Brock Biology of Microorganisms 12th Edition Test Bank
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Name___________________________________
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or
answers the question.
1) Which statement is not true as a general rule? 1) _______
A) Microbial cells carry out their life processes of growth
independently.
B) Microbial cells exist as single cells.
C) Microbial cells include both bacteria and viruses.
D) Microbial cells exclude the cells of plants and animals.
2) Basic microbiology can be used to 2) _______
A) probe the fundamental processes of life.
B) model our understanding of cellular processes in multicellular
organisms, including humans.
C) study characteristics of cells of multicellular organisms.
D) do all of the above.
3) Applied microbiology deals with important practical problems in 3) _______
A) industry. B) medicine.
C) agriculture. D) all of the above.
4) The largest mass of living material on Earth comes from 4) _______
A) plants. B) animals.
C) microorganisms. D) plants and animals together.
5) The cell's genome is stored in 5) _______
A) the nucleus or nucleoid. B) the cytoplasmic membrane.
C) the cytoplasm. D) none of the above.
6) Because the cell communicates, exchanges materials with its
environment, and undergoes evolution, it is called a(n)
6) _______
A) ancestral system. B) nucleoid system.
C) closed system. D) living system.
7) Changes in cellular characteristics are transmitted to offspring through
the process of
7) _______
A) chemical signaling. B) evolution.
C) reproductive initiative. D) none of the above.
8) Catalysts involved in the acceleration of the rate of chemical reactions
are called
8) _______
A) evolutionary molecules. B) catalytic converters.
C) growth agents. D) enzymes.
9) Regarding early life on Earth, 9) _______
A) microbial life existed long before animals but has been around for
about the same amount of time as plants.
B) microbial life existed for billions of years before plant and animal
life.
C) microbial life, plant life, and animal life all appeared at about the
Name___________________________________
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or
answers the question.
1) Which statement is not true as a general rule? 1) _______
A) Microbial cells carry out their life processes of growth
independently.
B) Microbial cells exist as single cells.
C) Microbial cells include both bacteria and viruses.
D) Microbial cells exclude the cells of plants and animals.
2) Basic microbiology can be used to 2) _______
A) probe the fundamental processes of life.
B) model our understanding of cellular processes in multicellular
organisms, including humans.
C) study characteristics of cells of multicellular organisms.
D) do all of the above.
3) Applied microbiology deals with important practical problems in 3) _______
A) industry. B) medicine.
C) agriculture. D) all of the above.
4) The largest mass of living material on Earth comes from 4) _______
A) plants. B) animals.
C) microorganisms. D) plants and animals together.
5) The cell's genome is stored in 5) _______
A) the nucleus or nucleoid. B) the cytoplasmic membrane.
C) the cytoplasm. D) none of the above.
6) Because the cell communicates, exchanges materials with its
environment, and undergoes evolution, it is called a(n)
6) _______
A) ancestral system. B) nucleoid system.
C) closed system. D) living system.
7) Changes in cellular characteristics are transmitted to offspring through
the process of
7) _______
A) chemical signaling. B) evolution.
C) reproductive initiative. D) none of the above.
8) Catalysts involved in the acceleration of the rate of chemical reactions
are called
8) _______
A) evolutionary molecules. B) catalytic converters.
C) growth agents. D) enzymes.
9) Regarding early life on Earth, 9) _______
A) microbial life existed long before animals but has been around for
about the same amount of time as plants.
B) microbial life existed for billions of years before plant and animal
life.
C) microbial life, plant life, and animal life all appeared at about the
same time.
D) it is impossible to determine which type of life first appeared.
10) Most prokaryotic cells reside 10) ______
A) in lakes, rivers, and oceans.
B) on Earth's surface.
C) in the oceanic and terrestrial subsurfaces.
D) in and on nonprokaryotic organisms (including humans and other
animals).
11) The person who described the "wee animalcules" was 11) ______
A) van Leeuwenhoek. B) Cohn.
C) Pasteur. D) Hooke.
12) Fannie Hesse is credited with giving __________ the idea to use agar as
a solidifying agent.
12) ______
A) Koch B) Cohn
C) Pasteur D) Winogradsky
13) Which of the following is/are characteristic of cellular organisms? 13) ______
A) communication
B) regeneration and reproduction
C) metabolism
D) all of the above
14) Which of the following is not a major ecosystem? 14) ______
A) atmospheric
B) aquatic
C) terrestrial
D) other organisms, such as plants and animals
15) Which statement is true? 15) ______
A) Microbial communities are assemblages of populations.
B) Populations are assemblages of microbial communities.
C) Populations are assemblages of habitats.
D) Habitats are assemblages of microbial communities.
16) During a very scientifically productive period in his life, Pasteur
developed vaccines for
16) ______
A) rabies. B) fowl cholera.
C) anthrax. D) all of the above.
17) The discovery of antibiotics and other important chemicals led to the
field of
17) ______
A) industrial microbiology. B) aquatic microbiology.
C) marine microbiology. D) agricultural microbiology.
18) Microbial sterilization is used to 18) ______
A) clean a work area.
B) kill all microbes in or on objects.
C) kill bacteria but not necessarily viruses or other microbes.
D) decrease the possibility of contaminants growing in a culture.
D) it is impossible to determine which type of life first appeared.
10) Most prokaryotic cells reside 10) ______
A) in lakes, rivers, and oceans.
B) on Earth's surface.
C) in the oceanic and terrestrial subsurfaces.
D) in and on nonprokaryotic organisms (including humans and other
animals).
11) The person who described the "wee animalcules" was 11) ______
A) van Leeuwenhoek. B) Cohn.
C) Pasteur. D) Hooke.
12) Fannie Hesse is credited with giving __________ the idea to use agar as
a solidifying agent.
12) ______
A) Koch B) Cohn
C) Pasteur D) Winogradsky
13) Which of the following is/are characteristic of cellular organisms? 13) ______
A) communication
B) regeneration and reproduction
C) metabolism
D) all of the above
14) Which of the following is not a major ecosystem? 14) ______
A) atmospheric
B) aquatic
C) terrestrial
D) other organisms, such as plants and animals
15) Which statement is true? 15) ______
A) Microbial communities are assemblages of populations.
B) Populations are assemblages of microbial communities.
C) Populations are assemblages of habitats.
D) Habitats are assemblages of microbial communities.
16) During a very scientifically productive period in his life, Pasteur
developed vaccines for
16) ______
A) rabies. B) fowl cholera.
C) anthrax. D) all of the above.
17) The discovery of antibiotics and other important chemicals led to the
field of
17) ______
A) industrial microbiology. B) aquatic microbiology.
C) marine microbiology. D) agricultural microbiology.
18) Microbial sterilization is used to 18) ______
A) clean a work area.
B) kill all microbes in or on objects.
C) kill bacteria but not necessarily viruses or other microbes.
D) decrease the possibility of contaminants growing in a culture.
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