Chapter 5 questions

1. Which of the following statements are true about algae and fungi?
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. moulds
b. amebas
c. microsporidia
d. yeasts
4. A protozoan may possess any of the following except:
a. cilia
b. flagella
c. hyphae
d. pseudopodia
5. Which 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 usually represents a symbiotic relationship between:
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
Chapter 18 questions
1. Which of the following is the cause of smallpox?
a. vaccinia virus
b. varicella virus
c. variola virus
d. none of the preceding choices
2. Which the following are considered to be oncogenic?
a. Epstein–Barr virus and human papillomaviruses
b. HIV and Ebola virus
c. rubella and rubeola viruses
d. variola and varicella viruses
3. Laboratory diagnosis of HIV infection is usually made by:
a. electron microscopy
b. growth of HIV in cell culture
c. growth of HIV in embryonated chicken eggs
d. immunodiagnostic procedures for the detection of antigen and antibodies
4. Which of the following is also known as infectious hepatitis?
a. HAV
b. HBV
c. HCV
d. HDV
5. Mosquitoes serve as vectors in all of the following viral diseases except:
a. dengue fever
b. hepatitis
c. West Nile virus disease
d. yellow fever
6. Which of the following viruses is/are not transmitted sexually?
a. hantavirus
b. HSVs
c. HIV
d. papillomaviruses
7. Which of the following is a DNA virus?
a. HAV
b. HBV
c. HCV
d. HDV
8. Which of the following is a type of herpes virus?
a. Epstein–Barr virus
b. measles virus
c. mumps virus
d. rabies virus
9. Which of the following viral diseases has been associated with microcephaly in infants born to
mothers who were infected during pregnancy?
a. chikungunya virus
b. hantavirus
c. Zika virus
d. Epstein–Barr virus
10. The disease known as Middle East respiratory syndrome is caused by a type of:
a. coronavirus
b. herpes virus
c. papillomavirus
d. picornavirus