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MULTIPLEgCHOICEg
1)gWhichgstatementgisgnotgtruegasgaggeneralgrule?g
A) Microbialgcellsgexistgasgsinglegcellsgorgingcellgclusters.g
B) Microbialgcellsgcarrygoutgtheirglifegprocessesgindependently.g
C) Microbialgcellsgincludegbothgbacteriagandgviruses.g
D) Microbialgcellsgexcludegthegcellsgofgplantsgandganimals.g
Answer:gCg
2)gBasicgmicrobiologygcangbegusedgtog
A)gprobegthegnaturegofglifegprocesses.g
B) studygbiochemicalgpropertiesgcommongtogallgcells.g
C) modelgourgunderstandinggofgcellgfunctionginghighergorganisms.g
D) allgofgthegabove.g
Answer:gDg
3)gAppliedgmicrobiologygdealsgwithgproblemsging
A)gmedicine.g
B)gagriculture.g
C) industry.g
D)gallgofgthegabove.g
Answer:gDg
4)gTheggreatestgsourcegofgbiomassgongEarthgcomesgfromg
A)gprokaryoticgcells.g
B) plants.g
C) animals.g
D) plantsgandganimalsgtogether.g
Answer:gAg
5)gThegcell'sggeneticginformationgisgfoundgingtheg
A)gcellgmembrane.g
B) nucleusgorgnucleoid.g
C) cytoplasm.g
D) nonegofgthegabove.g
Answer:gBg
6)gBecausegthegcellgcommunicates,gexchangesgmaterialsgwithgitsgenvironment,gandgundergoesgchange,gitgisg
calledga(n)g
A) ancestralgsystem.g
B) dynamicgentity.g
C) closedgsystem.g
D) nucleoidgsystem.g
Answer:gBg
7)gChangesgingcellulargcharacteristicsgaregtransmittedgtogoffspringgthroughgthegprocessgofg
A)gchemicalgsignaling.g
B) reproductiveginitiative.g
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, C) evolution.g
D) nonegofgthegabove.g
Answer:gCg
8)gCatalystsginvolvedgingthegaccelerationgofgthegrategofgchemicalgreactionsgaregcalledg
A)gcatalyticgconverters.g
B) growthgagents.g
C) evolutionarygmolecules.g
D) enzymes.g
Answer:gDg
9)gRegardinggearlyglifegongEarth:g
A) MicrobialglifegexistedgongEarthgforgbillionsgofgyearsgbeforegplantgandganimalglife.g
B) MicrobialglifegexistedgongEarthglonggbeforeganimalsgbutghasgbeengaroundgforgaboutgthegsamegamountgofgt
imegasgplants.g
C) Microbialglife,gplantglife,gandganimalglifegallgappearedgatgaboutgthegsamegtime.g
D) ItgisgimpossiblegtogdeterminegwhichgtypegofglifegfirstgappearedgongEarth.g
Answer:gAg
10)gMostgprokaryoticgcellsgresidegA
)gongthegEarth'sgsurface.g
B) ingthegEarth'sglakes,grivers,gandgoceans.g
C) ingandgongnon-prokaryoticgorganismsg(includingghumansgandgotherganimals).g
D) ingthegoceanicgandgterrestrialgsubsurfaces.g
Answer:gDg
11)gThegpersongwhogdescribedgtheg"weeganimalcules"gwasg
A)gHooke.g
B) vangLeeuwenhoek.g
C) Pasteur.g
D) Cohn.g
Answer:gBg
12)gFanniegHessegisgcreditedgwithggivingggg
thegideasgforgusinggagargasgagsolidifyinggagent.g
A) Pasteurg
B) Cohng
C) KochgD)gWinogradskyg
Answer:gCg
13)gWhichgofgthegfollowinggis/aregcharacteristicgofgcellulargorganisms?g
A) Metabolismg
B) Reproductiong
C) CommunicationgD)gAllgofgthegaboveg
Answer:gDg
14)gWhichgofgthegfollowinggisgnotgagmajorgecosystem?g
A) Aquaticg
B) Terrestrialg
C) Atmosphericg
D) Highergorganisms,gbothgplantgandganimalg
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, Answer:gCg
15)gWhichgstatementgisgtrue?g
A)gPopulationsgaregassemblagesgofgmicrobialgcommunities.g
B)gMicrobialgcommunitiesgaregassemblagesgofgpopulations.g
C) Habitatsgaregassemblagesgofgmicrobialgcommunities.g
D) Populationsgaregassemblagesgofghabitats.g
Answer:gBg
16)gThegexportgofgU.S.gbeefgtogforeigngmarketsgwasgshutgdownging2003gduegto
gA)gAIDS.g
B) smallpox.g
C) tuberculosis.g
D) madgcowgdisease.g
Answer:gDg
17)gDuringgagverygscientificallygproductivegperiodginghisglife,gPasteurgdevelopedgvaccinesgforg
A)ganthrax.g
B) fowlgcholera.g
C) rabies.g
D) allgofgthegabove.g
Answer:gDg
18)gThegdiscoverygofgantibioticsgandgothergimportantgchemicalsgledgtogthegfieldgofg
A)gindustrialgmicrobiology.g
B) agriculturalgmicrobiology.g
C) marinegmicrobiology.g
D) aquaticgmicrobiology.g
Answer:gAg
19)gMicrobialgsterilizationgisgusedgtog
A) decreasegthegpossibilitygofgcontaminantsggrowinggingagculture.g
B) killgbacteriagbutgnotgnecessarilygvirusesgorgothergmicrobes.g
C) killgallgmicrobesgingorgongobjects.g
D) cleangagworkgarea.g
Answer:gCg
20)gFlatgcoveredgdishesgusedgforggrowinggmicrobesgaregmostgcommonlygcalledg
A)gPetrigdishes.g
B) bakergdishes.g
C) sterilizationgplates.g
D) culturegmediumgplates.g
Answer:gAg
21)gMicrobesgplayinggagrolegingnitrogengfixationgingplantsglivegingwhilegthosegplayinggagrolegingthegdigestive
gtractgofgcertaingherbivoresgliveging.g
A) rumensg/gnodulesg
B) nodulesg/grumensg
C) nodulesg/gfortransg
D) fortransg/grumensg
Answer:gBg
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