Microbiology: A Systems Approach, 6th Edition by Marjorie Kelly Cowan & Heidi Smith. ISBN 1290. TEST BANK (Complete Chapters 1-25). Chapter 1 The Main Themes of Microbiology Chapter 2 The Chemistry of Biology Chapter 3 Tools of the Laboratory: Methods for the Culturing of Microscopic Analysis of Mi...
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TRUE/FALSE - Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false.
1) A hypothesis must be tested many times before it can be considered a theory.
⊚ true
⊚ false
2) Many chronic medical conditions have been found to be associated with microbial
agents.
⊚ true
⊚ false
3) All bacteria and archaea are microorganisms, but only some eukaryotes are
microorganisms.
⊚ true
⊚ false
4) The scientific method involves formulating a tentative explanation, called the hypothesis,
to account for what has been observed or measured.
⊚ true
⊚ false
5) Members of the same species share many more characteristics compared to those shared
by members of the same kingdom.
⊚ true
⊚ false
6) The names of the three proposed domains are: Bacteria, Protista, and Eukarya.
⊚ true
⊚ false
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,MULTIPLE CHOICE - Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or
answers the question.
7) Microorganisms are best defined as organisms that _______.
A) cause human disease
B) lack a cell nucleus
C) are infectious particles
D) are too small to be seen with the unaided eye
E) can only be found growing in laboratories
8) Which of the following are not considered microorganisms?
A) Mosquitoes
B) Protozoa
C) Bacteria
D) Viruses
E) Fungi
9) Helminths are ______.
A) bacteria
B) protozoa
C) molds
D) parasitic worms
E) infectious particles
10) Among these types of microorganisms, the ______ arenoncellular.
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, A) viruses
B) helminths
C) protozoans
D) bacteria
11) Studies of the immune response to an infection caused by microorganisms would be
performed by a/an _______.
A) hypersensitivity specialist
B) epidemiologist
C) immunologist
D) geomicrobiologist
12) Which of the following pairs of career descriptions and work tasks is not correctly
matched?
A) Industrial microbiologist -- manipulate bacterial strains to be less pathogenic
B) Agricultural microbiologist -- identify bacterial causes of crop disease
C) Public health microbiologist -- track the incidence of AIDS in a population
D) Medical microbiologist -- identify the cause of a bladder infection at a hospital lab
13) A scientist who studies the influence of microbes in the formation of caves is called a/an
______.
A) geomicrobiologist
B) astrobiologist
C) epidemiologist
D) immunologist
14) Astrobiology is considered a sub-discipline of microbiology because _______.
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