Brock Biology of Microorganisms, 11e (Madigan/Martinko)
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Brock Biology of Microorganisms, 11e undergoes change, it is called a(n)
(Madigan/Martinko) A) ancestral system.
Chapter 1: Microorganisms and Microbiology B) dynamic entity.
1) Which statement is not true as a
general rule?
A) Microbial cells exist as single cells or in
cell clusters.
B) Microbial cells carry out their life
processes independently.
C) Microbial cells include both bacteria
and viruses.
D) Microbial cells exclude the cells of plants
and animals.
Answer: C
2) Basic microbiology can be used to
A) probe the nature of life processes.
B) study biochemical properties common to
all cells.
C) model our understanding of cell function
in higher organisms.
D) all of the above.
Answer: D
3) Applied microbiology deals with problems in
A) medicine.
B) agriculture.
C) industry.
D) all of the above.
Answer: D
4) The greatest source of biomass on
Earth comes from
A) prokaryotic cells.
B) plants.
C) animals.
D) plants and animals
together. Answer: A
5) The cell's genetic information is found in the
A) cell membrane.
B) nucleus or nucleoid.
C) cytoplasm.
D) none of the
above. Answer: B
6) Because the cell communicates,
exchanges materials with its environment, and
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C) closed system. B) van Leeuwenhoek.
D) nucleoid C) Pasteur.
system. Answer: D) Cohn.
B Answer: B
7) Changes in cellular characteristics are 12) Fannie Hesse is credited with giving
transmitted to offspring through the process the ideas for using agar as
of a solidifying agent.
A) chemical signaling. A) Pasteur
B) reproductive initiative.
C) evolution.
D) none of the
above. Answer: C
8) Catalysts involved in the acceleration of
the rate of chemical reactions are called
A) catalytic converters.
B) growth agents.
C) evolutionary molecules.
D) enzym
es.
Answer:
D
9) Regarding early life on Earth:
A) Microbial life existed on Earth for billions
of years before plant and animal life.
B) Microbial life existed on Earth long
before animals but has been around for about
the same amount of time as plants.
C) Microbial life, plant life, and animal life
all appeared at about the same time.
D) It is impossible to determine which type of
life first appeared on Earth.
Answer: A
10) Most prokaryotic cells reside
A) on the Earth's surface.
B) in the Earth's lakes, rivers, and oceans.
C) in and on non-prokaryotic
organisms (including humans and
other animals).
D) in the oceanic and terrestrial
subsurfaces. Answer: D
11) The person who described the
"wee animalcules" was
A) Hooke.
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B) Cohn other important chemicals led to the field of
C) Koch A) industrial microbiology.
D) Winogradsky B) agricultural microbiology.
Answer: C C) marine microbiology.
13) Which of the following is/are
characteristic of cellular organisms?
A) Metabolism
B) Reproduction
C) Communication
D) All of the above
Answer: D
14) Which of the following is not a
major ecosystem?
A) Aquatic
B) Terrestrial
C) Atmospheric
D) Higher organisms, both plant and
animal Answer: C
15) Which statement is true?
A) Populations are assemblages of
microbial communities.
B) Microbial communities are assemblages
of populations.
C) Habitats are assemblages of
microbial communities.
D) Populations are assemblages of
habitats. Answer: B
16) The export of U.S. beef to foreign
markets was shut down in 2003 due to
A) AIDS.
B) smallpox.
C) tuberculosis.
D) mad cow
disease. Answer: D
17) During a very scientifically productive
period in his life, Pasteur developed vaccines
for
A) anthrax.
B) fowl cholera.
C) rabies.
D) all of the
above. Answer: D
18) The discovery of antibiotics and
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D) aquatic C) Hooke.
microbiology. D) Leeuwenhoek.
Answer: A Answer: A
19) Microbial sterilization is used to 24) A Pasteur flask has a(n)
A) decrease the possibility of A) swan neck to prevent air particles from
contaminants growing in a culture. getting into the main body of the flask.
B) kill bacteria but not necessarily viruses or
other microbes.
C) kill all microbes in or on objects.
D) clean a work
area. Answer: C
20) Flat covered dishes used for
growing microbes are most commonly
called
A) Petri dishes.
B) baker dishes.
C) sterilization plates.
D) culture medium
plates. Answer: A
21) Microbes playing a role in nitrogen
fixation in plants live in while those
playing a role in the digestive tract of certain
herbivores live in .
A) rumens / nodules
B) nodules / rumens
C) nodules / fortrans
D) fortrans /
rumens Answer:
B
22) Genetic engineering could best be
described as
A) the creating of life from non-life.
B) the artificial manipulation of genes and
their products.
C) the treating of diseases with synthetic drugs.
D) the expansion of the biomass to meet
specific needs.
Answer: B
23) The ultimate downfall of the theory of
spontaneous generation was the result of work
by
A) Pasteur.
B) Koch.
