TET BANK FOR Microbiology by OpenStax by Nina Parker, Mark Schneegurt, and Anh-Hue Thi Tu ISBN 978-1938168147 CHAPTERs 1-26 COVERED 100 VERIFIED A+ GRADE ASSURED

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ltipledChoice

1. Whichdofdthedfollowingdisdtruedofdthedmicrobialdworld?
A. Alldmicrobesdaredharmful.
B. Humansdcoulddsurvivedwithoutdmicrobes.
C. Manydmicrobesdaredhelpful.*
D. Mostdmicrobesdaredpathogenic.

Difficulty:dEasy
ASMdStandard:d23,d24

2. Whichdofdthedfollowingdisdwhendhumansdfirstdsuspecteddthedexistencedofdmicrobes?
A. duringdthedIndustrialdRevolution
B. indprehistoricdtimes*
C. indthedlastdcentury
D. withindthedlastd500dyears

Difficulty:dEasydAS
MdStandard:d23

3. Whichdindividualdfirstdobserveddunicellulardorganisms,dwhichdhedcalledd“animalcules,”dusingd
admicroscopedheddeveloped?
A. RobertdKoch
B. LouisdPasteur
C. Thucydides
D. AntoniedvandLeeuwenhoek*

Difficulty:dEasydAS
MdStandard:d6

4. TodreducedthedriskdofdopendflamedfromdBunsendburners,dmicrobiologistsdaredincreasinglydusingd
whichdofdthedfollowingddevicesdfordeasy,drapiddbenchtopdsterilizationdofdsmalldpiecesdofdequipm
ent?
A. autoclaves
B. ethylenedoxide
C. incubators
D. microincinerators*

Difficulty:dEasydAS
MdStandard:d36




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5. ThedSwedishdbotanistdknowndfordhavingddevelopeddandimportantdbiologicaldclassificationd
systemdisdwhichdofdthedfollowingdpeople?
A. ErnstdHaeckel
B. CarolusdLinnaeus*
C. LouisdPasteur
D. RobertdWhittaker

Difficulty:dEasydAS
MdStandard:dN/A

6. WhichdkingdomdwasdthedonlydonedfounddindEmpiredProkaryota?
A. Animalia
B. Fungi
C. Monera*
D. Protista

Difficulty:dEasydAS
MdStandard:dN/A

7. Whichdaredthedthreedcurrentlydacceptedddomains?
A. Archaea,dBacteria,danddEukarya*
B. Archaea,dProkaryota,danddEukaryota
C. Bacteria,dFungi,danddProtista
D. Bacteria,dProkaryota,danddEukarya

Difficulty:dEasydAS
MdStandard:dN/A

8. Whichdtwodtaxonomicdunitsdaredtypicallyduseddtodidentifydandorganismdwhendusingdbinomialdn
omenclature?
A. domaindanddkingdom
B. genusdanddfamily
C. genusdanddspecies*
D. phylumdanddclass

Difficulty:dEasydAS
MdStandard:dN/A

9. Whichdofdthedfollowingdisdnotdtruedaboutdthedprocessdofdfermentation?
A. Itdcandhelpdpreservedfoods,dpreventingdspoilage.
B. Itdconvertsdsugarsdtodorganicdacids,dalcohols,dand/ordgasesdsuchdasdcarbonddioxide.
C. Itdisdcarrieddoutdexclusivelydbydunicellulardeukaryotesdsuchdasdyeast.*
D. Itdisduseddtodmakedfoodsdsuchdasdcheesedanddbread.

