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Madigan
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of Microorganisms 15th
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Edition By Michael T.
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Chapter 1 The Microbial World
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1.1 Multiple Choice Questions w# w#
Brock Biology of Microorganisms, 15e (Madigan et al.)
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1) Which of the following statements is FALSE?
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A) Microbial cells can exist as single cells.
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B) Microbial cells carry out their life processes of growth independently.
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C) Microbial cells include both bacteria and viruses.
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D) Microbial cells are surrounded by a plasma membrane.
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2) Which of the following statements is correct?
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A) Microorganisms are significant contributors to the total biomass on Earth.
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B) Microorganisms represent a much smaller amount of Earth’s biomass than plants.
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C) Microorganisms represent a much smaller amount of Earth’s biomass than animals.
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D) Microorganisms are significant in number, but not in overall biomass.
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3) Differential selection and reproduction of phenotypes occurs during a process called
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A) cellular differentiation.
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B) evolution.
C) growth.
D) transformation.
4) In what/which domain(s) of life is/are microorganisms represented?
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A) Archaea
B) Bacteria
C) Eukarya
D) Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya
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5) Biological catalysts involved in the acceleration of the rate of chemical reactions are called
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A) catalytic converters.w#
B) growth agents. w#
C) evolutionary molecules. w#
D) enzymes.
6) Regarding early life on Earth
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A) microbial life existed for billions of years before plant and animal life.
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B) microbial life existed long before animals but has been around for about the same amount of time as plants.
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C) microbial life, plant life, and animal life all appeared at about the same time.
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D) it is impossible to determine which type of life first appeared.
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,7) The person who described the “wee animalcules” was
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A) Robert Hooke.w#
B) Antoni van Leeuwenhoek.
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C) Louis Pasteur.
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D) Ferdinand Cohn. w#
Chapter Section: 1.5
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8) Walther Hesse and w# w# pioneered the use of agar as a solidifying agent.
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A) Louis Pasteur
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B) Ferdinand Cohn w#
C) Robert Koch w#
D) Sergei Winogradsky
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9) Which of the following is/are characteristic of all cellular organisms?
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A) communication
B) evolution
C) motility
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10) Deduce why viruses are excluded from the ribosomal RNA—based tree of life.
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A) Some viruses contain multiple strands of RNA.
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B) Their genetic elements cannot be sequenced.
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C) They can infect other organisms, which complicates the genetic comparisons.
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D) They lack ribosomal RNA (rRNA).
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11) Louis Pasteur developed the vaccine(s) for
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C) rabies only.w#
D) anthrax, fowl cholera, and rabies.
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Chapter Section: 1.9
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12) The discovery of antibiotics and other important chemicals led to the field of
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A) industrial microbiology.w#
B) agricultural microbiology. w#
C) marine microbiology.
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D) aquatic microbiology.
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13) Microbial sterilization is used to
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A) decrease the possibility of contaminants growing in a culture.
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B) kill bacteria but not necessarily viruses or other microbes.
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C) kill all microbes in or on objects.
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D) clean a work area.
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14) Transparent double-sided dishes used for growing microbes are most commonly called
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D) culture medium plates. w# w#
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15) Microbes playing a role in nitrogen fixation in plants live in
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, while those playing a role in the digestive tract of certain herbivores live in
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A) rumens / nodules w# w#
B) nodules / rumens w# w#
C) nodules / fortrans w# w#
D) fortrans / rumens w# w#
16) Which of the following is NOT an accomplishment of Louis Pasteur?
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A) determined that the alcohol- w# w# w#
making process was mediated by microbial fermentation and thus refuted the theory of spontaneous generat
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ion
B) developed enrichment culture techniques
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C) developed heat sterilization techniques that involved the creation of a specialized swan-necked flask
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D) developed the first rabies vaccine and treated thousands of individuals
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Chapter Section: 1.9w# w #
17) The theory of spontaneous generation was refuted by the work of
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A) Louis Pasteur. w#
B) Robert Koch. w#
C) Robert Hooke. w#
D) Antoni van Leeuwenhoek.w# w#
Chapter Section: 1.9w# w #
18) A Pasteur flask has a(n)
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A) swan neck to prevent particulate matter from getting into the main body of the flask.
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B) double neck so two substances may be added at the same time.
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C) secondary opening at the base to allow for drainage.
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D) inverted upper edge to prevent spillage while swirling.
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19) Predict how Pasteur’s conclusions on spontaneous generation with swan flasks would have changed if he worke
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d with and maintained the flasks in a sterile laminar flow hood.
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A) Sterilization of the swan flask solutions would not have been necessary to reject spontaneous generation. If he
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did sterilize the flasks, the spontaneous generation hypothesis would have been supported.
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B) His incubation times would not have been sufficient to refute spontaneous generation.
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C) Pasteur’s flasks never would have putrefied, and the experiment would not have refuted spontaneous generation.
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D) Viruses would have still been present, and his conclusion would have been unchanged.
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GANISM w#
Madigan
16TH
Test Bank For Brock Biology EDITION
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of Microorganisms 15th
w# MICHAEL
Edition By Michael T.
