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Microbiology fAn fEvolving fScience, f6th f fEdition, fJohn fFoster f& fJoan fSlonczewski
Chapter f1-28
f
CHAPTER f1: fMicrobial fLife: fOrigin fand fDiscovery
MULTIPLE fCHOICE
1. Viruses fare:
a. infectious fagents fthat finfect fmulti-cellular forganisms
b. noncellular fparticles fthat ftake fover fthe fmetabolism fof fa fcell fto fgenerate fmore fvirus
fparticles
c. pathogens fthat freplicate fin fcomplex fgrowth fmedia
d. cellular fparticles fthat fbelong fto fthe farchaea fdomain
e. microbes fthat fconsist fof flipid fmembrane fenclosed fgenomes
ANS: f B DIF: Easy REF: f f f1.1 TOP: f I.A f| fI.B
MSC: f Remembering
2. Analysis fof fDNA fsequences freveals:
a. the fancient fconvergence fof ftwo fcell ftypes, fi.e., fprokaryotes fand feukaryotes
b. prokaryotes fand feukaryotes fevolved ffrom fa fcommon fancestral fcell
c. that fbacteria fshare fcommon fancestor fwith farchaea, fbut fnot fwith feukarya
d. prokaryotes fare fcells fwith fa fnucleus
e. the fgenome fof fHaemophilus finfluenzae fhas fabout f2 fbillion fbase fpairs
ANS: f B DIF: Easy REF: f f f1.1 TOP: f I.A f| fI.B
MSC: f Remembering
3. Which fof fthese fgroups fare fconsidered fto fbe fmicrobes fbut fNOT fconsidered fto fbe fcells?
a. viruses d. protists
b. bacteria e. filamentous ffungi
c. archaea
ANS: f A DIF: Easy REF: f f f1.1 TOP: f I.A.i
MSC: f Remembering
4. A fmicrobe fis fcommonly fdefined fas:
a. a fvirus fthat frequires fa fmicroscope fto fbe fseen
b. a fbacterium fthat frequires fa fmicroscope fto fbe fseen
c. a fsingle-cellular fprokaryote fthat frequires fa fmicroscope fto fbe fseen
d. a fmulticellular feukaryote fthat frequires fa fmicroscope fto fbe fseen
e. a fliving forganism fthat frequires fa fmicroscope fto fbe fseen
ANS: f E DIF: Easy REF: f f f1.1 TOP: f I.A.i f| fI.A.ii
MSC: f Remembering
5. Which fone fof fthe ffollowing fstatements fregarding fmicrobial fcells fis fNOT ftrue?
a. Microbial fcells facquire ffood, fgain fenergy fto fbuild fthemselves, fand frespond fto
environmental fchange.
, b. Most fsingle-celled forganisms frequire fa fmicroscope fto frender fthem fvisible, fbut fsome
bacterial fcells fare flarge fenough fto fbe fseen fwith fnaked feyes.
c. Microbes ffunction fas findividual fentities.
d. Many fmicrobes fform fcomplex fmulticellular fassemblages.
e. Viruses fare fnot fconsidered fas fmicrobial fcells.
ANS: f C DIF: Easy REF: f f f1.1 TOP: f I.A.i f| fI.A.ii
MSC: f Remembering
6. Which fof fthe ffollowing fstatements fis fFALSE?
a. A fgenome fis fthe ftotal fgenetic finformation fcontained fin fan forganism’s fchromosomal fDNA.
b. If fa fmicrobe’s fgenome fincludes fgenes ffor fnitrogenase, fthat fmicrobe fprobably fcan ffix
fnitrogen.
c. By fcomparing fDNA fsequences fof fdifferent forganisms, fwe fcan ffigure fout fhow fclosely
related fthey fare.
d. Fred fSanger fdeveloped fthe ffirst fapplicable fDNA fsequencing fmethod.
e. Fred fSanger fcompleted fthe fsequences fof fHaemophilus finfluenzae.
