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m m m m m m m
1-26 OF THE BOOK, Answered
m m m m
Chapterm1:mAnmInvisiblemWorld
*m =mCorrect manswermMul
tiplemChoice
1. Which mof mthemfollowingmismtruemof mthemmicrobial mworld?
A. All mmicrobesmaremharmful.
B. Humansmcouldmsurvivemwithoutmmicrobes.
C. Manymmicrobesmaremhelpful.*
D. Mostmmicrobesmarempathogenic.
Difficulty:mEasy
ASMmStandard:m23,m24
2. Which mof mthemfollowingmismwhen mhumansmfirstmsuspectedmthemexistencemof mmicrobes?
A. duringmthemIndustrial mRevolution
B. in mprehistoricmtimes*
C. in mthemlastmcentury
D. within mthemlastm500myears
Difficulty:mEasymAS
MmStandard:m23
3. Which mindividualmfirstmobservedmunicellularmorganisms,mwhichmhemcalle
dm“animalcules,”musingmammicroscopemhemdeveloped?
A. RobertmKoch
B. LouismPasteur
C. Thucydides
D. Antoniemvan mLeeuwenhoek*
Difficulty:mEasymAS
MmStandard:m6
4. TomreducemthemriskmofmopenmflamemfrommBunsenmburners,mmicrobiologistsma
remincreasinglymusingmwhichmof mthemfollowingmdevicesmformeasy,mrapidmbenc
htopmsterilization mof msmallmpiecesmof mequipment?
A. autoclaves
B. ethylenemoxide
C. incubators
D. microincinerators*
Difficulty:mEasymAS
MmStandard:m36
,5. ThemSwedishmbotanistmknownmformhavingmdevelopedmanmimportantmbiologic
al mclassification msystemmismwhich mof mthemfollowingmpeople?
A. ErnstmHaeckel
B. CarolusmLinnaeus*
C. LouismPasteur
D. RobertmWhittaker
Difficulty:mEasymAS
MmStandard:mN/A
6. Which mkingdommwasmthemonlymonemfoundmin mEmpiremProkaryota?
A. Animalia
B. Fungi
C. Monera*
D. Protista
Difficulty:mEasymAS
MmStandard:mN/A
7. Which maremthemthreemcurrentlymacceptedmdomains?
A. Archaea,mBacteria,mandmEukarya*
B. Archaea,mProkaryota,mandmEukaryota
C. Bacteria,mFungi,mandmProtista
D. Bacteria,mProkaryota,mandmEukarya
Difficulty:mEasymAS
MmStandard:mN/A
8. Which mtwomtaxonomicmunitsmaremtypicallymusedmtomidentifymanmorganismmwhen musi
ngmbinomial mnomenclature?
A. domain mandmkingdom
B. genusmandmfamily
C. genusmandmspecies*
D. phylummandmclass
Difficulty:mEasymAS
MmStandard:mN/A
9. Which mof mthemfollowingmismnotmtruemaboutmthemprocessmof mfermentation?
A. Itmcan mhelpmpreservemfoods,mpreventingmspoilage.
B. Itmconvertsmsugarsmtomorganic macids,malcohols,mand/ormgasesm suchmasmcarbonmdioxide.
C. Itmismcarriedmoutmexclusivelymbymunicellularmeukaryotesmsuch masmyeast.*
D. Itmismusedmtommakemfoodsmsuch masmcheesemandmbread.
Difficulty:mModerate
ASMmStandard:m11,m23,m26
,10. ThemRomansmmaymhavemreducedmtheirmriskmof mwaterborneminfectiousmdiseasesmbymusi
ngmwhich mof mthemfollowing?