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Chapter 1 The Microbial World
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1.1 Multiple Choice Questions w# w#
Brock Biology of Microorganisms, 15e (Madigan et al.)
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1) Which of the following statements is FALSE?
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A) Microbial cells can exist as single cells.
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B) Microbial cells carry out their life processes of growth independently.
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C) Microbial cells include both bacteria and viruses.
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D) Microbial cells are surrounded by a plasma membrane.
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2) Which of the following statements is correct?
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A) Microorganisms are significant contributors to the total biomass on Earth.
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B) Microorganisms represent a much smaller amount of Earth’s biomass than plants.
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C) Microorganisms represent a much smaller amount of Earth’s biomass than animals.
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D) Microorganisms are significant in number, but not in overall biomass.
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3) Differential selection and reproduction of phenotypes occurs during a process called
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A) cellular differentiation.
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B) evolution.
C) growth.
D) transformation.
4) In what/which domain(s) of life is/are microorganisms represented?
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A) Archaea
B) Bacteria
C) Eukarya
D) Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya
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5) Biological catalysts involved in the acceleration of the rate of chemical reactions are called
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A) catalytic converters.w#
B) growth agents. w#
C) evolutionary molecules. w#
D) enzymes.
6) Regarding early life on Earth
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A) microbial life existed for billions of years before plant and animal life.
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B) microbial life existed long before animals but has been around for about the same amount of time as plants.
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C) microbial life, plant life, and animal life all appeared at about the same time.
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D) it is impossible to determine which type of life first appeared.
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,7) The person who described the “wee animalcules” was
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A) Robert Hooke.w#
B) Antoni van Leeuwenhoek.
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C) Louis Pasteur.
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D) Ferdinand Cohn. w#
Chapter Section: 1.5
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8) Walther Hesse and w# w# pioneered the use of agar as a solidifying agent.
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A) Louis Pasteur
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B) Ferdinand Cohn w#
C) Robert Koch w#
D) Sergei Winogradsky
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9) Which of the following is/are characteristic of all cellular organisms?
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A) communication
B) evolution
C) motility
D) communication, evolution, and motility w# w# w#
10) Deduce why viruses are excluded from the ribosomal RNA—based tree of life.
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A) Some viruses contain multiple strands of RNA.
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B) Their genetic elements cannot be sequenced.
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C) They can infect other organisms, which complicates the genetic comparisons.
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D) They lack ribosomal RNA (rRNA).
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11) Louis Pasteur developed the vaccine(s) for
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A) anthrax only. w#
B) fowl cholera only.
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C) rabies only.w#
D) anthrax, fowl cholera, and rabies.
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Chapter Section: 1.9
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12) The discovery of antibiotics and other important chemicals led to the field of
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A) industrial microbiology.w#
B) agricultural microbiology. w#
C) marine microbiology.
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D) aquatic microbiology.
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13) Microbial sterilization is used to
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A) decrease the possibility of contaminants growing in a culture.
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B) kill bacteria but not necessarily viruses or other microbes.
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C) kill all microbes in or on objects.
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D) clean a work area.
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, Chapter Section: 1.9w# w #
14) Transparent double-sided dishes used for growing microbes are most commonly called
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A) Petri dishes. w#
B) baker dishes. w#
C) sterilization plates. w#
D) culture medium plates. w# w#
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15) Microbes playing a role in nitrogen fixation in plants live in
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, while those playing a role in the digestive tract of certain herbivores live in
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A) rumens / nodules w# w#
B) nodules / rumens w# w#
C) nodules / fortrans w# w#
D) fortrans / rumens w# w#
16) Which of the following is NOT an accomplishment of Louis Pasteur?
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A) determined that the alcohol- w# w# w#
making process was mediated by microbial fermentation and thus refuted the theory of spontaneous generat
w# w# w# w# w# w# w# w# w# w# w# w# w# w#
ion
B) developed enrichment culture techniques
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C) developed heat sterilization techniques that involved the creation of a specialized swan-necked flask
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D) developed the first rabies vaccine and treated thousands of individuals
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Chapter Section: 1.9w# w #
17) The theory of spontaneous generation was refuted by the work of
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A) Louis Pasteur. w#
B) Robert Koch. w#
C) Robert Hooke. w#
D) Antoni van Leeuwenhoek.w# w#
Chapter Section: 1.9w# w #
18) A Pasteur flask has a(n)
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A) swan neck to prevent particulate matter from getting into the main body of the flask.
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B) double neck so two substances may be added at the same time.
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C) secondary opening at the base to allow for drainage.
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D) inverted upper edge to prevent spillage while swirling.
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Chapter Section: 1.9w# w #
19) Predict how Pasteur’s conclusions on spontaneous generation with swan flasks would have changed if he worke
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d with and maintained the flasks in a sterile laminar flow hood.
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A) Sterilization of the swan flask solutions would not have been necessary to reject spontaneous generation. If he
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did sterilize the flasks, the spontaneous generation hypothesis would have been supported.
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B) His incubation times would not have been sufficient to refute spontaneous generation.
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C) Pasteur’s flasks never would have putrefied, and the experiment would not have refuted spontaneous generation.
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D) Viruses would have still been present, and his conclusion would have been unchanged.
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