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m m m m m
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS.ALL CHAPTERS
m m m m
INCLUDED
Chapterm1:mAnmInvisiblemWorld
*m=mCorrectmanswe
rmMultiplemChoice
1. Yeastsmaremwhichmofmthemfollowing?
A. amtypemofmalgae
B. amtypemofmprotist
C. anymunicellularmmicrobe
D. unicellularmfungi*
Difficulty:mModeratemAS
MmStandard:m20
3. Themcellmwallsmofmarchaeansmoftenmcontainmwhichmofmthemfollowingmsubstances?
A. cellulose
B. chitin
C. peptidoglycan
D. pseudopeptidoglycan*
ASMmStandard:m20
m
4. Whichmofmthemfollowingmismnotmtruemofmarchaeans?mA.mSomemspeciesmlivemonmthemhumanmbody.
B. Theymaremgeneticallymdistinctmfrommbacteria.
C. Theymaremonlymfoundminmextrememenvironments.*
D. Theymhavemsubstantialmmetabolicmdifferencesmfrommbacteria.
Difficulty:mDifficultmAS
MmStandard:m20
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,Whichmofmthemfollowingmismnotmtruemaboutmthemprocessmofmf
ermentation?mA.mItmcanmhelpmpreservemfoods,mpreventin
gmspoilage.
B. Itmconvertsmsugarsmtomorganicmacids,malcohols,mand/ormgasesmsuchmasmcarbonmdioxide.
C. Itmismcarriedmoutmexclusivelymbymunicellularmeukaryotesmsuchmasmyeast.*
D. Itmismusedmtommakemfoodsmsuchmasmcheesemandmbread.
Difficulty:m ModeratemAS
MmStandard:m11,m23,m26
5. ThemRomansmmaymhavemreducedmtheirmriskmofmwaterborneminfectiousmdiseasesmbymusingmw
hichmofmthemfollowing?
A. amvarietymofmpharmaceuticalmproducts
B. aqueductsmandmamsewermsystem*
C. prophylacticmantibiotics
D. quarantinemofmpeoplemwithmlepros
ymDifficulty:mModerate
ASMmStandard:m23
6. FormwhichmofmthemfollowingmismThucydidesmknown?
A. developingmanmeffectivemsewermsystemminmancientmGreece,mhelpingmtomreducemlevel
smofmdiseaseminmcities
B. observingmmicrobes,musingmammicroscope,mformthemfirstmtime,mevenmdistinguishingmbetw
eenmbacteriamandmfungi
C. proposingmthatmdiseasemwasmcausedmbymmicroorganisms
D. realizingmthatmpeoplemwhomhadmbeenminfectedmbymthemAthenianmplaguemhadmimmunit
ymtomreinfection*
Difficulty:mModeratem
ASMmStandard:m23,m3
1
7. ErnstmHaeckelmproposedmamclassificationmsystemmconsistingmofmwhichmofmthemfollow
ingmsubgroups?mA.mfivemkingdoms
B. fourmkingdoms*
C. twomdomainsmandmthreemkingdoms
D. twomdomainsmandmfivemkingdoms
Difficulty:mModeratemAS
MmStandard:mN/A
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,8. Virusesmnotmincludedminmphylogeneticmtreesmformwhichmofmthemfollowingmreasons?mA.mItmis
mtoom
difficultmtomobservemtheirmcharacteristics.
B. Theymaremacellularmandmnonliving.*
C. Theymdomnotmhavemanymgenes,mwhichmpreventsmgeneticmanalysis.
D. Theymlackmamnucleus.
Difficulty:mModeratemAS
MmStandard:m5
9. Whichmismthembestmdescriptionmofmthemprimarympurposemofmamphylogeny?mA.mPhylogeniesms
howmallmthemalterativemnamesmformeachmspecies.
