Test Bank for Talaros Foundations in Microbiology - Chapter 01

Who was the Dutch merchant that made and used quality magnifying lenses to see and record microorganisms?

Pasteur used swan-neck flasks in his experiments to prove that

Which of the following is not a process in the scientific method?

Spontaneous generation is the idea that

Kochs postulates are criteria used to establish that

Which of the following is a taxon that contains all the other taxa listed?

Select the correct order of taxa from most inclusive to least inclusive.

Which of the following is a scientific name?

Taxonomy does not involve

The smallest taxon is

The study of evolutionary relationships among organisms is called

What term would be best associated with an experiment that compares the similarities in DNA or RNA sequences between two different bacterial species?

A scientist discovers a new microbial species. It is a single-celled eukaryote without cell walls. In which kingdom will it likely be classified?

A scientist collecting grass clippings to find the source of an outbreak of tularemia is an example of working in the field of

Helminths are

All of the following pertain to photosynthesis, except

Organisms called parasites are

Who was the surgeon that advocated using disinfectants on hands and in the air prior to surgery?

Which scientist showed that anthrax was caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis?

Which of the following lists the correct descending taxonomic hierarchy (left to right)?

When assigning a scientific name to an organism,

In Whittakers taxonomic system, which kingdom would include protozoans and algae?

Who proposed assigning organisms to one of three domains?

According to the Whittaker system of classification, which kingdom does not contain any eukaryotes?

Which of the following are the main decomposers of the earth?

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the most common infectious cause of death worldwide was

Which of the following diseases is transmitted by mosquitoes?

Which of the following diseases is transmitted by mosquitoes?

All of the following are correct about prokaryotes, except

All of the following contribute to the rise of emerging diseases, except

Which scientist discovered heat-resistant bacterial spores?

Which of the following is the correct way to write the scientific name of this bacterium?

Which environment are prokaryotes belonging to domain Archaea typically associated?

What was the main reason why the five-kingdom system was replaced by the three-domain system?

When microbes are introduced into the environment to restore stability, the process is called

Which condition is a microbial infection not typically implicated as a cause?

Cyanide is a chemical used to dissolve gold and is harmful to the environment and organisms living there. A couple of biochemists came up with the idea of using the bacteria in the genus Pseudomonas to break down the cyanide used by a gold mining company. Which term refers to this use of bacteria?

Which of the following branches of microbiology is utilized in diagnosing or treating someone who has broken out in hives and is experiencing respiratory distress due to an exposure to a microbial toxin?

The nurse in an emergency department is reviewing discharge instructions with a patient. The patient asks them, what does it mean by zoonosis? What is the best response by the nurse?

Members of the same species share many more characteristics compared to those shared by members of the same kingdom.

Viruses are not classified in any of Whittakers five kingdoms.

Members of the kingdom Fungi are photosynthetic.

A scientist studying helminths is working with bacteria.

The fossil record has established that prokaryotes existed on Earth for approximately two billion years before eukaryotes evolved.

It has been over 25 years since a new infectious disease has emerged in the world.

The term sterile means free of all life forms.

All microorganisms are parasites.

During a scientific experiment, the control group is used to directly test or measure the consequences of a variable in the study.

The scientific method involves formulating a tentative explanation, called the hypothesis, to account for what has been observed or measured.

Once an organism is assigned to a particular taxonomic hierarchy, it is permanent and cannot be revised.

When the results of an experiment support a hypothesis, the hypothesis can now be considered a theory.

Within the Woese-Fox system, the three domains are Bacteria, Protista, Eukarya.

One classically distinguishing characteristic of archaea is that they generally live in extreme environments.

The scientific field involved in the identification, classification, and naming of organisms is called

The area of biology that states that living things undergo gradual structural and functional changes over long periods of time is referred to as

Living things ordinarily too small to be seen with the unaided eye are termed