ANS: f E DIF: Easy REF: f f f1.1 TOP: f I.B
MSC: f Remembering
7. The ffirst fcellular fgenomes fto fbe fsequenced fwere fthose fof:
a. humans d. prions
b. bacteria e. fungi
c. viruses
ANS: f B DIF: Easy REF: f f f1.1 TOP: f I.B.i
MSC: f Remembering
8. The fenvironment fof fearly fEarth fmay fhave fcontained fall fof fthe ffollowing fEXCEPT:
a. ferrous firon d. oxygen
b. methane e. hydrogen fgas
c. ammonia
ANS: f D DIF: Easy REF: fSpecial fTopic
f1.1fTOP: f II.D MSC: f Remembering
9. The fdevelopment fof fthe ftheory fof fthe f―RNA fworld‖ fresulted ffrom fthe fdiscovery fof:
a. archaea d. ribozymes
b. prions e. endosymbionts
c. bacteria
ANS: f D DIF: Medium REF: fSpecial fTopic
f1.1fTOP: f II.D MSC: f Remembering
10. Which fmicrobes fmay fresemble fthose fof fthe fearliest flife fforms?
a. archaea d. cyanobacteria
b. photosynthetic falgae e. protists
c. viruses
ANS: f A DIF: Medium REF: fSpecial fTopic
f1.1fTOP: f II.D MSC: f Remembering
11. Early fmetabolism fmay fhave fbeen fcatalyzed fby:
a. DNA d. amino facids
b. RNA e. carbohydrates
, c. protein
ANS: f B DIF: Medium REF: fSpecial fTopic
f1.1fTOP: f II.D MSC: f Remembering
12. Which fof fthe ffollowing fdiseases faccounts ffor fmore fthan fhalf fof fall fhuman fmortality?
a. cardiovascular fdisease d. microbial fdisease
b. cancer e. strokes
c. accidents
ANS: f D DIF: Easy REF: f f f1.2 TOP: f II.A
MSC: f Remembering
13. Which fcentury fis fknown fas fthe fgolden fage fof fmicrobiology?
a. the fseventeenth d. the ftwentieth
b. the feighteenth e. the ftwenty-first
c. the fnineteenth
ANS: f C DIF: Easy REF: f f f1.2 TOP: f II.A
MSC: f Remembering
14. All fof fthe ffollowing fhave fbeen ffound fin fmummies fand ftomb fart fEXCEPT:
a. tuberculosis d. smallpox
b. polio e. AIDS
c. leprosy
ANS: f E DIF: Medium REF: f f f1.2 TOP: f II.A.i
MSC: f Remembering
15. How fdid fEuropean finvaders fto fNorth fAmerica fkill fmuch fof fthe fnative fpopulation?
a. tuberculosis d. HIV
b. leprosy e. bubonic fplague
c. smallpox
ANS: f C DIF: Medium REF: f f f1.2 TOP: f II.A.i
MSC: f Remembering
16. Nightingale:
a. is fbetter fknown fas fthe ffounder fof fprofessional fnursing
b. was fthe ffirst fto fuse fdisinfectant fto fdemonstrate fthe fsignificance fof faseptic ftechnique
c. developed fthe fpie fchart fof fmortality fdata fduring fthe fCrimean fWar
d. performed fthe ffirst fcontrolled fexperiment fon fthe fchemical fconversion fof fmatter, fknown
today fas fchemotherapy
e. all fof fthe fabove
ANS: f A DIF: Easy REF: f f f1.2 TOP: f II.A.ii
MSC: f Remembering
17. Who fdeveloped fthe fconcept fof fmedical fstatistics?
a. Francis fCrick d. Louis fPasteur
b. Florence fNightingale e. Alexander fFleming
c. Edward fJenner
ANS: f B DIF: Easy REF: f f f1.2 TOP: f II.A.ii
MSC: f Remembering
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