PROTOZON QUIZ | EXAMIANS

Members of the Protozoa may motile by all of the following methods except

pseudopodia

gliding by slime secretion

cilia

flagella

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A protozoan is defined as

motile eukaryotic multicellular protist

motile eukaryotic unicellular photosynthetic protist

motile eukaryotic unicellular protist

motile prokaryotic unicellular protist

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Which of the following describes the function of a phagocytic vacuole?

Contain specific enzymes that perform various functions

Maintain osmotic balance by continuous water expulsion

Sites of food digestion

Structures that accept male gametes during sexual reproduction

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Protozoa have several types of vacuoles.The function of a contractile vacuole is to

creates sites of food digestion

contain specific enzymes that perform various functions

have sites for photosynthesis

maintain osmotic balance by continuous water expulsion

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Which of the following is least likely to get in or on a protozoan such as a diplomonad or trichomonad?

More than one nucleus

Rigid polysaccharide cell wall

Flagella

Genes to produce a cyst form

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Protozoa are generally not

eukaryotic

microscopic

lacking cell walls

multicellular

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Organisms which have spore-forming stage in their life cycle and lack special locomotory organelles belong to which phylum of Protozoa?

Ciliophora

Apicomplexa

Myxozoa

Microspora

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Holozoic nutrition is characterized by

phagocytosis of soluble nutrients and subsequent formation of phagocytic vacuoles

pinocytosis of solid nutrients and subsequent formation of phagocytic vacuoles

phagocytosis of solid nutrients and subsequent formation of phagocytic vacuoles

photosynthesis

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Number of motility structures on flagellated cells is

equal to ciliated cells

greater than ciliated cells

none of these

lesser than ciliated cells

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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?

Apicomplexa

Microspora

Sarcomastigophora

Myxozoa

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