Test Bank - Microbiology: An Introduction, 14th Edition
(Tortora, 2024)
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Test Bank - Microbiology-An Introduction, 14th Edition (Tortora, 2024)
Microbiology: An Introduction, 14e (Tortora et al.)
Chapter 1 The Microbial World and You
1.1 Multiple-Choice Questions
1) Microorganisms play an important role in each of the following processes except:
A) Causing infection
B) Decomposing organic material
C) O2 production
D) Food production
E) Air pollution
Answer: E
Section: 1.1
Bloom's Taxonomy: Recall
Learning Outcome: 1.1
Global Outcome: 5
2) Organisms below are microbes except:
A) Saccharomyces
B) Plasmodium
C) E. coli
D) Methanogens
E) HIV
Answer: E
Section: 1.1
Bloom's Taxonomy: Recall
Learning Outcome: 1.4
3) Disease-causing microorganisms are called .
A) microbes
B) bactera
C) COVID-19
D) pathogens
E) infection
Answer: D
Section: 1.1
Bloom's Taxonomy: Recall
Learning Outcome: 1.1
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Test Bank - Microbiology-An Introduction, 14th Edition (Tortora, 2024)
4) Common commercial benefits of microorganisms include synthesis of .
A) riboflavin
B) acetone
C) insulin
D) ethanol
E) all of the above
Answer: E
Section: 1.1
Bloom's Taxonomy: Recall
ASMcue Outcome: 6.3
Learning Outcome: 1.1
5) The factors that contribute to the rising incidence of antibiotic resistance include:
A) overuse and misuse of antibiotics.
B) agricultural use of antibiotics.
C) random mutations in bacterial genomes.
D) global travel and trade.
E) all of the above.
Answer: E
Section: 1.5
Bloom's Taxonomy: Understanding
ASMcue Outcome: 4.1
Learning Outcome: 1.19
Global Outcome: 5
6) The formal system for classifying and naming organisms was developed by .
A) Robert Koch
B) Louis Pasteur
C) Aristotle
D) Carolus Linnaeus
E) None of the above
Answer: D
Section: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Recall
Learning Outcome: 1.3
7) In the name Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus is the and aureus is the
.
A) genus, species
B) domain, kingdom
C) species, genus
D) kingdom, domain
E) family, class
Answer: A
Section: 1.2
Bloom's Taxonomy: Understanding
Learning Outcome: 1.3