B. Phylogeniesmshowmallmthemcommonmnamesmformeachmspecies.
C. Phylogeniesmshowmevolutionarymrelatednessmbetweenmorganisms.*
D. Phylogeniesmshowminteractionsmbetweenmspeciesminmamsharedmhabitat.
Difficulty:mModeratemAS
MmStandard:m5
10. Currentmphylogeneticmanalysesmincludemwhichmofmthemfollowing?
A. informationmfrommamrangemofmsources,mincludingmmorphological,mgenetic,mandmbiochemi
calmdata*
B. informationmonmvisiblemsimilaritiesmonly
C. informationmregardingmhowmtomclassifymorganismsmonmthembasismofmexternalmmorphologi
calmcharacteristicsmandmvisiblembehaviors
D. variedmmorphologicalmandmstructuralmcharacteristics,mwithmpreferencemformleavingmhistori
calmclassificationsmtompreventmconfusion
Difficulty:mModeratemAS
MmStandard:m5
11. Diatomsmaremclassifiedmwithinmwhichmofmthemfollowingmdomains?
A. Archaea
B. Bacteria
C. Eukarya*
D. Prokaryota
Difficulty:mModeratemAS
MmStandard:mN/A
12. Horizontalmgenemtransferminvolvesmwhichmofmthemfollowing?
A. anymtransfermofmgenesminmamlaboratorymsetting
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, B. themtransfermofmgenesmfrommamvirusmtomambacteriummormvicemversambutmnotmanymothermfor
mmofmgenemtransfer
C. themtransfermofmgenesmfrommonemindividualmtomanother,mincludingmfrommonemspecie
smtomanother,mbutmnotmfrommparentmtomoffspring*mD.mthemtransfermofmgenesmfrommp
arentmtomoffspring
Difficulty:mModerat
emASMmStandard:m2,m
4
13. Bacteriamaremgenerallymidentifiedmtomspeciesmbymusingmwhichmofmthemfollowing?
A. amcombinationmofmgenetic,mbiochemical,mandmmicroscopicmapproaches*
B. amcombinationmofmmicroscopicmandmphysiologicalmapproaches,mbutmnotmgenetics
C. primarilymcharacteristicsmsuchmasmmotilitymthatmcanmbemvisualizedmusingmmicroscopy
D. primarilymmorphologicalmcharacteristicsmofmindividualmcells
Difficulty:mModeratem
ASMmStandard:m34,m3
6
14. Formtaxonomicmclassificationmofmmicrobes,mserologicalmtestsmtypicallymaremusedmtomdomwhic
hmofmthemfollowing?
A. determinemcompletemgenomemsequencesmformmicrobes
B. identifymproteinsmonmthembasismofmtheirmreactionmwithmspecificmantibodies*
C. runmanalysesmtomidentifymwhethermparticularmgenesmarempresent
D. visualizemmicrobialmexternalmmorphology
Difficulty:mModeratemA
SMmStandard:m34,m36
Whichmofmthemfollowingmismtruemofmthemmicrobialmworld?mA.
mAllmmicrobesmaremharmful.
B.m Humansmcouldmsurvivemwithoutmmicrobes.
C.m Manymmicrobesmaremhelpful.*D.mMostmmicrobesma
rempathogenic.
Difficulty:mEasy
ASMmStandard:m23,m24
15. Whichmofmthemfollowingmismwhenmhumansmfirstmsuspectedmthemexistencemofmmicrobes?
A. duringmthemIndustrialmRevolution
B. inmprehistoricmtimes*
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m m m m m
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS.ALL CHAPTERS
m m m m
INCLUDED
Chapterm1:mAnmInvisiblemWorld
*m=mCorrectmanswe
rmMultiplemChoice
1. Yeastsmaremwhichmofmthemfollowing?
A. amtypemofmalgae
B. amtypemofmprotist
C. anymunicellularmmicrobe
D. unicellularmfungi*
Difficulty:mModeratemAS
MmStandard:m20
3. Themcellmwallsmofmarchaeansmoftenmcontainmwhichmofmthemfollowingmsubstances?
A. cellulose
B. chitin
C. peptidoglycan
D. pseudopeptidoglycan*
ASMmStandard:m20
m
4. Whichmofmthemfollowingmismnotmtruemofmarchaeans?mA.mSomemspeciesmlivemonmthemhumanmbody.
B. Theymaremgeneticallymdistinctmfrommbacteria.
C. Theymaremonlymfoundminmextrememenvironments.*
D. Theymhavemsubstantialmmetabolicmdifferencesmfrommbacteria.
Difficulty:mDifficultmAS
MmStandard:m20
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,Whichmofmthemfollowingmismnotmtruemaboutmthemprocessmofmf
ermentation?mA.mItmcanmhelpmpreservemfoods,mpreventin
gmspoilage.
B. Itmconvertsmsugarsmtomorganicmacids,malcohols,mand/ormgasesmsuchmasmcarbonmdioxide.
C. Itmismcarriedmoutmexclusivelymbymunicellularmeukaryotesmsuchmasmyeast.*
D. Itmismusedmtommakemfoodsmsuchmasmcheesemandmbread.
Difficulty:m ModeratemAS
MmStandard:m11,m23,m26
5. ThemRomansmmaymhavemreducedmtheirmriskmofmwaterborneminfectiousmdiseasesmbymusingmw
hichmofmthemfollowing?
