OPENSTAX MICROBIOLOGY TEST BANK OpenStax Microbiolo
n n n n nn
gy THIS TEST BANK COVERS ALL CHAPTERS
n n n n n n n
1-26 OF THE BOOK, Answered
n n n n
Chaptern1:nAnnInvisiblenWorld
*n =nCorrect nanswernMulti
plenChoice
1. Which nof nthenfollowingnisntruenof nthenmicrobial nworld?
A. All nmicrobesnarenharmful.
B. Humansncouldnsurvivenwithoutnmicrobes.
C. Manynmicrobesnarenhelpful.*
D. Mostnmicrobesnarenpathogenic.
Difficulty:nEasy
ASMnStandard:n23,n24
2. Which nof nthenfollowingnisnwhen nhumansnfirstnsuspectednthenexistencenof nmicrobes?
A. duringnthenIndustrial nRevolution
B. in nprehistoricntimes*
C. in nthenlastncentury
D. within nthenlastn500nyears
Difficulty:nEasynAS
MnStandard:n23
3. Which nindividualnfirstnobservednunicellularnorganisms,nwhichnhencalledn
“animalcules,”nusingnanmicroscopenhendeveloped?
A. RobertnKoch
B. LouisnPasteur
C. Thucydides
D. Antonienvan nLeeuwenhoek*
Difficulty:nEasynAS
MnStandard:n6
4. Tonreducenthenrisknof nopennflamenfromnBunsennburners,nmicrobiologistsnareni
ncreasinglynusingnwhichnof nthenfollowingndevicesnforneasy,nrapidnbenchtopnst
erilization nof nsmallnpiecesnof nequipment?
A. autoclaves
B. ethylenenoxide
C. incubators
D. microincinerators*
Difficulty:nEasynAS
MnStandard:n36
,5. ThenSwedishnbotanistnknownnfornhavingndevelopednannimportantnbiological n
classification nsystemnisnwhich nof nthenfollowingnpeople?
A. ErnstnHaeckel
B. CarolusnLinnaeus*
C. LouisnPasteur
D. RobertnWhittaker
Difficulty:nEasynAS
MnStandard:nN/A
6. Which nkingdomnwasnthenonlynonenfoundnin nEmpirenProkaryota?
A. Animalia
B. Fungi
C. Monera*
D. Protista
Difficulty:nEasynAS
MnStandard:nN/A
7. Which narenthenthreencurrentlynacceptedndomains?
A. Archaea,nBacteria,nandnEukarya*
B. Archaea,nProkaryota,nandnEukaryota
C. Bacteria,nFungi,nandnProtista
D. Bacteria,nProkaryota,nandnEukarya
Difficulty:nEasynAS
MnStandard:nN/A
8. Which ntwontaxonomicnunitsnarentypicallynusedntonidentifynannorganismnwhen nusingn
binomial nnomenclature?
A. domain nandnkingdom
B. genusnandnfamily
C. genusnandnspecies*
D. phylumnandnclass
Difficulty:nEasynAS
MnStandard:nN/A
9. Which nof nthenfollowingnisnnotntruenaboutnthenprocessnof nfermentation?
A. Itncan nhelpnpreservenfoods,npreventingnspoilage.
B. Itnconvertsnsugarsntonorganic nacids,nalcohols,nand/orngasesnsuchnasncarbonndioxide.
C. Itnisncarriednoutnexclusivelynbynunicellularneukaryotesnsuch nasnyeast.*
D. Itnisnusedntonmakenfoodsnsuch nasncheesenandnbread.
Difficulty:nModerate
ASMnStandard:n11,n23,n26
,10. ThenRomansnmaynhavenreducedntheirnrisknofnwaterborneninfectiousndiseasesnbynusingn
which nof nthenfollowing?
