Burton's Microbiology For the Health Sciences 9th edition by Paul G. Engelkirk - Test Bank

Burton’s Microbiology For the Health Sciences 9th edition by Paul G. Engelkirk – Test Bank

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1. Which of the following statements about
algae and fungi is/are true?
A) Algae are photosynthetic, whereas fungi are
not.
B) Algal cell walls contain cellulose, whereas
fungal cell walls do not.
C) Fungal cell walls contain chitin, whereas algal
cell walls do not.
D) All of the above
2. All of the following are algae except:
A) desmids.
B) diatoms.
C) dinoflagellates.
D) sporozoa.
3. All of the following are fungi except:
A) molds.
B) Paramecium.
C) Penicillium.
D) yeasts.
4. A protozoan may possess any of the following
except:
A) cilia.
B) flagella.
C) hyphae.
D) pseudopodia.
5. Which one of the following terms is not
associated with fungi?
A) conidia
B) hyphae
C) mycelium
D) pellicle
6. All of the following terms can be used to
describe hyphae except:
A) aerial and reproductive.
B) septate and aseptate.
C) sexual and asexual.
D) vegetative.
7. A lichen represents a symbiotic relationship
between which of the following pairs?
A) a fungus and an ameba
B) a yeast and an ameba
C) an alga and a cyanobacterium
D) an alga and a fungus
8. A stigma is a:
A) light-sensing organelle.
B) primitive mouth.
C) thickened membrane.
D) type of plastid.
9.
If a dimorphic fungus is causing a respiratory
infection, which of the following might be
seen in a sputum specimen from that patient?
A) amebae
B) conidia
C) hyphae
D) yeasts
10. Which one of the following is not a fungus?
A) Aspergillus
B) Candida
C) Penicillium
D) Prototheca
Use the following to answer questions 11-20:
Match the following items with the correct phrase.
a. algae
b. fungi
c. lichens
d. protozoa
e. slime molds
11. Yeasts and molds are examples of
____________________.
12. All ____________________ are
photosynthetic.
13. ____________________ are classified by
their means of locomotion.
14. The cell walls of ____________________
contain chitin.
15. The cell walls of ____________________
contain cellulose.
16.
____________________ rarely cause
infectious diseases, but cause a variety of
microbial intoxications.
17. ____________________ are examples of a
symbiotic relationship known as mutualism.
18.
____________________ cause diseases such
as African sleeping sickness, babesiosis,
cryptosporidiosis, malaria, and toxoplasmosis.
19. Diseases caused by ____________________
are called mycoses.
20. Toxins produced by ____________________
are called phycotoxins.
21. Slime molds possess characteristics of both
fungi and protozoa.
A) True
B) False
22. Protozoa in the category known as
Mastigophora move by means of cilia.
A) True
B) False
23. A dimorphic fungus would exist as a mold
inside the human body.
A) True
B) False
24. The organism that causes a “red tide” is an
alga.
A) True
B) False
25. Volvox is a multicellular alga.
A) True
B) False
26. A stigma is an organelle that pumps water out
of the cell.
A) True
B) False
27. Sexual spores are also known as conidia.
A) True
B) False
28. Classification of fungi is based on the type of
conidia that they produce.
A) True
B) False
29. Protozoa that move by means of pseudopodia
are in a category known as Sarcodina.
A) True
B) False
30. Fungi can cause both infectious diseases and
microbial intoxications.
A) True
B) False
Use the following to answer questions 31-35:
Match the following items with the correct phrase.
a. Prototheca
b. Pfiesteria piscicida
c. dinoflagellates
d. a red marine alga
e. Euglena
31. Has caused massive fish kills along the east
coast of the United States.
32. Associated with red tides and paralytic
shellfish poisoning.
33. The source of agar.
34. The only alga known to cause an infectious
disease.
35. Classified as an alga by some taxonomists and
a protozoan by others.
Answer Key
1. D
2. D
3. B
4. C
5. D
6. C
7. D
8. A
9. D
10. D
11. b
12. a
13. d
14. b
15. a
16. a
17. c
18. d
19. b
20. a
21. A
22. B
23. B
24. A
25. A
26. B
27. B
28. B
29. A
30. A
31. b
22. B
23. B
24. A
25. A
26. B
27. B
28. B
29. A
30. A
31. b
32. d
33. c
34. a
35. e