A. amvarietymof mpharmaceutical mproducts
B. aqueductsmandmamsewermsystem*
C. prophylacticmantibiotics
D. quarantinemof mpeoplemwith mleprosy
Difficulty:mModerate
mASMmStandard:m2
3
11. Formwhich mof mthemfollowingmismThucydidesmknown?
A. developingmanmeffectivemsewermsystemminmancientmGreece,mhelpingmtomreduc
emlevelsmof mdiseasemin mcities
B. observingmmicrobes,musingmammicroscope,mformthemfirstmtime,meven mdistinguishin
gmbetween mbacteriamandmfungi
C. proposingmthatmdiseasemwasmcausedmbymmicroorganisms
D. realizingmthatmpeoplemwhomhadmbeenminfectedmbymthemAthenian mplaguemh
admimmunitymtomreinfection*
Difficulty:mModeratemA
SMmStandard:m23,m31
12. Ernstm Haeckel mproposedmamclassificationmsystemmconsistingmof mwhichmofmth
emfollowingmsubgroups?
A. fivemkingdoms
B. fourmkingdoms*
C. twomdomainsmandmthreemkingdoms
D. twomdomainsmandmfivemkingdoms
Difficulty:mModerate
mASMmStandard:mN/
A
13. Virusesmnotmincludedmin mphylogeneticmtreesmformwhich mof mthemfollowingmreasons?
A. Itmismtoomdifficultmtomobservemtheirmcharacteristics.
B. Theymaremacellularmandmnonliving.*
C. Theymdomnotmhavemanymgenes,mwhich mpreventsmgeneticmanalysis.
D. Theymlackmamnucleus.
Difficulty:mModerate
mASMmStandard:m5
14. Which mismthembestmdescription mof mthemprimarympurposemof mamphylogeny?
A. Phylogeniesmshow mall mthemalterativemnamesmformeach mspecies.
B. Phylogeniesmshow mall mthemcommon mnamesmformeach mspecies.
C. Phylogeniesmshow mevolutionarymrelatednessmbetween morganisms.*
, D. Phylogeniesmshow minteractionsmbetween mspeciesmin mamsharedmhabitat.