A. anvarietynof npharmaceutical nproducts
B. aqueductsnandnansewernsystem*
C. prophylacticnantibiotics
D. quarantinenof npeoplenwith nleprosy
Difficulty:nModerate
nASMnStandard:n23
11. Fornwhich nof nthenfollowingnisnThucydidesnknown?
A. developingnanneffectivensewernsystemninnancientnGreece,nhelpingntonreducenl
evelsnof ndiseasenin ncities
B. observingnmicrobes,nusingnanmicroscope,nfornthenfirstntime,nevenndistinguishingn
between nbacterianandnfungi
C. proposingnthatndiseasenwasncausednbynmicroorganisms
D. realizingnthatnpeoplenwhonhadnbeenninfectednbynthenAtheniannplaguenhadni
mmunityntonreinfection*
Difficulty:nModeratenAS
MnStandard:n23,n31
12. ErnstnHaeckel nproposednanclassificationnsystemnconsistingnofnwhichnof nthenf
ollowingnsubgroups?
A. fivenkingdoms
B. fournkingdoms*
C. twondomainsnandnthreenkingdoms
D. twondomainsnandnfivenkingdoms
Difficulty:nModerate
nASMnStandard:nN/
A
13. Virusesnnotnincludednin nphylogeneticntreesnfornwhich nof nthenfollowingnreasons?
A. Itnisntoondifficultntonobserventheirncharacteristics.
B. Theynarenacellularnandnnonliving.*
C. Theyndonnotnhavenanyngenes,nwhich npreventsngeneticnanalysis.
D. Theynlacknannucleus.
Difficulty:nModerate
nASMnStandard:n5
14. Which nisnthenbestndescription nof nthenprimarynpurposenof nanphylogeny?
A. Phylogeniesnshow nall nthenalterativennamesnforneach nspecies.
B. Phylogeniesnshow nall nthencommon nnamesnforneach nspecies.
C. Phylogeniesnshow nevolutionarynrelatednessnbetween norganisms.*
, D. Phylogeniesnshow ninteractionsnbetween nspeciesnin nansharednhabitat.
