Test Bank Microbiology by OpenStax 1st Edition by Nina Parker - Ch. 1-26, 9781938168147, with Rationales 1

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Chapterg1:gAngInvisiblegWorld

*g=gCorrectganswergMultip

legChoice

1. Yeastsgaregwhichgofgthegfollowing?
A. agtypegofgalgae
B. agtypegofgprotist
C. anygunicellulargmicrobe
D. unicellulargfungi*

Difficulty:gModerategASMgStandar
d:g20

3. Thegcellgwallsgofgarchaeansgoftengcontaingwhichgofgthegfollowinggsubstances?
A. cellulose
B. chitin
C. peptidoglycan
D. pseudopeptidoglycan*
gASMgStandard:g20


4. Whichgofgthegfollowinggisgnotgtruegofgarchaeans?gA.gSomegspeciesglivegongtheghumangbody.
B.g Theygareggeneticallygdistinctgfromgbacteria.
C.g Theygaregonlygfoundgingextremegenvironments.*
D.g Theyghavegsubstantialgmetabolicgdifferencesgfromgbacteria.

Difficulty:gDifficultgASM
gStandard:g20




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,Whichgofgthegfollowinggisgnotgtruegaboutgthegprocessgofgferme
ntation?gA.gItgcanghelpgpreservegfoods,gpreventinggspoilage.
B.gItgconvertsgsugarsgtogorganicgacids,galcohols,gand/orggasesgsuchgasgcarbongdioxide.
C.gItgisgcarriedgoutgexclusivelygbygunicellulargeukaryotesgsuchgasgyeast.*
D.gItgisgusedgtogmakegfoodsgsuchgasgcheesegandgbread.

Difficulty:gModerateg AS
MgStandard:g11,g23,g26
5. ThegRomansgmayghavegreducedgtheirgriskgofgwaterborneginfectiousgdiseasesgbygusinggwhic
hgofgthegfollowing?
A. agvarietygofgpharmaceuticalgproducts
B. aqueductsgandgagsewergsystem*
C. prophylacticgantibiotics
D. quarantinegofgpeoplegwithglepros

ygDifficulty:gModerate

ASMgStandard:g23

6. ForgwhichgofgthegfollowinggisgThucydidesgknown?
A. developinggangeffectivegsewergsystemgingancientgGreece,ghelpinggtogreduceglevelsg
ofgdiseasegingcities
B. observinggmicrobes,gusinggagmicroscope,gforgthegfirstgtime,gevengdistinguishinggbetwee
ngbacteriagandgfungi
C. proposinggthatgdiseasegwasgcausedgbygmicroorganisms
D. realizinggthatgpeoplegwhoghadgbeenginfectedgbygthegAtheniangplagueghadgimmunitygt
ogreinfection*

Difficulty:gModerategA
SMgStandard:g23,g31

7. ErnstgHaeckelgproposedgagclassificationgsystemgconsistinggofgwhichgofgthegfollowin
ggsubgroups?gA.gfivegkingdoms
B.g fourgkingdoms*
C.g twogdomainsgandgthreegkingdoms
D.g twogdomainsgandgfivegkingdoms

Difficulty:gModerategASMgStandar
d:gN/A




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,8. Virusesgnotgincludedgingphylogeneticgtreesgforgwhichgofgthegfollowinggreasons?gA.gItgisgto
ogdifficultgtogobservegtheirgcharacteristics.
B.g Theygaregacellulargandgnonliving.*
C.g Theygdognotghaveganyggenes,gwhichgpreventsggeneticganalysis.
D.g Theyglackgagnucleus.

Difficulty:gModerategASMgStandar
d:g5

9. Whichgisgthegbestgdescriptiongofgthegprimarygpurposegofgagphylogeny?gA.gPhylogeniesgsho
wgallgthegalterativegnamesgforgeachgspecies.
B.g Phylogeniesgshowgallgthegcommongnamesgforgeachgspecies.
C.g Phylogeniesgshowgevolutionarygrelatednessgbetweengorganisms.*
D.g Phylogeniesgshowginteractionsgbetweengspeciesgingagsharedghabitat.

Difficulty:gModerategASMgStandar
d:g5

10. Currentgphylogeneticganalysesgincludegwhichgofgthegfollowing?
A. informationgfromgagrangegofgsources,gincludinggmorphological,ggenetic,gandgbiochemic
algdata*
B. informationgongvisiblegsimilaritiesgonly
C. informationgregardingghowgtogclassifygorganismsgongthegbasisgofgexternalgmorphologic
algcharacteristicsgandgvisiblegbehaviors
D. variedgmorphologicalgandgstructuralgcharacteristics,gwithgpreferencegforgleavingghistoric
algclassificationsgtogpreventgconfusion

Difficulty:gModerategASMgStandar
d:g5

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

Difficulty:gModerategASMgStandar
d:gN/A

12. Horizontalggenegtransferginvolvesgwhichgofgthegfollowing?
A. anygtransfergofggenesgingaglaboratorygsetting


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, B. thegtransfergofggenesgfromgagvirusgtogagbacteriumgorgvicegversagbutgnotganygothergformg
ofggenegtransfer
C. thegtransfergofggenesgfromgonegindividualgtoganother,gincludinggfromgonegspeciesgt
oganother,gbutgnotgfromgparentgtogoffspring*gD.gthegtransfergofggenesgfromgparen
tgtogoffspring

Difficulty:gModerate

gASMgStandard:g2,g4

13. Bacteriagareggenerallygidentifiedgtogspeciesgbygusinggwhichgofgthegfollowing?
A. agcombinationgofggenetic,gbiochemical,gandgmicroscopicgapproaches*
B. agcombinationgofgmicroscopicgandgphysiologicalgapproaches,gbutgnotggenetics
C. primarilygcharacteristicsgsuchgasgmotilitygthatgcangbegvisualizedgusinggmicroscopy
D. primarilygmorphologicalgcharacteristicsgofgindividualgcells

Difficulty:gModerategA
SMgStandard:g34,g36
14. Forgtaxonomicgclassificationgofgmicrobes,gserologicalgtestsgtypicallygaregusedgtogdogwhichg
ofgthegfollowing?
A. determinegcompleteggenomegsequencesgforgmicrobes
B. identifygproteinsgongthegbasisgofgtheirgreactiongwithgspecificgantibodies*
C. runganalysesgtogidentifygwhethergparticularggenesgaregpresent
D. visualizegmicrobialgexternalgmorphology

Difficulty:gModerategA
SMgStandard:g34,g36

Whichgofgthegfollowinggisgtruegofgthegmicrobialgworld?gA.gAllgmi
crobesgaregharmful.
B.g Humansgcouldgsurvivegwithoutgmicrobes.
C.g Manygmicrobesgareghelpful.*D.gMostgmicrobesgaregpatho
genic.

Difficulty:gEasy
ASMgStandard:g23,g24

15. Whichgofgthegfollowinggisgwhenghumansgfirstgsuspectedgthegexistencegofgmicrobes?
A. duringgthegIndustrialgRevolution
B. ingprehistoricgtimes*
C. ingtheglastgcentury


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