Test Bank For Microbiology An Introduction 13th Edition Tortora, 9780134605180, All Chapters with Answers and Rationals

TEST BANK FOR OPEXSTAX MICROBIOLOGY QUESTI
t t t t t




ONS AND SOLUTIONS.ALL CHAPTERS INCLUDED
t t t t




Chaptert1:tAntInvisibletWorld

*t=tCorrecttanswertMultiple

t Choice

1. Yeaststaretwhichtoftthetfollowing?
A. attypetoftalgae
B. attypetoftprotist
C. anytunicellulartmicrobe
D. unicellulartfungi*

Difficulty:tModeratetASMtStandard
:t20

3. Thetcelltwallstoftarchaeanstoftentcontaintwhichtoftthetfollowingtsubstances?
A. cellulose
B. chitin
C. peptidoglycan
D. pseudopeptidoglycan*t
ASMtStandard:t20

4. Whichtoftthetfollowingtistnotttruetoftarchaeans?tA.tSometspeciestlivetontthethumantbody.
B.t Theytaretgeneticallytdistincttfromtbacteria.
C.t Theytaretonlytfoundtintextremetenvironments.*
D.t Theythavetsubstantialtmetabolictdifferencestfromtbacteria.

Difficulty:tDifficulttASMt
Standard:t20




Paget1toft17

,Whichtoftthetfollowingtistnotttruetabouttthetprocesstoftfermentat
ion?tA.tIttcanthelptpreservetfoods,tpreventingtspoilage.
B.tIttconvertstsugarsttotorganictacids,talcohols,tand/ortgasestsuchtastcarbontdioxide.
C.tIttistcarriedtouttexclusivelytbytunicellularteukaryotestsuchtastyeast.*
D.tIttistusedttotmaketfoodstsuchtastcheesetandtbread.

Difficulty:tModeratet AS
MtStandard:t11,t23,t26
5. ThetRomanstmaythavetreducedttheirtrisktoftwaterbornetinfectioustdiseasestbytusingtwhichtoft
thetfollowing?
A. atvarietytoftpharmaceuticaltproducts
B. aqueductstandtatsewertsystem*
C. prophylactictantibiotics
D. quarantinetoftpeopletwithtleprosyt

Difficulty:tModerate

ASMtStandard:t23

6. FortwhichtoftthetfollowingtistThucydidestknown?
A. developingtanteffectivetsewertsystemtintancienttGreece,thelpingttotreducetlevelstoftdi
seasetintcities
B. observingtmicrobes,tusingtatmicroscope,tfortthetfirstttime,teventdistinguishingtbetweentb
acteriatandtfungi
C. proposingtthattdiseasetwastcausedtbytmicroorganisms
D. realizingtthattpeopletwhothadtbeentinfectedtbytthetAtheniantplaguethadtimmunityttotrei
nfection*

Difficulty:tModeratetAS
MtStandard:t23,t31

7. ErnsttHaeckeltproposedtatclassificationtsystemtconsistingtoftwhichtoftthetfollowingtsu
bgroups?tA.tfivetkingdoms
B.t fourtkingdoms*
C.t twotdomainstandtthreetkingdoms
D.t twotdomainstandtfivetkingdoms

Difficulty:tModeratetASMtStandard
:tN/A




Paget2toft17

,8. Virusestnottincludedtintphylogeneticttreestfortwhichtoftthetfollowingtreasons?tA.tIttisttootdiff
icultttotobservettheirtcharacteristics.
B.t Theytaretacellulartandtnonliving.*
C.t Theytdotnotthavetanytgenes,twhichtpreventstgenetictanalysis.
D.t Theytlacktatnucleus.

Difficulty:tModeratetASMtStandard
:t5

9. Whichtistthetbesttdescriptiontoftthetprimarytpurposetoftatphylogeny?tA.tPhylogeniestshowtallt
thetalterativetnamestforteachtspecies.
B.t Phylogeniestshowtalltthetcommontnamestforteachtspecies.
C.t Phylogeniestshowtevolutionarytrelatednesstbetweentorganisms.*
D.t Phylogeniestshowtinteractionstbetweentspeciestintatsharedthabitat.

Difficulty:tModeratetASMtStandard
:t5

10. Currenttphylogenetictanalysestincludetwhichtoftthetfollowing?
A. informationtfromtatrangetoftsources,tincludingtmorphological,tgenetic,tandtbiochemicaltd
ata*
B. informationtontvisibletsimilaritiestonly
C. informationtregardingthowttotclassifytorganismstontthetbasistoftexternaltmorphologicaltch
aracteristicstandtvisibletbehaviors
D. variedtmorphologicaltandtstructuraltcharacteristics,twithtpreferencetfortleavingthistoricaltcl
assificationsttotpreventtconfusion

Difficulty:tModeratetASMtStandard
:t5

11. Diatomstaretclassifiedtwithintwhichtoftthetfollowingtdomains?
A. Archaea
B. Bacteria
C. Eukarya*
D. Prokaryota

Difficulty:tModeratetASMtStandard
:tN/A

12. Horizontaltgenettransfertinvolvestwhichtoftthetfollowing?
A. anyttransfertoftgenestintatlaboratorytsetting


Paget3toft17

, B. thettransfertoftgenestfromtatvirusttotatbacteriumtortvicetversatbuttnottanytothertformtoftgen
ettransfer
C. thettransfertoftgenestfromtonetindividualttotanother,tincludingtfromtonetspeciesttotan
other,tbuttnottfromtparentttotoffspring*tD.tthettransfertoftgenestfromtparentttotoffsp
ring

Difficulty:tModeratet

ASMtStandard:t2,t4

13. Bacteriataretgenerallytidentifiedttotspeciestbytusingtwhichtoftthetfollowing?
A. atcombinationtoftgenetic,tbiochemical,tandtmicroscopictapproaches*
B. atcombinationtoftmicroscopictandtphysiologicaltapproaches,tbuttnottgenetics
C. primarilytcharacteristicstsuchtastmotilitytthattcantbetvisualizedtusingtmicroscopy
D. primarilytmorphologicaltcharacteristicstoftindividualtcells

Difficulty:tModeratetAS
MtStandard:t34,t36
14. Forttaxonomictclassificationtoftmicrobes,tserologicaltteststtypicallytaretusedttotdotwhichtoftth
etfollowing?
A. determinetcompletetgenometsequencestfortmicrobes
B. identifytproteinstontthetbasistofttheirtreactiontwithtspecifictantibodies*
C. runtanalysesttotidentifytwhethertparticulartgenestaretpresent
D. visualizetmicrobialtexternaltmorphology

Difficulty:tModeratetAS
MtStandard:t34,t36

Whichtoftthetfollowingtisttruetoftthetmicrobialtworld?tA.tAlltmicro
bestaretharmful.
B.t Humanstcouldtsurvivetwithouttmicrobes.
C.t Manytmicrobestarethelpful.*D.tMosttmicrobestaretpathoge
nic.

Difficulty:tEasy
ASMtStandard:t23,t24

15. Whichtoftthetfollowingtistwhenthumanstfirsttsuspectedtthetexistencetoftmicrobes?
A. duringtthetIndustrialtRevolution
B. intprehistoricttimes*
C. intthetlasttcentury


Paget4toft17