Difficulty:nModerate
nASMnStandard:n5
15. Currentnphylogeneticnanalysesnincludenwhich nof nthenfollowing?
A. information nfromnanrangenof nsources,nincludingnmorphological,ngenetic,nandn
biochemical ndata*
B. information non nvisiblensimilaritiesnonly
C. information nregardingnhowntonclassifynorganismsnonnthenbasisnof nexternal n
morphological ncharacteristicsnandnvisiblenbehaviors
D. variednmorphological nandnstructural ncharacteristics,nwithnpreferencenfornleavingn
historical nclassificationsntonpreventnconfusion
Difficulty:nModerate
nASMnStandard:n5
16. Diatomsnarenclassifiednwithin nwhich nof nthenfollowingndomains?
A. Archaea
B. Bacteria
C. Eukarya*
D. Prokaryota
Difficulty:nModerate
nASMnStandard:nN/
A
17. Horizontal ngenentransferninvolvesnwhich nof nthenfollowing?
A. anyntransfernof ngenesnin nanlaboratorynsetting
B. thentransfernof ngenesnfromnanvirusntonanbacteriumnornvicenversanbutnnotnanyno
thernformnof ngenentransfer
C. thentransfernof ngenesnfromnonenindividual ntonanother,nincludingnfromnonen
speciesntonanother,nbutnnotnfromnparentntonoffspring*
D. thentransfernof ngenesnfromnparentntonoffspring
Difficulty:nModerate
nASMnStandard:n2,n
4
18. Bacterianarengenerallynidentifiedntonspeciesnbynusingnwhich nof nthenfollowing?
A. ancombination nof ngenetic,nbiochemical,nandnmicroscopicnapproaches*
B. ancombination nof nmicroscopicnandnphysiological napproaches,nbutnnotngenetics
C. primarilyncharacteristicsnsuch nasnmotilitynthatncan nbenvisualizednusingnmicroscopy
D. primarilynmorphological ncharacteristicsnof nindividual ncells
Difficulty:nModeratenAS
MnStandard:n34,n36
n n n n nn
gy THIS TEST BANK COVERS ALL CHAPTERS
n n n n n n n
1-26 OF THE BOOK, Answered
n n n n
Chaptern1:nAnnInvisiblenWorld
*n =nCorrect nanswernMulti
plenChoice
1. Which nof nthenfollowingnisntruenof nthenmicrobial nworld?
A. All nmicrobesnarenharmful.
B. Humansncouldnsurvivenwithoutnmicrobes.
C. Manynmicrobesnarenhelpful.*
D. Mostnmicrobesnarenpathogenic.
Difficulty:nEasy
ASMnStandard:n23,n24
2. Which nof nthenfollowingnisnwhen nhumansnfirstnsuspectednthenexistencenof nmicrobes?
A. duringnthenIndustrial nRevolution
B. in nprehistoricntimes*
C. in nthenlastncentury
D. within nthenlastn500nyears
Difficulty:nEasynAS
MnStandard:n23
3. Which nindividualnfirstnobservednunicellularnorganisms,nwhichnhencalledn
“animalcules,”nusingnanmicroscopenhendeveloped?
A. RobertnKoch
B. LouisnPasteur
C. Thucydides
D. Antonienvan nLeeuwenhoek*
Difficulty:nEasynAS
MnStandard:n6
4. Tonreducenthenrisknof nopennflamenfromnBunsennburners,nmicrobiologistsnareni
ncreasinglynusingnwhichnof nthenfollowingndevicesnforneasy,nrapidnbenchtopnst
erilization nof nsmallnpiecesnof nequipment?
A. autoclaves
B. ethylenenoxide
C. incubators
D. microincinerators*
Difficulty:nEasynAS
MnStandard:n36
,5. ThenSwedishnbotanistnknownnfornhavingndevelopednannimportantnbiological n
classification nsystemnisnwhich nof nthenfollowingnpeople?
A. ErnstnHaeckel
B. CarolusnLinnaeus*
C. LouisnPasteur
D. RobertnWhittaker
Difficulty:nEasynAS
MnStandard:nN/A
6. Which nkingdomnwasnthenonlynonenfoundnin nEmpirenProkaryota?
A. Animalia
B. Fungi
C. Monera*
D. Protista
Difficulty:nEasynAS
MnStandard:nN/A
7. Which narenthenthreencurrentlynacceptedndomains?
A. Archaea,nBacteria,nandnEukarya*
B. Archaea,nProkaryota,nandnEukaryota
C. Bacteria,nFungi,nandnProtista
D. Bacteria,nProkaryota,nandnEukarya
Difficulty:nEasynAS
MnStandard:nN/A
8. Which ntwontaxonomicnunitsnarentypicallynusedntonidentifynannorganismnwhen nusingn
binomial nnomenclature?
A. domain nandnkingdom
B. genusnandnfamily
C. genusnandnspecies*
D. phylumnandnclass
Difficulty:nEasynAS
MnStandard:nN/A
9. Which nof nthenfollowingnisnnotntruenaboutnthenprocessnof nfermentation?
A. Itncan nhelpnpreservenfoods,npreventingnspoilage.
B. Itnconvertsnsugarsntonorganic nacids,nalcohols,nand/orngasesnsuchnasncarbonndioxide.
C. Itnisncarriednoutnexclusivelynbynunicellularneukaryotesnsuch nasnyeast.*
D. Itnisnusedntonmakenfoodsnsuch nasncheesenandnbread.
Difficulty:nModerate
ASMnStandard:n11,n23,n26
,10. ThenRomansnmaynhavenreducedntheirnrisknofnwaterborneninfectiousndiseasesnbynusingn
which nof nthenfollowing?
