PROTOZON QUIZ | EXAMIANS

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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Number of motility structures on flagellated cells is

none of these

equal to ciliated cells

lesser than ciliated cells

greater than ciliated cells

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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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Which of the following describes the function of a secretory 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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Members of the Protozoa may motile by all of the following methods except

cilia

gliding by slime secretion

flagella

pseudopodia

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Holozoic nutrition is characterized by

photosynthesis

pinocytosis of solid nutrients and subsequent formation of phagocytic vacuoles

phagocytosis of solid nutrients and subsequent formation of phagocytic vacuoles

phagocytosis of soluble nutrients and subsequent formation of phagocytic vacuoles

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

greater than conjugation

none of these

lesser than conjugation

equal to conjugation

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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?

Microspora

Myxozoa

Sarcomastigophora

Apicomplexa

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Which of the following is least likely to have a rigid cell wall?

Bacterium

Protozoan

Fungus

Archaean

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

Contain specific enzymes that perform various functions

Sites of food digestion

Structures that accept male gametes during sexual reproduction

Maintain osmotic balance by continuous water expulsion

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