BSC 2011 Final Exam 2 Questions and
All Actual Answers 2026-2027 Updated.
Protista is what type of group? - Answer Paraphyletic
What term describes the relationships of protists w/ respect to plants, animals, and fungi? -
Answer Paraphyletic
A large seaweed that floats freely on the surface of deep bodies of water would be expected to
lack which of the following?
A. Gel-Forming Polysaccharides
B. bladders
C. stipe
D. holdfasts
E. thalli - Answer (D) Holdfasts
Consider the following data: (a) Most ancient eukaryotes are unicellular. (b) All eukaryotes alive
today have a nucleus and cytoskeleton. (c) Most ancient eukaryotes lack a cell wall. Which of
the following conclusions could reasonably follow the data presented? The first eukaryote may
have been _____.
A. very similar to a fungal cell
B. very similar to a plant cell
C. anaerobic
D. capable of phagocytosis
E. photosynthetic - Answer (D) Capable of Phagocytosis
The chloroplasts of land plants are thought to have been derived according to which
evolutionary sequence?
A. cyanobacteria -> green algae -> fungi -> land plants
B. red algae -> brown algae -> green algae -> land plants
C. cyanobacteria -> green algae -> land plants
D. cyanobacteria -> red algae -> green algae -> land plants
E. brown algae -> green algae -> red algae -> land plants - Answer C
,Which of the following is characteristic of ciliates?
A. They can exchange genetic material with other ciliates by the process of mitosis.
B. They have many long flagella
C. They are often multinucleate.
D. Most live as solitary autotrophs in fresh water.
E. They use pseudopods as feeding structures. - Answer (C) They are often multinucleate
All protists are _____.
A. unicellular
B. eukaryotic
C. symbionts
D. mixotrophic
E. photosynthetic - Answer (B) Eukaryotic
After cytokinesis occurs in budding yeasts, the daughter cell has a _____.
A. similar nucleus and more cytoplasm than the mother cell
B. similar nucleus and less cytoplasm than the mother cell
C. larger nucleus and more cytoplasm than the mother cell
D. larger nucleus and less cytoplasm than the mother cell
E. smaller nucleus and less cytoplasm than the mother cell - Answer B
Basidiomycetes are the only fungal group capable of synthesizing lignin peroxidase. What
advantage does this group of fungi have over other fungi because of this capability?
A. This fungal group can break down the tough lignin, which cannot be harnessed for energy, to
get to the more useful cellulose.
B. This is the only group of fungi that can use lignin for adenosine triphosphate (ATP)
production.
C. None of the other answers is correct.
, D. This enzyme releases heat energy from the breakdown of lignin that is used to kill off
competing fungi.
E. This is always the first group of fungi to begin any kind of plant decomposition. - Answer A
A fungal spore germinates, giving rise to a mycelium that grows outward into the soil
surrounding the site where the spore originally landed. Which of the following accounts for the
fungal movement, as described here?
A. karyogamy
B. mycelial flagella
C. cytoplasmic streaming in hyphae
D. breezes distributing spores
E. cilia - Answer C
Deuteromycetes __________.
A. represent the phylum in which all the fungal components of lichens are classified
B. are the typical edible mushrooms
C. include the imperfect fungi that lack hyphae
D. are the group that includes molds, yeasts, and lichens
E. are the group of fungi that have, at present, no known sexual stage - Answer E
Based on the idea that fungi have pores between their cell walls, which allow cytoplasm to
move from one end of the mycelium to the other, which of the following hypotheses is the most
plausible?
A. None of the other answers is correct.
All Actual Answers 2026-2027 Updated.
Protista is what type of group? - Answer Paraphyletic
What term describes the relationships of protists w/ respect to plants, animals, and fungi? -
Answer Paraphyletic
A large seaweed that floats freely on the surface of deep bodies of water would be expected to
lack which of the following?
A. Gel-Forming Polysaccharides
B. bladders
C. stipe
D. holdfasts
E. thalli - Answer (D) Holdfasts
Consider the following data: (a) Most ancient eukaryotes are unicellular. (b) All eukaryotes alive
today have a nucleus and cytoskeleton. (c) Most ancient eukaryotes lack a cell wall. Which of
the following conclusions could reasonably follow the data presented? The first eukaryote may
have been _____.
A. very similar to a fungal cell
B. very similar to a plant cell
C. anaerobic
D. capable of phagocytosis
E. photosynthetic - Answer (D) Capable of Phagocytosis
The chloroplasts of land plants are thought to have been derived according to which
evolutionary sequence?
A. cyanobacteria -> green algae -> fungi -> land plants
B. red algae -> brown algae -> green algae -> land plants
C. cyanobacteria -> green algae -> land plants
D. cyanobacteria -> red algae -> green algae -> land plants
E. brown algae -> green algae -> red algae -> land plants - Answer C
,Which of the following is characteristic of ciliates?
A. They can exchange genetic material with other ciliates by the process of mitosis.
B. They have many long flagella
C. They are often multinucleate.
D. Most live as solitary autotrophs in fresh water.
E. They use pseudopods as feeding structures. - Answer (C) They are often multinucleate
All protists are _____.
A. unicellular
B. eukaryotic
C. symbionts
D. mixotrophic
E. photosynthetic - Answer (B) Eukaryotic
After cytokinesis occurs in budding yeasts, the daughter cell has a _____.
A. similar nucleus and more cytoplasm than the mother cell
B. similar nucleus and less cytoplasm than the mother cell
C. larger nucleus and more cytoplasm than the mother cell
D. larger nucleus and less cytoplasm than the mother cell
E. smaller nucleus and less cytoplasm than the mother cell - Answer B
Basidiomycetes are the only fungal group capable of synthesizing lignin peroxidase. What
advantage does this group of fungi have over other fungi because of this capability?
A. This fungal group can break down the tough lignin, which cannot be harnessed for energy, to
get to the more useful cellulose.
B. This is the only group of fungi that can use lignin for adenosine triphosphate (ATP)
production.
C. None of the other answers is correct.
, D. This enzyme releases heat energy from the breakdown of lignin that is used to kill off
competing fungi.
E. This is always the first group of fungi to begin any kind of plant decomposition. - Answer A
A fungal spore germinates, giving rise to a mycelium that grows outward into the soil
surrounding the site where the spore originally landed. Which of the following accounts for the
fungal movement, as described here?
A. karyogamy
B. mycelial flagella
C. cytoplasmic streaming in hyphae
D. breezes distributing spores
E. cilia - Answer C
Deuteromycetes __________.
A. represent the phylum in which all the fungal components of lichens are classified
B. are the typical edible mushrooms
C. include the imperfect fungi that lack hyphae
D. are the group that includes molds, yeasts, and lichens
E. are the group of fungi that have, at present, no known sexual stage - Answer E
Based on the idea that fungi have pores between their cell walls, which allow cytoplasm to
move from one end of the mycelium to the other, which of the following hypotheses is the most
plausible?
A. None of the other answers is correct.
