Chapter 4 Online quizzes

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The first complete genome ever sequenced came from which of these organisms?

E. coli correct incorrect

φX174 correct incorrect

MS2 correct incorrect

Haemophilus influenzae correct incorrect

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How many potential arrangements does a phylogenetic tree with 96 tips have?

10¹³ correct incorrect

10²⁷ correct incorrect

10⁵² correct incorrect

10¹⁷³ correct incorrect

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How many genes are there in a typical 4 Mb bacterial genome?

400 correct incorrect

1000 correct incorrect

2000 correct incorrect

4000 correct incorrect

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What term refers to the set of all genes in a bacterial species?

pan-genome correct incorrect

core genome correct incorrect

accessory genome correct incorrect

total genome correct incorrect

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Which of these is NOT a method of natural horizontal gene transfer used by bacteria?

transfection correct incorrect

transformation correct incorrect

transduction correct incorrect

conjugation correct incorrect

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Where did MRSA ST22 emerge in the UK?

North correct incorrect

Midlands correct incorrect

South East correct incorrect

South West correct incorrect

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When did Mycobacterium tuberculosis come out of Africa?

About 70,000 years ago correct incorrect

About 1,000 years ago correct incorrect

About 5,000 years ago correct incorrect

About 100,000 years ago correct incorrect

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How long did it take to get a new vaccine for Serogroup B Neisseria meningitidis into the clinic after sequencing its genome?

10 years correct incorrect

15 years correct incorrect

20 years correct incorrect

25 years correct incorrect

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Penicillin was originally made by which type of organism?

Chemical engineers correct incorrect

A bacterium correct incorrect

A fungus correct incorrect

A plant correct incorrect

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What proportion of the general population in the UK carry MRSA?

0.1% correct incorrect

0.5% correct incorrect

1% correct incorrect

5% correct incorrect