Difficulty:dModeratedAS
MdStandard:d11,d23,d26


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10. ThedRomansdmaydhavedreduceddtheirdriskdofdwaterbornedinfectiousddiseasesdbydusingdwhichdofdt
hedfollowing?
A. advarietydofdpharmaceuticaldproducts
B. aqueductsdanddadsewerdsystem*
C. prophylacticdantibiotics
D. quarantinedofdpeopledwithdleprosy

Difficulty:dModerate
dASMdStandard:d23




11. FordwhichdofdthedfollowingdisdThucydidesdknown?
A. developingdandeffectivedsewerdsystemdindancientdGreece,dhelpingdtodreducedlevelsdofd
diseasedindcities
B. observingdmicrobes,dusingdadmicroscope,dfordthedfirstdtime,devenddistinguishingdbetweend
bacteriadanddfungi
C. proposingdthatddiseasedwasdcauseddbydmicroorganisms
D. realizingdthatdpeopledwhodhaddbeendinfecteddbydthedAtheniandplaguedhaddimmunitydtodr
einfection*

Difficulty:dModeratedAS
MdStandard:d23,d31

12. ErnstdHaeckeldproposeddadclassificationdsystemdconsistingdofdwhichdofdthedfollowingds
ubgroups?
A. fivedkingdoms
B. fourdkingdoms*
C. twoddomainsdanddthreedkingdoms
D. twoddomainsdanddfivedkingdoms

Difficulty:dModerate
dASMdStandard:dN/A




13. Virusesdnotdincludeddindphylogeneticdtreesdfordwhichdofdthedfollowingdreasons?
A. Itdisdtooddifficultdtodobservedtheirdcharacteristics.
B. Theydaredacellulardanddnonliving.*
C. Theyddodnotdhavedanydgenes,dwhichdpreventsdgeneticdanalysis.
D. Theydlackdadnucleus.

Difficulty:dModerate
dASMdStandard:d5




14. Whichdisdthedbestddescriptiondofdthedprimarydpurposedofdadphylogeny?
A. Phylogeniesdshowdalldthedalterativednamesdfordeachdspecies.
B. Phylogeniesdshowdalldthedcommondnamesdfordeachdspecies.
C. Phylogeniesdshowdevolutionarydrelatednessdbetweendorganisms.*


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D. Phylogeniesdshowdinteractionsdbetweendspeciesdindadshareddhabitat.

Difficulty:dModerate
dASMdStandard:d5




15. Currentdphylogeneticdanalysesdincludedwhichdofdthedfollowing?
A. informationdfromdadrangedofdsources,dincludingdmorphological,dgenetic,danddbiochemicald
data*
B. informationdondvisibledsimilaritiesdonly
C. informationdregardingdhowdtodclassifydorganismsdondthedbasisdofdexternaldmorphologicald
characteristicsdanddvisibledbehaviors
D. varieddmorphologicaldanddstructuraldcharacteristics,dwithdpreferencedfordleavingdhistoricald
classificationsdtodpreventdconfusion

Difficulty:dModerate
dASMdStandard:d5




16. Diatomsdaredclassifieddwithindwhichdofdthedfollowingddomains?
A. Archaea
B. Bacteria
C. Eukarya*
D. Prokaryota

Difficulty:dModerate
dASMdStandard:dN/A




17. Horizontaldgenedtransferdinvolvesdwhichdofdthedfollowing?
A. anydtransferdofdgenesdindadlaboratorydsetting
B. thedtransferdofdgenesdfromdadvirusdtodadbacteriumdordvicedversadbutdnotdanydotherdformdofdg
enedtransfer
C. thedtransferdofdgenesdfromdonedindividualdtodanother,dincludingdfromdonedspeciesdtoda
nother,dbutdnotdfromdparentdtodoffspring*
D. thedtransferdofdgenesdfromdparentdtodoffspring

Difficulty:dModerate
dASMdStandard:d2,d4




18. Bacteriadaredgenerallydidentifieddtodspeciesdbydusingdwhichdofdthedfollowing?
A. adcombinationdofdgenetic,dbiochemical,danddmicroscopicdapproaches*
B. adcombinationdofdmicroscopicdanddphysiologicaldapproaches,dbutdnotdgenetics
C. primarilydcharacteristicsdsuchdasdmotilitydthatdcandbedvisualizeddusingdmicroscopy
D. primarilydmorphologicaldcharacteristicsdofdindividualdcells

Difficulty:dModeratedAS
MdStandard:d34,d36



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