True False Questions

Prescotts Microbiology 10th Edition Willey Test Bank

Chapter 01 The Evolution of Microorganisms and Microbiology

True / False Questions

• Extant microorganisms are organisms from the fossil record that are no longer present on

Earth today.

FALSE

ASM Objective: 01.05 The evolutionary relatedness of organisms is best reflected in phylogenetic trees.

ASM Topic: Module 01 Evolution

Blooms Level: 2. Understand

Learning Outcome: 01.01.04 Determine the type of microbe (e.g., bacterium, fungus, etc.) when given a description of a newly discovered microbe Learning Outcome: 01.02.01 Propose a time line of the origin and history of microbial life and integrate supporting evidence into it

Section: 01.02

Topic: Taxonomy of Microorganisms

Fill in the Blank Questions

• All cellular organisms can be placed into one of three , which include the

Bacteria, Archaea, and the Eukarya.domains

ASM Objective: 01.05 The evolutionary relatedness of organisms is best reflected in phylogenetic trees.

ASM Topic: Module 01 Evolution

Blooms Level: 2. Understand

Learning Outcome: 01.01.04 Determine the type of microbe (e.g., bacterium, fungus, etc.) when given a description of a newly discovered microbe

Section: 01.02

Topic: Taxonomy of Microorganisms 1 / 4

• Archaea are cellular organisms that have unique cell membrane .

lipids

ASM Objective: 02.01 The structure and function of microorganisms have been revealed by the use of microscopy (including bright field, phase contrast, fluorescent, and electron).ASM Objective: 02.03 Bacteria and Archaea have specialized structures (e.g. flagella, endospores, and pili) that often confer critical capabilities.

ASM Topic: Module 02 Cell Structure and Function

Blooms Level: 1. Remember

Learning Outcome: 01.01.04 Determine the type of microbe (e.g., bacterium, fungus, etc.) when given a description of a newly discovered microbe Learning Outcome: 01.02.02 Design a set of experiments that could be used to place a newly discovered cellular microbe on a phylogenetic tree based on small subunit (SSU) rRNA sequences

Section: 01.01

Topic: Archaea

True / False Questions

• Microbiologists study a variety of organisms, but all are considered either Bacteria or

Archaea.

FALSE

ASM Objective: 05.03 Microorganisms and their environment interact with and modify each other.ASM Objective: 05.04 Microorganisms, cellular and viral, can interact with both human and nonhuman hosts in beneficial, neutral or detrimental ways.

ASM Topic: Module 05 Microbial Systems

Blooms Level: 2. Understand

Learning Outcome: 01.01.01 Differentiate the biological entities studied by microbiologists from those studied by other biologists

Section: 01.01

Topic: Taxonomy of Microorganisms

• All eukaryotes have a membrane-delimited nucleus.

TRUE

ASM Objective: 02.01 The structure and function of microorganisms have been revealed by the use of microscopy (including bright field, phase contrast, fluorescent, and electron).ASM Objective: 02.04 While microscopic eukaryotes (for example, fungi, protozoa and algae) carry out some of the same processes as bacteria, many of the cellular properties are fundamentally different.

ASM Topic: Module 02 Cell Structure and Function

Blooms Level: 2. Understand

Learning Outcome: 01.01.01 Differentiate the biological entities studied by microbiologists from those studied by other biologists Learning Outcome: 01.01.04 Determine the type of microbe (e.g., bacterium, fungus, etc.) when given a description of a newly discovered microbe

Section: 01.01

Topic: Taxonomy of Microorganisms 2 / 4

• Viruses are not generally studied by microbiologists because they are not classified as

living organisms.

FALSE

ASM Objective: 02.05 The replication cycles of viruses (lytic and lysogenic) differ among viruses and are determined by their unique structures and genomes.ASM Objective: 05.04 Microorganisms, cellular and viral, can interact with both human and nonhuman hosts in beneficial, neutral or detrimental ways.

ASM Topic: Module 02 Cell Structure and Function

ASM Topic: Module 05 Microbial Systems

Blooms Level: 2. Understand

Learning Outcome: 01.01.01 Differentiate the biological entities studied by microbiologists from those studied by other biologists

Section: 01.01

Topic: Taxonomy of Microorganisms

• Viruses constitute the fourth domain of life in current biological classification schemes.

FALSE

ASM Objective: 01.05 The evolutionary relatedness of organisms is best reflected in phylogenetic trees.

ASM Topic: Module 01 Evolution

Blooms Level: 2. Understand

Learning Outcome: 01.01.02 Explain Carl Woese’s contributions in establishing the three-domain system for classifying cellular life

Section: 01.01

Topic: Taxonomy of Microorganisms

Multiple Choice Questions

• Protists contain all of the following forms of life EXCEPT
• protozoa.
• fungi.
• slime molds.
• algae.

ASM Objective: 02.04 While microscopic eukaryotes (for example, fungi, protozoa and algae) carry out some of the same processes as bacteria, many of the cellular properties are fundamentally different.ASM Objective: 05.01 Microorganisms are ubiquitous and live in diverse and dynamic ecosystems.

ASM Topic: Module 02 Cell Structure and Function

ASM Topic: Module 05 Microbial Systems

Blooms Level: 1. Remember

Learning Outcome: 01.01.01 Differentiate the biological entities studied by microbiologists from those studied by other biologists

Section: 01.01

Topic: Taxonomy of Microorganisms 3 / 4

• Cells with a relatively complex morphology that have a true membrane-delimited nucleus

are called

• prokaryotes.
• eukaryotes.
• urkaryotes.
• nokaryotes.

ASM Objective: 01.01 Cells, organelles (e.g. mitochondria and chloroplasts) and all major metabolic pathways evolved from early prokaryotic cells.ASM Objective: 02.01 The structure and function of microorganisms have been revealed by the use of microscopy (including bright field, phase contrast, fluorescent, and electron).ASM Objective: 02.04 While microscopic eukaryotes (for example, fungi, protozoa and algae) carry out some of the same processes as bacteria, many of the cellular properties are fundamentally different.

ASM Topic: Module 01 Evolution

ASM Topic: Module 02 Cell Structure and Function

Blooms Level: 2. Understand

Learning Outcome: 01.01.01 Differentiate the biological entities studied by microbiologists from those studied by other biologists Learning Outcome: 01.01.04 Determine the type of microbe (e.g., bacterium, fungus, etc.) when given a description of a newly discovered microbe

Section: 01.01

Topic: Taxonomy of Microorganisms

• Cells with a relatively simple cell morphology that do not have a true membrane-delimited

nucleus are called

• prokaryotes.
• eukaryotes.
• urkaryotes.
• nokaryotes.

ASM Objective: 01.01 Cells, organelles (e.g. mitochondria and chloroplasts) and all major metabolic pathways evolved from early prokaryotic cells.ASM Objective: 02.01 The structure and function of microorganisms have been revealed by the use of microscopy (including bright field, phase contrast, fluorescent, and electron).ASM Objective: 02.04 While microscopic eukaryotes (for example, fungi, protozoa and algae) carry out some of the same processes as bacteria, many of the cellular properties are fundamentally different.

ASM Topic: Module 01 Evolution

ASM Topic: Module 02 Cell Structure and Function

Blooms Level: 2. Understand

Learning Outcome: 01.01.01 Differentiate the biological entities studied by microbiologists from those studied by other biologists Learning Outcome: 01.01.04 Determine the type of microbe (e.g., bacterium, fungus, etc.) when given a description of a newly discovered microbe

Section: 01.01

Topic: Taxonomy of Microorganisms

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