Biol230 Exam 3 Name___________________________________

1) Which of the following pairs is mismatched? 6) This Phylum is widely studied because of
A) Ascomycota — conidiospores their resistance to extremes in the
B) Zygomycota — sporangiospores environment:
C) anamorphs — lack spores A) Actinobacteria
D) microsporidia — lack mitochondria B) Cyanobacteria
E) Basidiomycota — basidiospores C) Planctomycetes
D) Deinococci
2) Which of the following statements about the E) Archaea
oomycote algae is FALSE?
A) They have chlorophyll. 7) What is/are the vegetative structures of algae
B) They can reproduce sexually. that carry out photosynthesis:
C) They form hyphae. A) stipes
D) They produce zoospores in a B) blade
sporangium. C) pneumatocyst
E) None of the above. All answers are D) A and B only
TRUE. E) All of the above can carry out
photosynthesis
3) A family can best be defined as
A) taxon composed of one or more genus, 8) What is the outstanding characteristic of the
below order. Kingdom Fungi?
B) a taxon composed of phyla. A) All members are photosynthetic.
C) taxon comprised of classes, below B) Members absorb dissolved organic
order. matter.
D) taxon belonging to a species, above C) Members absorb dissolved inorganic
class. matter.
E) the most specific taxon. D) All members are microscopic.
E) All members are coenocytic.
4) Borrelia is classified as a spirochete because it
A) is a pathogen. 9) Which of the following is the best evidence
B) is aerobic. for a three-domain system?
C) possesses an axial filament. A) There are three distinctly different
D) is a rod. types of nuclei.
E) is transmitted by ticks. B) Nucleotide sequences in ribosomal
RNA vary between all three domains.
5) If two organisms have similar (>95%) rRNA C) There are three distinctly different
sequences, you can conclude that they Gram reactions.
A) live in the same place. D) There are three distinct cell shapes.
B) evolved from a common ancestor. E) Some bacteria live in extreme
C) will both ferment lactose. environments.
D) mated with each other.
E) will have 10% different G-C ratios.

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10) Which of the following characterizes the 15) Which of the following statements regarding
Domain Bacteria? lichens is FALSE?
A) complex cellular structures; flagella A) Lichens are classified by their algal
and cilia if motile partner.
B) eukaryotic cells; ester linkages in B) The algal partner produces
phospholipids; 70S ribosomes carbohydrates that are absorbed by the
C) prokaryotic cells; ester linkages in fungal partner.
phospholipids; some pathogenic C) Lichens are often the first life form to
D) prokaryotic cells; ether linkages in colonize rock or soil.
phospholipids; originator of organelles D) The fungal partner provides a means of
E) multicellular; chemoheterotropic attachment and protects the algal
partner from desiccation.
11) A red tide is indicative of a/an: E) Lichens represent a mutualistic
A) large concentration of mollusks relationship between a fungus and an
B) excess of green/brown algae alga.
C) large concentration of dinoflagellates
D) oomycotes 16) For identification of an organism, _________
E) cytoplasmic streaming towards are useful for determining which analyses to
nutrition complete.
A) dichotomous keys
12) Serological testing is based on the fact that B) cladograms
A) all bacteria have the same antigens. C) G-C content
B) bacteria clump together when mixed D) enzymes
with any antibodies. E) none are useful for identification
C) antibodies react specifically with an
antigen. 17) Into which group would you place a
D) antibodies cause the formation of photosynthetic organism that lacks a nucleus
antigens. and has a thin peptidoglycan wall
E) the human body makes antibodies surrounded by an outer membrane?
against bacteria. A) Firmicutes (gram-positive bacteria)
B) Animalia
13) Plasmodium replicates in both arthropod and C) Fungi
human. Why? D) Plantae
A) The arthopod is the definitive host. E) Proteobacteria (gram-negative
B) The human is the definitive host. bacteria)
C) Sexual reporoduction occurs in human.
D) Plasmodium only replicates in 24 hour 18) Oxygenic photosynthetic bacteria that can fix
periods. nitrogen in heterocyts and use gliding
E) Only one is needed for replication. motility:
A) Chloroflexi
14) When viewing a cladogram, you identify the B) Purple nonsulfur bacteria
two most related organisms by looking at (Proteobacteria)
A) Bergey's Manual C) Cyanobacteria
B) taxonomic nomenclature D) Chlorobi
C) morphology E) Purple sulfur bacteria (Proteobacteria)
D) DNA hybridization
E) a node indicating % similarity

