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This section includes 19 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Microbiology knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
1. |
Rhizopus produces clusters of rootlike holdfasts called _____________ |
A. | stolons |
B. | hyphae |
C. | runners |
D. | rhizoids |
Answer» E. | |
2. |
Reproductive organs are formed on the rhizoidal hyphae. |
A. | True |
B. | False |
Answer» C. | |
3. |
Which of the following fungi causes severe epidemic of disease among fish in the natural environment? |
A. | Saprolegnia ferax |
B. | Saprolegnia parasitica |
C. | Neurospora crassa |
D. | Neurospora sitophila |
Answer» C. Neurospora crassa | |
4. |
What do you mean by hypertrophy? |
A. | repeated cell division |
B. | infection by zoospore |
C. | increase in cell volume |
D. | decrease in cell volume |
Answer» D. decrease in cell volume | |
5. |
Endocarditis is caused by which of the following fungi? |
A. | Candida albicans |
B. | Penicillium notatum |
C. | Penicillium chrysogenum |
D. | Agaricus campestris |
Answer» B. Penicillium notatum | |
6. |
Aspergillus niger is used in the production of _______________ |
A. | cheese |
B. | citric acid |
C. | gluconic acid |
D. | citric acid and gluconic acid |
Answer» E. | |
7. |
ENDOCARDITIS_IS_CAUSED_BY_WHICH_OF_THE_FOLLOWING_FUNGI??$ |
A. | Candida albicans |
B. | Penicillium notatum |
C. | Penicillium chrysogenum |
D. | Agaricus campestris |
Answer» B. Penicillium notatum | |
8. |
Which of the following fungi causes severe epidemic of disease among fish in the natural environment?$ |
A. | Saprolegnia ferax |
B. | Saprolegnia parasitica |
C. | Neurospora crassa |
D. | Neurospora sitophila |
Answer» C. Neurospora crassa | |
9. |
What_do_you_mean_by_hypertrophy?$ |
A. | repeated cell division |
B. | infection by zoospore |
C. | increase in cell volume |
D. | decrease in cell volume |
Answer» D. decrease in cell volume | |
10. |
Rhizopus produces clusters of rootlike holdfasts called _____________ |
A. | stolons |
B. | hyphae |
C. | runners |
D. | rhizoids |
Answer» E. | |
11. |
Reproductive_organs_are_formed_on_the_rhizoidal_hyphae. |
A. | True |
B. | False |
Answer» C. | |
12. |
Aspergillus niger is used in the production of ______________? |
A. | cheese |
B. | citric acid |
C. | gluconic acid |
D. | citric acid and gluconic acid |
Answer» E. | |
13. |
Cryptococcosis is a disease of ________________ |
A. | bacterial infection |
B. | parasitic infection |
C. | viral infection |
D. | mycotic infection |
Answer» E. | |
14. |
Neurospora sp. is important for the study of _____________________ |
A. | human diseases |
B. | antibiotics |
C. | genetics and metabolic pathway |
D. | plant diseases |
Answer» D. plant diseases | |
15. |
Legitimate copulation refers to ___________________ |
A. | fusion between cells of same mating type |
B. | fusion between cells of different mating type |
C. | no fusion |
D. | different sex cells are present within the same body |
Answer» C. no fusion | |
16. |
Schizosaccharomyces versatilis is isolated from ________________ |
A. | grape juice |
B. | cheese |
C. | honey |
D. | beer |
Answer» B. cheese | |
17. |
In the life cycle of Rhizopus stolonifer,when the protoplasts and nuclei of both gametangia coalesce, the structure is known as ________________ |
A. | progametangia |
B. | coenozygote |
C. | zygospore |
D. | zygote |
Answer» C. zygospore | |
18. |
Zygomycetes have which type of mycelia? |
A. | nonseptate |
B. | septate with uninucleate |
C. | septate with multi muclei |
D. | white,nonseptate |
Answer» E. | |
19. |
Which fungi causes black wart disease of potato? |
A. | Saprolegnia parasitica |
B. | Synchytrium endobioticum |
C. | Rhizopus stolonifer |
D. | Saccharomyces cerevisiae |
Answer» C. Rhizopus stolonifer | |