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Chapter 11
front 1 1) Which of the following are found primarily in the intestines of humans? A) gram-negative aerobic rods and cocci B) aerobic, helical bacteria C) facultatively anaerobic gram-negative rods D) gram-positive cocci E) endospore-forming rods | back 1 Answer: C |
front 2  What is group "c." in the key shown in Figure 11.1? A) bacteroidetes B) chlamydiae C) fusobacteria D) planctomycetes E) spirochaetes | back 2 Answer: E |
front 3 3) Which of the following is NOT a characteristic inherent of the non-endospore-forming gram-positive rods? A) are aerotolerant B) carry out fermentative metabolism C) display a branched filamentous morphology D) nonpathogenic E) lack cell walls | back 3 Answer: D |
front 4 4) Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Neisseria? A) requires X and V factors B) cocci C) gram-negative D) oxidase-positive E) Some species are human pathogens. | back 4 Answer: A |
front 5 5) Staphylococcus and Streptococcus can be easily differentiated in a laboratory by which one of the following? A) cell shape B) Gram stain reaction C) growth in high salt concentrations D) ability to cause disease E) glucose fermentation | back 5 Answer: C |
front 6 6) Which of the following genera is an anaerobic gram-negative rod? A) Escherichia B) Staphylococcus C) Bacteroides D) Treponema E) Neisseria | back 6 Answer: C |
front 7 7) Which of the following do you expect to be MOST resistant to high temperatures? A) Bacillus subtilis B) Eschericia coli C) Neisseria gonorrhoeae D) Staphylococcus aureus E) Streptococcocus pyogenes | back 7 Answer: A |
front 8 8) Which of the following is NOT an enteric? A) Salmonella B) Shigella C) Escherichia D) Enterobacter E) Campylobacter | back 8 Answer: E |
front 9 9) Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of spirochetes? A) possess an axial filament B) gram-negative C) helical shape D) easily observed with brightfield microscopy E) found in the human oral cavity | back 9 Answer: D |
front 10 10) You have isolated a bacterium that grows in a medium containing an organic substrate and nitrate in the absence of oxygen. The nitrate is reduced to nitrogen gas. You can be sure that this bacterium is A) gram-positive. B) using anaerobic respiration. C) a chemoautotroph. D) a photoautotroph. E) a photoheterotroph. | back 10 Answer: B |
front 11 11) Which of the following lacks a cell wall? A) Borrelia B) Mycoplasma C) Mycobacterium D) Clostridium E) Nocardia | back 11 Answer: B |
front 12 12) Which of the following bacteria is gram-negative? A) Treponema B) Corynebacterium C) Bacillus D) Staphylococcus E) Mycobacterium | back 12 Answer: A |
front 13 13) Which of the following form conidiospores? A) endospore-forming gram-positive rods and cocci B) actinomycetes and related organisms C) rickettsias D) anaerobic gram-negative cocci E) spiral and curved bacteria | back 13 Answer: B |
front 14 14) Which of the following pairs is mismatched? A) dissimilatory sulfate-reducing bacteria — produce H2S B) archaea — extremophiles C) chemoautotrophic bacteria — fix atmospheric nitrogen D) actinomycetes — reproduce by fragmentation E) Cytophaga — a gliding, nonfruiting bacterium | back 14 Answer: C |
front 15 15) Rickettsias differ from chlamydias in that rickettsias A) are gram-negative. B) are intracellular parasites. C) require an arthropod for transmission. D) form elementary bodies. E) are enterics. | back 15 Answer: C |
front 16 16) Requirements for X and V factors are used to identify A) Staphylococcus. B) Escherichia. C) Neisseria. D) Haemophilus. E) Pseudomonas. | back 16 Answer: D |
front 17 17) You have isolated a bacterium that grows in a medium containing only inorganic nutrients. Ammonia is oxidized to a nitrate ion. This bacterium is A) gram-negative. B) using anaerobic respiration. C) a chemoautotroph. D) a photoautotroph. E) a photoheterotroph. | back 17 Answer: C |
front 18 18) Which of the following bacteria is gram-positive? A) Pseudomonas B) Salmonella C) Streptococcus D) Bacteroides E) Rickettsia | back 18 Answer: C |
front 19 19) Escherichia coli belongs to the A) proteobacteria. B) gram-positive bacteria. C) green sulfur bacteria. D) spirochetes. E) actinomycetes. | back 19 Answer: A |
front 20 20) Which one of the following bacteria does NOT belong with the others? A) Bacillus B) Escherichia C) Lactobacillus D) Staphylococcus E) Streptococcus | back 20 Answer: B |
front 21 21) Which of the following statements about the causative agent of Rocky Mountain spotted fever is FALSE? A) It is an intracellular parasite. B) It is transmitted by ticks. C) It is in the genus Rickettsia. D) It is gram-negative. E) It is found in soil and water. | back 21 Answer: E |
front 22 22) A primary difference between cyanobacteria and purple and green phototrophic bacteria is A) energy source. B) cell wall type. C) electron donor for CO2 D) cell type. E) color. | back 22 Answer: C |
