have any genes, which prevents genetic analysis.
D. They lack a nucleus.
Difficulty:
Moderate ASM Standard: 5
10. Which is the best description of the primary purpose of a phylogeny?
A. Phylogenies show all the alterative names for each species.
