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Questão 1
Questão
A microbe growing in a functioning refrigerator is probably a:
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Psychrophile
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Mesophile
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Thermophile
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Hyperthermophile
Questão 2
Questão
Active transport in necessary when:
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Diffusion will not allow adequate amounts of a substance to enter the cell
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Movement into the cell is against a concentration gradient
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The level of nutrients in nature is very low
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All of the above
Questão 3
Questão
The size of the most useful RNA molecule for prokaryotic evolutionary studies is:
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5S
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16S
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18S
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23S
Questão 4
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Siderophores:
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Act as a solvent for iron and transport it into the cells
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Are a key component of cytochromes
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Help maintain osmotic balance in seawater microbes
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Develop when errors in membrane synthesis occur
Questão 5
Questão
Chemical energy is released when organic or inorganic compounds are:
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Reduced
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Incorporated into larger molecules
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Synthesized
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Oxidized
Questão 6
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MacConkey agar selects for:
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Gram-negative bacteria
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Gram-positive bacteria
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Both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria
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Haemolytic microorganisms
Questão 7
Questão
The bacterial genome is:
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Mostly diploid but includes several haploid regions
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A single circular DNA molecule
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Mostly haploid
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A double stranded RNA molecule
Questão 8
Questão
With regards to bacterial plasmids which statement is the correct one?
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Plasmids are extra chromosomal DNA that encode only resistance to antibiotics
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Plasmids are a part of bacterial chromosome
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Plasmids are single stranded DNA found in some bacteria
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Plasmids are extra chromosomal DNA molecules
Questão 9
Questão
The genomes of positive-sense RNA viruses:
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Can give rise to infectious virus if transfected into their host tissue culture cells
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Are fully or partially translated immediately following uncoating in host cells
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Need to be transcribed to produce mRNA molecules immediately after uncoating
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Always carry a polymerase molecule in their mature capsid that functions after infection
Questão 10
Questão
The poliovirus mature virus particle:
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Contains 240 copies of a single protein
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Contains 60 copies of four proteins
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Has a dsDNA genome
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Has a single stranded negative–sense genome
Questão 11
Questão
Which of the following organisms is NOT a true fungus (i.e. it is classified in the Kingdom Protoctista):
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Phytophthora infestans
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Botrytis cinerea
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Agaricus bisporus
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Taphrina deformans
Questão 12
Questão
Black sigatoka is a:
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Fungal root disease of bananas
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Fungal foliar disease of bananas
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Fungal fruit disease of apples
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Fungal foliar disease of potatoes
Questão 13
Questão
Which of the following is transmitted to humans by arthropods?
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Tuberculosis
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Malaria
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Cholera
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Typhoid
Questão 14
Questão
Which of the following is a host component important in specific immune recognition of extracellular microbes?
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Antigen
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Antibody
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Phagocyte
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Lipopolysaccharide
Questão 15
Questão
With regard to the differences between bacterial and eukaryotic cells which statement is the correct one?
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Bacterial cells do not contain mitochondria
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Bacterial cells are usually larger than eukaryote cells
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Bacteria do not contain a chromosome
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Bacterial cells are not sensitive to β-lactam antibiotics
Questão 16
Questão
Koch’s postulates most correctly relate to which one of the following statements?
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The isolation of a bacterium in culture from a human alone indicates that it causes disease
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Determination in a series logical steps the agent that causes disease
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The observation of bacterial cells in tissue from a human with disease indicates that the observed bacterium has caused the disease
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Inoculation of a bacterium into an animal to cause disease alone indicates that it is the cause of the disease observed
Questão 17
Questão
Which statement is correct with respect to Lipopolysaccharide (LPS)?
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LPS is found in Gram positive cells
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LPS is found in Gram negative cells in the cytoplasmic membrane
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LPS is found in the outer-membrane of Gram negative cells
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LPS is associated with all bacterial cells
Questão 18
Questão
A culture of E. coli is diluted by a factor of 10-6 and, after plating out 100 μl on an agar plate, 63 colonies grew after incubation at 37oC overnight. The original culture therefore contained how many viable E. coli cells per ml?
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6.3 x 10(7)
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6.3 x 10(8)
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6.3 x 10(6)
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6.3 x 10(5)
Questão 19
Questão
With respect to differences between members of the archaeal and bacterial domains/kingdoms, which is the correct statement?
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Both have peptidoglycan in their cell walls
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Only some Archaea are capable of methanogenesis
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Archaea are sensitive to β-lactam antibiotics
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Bacteria have similar RNA polymerase to that of Archaea
Questão 20
Questão
Which statement is correct with respect to peptidoglycan?
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There are multiple molecules of peptidoglycan in bacterial cell walls
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Only Gram positive cells possess peptidoglycan
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There is only a single molecule of peptidoglycan in a bacterial cell wall
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Peptidoglycan is only found in Gram negative cell walls
Questão 21
Questão
Fungi primarily contribute to soil and plant health by:
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Degrading sand particles to release Si
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Facilitating desiccation of water-logged soils
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Degrading organic matter and releasing nutrients
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Preventing bacterial growth
Questão 22
Questão
Fungi tend to live at interfaces. Which of these statements is untrue:
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This can be where nutrients are most concentrated
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Solid surfaces may provide anchorage
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Other microbes, that leak useful metabolites, may inhabit such niches
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There is typically less water on physical surfaces and fungi avoid water
Questão 23
Questão
Fungal growth and cell division is not normally accompanied by:
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Biomass aquisition
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Reduced vitality
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Nucleic acid replication
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Enhanced ability to compete with other microbial species
Questão 24
Questão
One factor that is not used to prevent or reduce fungal spoilage of processed foods is:
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Addition of benzene
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Low water-activity
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Refrigeration
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Heat-sterilization
Questão 25
Questão
Saprophytic activity is essential for biosphere health because it:
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Facilitates nutrient cycling and waste degradation
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Kills host organisms and thereby averts overpopulation
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Facilitates species evolution via endosymbiosis
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Involves mineralization of inorganic rocks in the lithosphere
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