Zoology Practice Exam 3 Questions
with Correct Answers
A) an exoskeleton mostly composed of collagen - Answer-28) The success of the
arthropods is dependent upon several major chacteristics. Which of the following is
NOT one of these characteristics?
A) an exoskeleton mostly composed of collagen
B) presence of segmentation with some segments fused into tagmata
C) the presence of a variety of respiratory organs D) well developed nervous system
E) paired, jointed appendages for motility, food handling, and reproduction.
D) bivalves - Answer-29) Which group of mollusks feeds by siphoning water into the
gills? A) chitons
B) gastropods C) cephalopods
D) bivalves
E) crustaceans
B) hermaphroditism - Answer-30) Which of the following types of sexual reproductive
strategies would be a great advantage for animals that are sessile or slow moving?
A) dioecious
B) hermaphroditism
C) regeneration D) budding
E) parthenogenesis
A) Fleas transmit Yersinia pestis from human to human causing the black plague. -
Answer-31) Which of the following would NOT be an example of how insects benefit
humans? A) Fleas transmit Yersinia pestis from human to human causing the black
plague.
B) Phorid flies can be used to parasitize fire ant pests.
C) Dung beetles breakdown organic matter so that nutrients can cycle through the
ecosystem.
D) Bees transfer pollen from one tomato plant to another tomato plant.
E) Maggots can assist with wound healing by debridement of the infected tissue.
E) arthropods - Answer-32) In species numbers and ecological diversity, which
lineage of protostomes is the most successful?
A) rotifers B) nematodes C) mollusks D) annelids E) arthropods
D) Invertebrates all lack a nervous system. - Answer-33) Which of the following is
NOT a true generalization about invertebrate animals? A) The majority of animal
species are invertebrates.
B) Many invertebrate species inhabit marine environments.
C) Most major invertebrate phyla ancestors appeared during the Precambrian
period.
D) Invertebrates all lack a nervous system. E) Invertebrates all lack a "backbone".
, C) naming and classifying organisms. - Answer-34) Taxonomy is the field of biology
concerned with
A) interaction of living organisms with the environment.
B) evolution of organisms.
C) naming and classifying organisms.
D) fossilized remains of organisms. E) extinction of organisms.
D) swimming or wading in infected water, where the larvae enter the skin. - Answer-
35) A person living near a snail-infested stream in southern Africa becomes infected
with Schistosoma (blood fluke) by
A) eating infected snails.
B) drinking water contaminated with eggs.
C) eating infected undercooked fish.
D) swimming or wading in infected water, where the larvae enter the skin.
E) being bitten by mosquitos infected with the larvae.
E) mixotrophic - Answer-36) Euglena are unusual protists that have the abililty to
synthesize their own food when exposed to sunlight, but they can also ingest food
available in their environment. Which of the following terms BEST describes
Euglena nutrition? A) saprotrophic
B) heterotrophic C) autotrophic
D) parasitic
E) mixotrophic
E) corona - Answer-37) Which of the following is NOT a cnidarian characteristic? A)
gastrovascular cavity
B) radial symmetry C) dimorphism
D) nerve net E) corona
C) a mouth, digestive cavity, or digestive enzymes. - Answer-38) A parasitic flatworm
living in a vertebrate intestine probably has little use for A) a tough outer body
covering.
B) hooks and suckers to attach to the host.
C) a mouth, digestive cavity, or digestive enzymes.
D) reproductive organs.
E) energy in the form of ATP.
A) triploblastic, true coeloms, bilateral symmetry - Answer-39) Which of the following
pertains to BOTH protostomes and deuterostomes? A) triploblastic, true coeloms,
bilateral symmetry
B) first opening is mouth, true coeloms, determinate cleavage C) fisrt opening is
anus, bilateral symmetry, triploblastic
D) spiral cleavage, schizocoelous coelom formation, indeterminate cleavage E)
molting of cuticle, triploblastic, true coeloms
B) flagella; African Sleeping Sickness - Answer-40) Trypanosoma move by using
____________ and causes the disease known as _________________. A) cilia;
malaria
B) flagella; African Sleeping Sickness C) pseudopodia; malaria
D) pseudopodia; amoebic dysentery E) cilia; yellow fever
with Correct Answers
A) an exoskeleton mostly composed of collagen - Answer-28) The success of the
arthropods is dependent upon several major chacteristics. Which of the following is
NOT one of these characteristics?
