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BIOL 221 Exam 1 Practice Questions and Answers Which of the following structures is found only in Bacteria? A. cell wall B. flagellum C. cell membrane D. nucleus E. lipopolysaccharide - ANSWER-Lipopolysaccharide Which of the following statements about viruses is true? A. They have an activ...

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BIOL 221 Exam 1 Practice Questions and

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Which of the following structures is found only in Bacteria?




A. cell wall


B. flagellum


C. cell membrane


D. nucleus


E. lipopolysaccharide - ANSWER✔✔-Lipopolysaccharide


Which of the following statements about viruses is true?




A. They have an active chemical metabolism.


B. Viruses that infect bacteria cannot infect humans.


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C. They have only RNA, no protein.


D. They cannot infect bacteria.


E. They are usually surrounded by a lipid envelope. - ANSWER✔✔-Viruses that infect bacteria cannot

infect humans


What are prions?




A. Infectious proteins with no nucleic acid.


B. Very tiny virus-like particles.


C. Infectious RNA with no protein.


D. Peptidoglycan particles that affect the immune system.


E. Small cells that lack a cell membrane. - ANSWER✔✔-Infectious proteins with no nucleic acid


Taken together, the experiments of Pasteur, Tyndall and Koch demonstrated that...




A. some bacteria cannot be killed


B. as long as air can be kept out, a solution can be kept sterile

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C. as long as no living organisms enter a solution, it can be kept sterile indefinitely


D. sometimes an experiment must be repeated for it to work right


E. some forms of bacteria are not living organisms - ANSWER✔✔-as long as no living organisms enter a

solution, it can be kept sterile indefinitely


There is much interest in using bacteriophages to kill the bacteria that cause infectious diseases

inhumans. Which of the following is a valid concern about such therapy?




A. The bacterial viruses might also infect humans.


B. The bacterial viruses might carry bacterial DNA into human cells.


C. Bacterial viruses might mutate into uncontrollable "superbugs."


D. The virus preparation might be contaminated with a few live bacterial cells.


E. The viruses might evolve into new bacterial cells. - ANSWER✔✔-The virus preparation might be

contaminated with a few live bacterial cells.


Viroids are...




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A. small virus-like particles


B. small pieces of RNA without a protein coat


C. empty protein coats without any nucleic acid


D. infectious proteins that serve as folding templates for other proteins


E. another name for plant viruses - ANSWER✔✔-small pieces of RNA without a protein coat


Archaea have...




A. a nucleus


B. a cell membrane


C. peptidoglycan


D. chloroplasts


E. phosphotransferase systems - ANSWER✔✔-a cell membrane


In Pasteur's famous experiment that finally disproved spontaneous generation, bacteria grew




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