UTA Microbiology Exam 1 Questions and
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T/F: All bacterial cells can form endospores -✓✓False
T/F: Exposure to air is necessary for microbial growth. -✓✓False
T/F: prokaryotic cells that are rod shaped are called cocci -✓✓False
Which of the following cellular components is unique to gram negative cells -
✓✓lipopolysaccharide
Which physician realized that doctors were causing maternal deaths by failing to
wash their hands while assisting during childbirth? -✓✓Ignaz Semmelweis
Which of the following is the correct size an subunit composition of bacterial
ribosomes -✓✓70s (50s+30s)
Which of the following best describes a membrane transport mechanism that
moves a molecule across the membrane against the concentration gradient and
requires ATP -✓✓active transport
Which of the following performed experiments and argued in favor of spontaneous
generation -✓✓John Needham
Match the following structure with the types of cells it can be found:
MITOCHONDRIA -✓✓Eukaryotes
, Match the following structure with the types of cell it is associated with: CELL
WALL -✓✓Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes
Which of the following describes the prokaryotic cell arrangement consisting of 4
cells in a square -✓✓Tetrad
Who resurrected the endosymbiotic theory with genetic analysis -✓✓Lynn
Margulis
Which of the following inclusions alters bacterial buoyancy -✓✓Gas vacuole
T/F: The extracellular matrix of animal cells generally consists mostly of
phospholipids -✓✓False
Which of the following is true of ribosomes -✓✓Organelle ribosomes and
prokaryotic ribosomes are 70S, whereas eukaryotic cytoplasmic ribosomes are
80S.
Which of the following is the standard resource for identifying bacteria? -
✓✓Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology
The process by which microbes turn grape juice into wine is called -
✓✓fermentation
Who was the first person to suspect that disease was not caused by supernatural
occurrence -✓✓Hippocrates
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T/F: All bacterial cells can form endospores -✓✓False
T/F: Exposure to air is necessary for microbial growth. -✓✓False
T/F: prokaryotic cells that are rod shaped are called cocci -✓✓False
Which of the following cellular components is unique to gram negative cells -
✓✓lipopolysaccharide
Which physician realized that doctors were causing maternal deaths by failing to
wash their hands while assisting during childbirth? -✓✓Ignaz Semmelweis
Which of the following is the correct size an subunit composition of bacterial
ribosomes -✓✓70s (50s+30s)
Which of the following best describes a membrane transport mechanism that
moves a molecule across the membrane against the concentration gradient and
requires ATP -✓✓active transport
Which of the following performed experiments and argued in favor of spontaneous
generation -✓✓John Needham
Match the following structure with the types of cells it can be found:
MITOCHONDRIA -✓✓Eukaryotes
, Match the following structure with the types of cell it is associated with: CELL
WALL -✓✓Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes
Which of the following describes the prokaryotic cell arrangement consisting of 4
cells in a square -✓✓Tetrad
Who resurrected the endosymbiotic theory with genetic analysis -✓✓Lynn
Margulis
Which of the following inclusions alters bacterial buoyancy -✓✓Gas vacuole
T/F: The extracellular matrix of animal cells generally consists mostly of
phospholipids -✓✓False
Which of the following is true of ribosomes -✓✓Organelle ribosomes and
prokaryotic ribosomes are 70S, whereas eukaryotic cytoplasmic ribosomes are
80S.
Which of the following is the standard resource for identifying bacteria? -
✓✓Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology
The process by which microbes turn grape juice into wine is called -
✓✓fermentation
Who was the first person to suspect that disease was not caused by supernatural
occurrence -✓✓Hippocrates
