Microbiology: Chapter 4 True/False Flashcards


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1) The cell walls of bacteria are responsible for the shape of the bacteria and the difference in the Gram stain reaction.

Answer: TRUE

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2) Antibiotics that target the cell wall are an effective treatment against many pathogenic bacteria.

Answer: TRUE

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3) Cells placed in a hypotonic solution tend to lose water due to osmotic pressure.

Answer: FALSE

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4) Small, hydrophobic molecules pass through a cell membrane most easily by diffusion.

Answer: TRUE

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5) Spheroplasts, protoplasts, and mycoplasms are bacterial cells without cell walls.

Answer: TRUE

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6) Endospores are a reproductive structure.

Answer: FALSE

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7) The internal structure of eukaryotic cilia and flagella are the same.

Answer: TRUE

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8) Many enzymes in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells are compartmentalized within organelles.

Answer: FALSE

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9) The number of organelles such as chloroplasts, mitochondria, and rough endoplasmic reticulum is the same in all eukaryotic cells.

Answer: TRUE

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10) If you observe rod-shaped red cells after the Gram stain, you can assume their cell walls contain endotoxin.

Answer: TRUE