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Brock Biology of Microorganisms, 11e undergoes change, it is called a(n)
(Madigan/Martinko) A) ancestral system.
Chapter 1: Microorganisms and Microbiology B) dynamic entity.
1) Which statement is not true as a
general rule?
A) Microbial cells exist as single cells or in
cell clusters.
B) Microbial cells carry out their life
processes independently.
C) Microbial cells include both bacteria
and viruses.
D) Microbial cells exclude the cells of plants
and animals.
Answer: C
2) Basic microbiology can be used to
A) probe the nature of life processes.
B) study biochemical properties common to
all cells.
C) model our understanding of cell function
in higher organisms.
D) all of the above.
Answer: D
3) Applied microbiology deals with problems in
A) medicine.
B) agriculture.
C) industry.
D) all of the above.
Answer: D
4) The greatest source of biomass on
Earth comes from
A) prokaryotic cells.
B) plants.
C) animals.
D) plants and animals
together. Answer: A
5) The cell's genetic information is found in the
A) cell membrane.
B) nucleus or nucleoid.
C) cytoplasm.
D) none of the
above. Answer: B
6) Because the cell communicates,
exchanges materials with its environment, and
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C) closed system. B) van Leeuwenhoek.
D) nucleoid C) Pasteur.
system. Answer: D) Cohn.
B Answer: B
7) Changes in cellular characteristics are 12) Fannie Hesse is credited with giving
transmitted to offspring through the process the ideas for using agar as
of a solidifying agent.
A) chemical signaling. A) Pasteur
B) reproductive initiative.
C) evolution.
D) none of the
above. Answer: C
8) Catalysts involved in the acceleration of
the rate of chemical reactions are called
A) catalytic converters.
B) growth agents.
C) evolutionary molecules.
D) enzym
es.
Answer:
D
9) Regarding early life on Earth:
A) Microbial life existed on Earth for billions
of years before plant and animal life.
B) Microbial life existed on Earth long
before animals but has been around for about
the same amount of time as plants.
C) Microbial life, plant life, and animal life
all appeared at about the same time.
D) It is impossible to determine which type of
life first appeared on Earth.
Answer: A
10) Most prokaryotic cells reside
A) on the Earth's surface.
B) in the Earth's lakes, rivers, and oceans.
C) in and on non-prokaryotic
organisms (including humans and
other animals).
D) in the oceanic and terrestrial
subsurfaces. Answer: D
11) The person who described the
"wee animalcules" was
A) Hooke.
, Brock Biology of Microorganisms, 11e (Madigan/Martinko)
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B) Cohn other important chemicals led to the field of
C) Koch A) industrial microbiology.
D) Winogradsky B) agricultural microbiology.
Answer: C C) marine microbiology.
13) Which of the following is/are
characteristic of cellular organisms?
A) Metabolism
B) Reproduction
C) Communication
D) All of the above
Answer: D
14) Which of the following is not a
major ecosystem?
A) Aquatic
B) Terrestrial
C) Atmospheric
D) Higher organisms, both plant and
animal Answer: C
15) Which statement is true?
A) Populations are assemblages of
microbial communities.
B) Microbial communities are assemblages
of populations.
C) Habitats are assemblages of
microbial communities.
D) Populations are assemblages of
habitats. Answer: B
16) The export of U.S. beef to foreign
markets was shut down in 2003 due to
A) AIDS.
B) smallpox.
C) tuberculosis.
D) mad cow
disease. Answer: D
17) During a very scientifically productive
period in his life, Pasteur developed vaccines
for
A) anthrax.
B) fowl cholera.
C) rabies.
D) all of the
above. Answer: D
18) The discovery of antibiotics and
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D) aquatic C) Hooke.
microbiology. D) Leeuwenhoek.
Answer: A Answer: A
19) Microbial sterilization is used to 24) A Pasteur flask has a(n)
A) decrease the possibility of A) swan neck to prevent air particles from
contaminants growing in a culture. getting into the main body of the flask.
B) kill bacteria but not necessarily viruses or
other microbes.
C) kill all microbes in or on objects.
D) clean a work
area. Answer: C
20) Flat covered dishes used for
growing microbes are most commonly
called
A) Petri dishes.
B) baker dishes.
C) sterilization plates.
D) culture medium
plates. Answer: A
21) Microbes playing a role in nitrogen
fixation in plants live in while those
playing a role in the digestive tract of certain
herbivores live in .
A) rumens / nodules
B) nodules / rumens
C) nodules / fortrans
D) fortrans /
rumens Answer:
B
22) Genetic engineering could best be
described as
A) the creating of life from non-life.
B) the artificial manipulation of genes and
their products.
C) the treating of diseases with synthetic drugs.
D) the expansion of the biomass to meet
specific needs.
Answer: B
23) The ultimate downfall of the theory of
spontaneous generation was the result of work
by
A) Pasteur.
B) Koch.
