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B. CarolusmLinnaeus*m(correct manswer)
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Difficulty:mEasymAS
MmStandard:mN/A
7. Whichmaremthemthreemcurrentlymaccepted mdomains?
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B. Archaea,mProkaryota,mand mEukaryota
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Difficulty:mEasymAS
MmStandard:mN/A
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B. genusmand mfamily
C. genusmand mspecies*m(correct manswer)
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Difficulty:mEasymAS
MmStandard:mN/A
9. Whichmof mthemfollowingmismnot mtruemabout mthemprocessmof mfermentation?
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B. It mconvertsmsugarsmtomorganicmacids,malcohols,mand/ormgasesmsuchmasmcarbonmdioxide.
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Difficulty:mModeratemAS
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Chapter 2 : How We See the Invisible Worl
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1. Whichmof mthemfollowingmismtruemof mthemmicrobialmworld?
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C. Manymmicrobesmaremhelpful.*m(correct manswer)
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B. inmprehistoricmtimes*m(correct manswer)
C. inmthemlast mcentury
D. withinmthemlast m500myears
Difficulty:mEasymAS
MmStandard:m23
3. Whichmindividualmfirst mobserved municellularmorganisms,mwhichmhemcalled m“animalcules,” musi
ngmammicroscopemhemdeveloped?
A. Robert mKoch
B. LouismPasteur
C. Thucydides
D. AntoniemvanmLeeuwenhoek*m(correct manswer)
Difficulty:mEasym
ASMmStandard:m
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4. Tomreducemthemriskmof mopenmflamemfrom mBunsenmburners,mmicrobiologists mare mincreasinglymusi
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A. autoclaves
B. ethylenemoxide
C. incubators
D. microincinerators*m(correct manswer)
Difficulty:mEasymAS
MmStandard:m36
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5. Whichmkingdommwasmthemonlymonemfound minmEmpiremProkaryota?
A. Animalia
B. Fungi
C. Monera*m(correct manswer)
D. Protista
Difficulty:mEasymAS
MmStandard:mN/A
6. ThemSwedishmbotanist mknownmformhavingmdeveloped manmimportant mbiological mclassificati
onmsystemmismwhichmof mthemfollowingmpeople?
A. Ernst mHaeckel
B. CarolusmLinnaeus*m(correct manswer)
C. LouismPasteur
D. Robert mWhittaker
Difficulty:mEasymAS
MmStandard:mN/A
7. Whichmaremthemthreemcurrentlymaccepted mdomains?
A. Archaea,mBacteria,mand mEukarya*m(correct manswer)
B. Archaea,mProkaryota,mand mEukaryota
C. Bacteria,mFungi,mand mProtista
D. Bacteria,mProkaryota,mand mEukarya
Difficulty:mEasymAS
MmStandard:mN/A
8. Whichmtwomtaxonomicmunitsmaremtypicallymused mtomidentifymanmorganismmwhenmusingmbinom
ialmnomenclature?
A. domainmand mkingdom
B. genusmand mfamily
C. genusmand mspecies*m(correct manswer)
D. phylummand mclass
Difficulty:mEasymAS
MmStandard:mN/A
9. Whichmof mthemfollowingmismnot mtruemabout mthemprocessmof mfermentation?
A. It mcanmhelpmpreservemfoods,mpreventingmspoilage.
B. It mconvertsmsugarsmtomorganicmacids,malcohols,mand/ormgasesmsuchmasmcarbonmdioxide.
C. It mismcarried mout mexclusivelymbymunicellularmeukaryotesmsuchmasmyeast.*m(correct manswer)
D. It mismused mtommakemfoodsmsuchmasmcheesemand mbread.
Difficulty:mModeratemAS
MmStandard:m11,m23,m26
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10. Formwhichmof mthemfollowingmismThucydidesmknown?
A. developingmanmeffectivemsewermsystemminmancient mGreece,mhelpingmtomreducemlevelsm
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B. observingmmicrobes,musingmammicroscope,mformthemfirst mtime,mevenmdistinguishing mbetwe
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C. proposingmthat mdiseasemwasmcaused mbymmicroorganisms
D. realizingmthat mpeoplemwhomhad mbeenminfected mbymthemAthenianmplaguemhad mimmunitym
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Difficulty:mModeratem
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11. ThemRomansmmaymhavemreduced mtheirmriskmof mwaterborneminfectiousmdiseasesmbymusingmwhich
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A. amvarietymof mpharmaceuticalmproducts
B. aqueductsmand mamsewermsystem*m(correct manswer)
C. prophylacticmantibiotics
D. quarantinemof mpeoplemwithmleprosy
Difficulty:mModerate
mASMmStandard:m23
12. Ernst mHaeckelmproposed mamclassificationmsystemmconsistingmof mwhich mof mthemfollowi
ngmsubgroups?
A. fivemkingdoms
B. fourmkingdoms*m(correct manswer)
C. twomdomainsmand mthreemkingdoms
D. twomdomainsmand mfivemkingdoms
Difficulty:mModerate
mASMmStandard:mN/
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13. Virusesmnot mincluded minmphylogeneticmtreesmformwhichmof mthemfollowingmreasons?
A. It mismtoomdifficult mtomobservemtheirmcharacteristics.
B. Theymaremacellularmand mnonliving.*m(correct manswer)
C. Theymdomnot mhavemanymgenes,mwhichmpreventsmgeneticmanalysis.
D. Theymlackmamnucleus.
Difficulty:mModerate
mASMmStandard:m5
14. Whichmismthembest mdescriptionmof mthemprimarympurposemof mamphylogeny?
A. Phylogeniesmshowmallmthemalterativemnamesmformeachmspecies.
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