Review Self_Quiz -- CLASSIFICATION: Monera:
Below are some multiple choice self-quiz review questions to reinforce chapter terms and important concepts. Some of these questions will appear on the exams.

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1. Which organism in the list below is not a Monera?

a. agent causing syphilis
b. agent causing tuberculosis
c. agent causing the common cold
d. agent causing gonorrhea
e. a and d

2. Four of the five answeres listed below are true about bacteria. Select the EXCEPTION.

a. all are prokaryotes
b. all are harmfull
c. all are small
d. all are unicellular
e. they do NOT have a nucleus

3. Three of the four answers listed below are descriptions of bacterial shape. Select the exeption.

a. pili
b. rod
c. spiral
d. spherical

4. Accessory ring of bacterial DNA:

a. virus
b. bacteriophage
c. RNA
d. plasmid
e. None of the above.

5. Bacteria producing "swamp gas":

a. Halophiles
b. Thermophiles
c. Methanogens
d. Cyanobacteria
e. Eubacteria

6. Bacteria requiring salt:

a. Halophiles
b. Thermophiles
c. Methanogens
d. Cyanobacteria
e. Eubacteria

7. Bacteria that can photosynthesize:

a. Halophiles
b. Thermophiles
c. Methanogens
d. Cyanobacteria
e. Eubacteria

8. The process of cell division in prokaryotes:

a. conjugation
b. fertilization
c. binary fission
d. a and b
e. a, b, and c

9. An infectious agent that can invade organisms, multiply in them, and cause disease.

a. Homologous structure
b. pili
c. Lactobacillus bulgaricus
d. Analogous structure
e. pathogen

10. Spiral shaped bacteria

a. Treponema pallidum
b. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
c. Staphylococcus aureus
d. Escherichia coli
e. Streptococcus pyogenes

11. Rod shaped bacteria

a. Treponema pallidum
b. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
c. Staphylococcus aureus
d. Escherichia coli
e. Streptococcus pyogenes

12. Substance produced by certain microorganisms that kill or inhibit bacteria.

a. peptidoglycan
b. cellulose
c. vitamins
d. antibodies
e. antibiotic

13. Material in most bacterial cell walls.

a. peptidoglycan
b. cellulose
c. vitamins
d. antibodies
e. antibiotic

14. Which of the following bacteria are the LEAST related to the others?

a. archaebacteria
b. Halobacteria
c. chemosynthetic eubacteria
d. Methanogens
e. Thermophiles

15. Nitrogen fixers:

a. Rhizobium leguminosarum
b. Vibrio cholerae
c. Borrelia burgdorferi
d. Bacillus thuringiensis
e. Chlamydia trachomatis

16. Cause cholera:

a. Rhizobium leguminosarum
b. Vibrio cholerae
c. Borrelia burgdorferi
d. Bacillus thuringiensis
e. Chlamydia trachomatis

17. Cause Lyme disease (transmitted by ticks):

a. Rhizobium leguminosarum
b. Vibrio cholerae
c. Borrelia burgdorferi
d. Bacillus thuringiensis
e. Chlamydia trachomatis

18. Sexually transmitted disease:

a. Rhizobium leguminosarum
b. Vibrio cholerae
c. Borrelia burgdorferi
d. Bacillus thuringiensis
e. Chlamydia trachomatis

19. Produce insect toxin used in natural insecticides:

a. Rhizobium leguminosarum
b. Vibrio cholerae
c. Borrelia burgdorferi
d. Bacillus thuringiensis
e. Chlamydia trachomatis

20. Spherical shaped (coccus type) bacteria:

a. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
b. Treponema pallidum
c. Borrelia burgdorferi
d. Eschrichia coli
e. Salmonella enteritidis

21. Disease causing bacteria:

a. Streptococcus thermophilus
b. Lactobacillus bulgaricus
c. Rhizobium leguminosarum
d. Bacillus thuringiensis
e. Closteridium botulinum

22. five of the six answers listed below are true about photosynthetic bacteria (when alive). Select the EXCEPTION.

a. all are autotrophic
b. all are harmfull
c. all have green color
d. all have chlorophyll
e. all have chloroplasts
f. b and e

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