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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1. Which is not the feeding method of protozoa?

A. Photosynthesis
B. Parasitic
C. Holozoic
D. Saprothropic

2. The two major phyla of algae are

A. Euglena and Phaeophyta
B. Apicomplexa and Ciliophora
C. Chlorophyta and Phaeophyta
D. Rhizopoda and chlorophyta

3. Plasmodium, a protist parasite causing malaria, is classified in the phylum

A. Ciliophora
B. Cyanobacteria
C. Apicomplexa
D. Euglenophyta

4. Of the following, which describes protists most inclusively?

A. Multicellular eukaryotes
B. Protozoans
C. Eukaryotes that are not plants, fungi or animals
D. Single-celled organisms closely related to bacteria

5. In freshwater ciliates, special organelle called _________________________ control

water regulation.
A. flagella
B. contractile vacuole
C. food vacuole
D. lysosome

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6. Which of these are examples of Protista act as food source?

A. Spirulina and Chlorella
B. Plasmodium
C. Paramecium
D. Amoeba
7. The phylum of Rhizopus sp. is
A. Ascomycota
B. Basidiomycota
C. Zygomycota
D. Bryophyta

8. Fungi are NOT classified as plants because

A. they do not have cell walls
B. they produce asexual spores
C. they do not produce flowers
D. they do not have chlorophyll

9. Both gymnosperms and angiosperms:

A. are heterosporous
B. lack of free living gametophyte stage
C. posses vascular tissues
D. All of the above

10. The most diverse, successful, and familiar group of plants today are the :
A. gymnosperms
B. bryophytes
C. ferns
D. angiosperms

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11. The gymnosperms group with the fewest species is phylum :

A. Coniferophyta
B. Ginkgophyta
C. Cycadophyta
D. Gnetophyta

12. During pollination in plants, pollen lands on the:

A. carpel
B. pistil
C.anther
D. stigma

13. In flowering plants, the immature male gametophyte is the:

A. anther
B. pollen grain
C. microsporangium
D. style

14. Alternation of generations in plants refers to the alternation of

A. diploid and haploid stages
B. male and female stages
C. meiotic and mitotic stages
D. spore and seed stages

15. The site of meiosis in bryophytes is within the _____________.

A. gametophyte
B. archegonium
C. sporophyte
D. pollen

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16. Marchantia sp. is classified under which class?

A. Bryophyta
B. Lycopodiophyta
C. Hepatophyta
D. Chlorophyta

17. Which of the following explains the taxon relationship between Zea mays and Pinus?
A. Same order, different families
B. Same class, different order
C. Same phylum, different class
D. Same kingdom, different phylum

18. The term for body of a bryophyte such as Marchantia is

A. antheridia
B. protonema
C. rhizoid
D. thallus

19. In the moss life cycle, the ____________ generation is dominant

A. haploid gametophyte
B. diploid sporophyte
C. diploid gametophyte
D. diploid sporophyte

20. In the fern life cycle, the ____________ generation is dominant

A. haploid gametophyte
B. haploid sporophyte
C. diploid gametophyte
D. diploid sporophyte

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Most prokaryotes
A. Obtain energy from sunlight and carbon from organic compounds
B. Obtain both energy and carbon from organic compounds
C. Obtain energy from inorganic compounds and carbon from CO2
D. Obtain energy from sunlight and carbon from CO2

22.

The most common method of reproduction in bacteria is

A. transformation
B. conjugation
C. binary fission
D. transduction

23.

When bacteria are rod-shaped, they are called

A. cocci
B. spirilia.
C. vibrio
D. bacilli

24. Compared to gram-negative bacteria, gram-positive bacteria

A. have more complex cell walls
B. are more resistant to antibiotics
C. retain the violet dye rather than the red
D. have less peptidoglycan

25. Surface appendages used by bacteria to attach to one another and to host organisms are
called
A. spirilia
B. pili
C. mesosomes
D. thylakoids

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26. Anabaena, which is a type of cyanobacteria, possesses heterocysts. What is the

function of heterocysts?
A. Photosynthesis
B. Chlorophyta
C. Rhodophyta
D. Chrysophyta

27. Small loops of DNA called _____________ exist in addition to the bacterial chromosome.
A. Capsids
B. Plasmids
C. Chromatids
D. Pili
28. Which of the following is an advantage of having a jointed skeleton?
A. A location for muscle attachment
B. Support
C. Flexibility
D. All of the above

29. Phylum ____________ includes the largest number of species.

A. Mollusca
B. Arthropoda
C. Annelid
D. Chordate

30. Which of the following are the characteristics of prokaryotes?

I

Genetic material is circular double stranded DNA

II

Flagella have a 9+2 arrangement of microtubules

III DNA not enclosed by nuclear envelope

IV 70S ribosomes present in cytoplasm
A. I, II and III
B. I, II and IV
C. I, III and IV
D. II, III and IV

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31. Water exits from a sponge through the

A. osculum
B. spicule
C. choanocyte
D. amoebocyte

32. Which phylum comprises acoelomate, bilaterally symmetrical and triploblastic

organisms?
A. Annelida
B. Nematoda
C. Cnidaria
D. Platyhelminthes

33. An unsegmented, triploblastic animal with a head, muscular food and visceral mass are
the characteristics of
A. Nematoda
B. Mollusca
C. Echinodermata
D. Chordata

34. A notochord is
A. located under the ventral surface of the body
B. a rudimentary internal skeleton made of cartilage
C. found only in primitive chordates
D. all of the above

35. Most sponges are

A. bilaterally symmetrical
B. radially symmetrical
C. vertically symmetrical
D. asymmetrical

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36. Which of the following characteristics is found in all molluscs?

A. All molluscs have shells
B. All molluscs are herbivores
C. All molluscs have mantle
D. All molluscs are aquatic

37. The nematodes are called

A. Flatworms
B. Roundworms
C. Tapeworms
D. Spiralworms

38. Which of the following features could be used to distinguish between an earthworm
(annelid) and a tapeworm (platyhelminth)?
A. Radial symmetry and body shape
B. Body shape and radial symmetry
C. Segmentation and number of germ layers in body wall
D. Segmentation and number of body cavities

39. What is taxonomy?

A. Science of conserving biodiversity
B. Science of comparing macromolecules
C. Science of naming, describing and classifying organisms
D. Science of creating new species
40. All chordates have _________ at some stage in their life cycle.
A. gill slits
B. bones
C. spinal nerve cord protected by bone
D. all of the above