Difficulty:mModerate
mASMmStandard:m5
15. Currentmphylogeneticmanalysesmincludemwhich mof mthemfollowing?
A. information mfrommamrangemof msources,mincludingmmorphological,mgenetic,man
dmbiochemical mdata*
B. information mon mvisiblemsimilaritiesmonly
C. information mregardingmhow mtomclassifymorganismsmonmthembasismofmextern
al mmorphological mcharacteristicsmandmvisiblembehaviors
D. variedmmorphologicalmandmstructural mcharacteristics,mwithmpreferencemformleavin
gmhistorical mclassificationsmtompreventmconfusion
Difficulty:mModerate
mASMmStandard:m5
16. Diatomsmaremclassifiedmwithin mwhich mof mthemfollowingmdomains?
A. Archaea
B. Bacteria
C. Eukarya*
D. Prokaryota
Difficulty:mModerate
mASMmStandard:mN/
A
17. Horizontal mgenemtransferminvolvesmwhich mof mthemfollowing?
A. anymtransfermof mgenesmin mamlaboratorymsetting
B. themtransfermofmgenesmfrommamvirusmtomambacteriummormvicemversambutmnotma
nymothermformmof mgenemtransfer
C. themtransfermofmgenesmfrommonemindividualmtomanother,mincludingmfrommo
nemspeciesmtomanother,mbutmnotmfrommparentmtomoffspring*
D. themtransfermof mgenesmfrommparentmtomoffspring
Difficulty:mModeratemA
SMmStandard:m2,m4
18. Bacteriamaremgenerallymidentifiedmtomspeciesmbymusingmwhich mof mthemfollowing?
A. amcombination mof mgenetic,mbiochemical,mandmmicroscopicmapproaches*
B. amcombination mof mmicroscopicmandmphysiological mapproaches,mbutmnotmgenetics
C. primarilymcharacteristicsmsuch masmmotilitymthatmcan mbemvisualizedmusingmmicroscopy
D. primarilymmorphological mcharacteristicsmof mindividual mcells
Difficulty:mModeratemA
SMmStandard:m34,m36
m m m m mm
gy THIS TEST BANK COVERS ALL CHAPTERS
m m m m m m m
1-26 OF THE BOOK, Answered
m m m m
Chapterm1:mAnmInvisiblemWorld
*m =mCorrect manswermMul
tiplemChoice
1. Which mof mthemfollowingmismtruemof mthemmicrobial mworld?
A. All mmicrobesmaremharmful.
B. Humansmcouldmsurvivemwithoutmmicrobes.
C. Manymmicrobesmaremhelpful.*
D. Mostmmicrobesmarempathogenic.
Difficulty:mEasy
ASMmStandard:m23,m24
2. Which mof mthemfollowingmismwhen mhumansmfirstmsuspectedmthemexistencemof mmicrobes?
A. duringmthemIndustrial mRevolution
B. in mprehistoricmtimes*
C. in mthemlastmcentury
D. within mthemlastm500myears
Difficulty:mEasymAS
MmStandard:m23
3. Which mindividualmfirstmobservedmunicellularmorganisms,mwhichmhemcalle
dm“animalcules,”musingmammicroscopemhemdeveloped?
A. RobertmKoch
B. LouismPasteur
C. Thucydides
D. Antoniemvan mLeeuwenhoek*
Difficulty:mEasymAS
MmStandard:m6
4. TomreducemthemriskmofmopenmflamemfrommBunsenmburners,mmicrobiologistsma
remincreasinglymusingmwhichmof mthemfollowingmdevicesmformeasy,mrapidmbenc
htopmsterilization mof msmallmpiecesmof mequipment?
A. autoclaves
B. ethylenemoxide
C. incubators
D. microincinerators*
Difficulty:mEasymAS
MmStandard:m36
,5. ThemSwedishmbotanistmknownmformhavingmdevelopedmanmimportantmbiologic
al mclassification msystemmismwhich mof mthemfollowingmpeople?
A. ErnstmHaeckel
B. CarolusmLinnaeus*
C. LouismPasteur
D. RobertmWhittaker
Difficulty:mEasymAS
MmStandard:mN/A
6. Which mkingdommwasmthemonlymonemfoundmin mEmpiremProkaryota?
A. Animalia
B. Fungi
C. Monera*
D. Protista
Difficulty:mEasymAS
MmStandard:mN/A
7. Which maremthemthreemcurrentlymacceptedmdomains?
A. Archaea,mBacteria,mandmEukarya*
B. Archaea,mProkaryota,mandmEukaryota
C. Bacteria,mFungi,mandmProtista
D. Bacteria,mProkaryota,mandmEukarya
Difficulty:mEasymAS
MmStandard:mN/A
8. Which mtwomtaxonomicmunitsmaremtypicallymusedmtomidentifymanmorganismmwhen musi
ngmbinomial mnomenclature?
A. domain mandmkingdom
B. genusmandmfamily
C. genusmandmspecies*
D. phylummandmclass
Difficulty:mEasymAS
MmStandard:mN/A
9. Which mof mthemfollowingmismnotmtruemaboutmthemprocessmof mfermentation?
A. Itmcan mhelpmpreservemfoods,mpreventingmspoilage.
B. Itmconvertsmsugarsmtomorganic macids,malcohols,mand/ormgasesm suchmasmcarbonmdioxide.
C. Itmismcarriedmoutmexclusivelymbymunicellularmeukaryotesmsuch masmyeast.*
D. Itmismusedmtommakemfoodsmsuch masmcheesemandmbread.
Difficulty:mModerate
ASMmStandard:m11,m23,m26
,10. ThemRomansmmaymhavemreducedmtheirmriskmof mwaterborneminfectiousmdiseasesmbymusi
ngmwhich mof mthemfollowing?