A. amvarietymofmpharmaceuticalmproducts
B. aqueductsmandmamsewermsystem*
C. prophylacticmantibiotics
D. quarantinemofmpeoplemwithmlepros
ymDifficulty:mModerate
ASMmStandard:m23
6. FormwhichmofmthemfollowingmismThucydidesmknown?
A. developingmanmeffectivemsewermsystemminmancientmGreece,mhelpingmtomreducemlevel
smofmdiseaseminmcities
B. observingmmicrobes,musingmammicroscope,mformthemfirstmtime,mevenmdistinguishingmbetw
eenmbacteriamandmfungi
C. proposingmthatmdiseasemwasmcausedmbymmicroorganisms
D. realizingmthatmpeoplemwhomhadmbeenminfectedmbymthemAthenianmplaguemhadmimmunit
ymtomreinfection*
Difficulty:mModeratem
ASMmStandard:m23,m3
1
7. ErnstmHaeckelmproposedmamclassificationmsystemmconsistingmofmwhichmofmthemfollow
ingmsubgroups?mA.mfivemkingdoms
B. fourmkingdoms*
C. twomdomainsmandmthreemkingdoms
D. twomdomainsmandmfivemkingdoms
Difficulty:mModeratemAS
MmStandard:mN/A
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,8. Virusesmnotmincludedminmphylogeneticmtreesmformwhichmofmthemfollowingmreasons?mA.mItmis
mtoom
difficultmtomobservemtheirmcharacteristics.
B. Theymaremacellularmandmnonliving.*
C. Theymdomnotmhavemanymgenes,mwhichmpreventsmgeneticmanalysis.
D. Theymlackmamnucleus.
Difficulty:mModeratemAS
MmStandard:m5
9. Whichmismthembestmdescriptionmofmthemprimarympurposemofmamphylogeny?mA.mPhylogeniesms
howmallmthemalterativemnamesmformeachmspecies.
B. Phylogeniesmshowmallmthemcommonmnamesmformeachmspecies.
C. Phylogeniesmshowmevolutionarymrelatednessmbetweenmorganisms.*
D. Phylogeniesmshowminteractionsmbetweenmspeciesminmamsharedmhabitat.
Difficulty:mModeratemAS
MmStandard:m5
10. Currentmphylogeneticmanalysesmincludemwhichmofmthemfollowing?
A. informationmfrommamrangemofmsources,mincludingmmorphological,mgenetic,mandmbiochemi
calmdata*
B. informationmonmvisiblemsimilaritiesmonly
C. informationmregardingmhowmtomclassifymorganismsmonmthembasismofmexternalmmorphologi
calmcharacteristicsmandmvisiblembehaviors
D. variedmmorphologicalmandmstructuralmcharacteristics,mwithmpreferencemformleavingmhistori
calmclassificationsmtompreventmconfusion
Difficulty:mModeratemAS
MmStandard:m5
11. Diatomsmaremclassifiedmwithinmwhichmofmthemfollowingmdomains?
A. Archaea
B. Bacteria
C. Eukarya*
D. Prokaryota
Difficulty:mModeratemAS
MmStandard:mN/A
12. Horizontalmgenemtransferminvolvesmwhichmofmthemfollowing?
A. anymtransfermofmgenesminmamlaboratorymsetting
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, B. themtransfermofmgenesmfrommamvirusmtomambacteriummormvicemversambutmnotmanymothermfor
mmofmgenemtransfer
C. themtransfermofmgenesmfrommonemindividualmtomanother,mincludingmfrommonemspecie
smtomanother,mbutmnotmfrommparentmtomoffspring*mD.mthemtransfermofmgenesmfrommp
arentmtomoffspring
Difficulty:mModerat
emASMmStandard:m2,m
4
13. Bacteriamaremgenerallymidentifiedmtomspeciesmbymusingmwhichmofmthemfollowing?
A. amcombinationmofmgenetic,mbiochemical,mandmmicroscopicmapproaches*
B. amcombinationmofmmicroscopicmandmphysiologicalmapproaches,mbutmnotmgenetics
C. primarilymcharacteristicsmsuchmasmmotilitymthatmcanmbemvisualizedmusingmmicroscopy
D. primarilymmorphologicalmcharacteristicsmofmindividualmcells
Difficulty:mModeratem
ASMmStandard:m34,m3
6
14. Formtaxonomicmclassificationmofmmicrobes,mserologicalmtestsmtypicallymaremusedmtomdomwhic
hmofmthemfollowing?
A. determinemcompletemgenomemsequencesmformmicrobes
B. identifymproteinsmonmthembasismofmtheirmreactionmwithmspecificmantibodies*
C. runmanalysesmtomidentifymwhethermparticularmgenesmarempresent
D. visualizemmicrobialmexternalmmorphology
Difficulty:mModeratemA
SMmStandard:m34,m36
Whichmofmthemfollowingmismtruemofmthemmicrobialmworld?mA.
mAllmmicrobesmaremharmful.
B.m Humansmcouldmsurvivemwithoutmmicrobes.
C.m Manymmicrobesmaremhelpful.*D.mMostmmicrobesma
rempathogenic.
Difficulty:mEasy
ASMmStandard:m23,m24
15. Whichmofmthemfollowingmismwhenmhumansmfirstmsuspectedmthemexistencemofmmicrobes?
A. duringmthemIndustrialmRevolution
B. inmprehistoricmtimes*
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