PROTOZON QUIZ | EXAMIANS

Protozoa are generally not

eukaryotic

multicellular

microscopic

lacking cell walls

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Organisms with amoeboid cells that move within a network of mucous tracks using a typical gliding motion belong to which phylum of Protozoa?

Labyinthomorpha

Microspora

Apicomplexa

Myxozoa

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The numbers of nuclear divisions involved in a ciliate undergoing binary fission is

equal to conjugation

greater than conjugation

lesser than conjugation

none of these

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Saprozoic nutrition is characterized by

encystment of solid nutrients and subsequent formation of secretory vacuoles

pinocytosis of soluble nutrients and subsequent formation of phagocytic vacuoles

phagocytosis of solid nutrients and subsequent formation of phagocytic vacuoles

pinocytosis of solid nutrients and subsequent formation of phagocytic vacuoles

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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?

Myxozoa

Apicomplexa

Microspora

Sarcomastigophora

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Sexual reproduction in the Protozoa occurs most commonly by

conjugation

binary fusion

binary fission

gametangial contact

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Which of the following is not a function of cysts for Protozoa?

Protect against adverse environments

Sites for nuclear reorganization and cell division

All of these

Serve as a means of transfer between hosts in parasitic species

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

Maintain osmotic balance by continuous water expulsion

Sites of food digestion

Structures that accept male gametes during sexual reproduction

Contain specific enzymes that perform various functions

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A protozoan is defined as

motile eukaryotic unicellular protist

motile eukaryotic multicellular protist

motile eukaryotic unicellular photosynthetic protist

motile prokaryotic unicellular protist

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Most commonly asexual reproduction in the Protozoa is by

binary fission

conjugation

gametangial contact

binary fusion

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