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Chapter 9
Dr. Herber Practice test
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Microbiology
Undergraduate 2
05/30/2011

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Which one of the following microorganisms has its own kingdom in the five-kingdom of classification?
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FUNGI.
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Viruses are not assigned to any Kingdom because ???
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VIRUSES ARE NOT ALIVE.
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The science of classification is generally known as ???
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TAXONOMY.
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A prokaryotic cell would be assigned to which of the taxonomic kingdoms….
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MONERA
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Binomial nomenclature was originated by ?
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CAROLUS LINNAEUS.
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The binomial name of a microbe is composed of it’s ???
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GENUS AND SPECIES NAMES.
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All members of the Kingdom Monera are ???
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PROKARYOTES.
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In the five kingdom system of classification ???
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VIRUSES CAN’T BE CLASSIFIED.
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Which of the following levels of classification would contain the greatest number of organisms?
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PHYLUM.
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In phage typing, bacteria that are lysed by the same type of bacteriophage are thought to be ???
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MORE CLOSELY RELATED TO ONE ANOTHER.
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Which of the following criteria is not commonly used to classify bacteria? It is the ???
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SHAPE OF RIBOSOMES.
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Kingdom Monera is also known as the Kingdom ?
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PROKARYOTAE.
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The five kingdom system of classification was set up by ???
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ROBERT WHITTAKER.
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A tool used by a biologist that involves asking a serious of “either-or” questions which eventually leads to the identification of an organism is a ???
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DICHOTOMOUS KEY.
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In the five system Kingdom scheme of classification, Algae are classified along in the Kingdom ???
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PROTISTA.
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A useful technique for comparing different bacterial species based on if they are susceptible to infection by the same virus is called ???
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PHAGE TYPING.
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