Molds And Yeasts(Microbiology > Fungi ) Questions and Answers

Question 1.  The evolutionary record suggests that the first occurrence of multicellularity was in the kingdom
  1.    Monera
  2.    Protista
  3.    Fungi
  4.    Plantae
Explanation:-
Answer: Option B. -> Protista
Question 2.  Which spore is on a club and results from the fusion of two nuclei from different strains of the same fungi?
  1.    Ascospore
  2.    Basidiospore
  3.    Blastospore
  4.    Conidiospore
Explanation:-
Answer: Option B. -> Basidiospore
Question 3.  The bread mold Rhizopus stolonifer belongs to which of the following fungal divisions?
  1.    Ascomycota
  2.    Deuteromycota
  3.    Oomycota
  4.    Zygomycota
Explanation:-
Answer: Option D. -> Zygomycota
Question 4.  Slime molds differ from the moldy fungi
  1.    in their mode of nutrition: phagocytosis for the slime molds; absorptive heterotroph for moldy fungi
  2.    in that the moldy fungi produce amoeboid or flagellated cells and the slime molds do not
  3.    Both (a) and (b)
  4.    none of the above
Explanation:-
Answer: Option A. -> in their mode of nutrition: phagocytosis for the slime molds; absorptive heterotroph for moldy fungi
Question 5.  The number of sets of chromosomes in a dikaryotic cell
  1.    is greater than diploid cell
  2.    is lesser than diploid cell
  3.    is equal to diploid cell
  4.    none of these
Explanation:-
Answer: Option C. -> is equal to diploid cell
Question 6.  Saprophytic fungi
  1.    engulf their food in order to break it down.
  2.    secure their food from dead organic materials
  3.    both (a) and (b)
  4.    none of the above
Explanation:-
Answer: Option B. -> secure their food from dead organic materials
Question 7.  The fruiting body of a mushroom is called
  1.    sorocarps
  2.    basidiocarps
  3.    ascocarps
  4.    plasmodiocarps
Explanation:-
Answer: Option B. -> basidiocarps
Question 8. .  _________ produce basidiospores.
  1.    Slime molds
  2.    Dimorphic fungi
  3.    Club fungi
  4.    Sac fungi
Explanation:-
Answer: Option C. -> Club fungi
Question 9.  Water molds belong to which division?
  1.    Ascomycota
  2.    Basidiomycota
  3.    Chytridiomycota
  4.    Oomycota
Explanation:-
Answer: Option D. -> Oomycota
Question 10.  The amount of phagocytosis done by the Plasmodium
  1.    is greater than by the water mold mycelium
  2.    is lesser than by the water mold mycelium
  3.    is equal to by the water mold mycelium
  4.    none of the above
Explanation:-
Answer: Option A. -> is greater than by the water mold mycelium
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