A. anvarietynof npharmaceutical nproducts
B. aqueductsnandnansewernsystem*
C. prophylacticnantibiotics
D. quarantinenof npeoplenwith nleprosy
Difficulty:nModerate
nASMnStandard:n23
11. Fornwhich nof nthenfollowingnisnThucydidesnknown?
A. developingnanneffectivensewernsystemninnancientnGreece,nhelpingntonreducenl
evelsnof ndiseasenin ncities
B. observingnmicrobes,nusingnanmicroscope,nfornthenfirstntime,nevenndistinguishingn
between nbacterianandnfungi
C. proposingnthatndiseasenwasncausednbynmicroorganisms
D. realizingnthatnpeoplenwhonhadnbeenninfectednbynthenAtheniannplaguenhadni
mmunityntonreinfection*
Difficulty:nModeratenAS
MnStandard:n23,n31
12. ErnstnHaeckel nproposednanclassificationnsystemnconsistingnofnwhichnof nthenf
ollowingnsubgroups?
A. fivenkingdoms
B. fournkingdoms*
C. twondomainsnandnthreenkingdoms
D. twondomainsnandnfivenkingdoms
Difficulty:nModerate
nASMnStandard:nN/
A
13. Virusesnnotnincludednin nphylogeneticntreesnfornwhich nof nthenfollowingnreasons?
A. Itnisntoondifficultntonobserventheirncharacteristics.
B. Theynarenacellularnandnnonliving.*
C. Theyndonnotnhavenanyngenes,nwhich npreventsngeneticnanalysis.
D. Theynlacknannucleus.
Difficulty:nModerate
nASMnStandard:n5
14. Which nisnthenbestndescription nof nthenprimarynpurposenof nanphylogeny?
A. Phylogeniesnshow nall nthenalterativennamesnforneach nspecies.
B. Phylogeniesnshow nall nthencommon nnamesnforneach nspecies.
C. Phylogeniesnshow nevolutionarynrelatednessnbetween norganisms.*
, D. Phylogeniesnshow ninteractionsnbetween nspeciesnin nansharednhabitat.
Difficulty:nModerate
nASMnStandard:n5
15. Currentnphylogeneticnanalysesnincludenwhich nof nthenfollowing?
A. information nfromnanrangenof nsources,nincludingnmorphological,ngenetic,nandn
biochemical ndata*
B. information non nvisiblensimilaritiesnonly
C. information nregardingnhowntonclassifynorganismsnonnthenbasisnof nexternal n
morphological ncharacteristicsnandnvisiblenbehaviors
D. variednmorphological nandnstructural ncharacteristics,nwithnpreferencenfornleavingn
historical nclassificationsntonpreventnconfusion
Difficulty:nModerate
nASMnStandard:n5
16. Diatomsnarenclassifiednwithin nwhich nof nthenfollowingndomains?
A. Archaea
B. Bacteria
C. Eukarya*
D. Prokaryota
Difficulty:nModerate
nASMnStandard:nN/
A
17. Horizontal ngenentransferninvolvesnwhich nof nthenfollowing?
A. anyntransfernof ngenesnin nanlaboratorynsetting
B. thentransfernof ngenesnfromnanvirusntonanbacteriumnornvicenversanbutnnotnanyno
thernformnof ngenentransfer
C. thentransfernof ngenesnfromnonenindividual ntonanother,nincludingnfromnonen
speciesntonanother,nbutnnotnfromnparentntonoffspring*
D. thentransfernof ngenesnfromnparentntonoffspring
Difficulty:nModerate
nASMnStandard:n2,n
4
18. Bacterianarengenerallynidentifiedntonspeciesnbynusingnwhich nof nthenfollowing?
A. ancombination nof ngenetic,nbiochemical,nandnmicroscopicnapproaches*
B. ancombination nof nmicroscopicnandnphysiological napproaches,nbutnnotngenetics
C. primarilyncharacteristicsnsuch nasnmotilitynthatncan nbenvisualizednusingnmicroscopy
D. primarilynmorphological ncharacteristicsnof nindividual ncells
Difficulty:nModeratenAS
MnStandard:n34,n36
