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Fungi, Molds and Yeasts MCQ Questions & Answers

Fungi, Molds and Yeasts MCQs : This section focuses on the "Fungi, Molds and Yeasts". These Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) should be practiced to improve the Fungi, Molds and Yeasts skills required for various interviews (campus interview, walk-in interview, company interview), placement, entrance exam and other competitive examinations.




Question 1

The evolutionary record suggests that the first occurrence of multicellularity was in the kingdom

A. Monera
B. Protista
C. Fungi
D. Plantae

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Question 2

The number of sets of chromosomes in a dikaryotic cell

A. is greater than diploid cell
B. is lesser than diploid cell
C. is equal to diploid cell
D. None of these

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Question 3

Slime molds differ from the moldy fungi

A. in their mode of nutrition: phagocytosis for the slime molds; absorptive heterotroph for moldy fungi
B. in that the moldy fungi produce amoeboid or flagellated cells and the slime molds do not
C. Both A and B
D. None of these

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Question 4

Which spore is on a club and results from the fusion of two nuclei from different strains of the same fungi?

A. Ascospore
B. Basidiospore
C. Blastospore
D. Conidiospore

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Question 5

The bread mold Rhizopus stolonifer belongs to which of the following fungal divisions?

A. Ascomycota
B. Deuteromycota
C. Oomycota
D. Zygomycota

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Question 6

Saprophytic fungi

A. engulf their food in order to break it down.
B. secure their food from dead organic materials
C. Both A and B
D. None of these

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Question 7

The fruiting body of a mushroom is called

A. sorocarps
B. basidiocarps
C. ascocarps
D. plasmodiocarps

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Question 8

The amount of phagocytosis done by the Plasmodium

A. is greater than by the water mold mycelium
B. is lesser than by the water mold mycelium
C. is equal to by the water mold mycelium
D. None of these

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Question 9

Water molds belong to which division?

A. Ascomycota
B. Basidiomycota
C. Chytridiomycota
D. Oomycota

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Question 10

__________ produce basidiospores

A. Slime molds
B. Dimorphic fungi
C. Club fungi
D. Sac fungi

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Question 11

Which of these spores are characteristic of the black bread mold Rhizopus?

A. Arthrospore and Ascospore
B. Ascospore and Zygospore
C. Arthrospore and Blastospore
D. Sporangiospore and Zygospore

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Question 12

Which of the following is correct?

A. All members of Sac fungus are also members of chemo-lithotrophic autotroph, but not all members of chemolithotrophic autotroph are members of Sac fungus.
B. All members of chemolithotrophic autotroph are also members of Sac fungus, but not all members of Sac fungus are members of chemolithotrophic autotroph.
C. All members of Sac fungus are members of chemolithotrophic autotroph, and all members of chemolithotrophic autotroph are members of Sac fungus.
D. None of these

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Question 13

Which of the following does not represent a human disease caused by fungi?

A. Ringworm
B. Cryptococcosis
C. Malaria
D. Jock itch

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Question 14

Fungi that lack partitions (septa) are called

A. ahyphae
B. coenocytic
C. yeast
D. conidia

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Question 15

Select the statement that does not apply to the kingdom Fungi

A. The fungi are eukaryotic, multicellular, ingestive heterotrophs
B. Some fungi form beneficial interrelationships with plants
C. The fungal life cycle typically includes a spore stage
D. Certain fungi are natural sources of antibiotic substances

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Question 16

The amount of peptidoglycan in the cell walls of a mushroom

A. is greater than the amount of chitin in the cell walls of a mushroom
B. is lesser than the amount of chitin in the cell walls of a mushroom
C. is exactly or approximately equal to the amount of chitin in the cell walls of a mushroom
D. None of these

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Question 17

Fungi are important to food webs because

A. they are photoautotrophs
B. they have prokaryotic cell structure
C. they serve as key decomposers of dead organic matter
D. they generate antibiotics that kill competing plants and animals

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Question 18

__________ exhibit yeast-like growth at human body temperatures and mold-like growth at room temperature.

A. Dimorphic fungi
B. Black bread molds
C. Sac fungi
D. Water molds

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Question 19

__________ produce motile sexual and asexual spores

A. Slime molds
B. Dimorphic fungi
C. Club fungi
D. Water molds

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Question 20

Fungi

A. are photosynthetic
B. are prokaryotic cells
C. have cell walls of peptidoglycan
D. secrete extracellular enzymes to breakdown nutrients

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Question 21

The fungus responsible for ergotism belongs to which of the following fungal divisions?

A. Deuteromycota
B. Oomycota
C. Zygomycota
D. Ascomycota

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Question 22

Fungi in the division Deuteromycota are characterized by the fact that

A. they only reproduce sexually
B. they form sexual spores called deuterospores
C. they are incapable of sexual reproduction
D. a method of sexual reproduction has not been identified

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Question 23

Why are slime molds considered to resemble plants?

A. They can photosynthesize
B. They have cell walls composed largely of cellulose
C. They form a threadlike structure
D. They form structures that resemble leaves

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Question 24

The most significant reason why fungi are not in the kingdom Plantae is that fungi

A. are chemoorganotrophic heterotrophs
B. have unicellular and multi-cellular forms
C. are prokaryotes
D. are eukaryotes

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Question 25

__________ produce ascospores in an ascus

A. Slime molds
B. Dimorphic fungi
C. Club fungi
D. Sac fungi

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