front 23 23) Which one of the following bacteria does NOT belong with the others? A) Bordetella B) Burkholderia C) Neisseria D) Acidithiobacillus E) Salmonella | back 23 Answer: E |
front 24 24) Which of the following bacteria are responsible for more infections and more different kinds of infections? A) Streptococcus B) Staphylococcus C) Salmonella D) Pseudomonas E) Neisseria | back 24 Answer: A |
front 25 25) Both Beggiatoa and the purple sulfur bacteria use H2S. These bacteria differ in that Beggiatoa A) uses H2S for an energy source. B) uses H2S for a carbon source. C) uses light energy. D) belongs to the gammaproteobacteria. E) is a heterotroph. | back 25 Answer: A |
front 26 26) The nonsulfur photosynthetic bacteria use organic compounds as A) carbon sources. B) electron donors to reduce CO2. C) energy sources. D) electron acceptors. E) oxygen sources. | back 26 Answer: B |
front 27 27) Which of the following is the best reason to classify Streptococcus in the Lactobacillales? A) Gram reaction B) morphology C) fermentation of lactose D) rRNA sequences E) found in dairy products | back 27 Answer: D |
front 28 28) Streptomyces differs from Actinomyces because Streptomyces A) makes antibiotics. B) produces conidia. C) forms filaments. D) is a strict aerobe. E) is a bacterium. | back 28 Answer: D |
front 29 29) All of the following bacteria are gram-positive. Which does NOT belong with the others? A) Actinomyces B) Gardnerella C) Corynebacterium D) Listeria E) Mycobacterium | back 29 Answer: D |
front 30 30) Salmonella, Shigella, Yersinia, and Serratia are all A) pathogens. B) gram-negative facultatively anaerobic rods. C) gram-positive aerobic cocci. D) fermentative. E) endospore-forming bacteria. | back 30 Answer: B |
front 31 31) You have isolated a gram-positive rod. What should you do next? A) Gram stain B) lactose fermentation C) endospore stain D) flagella stain E) enterotube | back 31 Answer: C |
front 32 32) Borrelia is classified as a spirochete because it A) is aerobic. B) possesses an axial filament. C) is a rod. D) is a pathogen. E) is transmitted by ticks. | back 32 Answer: B |
front 33 33) Thiobacillus oxidizes inorganic sulfur compounds and reduces CO2. This bacterium is a A) chemoheterotroph. B) chemoautotroph. C) photoautotroph. D) gammaproteobacteria. E) photoheterotroph. | back 33 Answer: B |
front 34 34) You have isolated a prokaryotic cell. The first step in identification is a(n) A) Gram stain. B) lactose fermentation test. C) endospore stain. D) flagella stain. E) DNA fingerprint. | back 34 Answer: A |
front 35 35) Actinomycetes differ from fungi in that actinomycetes A) are chemoheterotrophs. B) lack a membrane-bounded nucleus. C) require light. D) are decomposers. E) cause disease. | back 35 Answer: B |
front 36 36) You have isolated an aerobic gram-positive, endospore-forming bacterium that grows well on nutrient agar. To which of the following groups does it most likely belong? A) phototrophic bacteria B) gammaproteobacteria C) deltaproteobacteria D) bacillales E) The answer cannot be determined based on the information provided. | back 36 Answer: D |
front 37 37) Which of the following pairs is mismatched? A) spirochete — axial filament B) aerobic, helical bacteria — gram-negative C) enterics — gram-negative D) mycobacteria — acid-fast E) Pseudomonas — gram-positive | back 37 Answer: E |
front 38 38) Which one of the following does NOT belong with the others? A) Coxiella B) Ehrlichia C) Rickettsia D) Staphylococcus E) Wolbachia | back 38 Answer: D |
front 39 39) Caulobacter are different from most bacteria in that they A) are gram-negative. B) are gram-positive. C) have stalks. D) lack cell walls. E) are motile. | back 39 Answer: C |
front 40 40) All of the following bacteria are motile. Which does NOT have flagella? A) Escherichia B) helical bacteria C) Pseudomonas D) spirochetes E) Salmonella | back 40 Answer: D |
front 41 41) Which of the following bacteria does NOT belong with the others? A) Halobacterium B) Halococcus C) Methanobacterium D) Staphylococcus E) Sulfolobus | back 41 Answer: D |
front 42 42) Mycoplasmas differ from other bacteria in that they A) grow inside host cells. B) lack a cell wall. C) are acid-fast. D) are motile. E) are gram-negative. | back 42 Answer: B |
front 43 43) Which of the following pairs is NOT correctly matched? A) elementary body — Escherichia B) endospore — Bacillus C) endospore — Clostridium D) heterocyst — cyanobacteria E) myxospore — gliding bacteria | back 43 Answer: A |
front 44 44) Burkholderia was reclassified from the gammaproteobacteria to the betaproteobacteria because A) it grows in disinfectants. B) it is a gram-negative rod. C) it causes infections in cystic fibrosis patients. D) it causes melioidosis. E) its rRNA sequence is similar to that of Neisseria. | back 44 Answer: E |
front 45 45) The crab industry needs female crabs for growing more crabs. What bacterium might be used to ensure development of female crabs and shrimp? A) Acinetobacter B) Gemmata C) Neisseria D) Pelagibacter E) Wolbachia | back 45 Answer: E |