FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT MICRO QUIZ 1 EXAM

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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT MICRO QUIZ 1 EXAM

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Question 1: Oral thrush is caused by which type of organism?

Answer:

Fungi

Question 2: Disease-causing microorganisms are called _____.

Answer:

Pathogens

Question 3: Which of the following is true of the microbial world?

Answer:

Many microbes are helpful Question 4: The cytoplasmic extensions used by some protists to move are called _____.

Answer:

Pseudopods

Question 5: Which of the following is true of the genetics of viruses?

Answer:

Viruses can contain either DNA or RNA, but not both

Question 6: chitin cell walls are characteristics of which taxonomic group?

Answer:

fungi

Question 7: Which of the following is a current usage of binomial nomenclature?

Answer:

Homo sapiens Question 8: Which of the following indicates how bacteria and viruses typically compare in size?

Answer:

Bacteria are much larger than viruses

Question 9: Which of these infectious agents do not have nucleic acid?

Answer:

Prions Question 10: True or False: Viruses are considered living organisms.

Answer:

False

Question 11: Which are the three currently accepted domains?

Answer:

Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya Question 12: Which is the best description of the primary purpose of a phylogeny?

Answer:

Phylogenies show evolutionary relatedness between organisms

Question 13: Which of the following is not a subfield of microbiology?

Answer:

Botany

Question 14: Diatoms are classified within which of the following domains?

Answer:

Eukarya

Question 15: Mycotoxins are produced by which type of organism?

Answer:

Molds Question 16: True or False: The average size of a typical virus is approximately 100 nm.

Answer:

True

Question 17: Which of the following types of microorganisms is photosynthetic?

Answer:

Alga

Question 18: Yeasts are which of the following?

Answer:

Unicellular fungi

Question 19: Who is considered the "father of Western medicine"?

Answer:

Hippocrates

Question 20: For which of the following is Thucydides known?

Answer:

Realizing that people who had been infected by the Athenian plague had immunity to reinfection

Question 21: True or False: When a scientific name is used repeatedly, both the genus and species must always be written out in full to avoid confusion.

Answer:

False

Question 22: _____ used phenol as a wound disinfectant.

Answer:

Joseph Lister

Question 23: The term prokaryotes refers to which of the following?

Answer:

Unicellular organisms that have no nucleus

Question 24: The archaebacteria are now called _____.

Answer:

Archaea Question 25: True or False: All organisms studied in the field of microbiology are visible only with a microscope.

Answer:

False Question 26: Which of the following is not true about the process of fermentation?

Answer:

It is carried out exclusively by unicellular eukaryotes such as yeast

Question 27: Viruses are classified as which of the following?

Answer:

Distinct from the three-domain system Question 28: Viruses are not included in phylogenetic trees for which of the following reasons?

Answer:

They are acellular and nonliving