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19) Which of the following do you expect to be 24) Which of the following statements about viral
MOST resistant to high temperatures because spikes is FALSE?
of endospore formation? A) They bind to receptors on the host cell
A) Eschericia coli surface.
B) Streptococcocus pyogenes B) They are found only on nonenveloped
C) Staphylococcus aureus viruses.
D) Neisseria gonorrhoeae C) They are used for attachment.
E) Bacillus subtilis D) They are composed of
carbohydrate-protein complexes.
20) Sexual reproduction of protozoa include E) They may cause hemagglutination.
A) schizogony
B) fission 25) Which of the following is NOT used as a
C) budding criterion to classify viruses?
D) cyst formation A) biochemical tests
E) conjugation B) number/makeup of capsomeres
C) size
21) You discovered a unicellular organism that D) morphology
lacks a nucleus and peptidoglycan. You E) nucleic acid
suspect the organism is in the group
A) Fungi. 26) Which of the following is NOT based on
B) Bacteria. nucleic-acid hybridization?
C) Archaea. A) FISH
D) Animalia. B) PCR
E) Plantae. C) Southern blotting
D) Western blotting
22) Escherichia coli, an enteric bacteria, belongs to E) DNA chip
the
A) Alphaproteobacteria. 27) You observe a mass of amoeba-like cells that
B) Betaproteobacteria. swarm together, form a stalk, and produce
C) Gammaproteobacteria. spores. This is a(n)
D) Firmicutes. A) ascomycete.
E) Chloroflexi. B) tapeworm.
C) lichen.
23) Which of the following pairs is mismatched? D) cellular slime mold.
A) coenocytic hyphae — hyphae with E) plasmodial slime mold.
cross-walls
B) dermatomycosis — fungal infection of 28) The definition of lysogeny is
the skin A) when the burst time takes an unusually
C) teleomorph — produces both sexual long time.
and asexual spores B) phage DNA is incorporated into host
D) dimorphic fungus — grows as a yeast cell DNA.
or a mold C) attachment of a phage to a cell.
E) systemic mycosis — fungal infection of D) lysis of the host cell due to a phage.
body organs E) the period during replication when
virions are not present.

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29) Which of the following statements regarding 34) Major difference(s) between animal virus and
fungi is FALSE? bacteriophages include:
A) Fungi reproduce by forming asexual or A) enzymatic removal of capsid proteins
sexual spores. B) attachment to a specific site
B) Fungi tolerate low moisture conditions. C) nucleic acid type
C) Fungi are eukaryotic heterotrophs. D) presence of capsid
D) Most fungi are pathogenic for humans. E) all of the above
E) Most fungi grow well in acidic culture
condition. Table 12.1

30) If the number of bacterial species is in the 1-Arthroconidium 5-Chlamydoconidium

millions, why are only 5000 described? 2-Ascospore 6-Conidiospore
A) Bacteria vary greatly in size. 3-Basidiospore 7-Sporangiospore
B) Some bacteria cannot be specifically 4-Blastoconidium 8-Zygospore
isolated.
C) Genomic material of bacteria varies 35) In Table 12.1, which is a thick-walled spore
significantly. formed as a segment within a hypha?
D) Many of the unidentified are nanons. A) 5
E) The other bacteria live in extreme B) 7
conditions. C) 3
D) 1
31) Phage typing is based on the fact that E) None of the answers is correct.
A) bacterial viruses attack only members
of a specific species. 36) A persistent infection is one in which
B) Staphylococcus causes infections. A) viral replication is unusually slow.
C) phages and bacteria are related. B) the disease process occurs gradually
D) viruses cause disease. over a long period with virions present
E) bacteria are destroyed by viruses. throughout the length of time.
C) host cells are gradually lysed.
32) Which of the following is necessary for D) the virus remains in equilibrium with
replication of a prion? the host without causing a disease.
A) DNA E) host cells are transformed.
B) RNA
C) lysozyme 37) Which of the following would be the first step
D) PrPSc in biosynthesis of a virus with a - (minus)
E) None of the above strand of RNA?
A) synthesis of DNA from a DNA
template
33) One of the most popular taxonomic tools is
B) synthesis of double-stranded RNA
DNA fingerprinting to develop profiles of
organisms. These profiles provide direct from a DNA template
information about C) synthesis of double-stranded RNA
A) protein composition. from an RNA template
B) the similarities between nucleotide D) transcription of mRNA from DNA
sequences. E) synthesis of DNA from an RNA
C) antigenic composition. template
D) enzymatic activities.
E) the presence of a specific gene.

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38) A viroid is a(n)
A) infectious piece of RNA without a
capsid.
B) provirus.
C) complete, infectious virus particle.
D) infectious protein.
E) capsid without nucleic acid.

39) How did the domains first begin to

distinguish themselves from a common "early
cell" over 3 billion years ago?
A) sexual reproduction
B) mitosis
C) endosymbiosis
D) horizontal gene transfer
E) through taxomonic hierarchy

40) Which of the following statements about

archaea is FALSE?
A) They evolved before bacteria.
B) They are prokaryotes.
C) Some produce methane from carbon
dioxide and hydrogen.
D) Archaea share some characteristics of
both bacteria and eukarya.
E) They lack peptidoglycan in their cell
walls.