Please Read the Clinical Scenario, and Then Answer the Question

Please read the clinical scenario, and then answer the question that follow to become familiar with the traditional NCLEX question format.
A 59-year-old female has been diagnosed with Escherichia coli infection following the consumption of contaminated meat. The patient is exhibiting a high fever, severe abdominal cramping, and diarrhea. As the RN, you provide supportive care and fluid resuscitation as ordered. You are familiar with the E. coli bacterium, and provide education to the patient and her family regarding the genetics of this bacterium.
-In gram-negative bacteria,like

A) "It is a large,double-stranded linear piece of DNA."
B) "It is found in F- cells only."
C) "It controls the process of transduction in bacterial cells."
D) "It encodes the information to create a pilus."
E) coli,the fertility factor is a plasmid possessed by the bacterium that will donate its DNA to a recipient cell.Which of the following statements,by the patient,demonstrates understanding of this plasmid?