A. amvarietymof mpharmaceutical mproducts
B. aqueductsmandmamsewermsystem*
C. prophylacticmantibiotics
D. quarantinemof mpeoplemwith mleprosy
Difficulty:mModerate
mASMmStandard:m2
3
11. Formwhich mof mthemfollowingmismThucydidesmknown?
A. developingmanmeffectivemsewermsystemminmancientmGreece,mhelpingmtomreduc
emlevelsmof mdiseasemin mcities
B. observingmmicrobes,musingmammicroscope,mformthemfirstmtime,meven mdistinguishin
gmbetween mbacteriamandmfungi
C. proposingmthatmdiseasemwasmcausedmbymmicroorganisms
D. realizingmthatmpeoplemwhomhadmbeenminfectedmbymthemAthenian mplaguemh
admimmunitymtomreinfection*
Difficulty:mModeratemA
SMmStandard:m23,m31
12. Ernstm Haeckel mproposedmamclassificationmsystemmconsistingmof mwhichmofmth
emfollowingmsubgroups?
A. fivemkingdoms
B. fourmkingdoms*
C. twomdomainsmandmthreemkingdoms
D. twomdomainsmandmfivemkingdoms
Difficulty:mModerate
mASMmStandard:mN/
A
13. Virusesmnotmincludedmin mphylogeneticmtreesmformwhich mof mthemfollowingmreasons?
A. Itmismtoomdifficultmtomobservemtheirmcharacteristics.
B. Theymaremacellularmandmnonliving.*
C. Theymdomnotmhavemanymgenes,mwhich mpreventsmgeneticmanalysis.
D. Theymlackmamnucleus.
Difficulty:mModerate
mASMmStandard:m5
14. Which mismthembestmdescription mof mthemprimarympurposemof mamphylogeny?
A. Phylogeniesmshow mall mthemalterativemnamesmformeach mspecies.
B. Phylogeniesmshow mall mthemcommon mnamesmformeach mspecies.
C. Phylogeniesmshow mevolutionarymrelatednessmbetween morganisms.*
, D. Phylogeniesmshow minteractionsmbetween mspeciesmin mamsharedmhabitat.
Difficulty:mModerate
mASMmStandard:m5
15. Currentmphylogeneticmanalysesmincludemwhich mof mthemfollowing?
A. information mfrommamrangemof msources,mincludingmmorphological,mgenetic,man
dmbiochemical mdata*
B. information mon mvisiblemsimilaritiesmonly
C. information mregardingmhow mtomclassifymorganismsmonmthembasismofmextern
al mmorphological mcharacteristicsmandmvisiblembehaviors
D. variedmmorphologicalmandmstructural mcharacteristics,mwithmpreferencemformleavin
gmhistorical mclassificationsmtompreventmconfusion
Difficulty:mModerate
mASMmStandard:m5
16. Diatomsmaremclassifiedmwithin mwhich mof mthemfollowingmdomains?
A. Archaea
B. Bacteria
C. Eukarya*
D. Prokaryota
Difficulty:mModerate
mASMmStandard:mN/
A
17. Horizontal mgenemtransferminvolvesmwhich mof mthemfollowing?
A. anymtransfermof mgenesmin mamlaboratorymsetting
B. themtransfermofmgenesmfrommamvirusmtomambacteriummormvicemversambutmnotma
nymothermformmof mgenemtransfer
C. themtransfermofmgenesmfrommonemindividualmtomanother,mincludingmfrommo
nemspeciesmtomanother,mbutmnotmfrommparentmtomoffspring*
D. themtransfermof mgenesmfrommparentmtomoffspring
Difficulty:mModeratemA
SMmStandard:m2,m4
18. Bacteriamaremgenerallymidentifiedmtomspeciesmbymusingmwhich mof mthemfollowing?
A. amcombination mof mgenetic,mbiochemical,mandmmicroscopicmapproaches*
B. amcombination mof mmicroscopicmandmphysiological mapproaches,mbutmnotmgenetics
C. primarilymcharacteristicsmsuch masmmotilitymthatmcan mbemvisualizedmusingmmicroscopy
D. primarilymmorphological mcharacteristicsmof mindividual mcells
Difficulty:mModeratemA
SMmStandard:m34,m36
