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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 | |