A) an exoskeleton mostly composed of collagen
B) presence of segmentation with some segments fused into tagmata
C) the presence of a variety of respiratory organs D) well developed nervous system
E) paired, jointed appendages for motility, food handling, and reproduction.
D) bivalves - Answer-29) Which group of mollusks feeds by siphoning water into the
gills? A) chitons
B) gastropods C) cephalopods
D) bivalves
E) crustaceans
B) hermaphroditism - Answer-30) Which of the following types of sexual reproductive
strategies would be a great advantage for animals that are sessile or slow moving?
A) dioecious
B) hermaphroditism
C) regeneration D) budding
E) parthenogenesis
A) Fleas transmit Yersinia pestis from human to human causing the black plague. -
Answer-31) Which of the following would NOT be an example of how insects benefit
humans? A) Fleas transmit Yersinia pestis from human to human causing the black
plague.
B) Phorid flies can be used to parasitize fire ant pests.
C) Dung beetles breakdown organic matter so that nutrients can cycle through the
ecosystem.
D) Bees transfer pollen from one tomato plant to another tomato plant.
E) Maggots can assist with wound healing by debridement of the infected tissue.
E) arthropods - Answer-32) In species numbers and ecological diversity, which
lineage of protostomes is the most successful?
A) rotifers B) nematodes C) mollusks D) annelids E) arthropods
D) Invertebrates all lack a nervous system. - Answer-33) Which of the following is
NOT a true generalization about invertebrate animals? A) The majority of animal
species are invertebrates.
B) Many invertebrate species inhabit marine environments.
C) Most major invertebrate phyla ancestors appeared during the Precambrian
period.
D) Invertebrates all lack a nervous system. E) Invertebrates all lack a "backbone".
, C) naming and classifying organisms. - Answer-34) Taxonomy is the field of biology
concerned with
A) interaction of living organisms with the environment.
B) evolution of organisms.
C) naming and classifying organisms.
D) fossilized remains of organisms. E) extinction of organisms.
D) swimming or wading in infected water, where the larvae enter the skin. - Answer-
35) A person living near a snail-infested stream in southern Africa becomes infected
with Schistosoma (blood fluke) by
A) eating infected snails.
B) drinking water contaminated with eggs.
C) eating infected undercooked fish.
D) swimming or wading in infected water, where the larvae enter the skin.
E) being bitten by mosquitos infected with the larvae.
E) mixotrophic - Answer-36) Euglena are unusual protists that have the abililty to
synthesize their own food when exposed to sunlight, but they can also ingest food
available in their environment. Which of the following terms BEST describes
Euglena nutrition? A) saprotrophic
B) heterotrophic C) autotrophic
D) parasitic
E) mixotrophic
E) corona - Answer-37) Which of the following is NOT a cnidarian characteristic? A)
gastrovascular cavity
B) radial symmetry C) dimorphism
D) nerve net E) corona
C) a mouth, digestive cavity, or digestive enzymes. - Answer-38) A parasitic flatworm
living in a vertebrate intestine probably has little use for A) a tough outer body
covering.
B) hooks and suckers to attach to the host.
C) a mouth, digestive cavity, or digestive enzymes.
D) reproductive organs.
E) energy in the form of ATP.
A) triploblastic, true coeloms, bilateral symmetry - Answer-39) Which of the following
pertains to BOTH protostomes and deuterostomes? A) triploblastic, true coeloms,
bilateral symmetry
B) first opening is mouth, true coeloms, determinate cleavage C) fisrt opening is
anus, bilateral symmetry, triploblastic
D) spiral cleavage, schizocoelous coelom formation, indeterminate cleavage E)
molting of cuticle, triploblastic, true coeloms
B) flagella; African Sleeping Sickness - Answer-40) Trypanosoma move by using
____________ and causes the disease known as _________________. A) cilia;
malaria
B) flagella; African Sleeping Sickness C) pseudopodia; malaria
D) pseudopodia; amoebic dysentery E) cilia; yellow fever
