Biol230 Exam 3
1) Which of the following pairs is mismatched?
A) Ascomycota — conidiospores
B) Zygomycota — sporangiospores
C) anamorphs — lack spores
D) microsporidia — lack mitochondria
E) Basidiomycota — basidiospores
2) Which of the following statements about the
oomycote algae is FALSE?
A) They have chlorophyll.
B) They can reproduce sexually.
C) They form hyphae.
D) They produce zoospores in a
sporangium.
E) None of the above. All answers are
TRUE.
3) A family can best be defined as
A) taxon composed of one or more genus,
below order.
B) a taxon composed of phyla.
C) taxon comprised of classes, below
order.
D) taxon belonging to a species, above
class.
E) the most specific taxon.
4) Borrelia is classified as a spirochete because it
A) is a pathogen.
B) is aerobic.
C) possesses an axial filament.
D) is a rod.
E) is transmitted by ticks.
5) If two organisms have similar (>95%) rRNA
sequences, you can conclude that they
A) live in the same place.
B) evolved from a common ancestor.
C) will both ferment lactose.
D) mated with each other.
E) will have 10% different G-C ratios.
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6) This Phylum is widely studied because of
their resistance to extremes in the
environment:
A) Actinobacteria
B) Cyanobacteria
C) Planctomycetes
D) Deinococci
E) Archaea
7) What is/are the vegetative structures of algae
that carry out photosynthesis:
A) stipes
B) blade
C) pneumatocyst
D) A and B only
E) All of the above can carry out
photosynthesis
8) What is the outstanding characteristic of the
Kingdom Fungi?
A) All members are photosynthetic.
B) Members absorb dissolved organic
matter.
C) Members absorb dissolved inorganic
matter.
D) All members are microscopic.
E) All members are coenocytic.
9) Which of the following is the best evidence
for a three-domain system?
A) There are three distinctly different
types of nuclei.
B) Nucleotide sequences in ribosomal
RNA vary between all three domains.
C) There are three distinctly different
Gram reactions.
D) There are three distinct cell shapes.
E) Some bacteria live in extreme
environments.
10) Which of the following characterizes the
Domain Bacteria?
A) complex cellular structures; flagella
and cilia if motile
B) eukaryotic cells; ester linkages in
phospholipids; 70S ribosomes
C) prokaryotic cells; ester linkages in
phospholipids; some pathogenic
D) prokaryotic cells; ether linkages in
phospholipids; originator of organelles
E) multicellular; chemoheterotropic
11) A red tide is indicative of a/an:
A) large concentration of mollusks
B) excess of green/brown algae
C) large concentration of dinoflagellates
D) oomycotes
E) cytoplasmic streaming towards
nutrition
12) Serological testing is based on the fact that
A) all bacteria have the same antigens.
B) bacteria clump together when mixed
with any antibodies.
C) antibodies react specifically with an
antigen.
D) antibodies cause the formation of
antigens.
E) the human body makes antibodies
against bacteria.
13) Plasmodium replicates in both arthropod and
human. Why?
A) The arthopod is the definitive host.
B) The human is the definitive host.
C) Sexual reporoduction occurs in human.
D) Plasmodium only replicates in 24 hour
periods.
E) Only one is needed for replication.
14) When viewing a cladogram, you identify the
two most related organisms by looking at
A) Bergey's Manual
B) taxonomic nomenclature
C) morphology
D) DNA hybridization
E) a node indicating % similarity
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15) Which of the following statements regarding
lichens is FALSE?
A) Lichens are classified by their algal
partner.
B) The algal partner produces
carbohydrates that are absorbed by the
fungal partner.
C) Lichens are often the first life form to
colonize rock or soil.
D) The fungal partner provides a means of
attachment and protects the algal
partner from desiccation.
E) Lichens represent a mutualistic
relationship between a fungus and an
alga.
16) For identification of an organism, _________
are useful for determining which analyses to
complete.
A) dichotomous keys
B) cladograms
C) G-C content
D) enzymes
E) none are useful for identification
17) Into which group would you place a
photosynthetic organism that lacks a nucleus
and has a thin peptidoglycan wall
surrounded by an outer membrane?
A) Firmicutes (gram-positive bacteria)
B) Animalia
C) Fungi
D) Plantae
E) Proteobacteria (gram-negative
bacteria)
18) Oxygenic photosynthetic bacteria that can fix
nitrogen in heterocyts and use gliding
motility:
A) Chloroflexi
B) Purple nonsulfur bacteria
(Proteobacteria)
C) Cyanobacteria
D) Chlorobi
E) Purple sulfur bacteria (Proteobacteria)
19) Which of the following do you expect to be 24) Which of the following statements about viral
MOST resistant to high temperatures because spikes is FALSE?
of endospore formation? A) They bind to receptors on the host cell
A) Eschericia coli surface.
B) Streptococcocus pyogenes B) They are found only on nonenveloped
C) Staphylococcus aureus viruses.
D) Neisseria gonorrhoeae C) They are used for attachment.
E) Bacillus subtilis D) They are composed of
carbohydrate-protein complexes.
20) Sexual reproduction of protozoa include E) They may cause hemagglutination.
A) schizogony
B) fission 25) Which of the following is NOT used as a
C) budding criterion to classify viruses?
D) cyst formation A) biochemical tests
E) conjugation B) number/makeup of capsomeres
C) size
21) You discovered a unicellular organism that D) morphology
lacks a nucleus and peptidoglycan. You E) nucleic acid
suspect the organism is in the group
A) Fungi. 26) Which of the following is NOT based on
B) Bacteria. nucleic-acid hybridization?
C) Archaea. A) FISH
D) Animalia. B) PCR
E) Plantae. C) Southern blotting
D) Western blotting
22) Escherichia coli, an enteric bacteria, belongs to E) DNA chip
the
A) Alphaproteobacteria. 27) You observe a mass of amoeba-like cells that
B) Betaproteobacteria. swarm together, form a stalk, and produce
C) Gammaproteobacteria. spores. This is a(n)
D) Firmicutes. A) ascomycete.
E) Chloroflexi. B) tapeworm.
C) lichen.
23) Which of the following pairs is mismatched? D) cellular slime mold.
A) coenocytic hyphae — hyphae with E) plasmodial slime mold.
cross-walls
B) dermatomycosis — fungal infection of 28) The definition of lysogeny is
the skin A) when the burst time takes an unusually
C) teleomorph — produces both sexual long time.
and asexual spores B) phage DNA is incorporated into host
D) dimorphic fungus — grows as a yeast cell DNA.
or a mold C) attachment of a phage to a cell.
E) systemic mycosis — fungal infection of D) lysis of the host cell due to a phage.
body organs E) the period during replication when
virions are not present.

