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Chapter 4 : Prokaryotic Diversity
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Chapter 5 : The Eukaryotes of Microbiology
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Chapter 21 : Skin and Eye Infections
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Chapter 1: An Invisible World
Chaptera1:aAnaInvisibleaWorld
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MultipleaChoice
1. Whichaofatheafollowingaisatrueaofatheamicrobialaworld?
A. Allamicrobesaareaharmful.
B. Humansacouldasurviveawithoutamicrobes.
C. Manyamicrobesaareahelpful.*
D. Mostamicrobesaareapathogenic.
Difficulty:aEasy
ASMaStandard:a23,a24
2. Whichaofatheafollowingaisawhenahumansafirstasuspectedatheaexistenceaofamicrobes?
A. duringatheaIndustrialaRevolution
B. inaprehistoricatimes*
C. inathealastacentury
D. withinathealasta500ayears
Difficulty:aEasyaA
SMaStandard:a23
3. Whichaindividualafirstaobservedaunicellularaorganisms,awhichaheacalleda“animalcules,”ausingaaa
microscopeaheadeveloped?
A. RobertaKoch
B. LouisaPasteur
C. Thucydides
D. AntonieavanaLeeuwenhoek*
Difficulty:aEasya
ASMaStandard:a6
4. ToareduceatheariskaofaopenaflameafromaBunsenaburners,amicrobiologistsaareaincreasinglyausingaw
hichaofatheafollowingadevicesaforaeasy,arapidabenchtopasterilizationaofasmallapiecesaofaequipmen
t?
A. autoclaves
B. ethyleneaoxide
C. incubators
D. microincinerators*
Difficulty:aEasyaA
SMaStandard:a36
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5. TheaSwedishabotanistaknownaforahavingadevelopedaanaimportantabiologicalaclassificationas
ystemaisawhichaofatheafollowingapeople?
A. ErnstaHaeckel
B. CarolusaLinnaeus*
C. LouisaPasteur
D. RobertaWhittaker
Difficulty:aEasyaAS
MaStandard:aN/A
6. WhichakingdomawasatheaonlyaoneafoundainaEmpireaProkaryota?
A. Animalia
B. Fungi
C. Monera*
D. Protista
Difficulty:aEasyaAS
MaStandard:aN/A
7. Whichaareatheathreeacurrentlyaacceptedadomains?
A. Archaea,aBacteria,aandaEukarya*
B. Archaea,aProkaryota,aandaEukaryota
C. Bacteria,aFungi,aandaProtista
D. Bacteria,aProkaryota,aandaEukarya
Difficulty:aEasyaAS
MaStandard:aN/A
8. Whichatwoataxonomicaunitsaareatypicallyausedatoaidentifyaanaorganismawhenausingabinomialan
omenclature?
A. domainaandakingdom
B. genusaandafamily
C. genusaandaspecies*
D. phylumaandaclass
Difficulty:aEasyaAS
MaStandard:aN/A
9. Whichaofatheafollowingaisanotatrueaaboutatheaprocessaofafermentation?
A. Itacanahelpapreserveafoods,apreventingaspoilage.
B. Itaconvertsasugarsatoaorganicaacids,aalcohols,aand/oragasesasuchaasacarbonadioxide.
C. Itaisacarriedaoutaexclusivelyabyaunicellularaeukaryotesasuchaasayeast.*
D. Itaisausedatoamakeafoodsasuchaasacheeseaandabread.
Difficulty:aModerateaAS
MaStandard:a11,a23,a26
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10. TheaRomansamayahaveareducedatheirariskaofawaterborneainfectiousadiseasesabyausingawhichaofath
eafollowing?
A. aavarietyaofapharmaceuticalaproducts
B. aqueductsaandaaasewerasystem*
C. prophylacticaantibiotics
D. quarantineaofapeopleawithaleprosy
Difficulty:aModeratea
ASMaStandard:a23
11. ForawhichaofatheafollowingaisaThucydidesaknown?
A. developingaanaeffectiveasewerasystemainaancientaGreece,ahelpingatoareducealevelsaofadi
seaseainacities
B. observingamicrobes,ausingaaamicroscope,aforatheafirstatime,aevenadistinguishingabetweenab
acteriaaandafungi
C. proposingathatadiseaseawasacausedabyamicroorganisms
D. realizingathatapeopleawhoahadabeenainfectedabyatheaAthenianaplagueahadaimmunityatoare
infection*
Difficulty:aModeratea
ASMaStandard:a23,a31
12. ErnstaHaeckelaproposedaaaclassificationasystemaconsistingaofawhichaofatheafollowingas
ubgroups?
A. fiveakingdoms
B. fourakingdoms*
C. twoadomainsaandathreeakingdoms
D. twoadomainsaandafiveakingdoms
Difficulty:aModeratea
ASMaStandard:aN/A
13. Virusesanotaincludedainaphylogeneticatreesaforawhichaofatheafollowingareasons?
A. Itaisatooadifficultatoaobserveatheiracharacteristics.
B. Theyaareaacellularaandanonliving.*
C. Theyadoanotahaveaanyagenes,awhichapreventsageneticaanalysis.
D. Theyalackaaanucleus.
Difficulty:aModeratea
ASMaStandard:a5
14. Whichaisatheabestadescriptionaofatheaprimaryapurposeaofaaaphylogeny?
A. Phylogeniesashowaallatheaalterativeanamesaforaeachaspecies.
B. Phylogeniesashowaallatheacommonanamesaforaeachaspecies.
C. Phylogeniesashowaevolutionaryarelatednessabetweenaorganisms.*
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