BESC Final Exam Questions Correctly
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Which group of organisms have coenocytic hyphae?
A. Ascomycota
B. Basidiomycota
C. Zygomycota
D. Chytridiomycota - Answers -C. Zygomycota
From which group of fungi did the organism that made this hypha and structure pointed
to by the arrow come?
A. Blastocladiomycota
B. Basidiomycota
C. Ascomycota
D. Zygomycota - Answers -B. Basidiomycota
An example of the Zygomycota, that was discussed in class and in your reading,
developed a mechanism to actively propel its sporangium toward the light, thus allowing
it to continue its life cycle by passing through an herbivores gut. The name of this
fungus is?
A. Aspergillus
B. Uromyces
C. Pilobolus
D. Neurospora - Answers -C. Pilobolus
In class we discussed 4 major groups (phyla) of fungi in your reading from Deacon, that
was provided to you as a pdf, which of the following groups was also discussed in
depth?
A. Kixellomycota
B. Planeromycetes
C. Balistosporomycetes
D. Glomeromycota - Answers -D. Glomeromycota
Which group of fungi make zoospores?
A. Basidiomycota
B. Ascomycota
C. Zygomycota
D. Chytridiomycota - Answers -D. Chytridiomycota
,Which group of fungi make conidia?
A. Zygomycota
B. Ascomycota
C. Blastocladiomycota
D. Chytridiomycota - Answers -B. Ascomycota
Which group of fungi make clamp connections?
A. Zygomycota
B. Ascomycota
C. Basidiomycota
D. Chytridiomycota - Answers -C. Basidiomycota
Which group of organisms contain a dikaryotic cell during part of their life cycle?
A. Ascomycota
B. Basidiomycota
C. A & B
D. Neither A or B - Answers -C. A & B
From which group of fungi did the organism that made this spore come from?
A. Chytridiomycota
B. Basidiomycota
C. Ascomycota
D. Zygomycota - Answers -A. Chytridiomycota
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From which group of fungi did the organism that made this septum come?
A. Blasocladiomycota
B. Basidiomycota
C. Ascomycota
D. Zygomycota - Answers -C. Ascomycota
The bean rust fungus Uromyces utilizes chemical signals emitted from natural openings
in its host to produce an appressorium.
A. True
B. False - Answers -False
Fungi occupy their own kingdom of life, wholly separate from plants and animals.
, A. True
B. False - Answers -A. True
The primary ecological niche of fungi is to fix carbon through photosynthesis.
A. True
B. False - Answers -B. False
The septa of the Ascomycota have a pore, allowing cytoplasm and organelles to
migrate freely from one cell compartment to the next.
A. True
B. False - Answers -True
Which of the following is (are) a role of the fungal spore?
A. reproduction
B. dispersal
C. neither A or B
D. both A and B - Answers -D. both A and B
Why are Ascomycota and Basidiomycota considered to be "sister" taxa?
A. both have septa
B. both have dikaryotic cells
C. neither A or B
D. both A and B - Answers -D. both A and B
*evolutionary diagram*
For the landmark labeled "Y" (between Zygomycota and Blastocladiomycota), what trait
form then following was lost as fungi adapted to produce the groups that exist today?
A. Production of sporangiospores
B. Production of a dikaryotic state
C. Production of zoospores
D. Production of compartmentalized hyphae - Answers -C. Production of zoospores
*evolutionary diagram*
For the landmark labeled "X" (between chytridiomycota and blastocladiomycota), what
trait was gained to produce the groups that exist today?
A. Production of hyphae
B. Production of basidiospores
C. Production of dikaryotic state
D. Production of zoospores - Answers -A. Production of hyphae
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Which group of organisms have coenocytic hyphae?
A. Ascomycota
B. Basidiomycota
C. Zygomycota
D. Chytridiomycota - Answers -C. Zygomycota
From which group of fungi did the organism that made this hypha and structure pointed
to by the arrow come?
A. Blastocladiomycota
B. Basidiomycota
C. Ascomycota
D. Zygomycota - Answers -B. Basidiomycota
An example of the Zygomycota, that was discussed in class and in your reading,
developed a mechanism to actively propel its sporangium toward the light, thus allowing
it to continue its life cycle by passing through an herbivores gut. The name of this
fungus is?
A. Aspergillus
B. Uromyces
C. Pilobolus
D. Neurospora - Answers -C. Pilobolus
In class we discussed 4 major groups (phyla) of fungi in your reading from Deacon, that
was provided to you as a pdf, which of the following groups was also discussed in
depth?
A. Kixellomycota
B. Planeromycetes
C. Balistosporomycetes
D. Glomeromycota - Answers -D. Glomeromycota
Which group of fungi make zoospores?
A. Basidiomycota
B. Ascomycota
C. Zygomycota
D. Chytridiomycota - Answers -D. Chytridiomycota
,Which group of fungi make conidia?
A. Zygomycota
B. Ascomycota
C. Blastocladiomycota
D. Chytridiomycota - Answers -B. Ascomycota
Which group of fungi make clamp connections?
A. Zygomycota
B. Ascomycota
C. Basidiomycota
D. Chytridiomycota - Answers -C. Basidiomycota
Which group of organisms contain a dikaryotic cell during part of their life cycle?
A. Ascomycota
B. Basidiomycota
C. A & B
D. Neither A or B - Answers -C. A & B
From which group of fungi did the organism that made this spore come from?
A. Chytridiomycota
B. Basidiomycota
C. Ascomycota
D. Zygomycota - Answers -A. Chytridiomycota
see powerpoint for question 10 - Answers -
see powerpoint for question 11 - Answers -
From which group of fungi did the organism that made this septum come?
A. Blasocladiomycota
B. Basidiomycota
C. Ascomycota
D. Zygomycota - Answers -C. Ascomycota
The bean rust fungus Uromyces utilizes chemical signals emitted from natural openings
in its host to produce an appressorium.
A. True
B. False - Answers -False
Fungi occupy their own kingdom of life, wholly separate from plants and animals.
, A. True
B. False - Answers -A. True
The primary ecological niche of fungi is to fix carbon through photosynthesis.
A. True
B. False - Answers -B. False
The septa of the Ascomycota have a pore, allowing cytoplasm and organelles to
migrate freely from one cell compartment to the next.
A. True
B. False - Answers -True
Which of the following is (are) a role of the fungal spore?
A. reproduction
B. dispersal
C. neither A or B
D. both A and B - Answers -D. both A and B
Why are Ascomycota and Basidiomycota considered to be "sister" taxa?
A. both have septa
B. both have dikaryotic cells
C. neither A or B
D. both A and B - Answers -D. both A and B
*evolutionary diagram*
For the landmark labeled "Y" (between Zygomycota and Blastocladiomycota), what trait
form then following was lost as fungi adapted to produce the groups that exist today?
A. Production of sporangiospores
B. Production of a dikaryotic state
C. Production of zoospores
D. Production of compartmentalized hyphae - Answers -C. Production of zoospores
*evolutionary diagram*
For the landmark labeled "X" (between chytridiomycota and blastocladiomycota), what
trait was gained to produce the groups that exist today?
A. Production of hyphae
B. Production of basidiospores
C. Production of dikaryotic state
D. Production of zoospores - Answers -A. Production of hyphae
