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Protozoa have several types of vacuoles.The function of a contractile vacuole is to
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A. maintain osmotic balance by continuous water expulsion
B. creates sites of food digestion
C. contain specific enzymes that perform various functions
D. have sites for photosynthesis
Correct Answer
maintain osmotic balance by continuous water expulsion
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1. Sexual reproduction in the Protozoa occurs most commonly by
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A. conjugation
B. gametangial contact
C. binary fission
D. binary fusion
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Correct Answer: conjugation
2. Which of the following is not true of protozoa?
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A. Lack cell wall
B. Produce no sporebearing structures
C. Comprise the microbial population known as phytoplankton
D. Form active feeding forms called trophozoites
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Correct Answer: Comprise the microbial population known as phytoplankton
3. Which of the following is not a function of cysts for Protozoa?
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A. Protect against adverse environments
B. Sites for nuclear reorganization and cell division
C. Serve as a means of transfer between hosts in parasitic species
D. All of the above
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Correct Answer: All of the above
4. Members of the Protozoa may motile by all of the following methods except
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A. flagella
B. gliding by slime secretion
C. cilia
D. pseudopodia
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Correct Answer: gliding by slime secretion
5. The transport medium for
Vibrio cholerae
can be
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A. Venkatraman-Ramakrishnan medium
B. Selenite F broth
C. Tetrathionate broth
D. Nutrient broth
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Correct Answer: Venkatraman-Ramakrishnan medium
6. Organisms with complex life cycles which include a mammalian host and an insect host and involves schizogony as part of the cycle belong to which phylum of Protozoa?
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A. Sarcomastigophora
B. Microspora
C. Apicomplexa
D. Myxozoa
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Correct Answer: Apicomplexa
7. Holozoic nutrition is characterized by
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A. phagocytosis of solid nutrients and subsequent formation of phagocytic vacuoles
B. pinocytosis of solid nutrients and subsequent formation of phagocytic vacuoles
C. phagocytosis of soluble nutrients and subsequent formation of phagocytic vacuoles
D. photosynthesis
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Correct Answer: phagocytosis of solid nutrients and subsequent formation of phagocytic vacuoles
8. Members of which phylum of Protozoa are being considered as biological control agents for certain insects?
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A. Microspora
B. Sarcomastigophora
C. Apicomplexa
D. all of these
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Correct Answer: Microspora
9. Protozoa are generally not
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A. multicellular
B. microscopic
C. lacking cell walls
D. eukaryotic
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Correct Answer: multicellular
10. Most commonly asexual reproduction in the Protozoa is by
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A. conjugation
B. gametangial contact
C. binary fission
D. binary fusion
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Correct Answer: binary fission
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