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29) Which of the following statements regarding
fungi is FALSE?
A) Fungi reproduce by forming asexual or
sexual spores.
B) Fungi tolerate low moisture conditions.
C) Fungi are eukaryotic heterotrophs.
D) Most fungi are pathogenic for humans.
E) Most fungi grow well in acidic culture
condition.
30) If the number of bacterial species is in the
millions, why are only 5000 described?
A) Bacteria vary greatly in size.
B) Some bacteria cannot be specifically
isolated.
C) Genomic material of bacteria varies
significantly.
D) Many of the unidentified are nanons.
E) The other bacteria live in extreme
conditions.
31) Phage typing is based on the fact that
A) bacterial viruses attack only members
of a specific species.
B) Staphylococcus causes infections.
C) phages and bacteria are related.
D) viruses cause disease.
E) bacteria are destroyed by viruses.
32) Which of the following is necessary for
replication of a prion?
A) DNA
B) RNA
C) lysozyme
D) PrPSc
E) None of the above
33) One of the most popular taxonomic tools is
DNA fingerprinting to develop profiles of
organisms. These profiles provide direct
information about
A) protein composition.
B) the similarities between nucleotide
sequences.
C) antigenic composition.
D) enzymatic activities.
E) the presence of a specific gene.
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34) Major difference(s) between animal virus and
bacteriophages include:
A) enzymatic removal of capsid proteins
B) attachment to a specific site
C) nucleic acid type
D) presence of capsid
E) all of the above
Table 12.1
1-Arthroconidium 5-Chlamydoconidium
2-Ascospore 6-Conidiospore
3-Basidiospore 7-Sporangiospore
4-Blastoconidium 8-Zygospore
35) In Table 12.1, which is a thick-walled spore
formed as a segment within a hypha?
A) 5
B) 7
C) 3
D) 1
E) None of the answers is correct.
36) A persistent infection is one in which
A) viral replication is unusually slow.
B) the disease process occurs gradually
over a long period with virions present
throughout the length of time.
C) host cells are gradually lysed.
D) the virus remains in equilibrium with
the host without causing a disease.
E) host cells are transformed.
37) Which of the following would be the first step
in biosynthesis of a virus with a - (minus)
strand of RNA?
A) synthesis of DNA from a DNA
template
B) synthesis of double-stranded RNA
from a DNA template
C) synthesis of double-stranded RNA
from an RNA template
D) transcription of mRNA from DNA
E) synthesis of DNA from an RNA
template
38) A viroid is a(n)
A) infectious piece of RNA without a
capsid.
B) provirus.
C) complete, infectious virus particle.
D) infectious protein.
E) capsid without nucleic acid.

39) How did the domains first begin to

distinguish themselves from a common "early
cell" over 3 billion years ago?
A) sexual reproduction
B) mitosis
C) endosymbiosis
D) horizontal gene transfer
E) through taxomonic hierarchy

40) Which of the following statements about

archaea is FALSE?
A) They evolved before bacteria.
B) They are prokaryotes.
C) Some produce methane from carbon
dioxide and hydrogen.
D) Archaea share some characteristics of
both bacteria and eukarya.
E) They lack peptidoglycan in their cell
walls.