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Protozon problems


  • 1. A protozoan is defined as

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  • A. motile prokaryotic unicellular protist
  • B. motile eukaryotic unicellular protist
  • C. motile eukaryotic unicellular photosynthetic protist
  • D. motile eukaryotic multicellular protist
  • Discuss
  • 2. Which of the following describes the function of a phagocytic vacuole?

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  • A. Contain specific enzymes that perform various functions
  • B. Maintain osmotic balance by continuous water expulsion
  • C. Structures that accept male gametes during sexual reproduction
  • D. Sites of food digestion
  • Discuss
  • 3. Organisms with amoeboid cells that move within a network of mucous tracks using a typical gliding motion belong to which phylum of Protozoa?

  • Options
  • A. Labyinthomorpha
  • B. Microspora
  • C. Apicomplexa
  • D. Myxozoa
  • Discuss
  • 4. The numbers of nuclear divisions involved in a ciliate undergoing binary fission is

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  • A. greater than conjugation
  • B. lesser than conjugation
  • C. equal to conjugation
  • D. none of these
  • Discuss
  • 5. Saprozoic 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. encystment of solid nutrients and subsequent formation of secretory vacuoles
  • D. pinocytosis of soluble nutrients and subsequent formation of phagocytic vacuoles
  • Discuss
  • 6. Which of the following describes the function of a secretory vacuole?

  • Options
  • A. Sites of food digestion
  • B. Maintain osmotic balance by continuous water expulsion
  • C. Contain specific enzymes that perform various functions
  • D. Structures that accept male gametes during sexual reproduction
  • Discuss
  • 7. Which of the following is least likely to have a rigid cell wall?

  • Options
  • A. Bacterium
  • B. Archaean
  • C. Fungus
  • D. Protozoan
  • Discuss
  • 8. Organisms are parasitic and have a resistant spore with one to six coiled polar filaments belong to which phylum of Protozoa?

  • Options
  • A. Labyinthomorpha
  • B. Sarcomastigophora
  • C. Apicomplexa
  • D. Myxozoa
  • Discuss
  • 9. Number of motility structures on flagellated cells is

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  • A. greater than ciliated cells
  • B. lesser than ciliated cells
  • C. equal to ciliated cells
  • D. none of these
  • Discuss
  • 10. Which of the following is least likely to get in or on a protozoan such as a diplomonad or trichomonad?

  • Options
  • A. Flagella
  • B. More than one nucleus
  • C. Genes to produce a cyst form
  • D. Rigid polysaccharide cell wall
  • Discuss

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