Chapter 10 multiple choice questions

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Chapter 10 Classification of Microorganisms
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Question 1

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Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology differs from Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology in that the former
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  • groups bacteria into species
  • groups bacteria according to phylogenetic relationships
  • groups bacteria according to pathogenic properties
  • groups bacteria into 19 species
  • all of the above

Question 2

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Bacillus and Lactobacillus are not in the same order. This indicates that which one of the following is NOT sufficient to assign an organism to a taxon?
Answer
  • biochemical characteristics
  • amino acid sequencing
  • phage typing
  • serology
  • morphological characteristics

Question 3

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Which of the following is used to classify organisms into the kingdom fungi?
Answer
  • ability to photosynthesize; possess a cell wall
  • unicellular; possess cell wall, prokaryotic
  • unicellular; lacking cell wall, eukaryotic
  • absorptive; possess cell wall, eukaryotic
  • ingestive; lacking cell wall; multicellular; prokaryotic

Question 4

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Which of the following is false about scientific nomenclature?
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  • each name is specific
  • names vary with geographical location
  • the names are standardized
  • each name consists of a genus and specific epithet
  • it was the first designed by Linnaeus

Question 5

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You could ID an unknown bacterium by all of the following except
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  • hybridizing a DNA probe from a known bacterium with the uknown's DNA
  • making a fatty acid profile of the unknown
  • specific antiserum agglutinating the unknown
  • ribosomal RNA sequencing
  • percentage of guanine + cytosine

Question 6

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The wall-less mycoplasmas are considered to be related to gram-positive bacteria. Which of the following would provide the most compelling evidence for this?
Answer
  • They share common rRNA sequences
  • Some gram-positive bacteria and some mycoplasmas produce catalase.
  • both groups are prokaryotic
  • some gram-positive bacteria are some mycoplasmas have coccus-shaped cells
  • both groups contain human pathogens

Question 7

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Into which group would you place a multicellular organism that has a mouth and lives inside the human liver?
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  • animalia
  • fungi
  • plantae
  • firmicutes (gram-positive bacteria)
  • proteobacteria (gram-negative bacteria)

Question 8

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Into which group would you place a photosynthetic organism that lacks a nucleus and has a thin peptidoglycan wall surrounded by an outer membrane?
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  • animalia
  • fungi
  • plantae
  • firmicutes (gram-positive bacteria)
  • proteobacteria (gram-negative bacteria)

Question 9

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Which of the following is (are) found in all three domains?
Answer
  • 70s Ribosomes, plasma membrane
  • peptidoglycan
  • 70s Ribosomes, plasma membrane, nucleus
  • 9 + 2 flagella, fimbria, peptidoglycan
  • 9+ 2 flagella, 702 ribosomes, fimbria, nucleus, peptidoglycan, plasma membrane

Question 10

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Which is (are) found only in prokaryotes?
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  • 9 + 2 flagella, nucleus, plasma membrane
  • fimbria, peptidoglycan
  • 9 + 2 flagella, 70s Ribosomes
  • nucleus
  • 70 s ribosomes, nucleus, peptidoglycan
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