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1. Disease-causing mmicroorganisms maremcalled
A. decomposers.
B. prokaryotes.
C. pathogens.
D. eukaryotes.
E. f ermenters.
2. Themmicroorganisms mthat mrecyclemnutrients mby mbreaking mdownmdead mmattermand mwastes maremcalled
A. decomposers.
B. prokaryotes.
C. pathogens.
D. eukaryotes.
E. f ermenters.
3. Themmicroorganisms mthat mdo mnot mhavemamnucleus minmtheirmcells maremcalled
A. decomposers.
B. prokaryotes.
C. pathogens.
D. eukaryotes.
E. f ermenters.
4. Whenmhumans mmanipulatemthemgenes mof mmicroorganisms mthemprocess mis mcalled2013
A. bioremediation.
B. genetic mengineering.
C. epidemiology.
D. immunology.
E. taxonomy.
5. Whichmof mthemf ollowing maremnot mconsidered mmicroorganisms?
A. mosquitoes
B. protozoa
C. bacteria
D. viruses
E. f ungi
6. Allmmicroorganisms marembest mdef ined mas morganisms mthat
A. causemhumanmdisease.
B. lack mamcellmnucleus.
C. areminf ectious mparticles.
D. aremtoo msmallmto mbemseenmwithmthemunaided meye.
E. canmonly mbemf ound mgrowing minmlaboratories.
7. Whichmactivity mis manmexamplemof mbiotechnology?
A. Bacteriaminmthemsoilmsecretemanmantibiotic mto mkillmcompetitors.
B. Ammicrobiologist muses mammicroscopemto mstudy mbacteria.
C. Humans musemyeast mto mmakembeermand mwine.
D. Mycobacterium mtuberculosis mcauses mtuberculosis minmthemlungs.
E. Public mhealthmof f icials mmonitormdiseases minmamcommunity.
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8. Which of the f ollowing is a unique characteristic oT
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ups mof mmicroorganisms?
A. Viruses mcausemhumanmdisease.
B. Vruses maremcomposed mof mcells mthat mlack mnuclei.
C. Viruses mcannot mbemseenmwithout manmelectronmmicroscope.
D. Viruses mcontainmgenetic mmaterial.
E. Viruses mlack mcellmstructure.
9. ThemDutchmmerchant mwho mmademand mused mquality mmagnif ying mlenses mto mseemand mrecord mmicroorganisms mwas
A. Francesco mRedi.
B. AntoniemvanmLeeuwenhoek.
C. Louis mPasteur.
D. JosephmLister.
E. Robert mKoch.
10. Pasteurmused mswan-neck mf lasks minmhis mexperiments mto mprovemthat
A. airmhad m"vitalmf orces" mcapablemof mspontaneous mgeneration.
B. microbialmf ermentationmcould mbemused mto mmakemwine.
C. dust minmairmwas mamsourcemof mliving mmicroorganisms.
D. microorganisms mcould mcausemdisease.
E. microorganisms mcould mbemgrownminmlaboratory minf usions.
11. Whichmof mthemf ollowing mis mnotmamprocess minmthemscientif ic mmethod?
A. belief minmampreconceived midea
B. f ormulatemamhypothesis
C. systematic mobservation
D. laboratory mexperimentation
E. development mof mamtheory
12. Spontaneous mgenerationmis mthembelief mthat
A. germs mcauseminf ectious mdiseases.
B. microbes maremdiversemand mubiquitous.
C. microbes mplaced minmanminf usionmcanmgrowminmit.
D. aseptic mtechniques mreducemmicrobes minmmedicalmsettings.
E. living mthings marisemf rommnonliving mmatter.
13. Koch's mpostulates maremcriteriamused mto mestablishmthat
A. microbes maremf ound monmdust mparticles.
B. amspecif ic mmicrobemis mthemcausemof mamspecif ic mdisease.
C. lif e-f orms mcanmonly marisemf rommpreexisting mlif e-f orms.
D. amspecif ic mmicrobemshould mbemclassif ied minmamspecif ic mkingdom.
E. microbes mcanmbemused mto mcleanmup mtoxic mspills.
14. Whichmof mthemf ollowing mis mamtaxonmthat mcontains mallmthemothermtaxamlisted?
A. species
B. phylum
C. kingdom
D. genus
E. f amily
15. Whichmof mthemf ollowing mis mamscientif ic mname?
A. bacteria
B. Protista
C. species
D. Bacillus msubtilis
E. bacilli
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16. Taxonomy mdoes mnotminvolve
A. nomenclature.
B. classif ication.
C. taxa.
D. identif ication.
E. Koch's mpostulates.
17. Themsmallest mand mmost msignif icant mtaxonmis
A. genus.
B. species.
C. kingdom.
D. f amily.
E. phylum.
18. Themstudy mof mevolutionary mrelationships mamong morganisms mis mcalled
A. biotechnology.
B. genetics.
C. recombinant mDNA.
D. phylogeny.
E. taxonomy.
19. Amscientist mstudying mthemsequencemof mnucleotides minmthemrRNAmof mambacterialmspecies mis mworking mon
A. determining mevolutionary mrelatedness.
B. bioremediation.
C. recombinant mDNA.
D. nomenclature.
E. determining mif mthat mspecies mis mthemcausemof mamnewmdisease.
20. Amscientist mdiscovers mamnewmmicrobialmspecies. mItmis mamsingle-
celled meukaryotemwithout mcellmwalls. mInmwhichmkingdommwillmitmlikely mbemclassif ied?
A. Monera
B. Protista
C. Fungi
D. Animalia
E. Plantae
21. Amscientist mcollectsmgrass mclippings mtomfind mthemsourcemofmanmoutbreak mof mtularemiamis manmexamplemofmworkingm
inmthemf ield mof
A. f ood mmicrobiology.
B. epidemiology.
C. agriculturalmmicrobiology.
D. genetic mengineering.
E. biotechnology.
22. Helminths mare
A. bacteria.
B. protozoa.
C. molds.
D. parasitic mworms.
E. inf ectious mparticles.
23. Allmof mthemf ollowing mpertainmto mphotosynthesis, mexcept
A. it moccurs monly minmmembers mof mthemkingdommPlantae.
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