Nester's Microbiology: A Human Perspective

Denise Anderson, Sarah Salm, Deborah Allen

Chapter 12

The Eukaryotic Members of the Microbial World - all with Video Answers

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Chapter Questions

Problem 1

Members of this group have chitinous cell walls.
a) Algae
d) Helminths
b) Protozoa
e) Arthropods
c) Fungi

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Problem 2

Members of this group are photosynthetic.
a) Algae
d) Helminths
b) Protozoa
e) Arthropods
c) Fungi

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Problem 3

Which of the following statements regarding protozoa is false?
a) Some protozoa lack mitochondria.
b) Some protozoa contain chlorophyll.
c) Some protozoa are parasitic.
d) Malaria is caused by a protozoan.

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Problem 4

Which of the following statements about fungi is false?
a) Fungi may cause disease when growing in or on the human body.
b) Some fungi produce toxins that can kill humans.
c) Fungal spores may cause allergic responses in humans.
d) Systemic mycoses are common in otherwise healthy adults.

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Problem 5

Which of the following is mismatched?
a) Plasmodium- -malaria
b) Trypanosomes - dysentery
c) Dinoflagellates - paralytic shellfish poisoning
d) Nematode - trichinellosis

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Problem 6

Which of the following is mismatched?
a) Trematode- fluke
c) Baker's yeast-algae
b) Tick-arachnid
d) Apicomplexan-protozoa

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Problem 7

Body lice
a) can act as a vector to transmit disease.
b) seldom spread from person to person.
c) have eight legs and sucking mouthparts.
d) are more closely related to ticks than they are to mosquitoes.

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Problem 8

All algae have
a) chlorophyll $a$.
c) holdfasts.
b) cell walls that contain agar.
d) red tides.

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Problem 9

Which of the following statements regarding protists is false?
a) They include both autotrophic and heterotrophic organisms.
b) They include both microscopic and macroscopic organisms.
c) They often act as vectors in disease transmission.
d) They include algae and protozoa.

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Problem 10

Which of the following statements regarding tapeworms is false?
a) They absorb nutrients from the host through their body wall.
b) They complete their life cycles in a single host.
c) They are hermaphroditic.
d) They cannot be transmitted from human to human.

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