Mycology MCQs (Quiz 7)

Mycology MCQs (Quiz 7) (Microbiology Quiz Series)
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1. Zoospores bearing a single, posterior whiplash flagellum are typically produced by members of __________________

 Chytridiomycetes

 Plasmodiophoromycetes

 Oomycetes

 Hyphochytridiomycetes

2. In fungal taxonomy, classes generally end with the suffix ______________

 -ales

 -mycetes

 -aceae

 -phycota

3. The mycelium of Mastigomycota is generally _____________________________

 Pseudoseptate

 Coenocytic

 Fragmented

 Septate

4. Which division of fungi includes organisms that entirely lack cell walls at any stage of their life cycle?

 Mastigomycota

 Gymnomycota

 Ascomycota

 Amastigomycota

5. The classification system dividing fungi into Gymnomycota, Mastigomycota, and Amastigomycota was proposed by _________________________

 Carl Linnaeus and Robert Whittaker 

 Constantine J. Alexopoulos and Charles W. Mims

 Robert Whittaker and Ernst Haeckel

 Ernst Haeckel

6. Which characteristic is shared by fungi and animals but not by plants?

 Cellulose cell walls

 Photosynthesis

 Alternation of generations

 Glycogen storage

7. Unlike higher plants, fungi do not possess ___________________

 Vascular tissues

 Cell walls

 Nuclei

 Cytoplasm

8. Mastigomycota includes fungi that primarily produce ___________________

 Conidia

 Basidiospores

 Flagellated spores

 Ascospores

9. The evolutionary relationship among fungi, animals, and plants is best studied using _____________________

 Spore color

 Hyphal diameter

 Colony morphology

 Molecular phylogenetics

10. Gymnomycota consists of organisms that are primarily ______________________

 Autotrophic

 Phagotrophic

 Chemosynthetic

 Photosynthetic

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