Openstax Microbiology - Chapter 5 Exam Questions and Answers Graded A+ Latest Update 2025
Which genus includes the causative agent for malaria - Answers Plasmodium
Which protist is a concern because of its ability to contaminate water supplies and cause diarrheal
illness - Answers Giardia lamblia
A fluke is classified within - Answers Platyhelminths
A nonsegmented worm is found during a routine colonoscopy of an individual who reported having
abdominal cramps nausea and vomiting. This worm is likely a - Answers nematode
A segmented worm has male and female reproductive organs in each segment. Some use hooks to
attach to the intestinal wall. Which type of worm is this? - Answers cestode
Mushrooms are a type of - Answers basisiocarp
Which of the following is the most common cause of human yeast infections - Answers Candida albicans
Which of the following is an ascomycete fungus associated with bat droppings that can cause a
respiratory infection if inhaled? - Answers Histoplasma capsulatun
Which polysaccharide found in red algal cell walls is a useful solidifying agent - Answers Agar
Which is the term for the hard outer covering of some dinoflagellates - Answers theca
Which protists are associated with red tides - Answers dinoflagellates
You encounter a lichen with leafy structures. which term describes this lichen? - Answers foliose
The term for the outer layer of a lichen - Answers Cortex
The fungus in a lichen is - Answers An ascomycete
The plasma membrane of a protist is called the - Answers Plasmalema
Animals belong to the same supergroup as the kingdom - Answers Fungi
Flukes are in class - Answers Trematoda
A species of worm in which there a distinct male and female individuals is described as - Answers
dioecious
Nonseptate hyphae are also called - Answers coenocytic
Unicellular fungi - Answers Yeasts
Some fungi have proven medically useful because they can be used to produce - Answers Antibiotics
Which genus includes the causative agent for malaria - Answers Plasmodium
Which protist is a concern because of its ability to contaminate water supplies and cause diarrheal
illness - Answers Giardia lamblia
A fluke is classified within - Answers Platyhelminths
A nonsegmented worm is found during a routine colonoscopy of an individual who reported having
abdominal cramps nausea and vomiting. This worm is likely a - Answers nematode
A segmented worm has male and female reproductive organs in each segment. Some use hooks to
attach to the intestinal wall. Which type of worm is this? - Answers cestode
Mushrooms are a type of - Answers basisiocarp
Which of the following is the most common cause of human yeast infections - Answers Candida albicans
Which of the following is an ascomycete fungus associated with bat droppings that can cause a
respiratory infection if inhaled? - Answers Histoplasma capsulatun
Which polysaccharide found in red algal cell walls is a useful solidifying agent - Answers Agar
Which is the term for the hard outer covering of some dinoflagellates - Answers theca
Which protists are associated with red tides - Answers dinoflagellates
You encounter a lichen with leafy structures. which term describes this lichen? - Answers foliose
The term for the outer layer of a lichen - Answers Cortex
The fungus in a lichen is - Answers An ascomycete
The plasma membrane of a protist is called the - Answers Plasmalema
Animals belong to the same supergroup as the kingdom - Answers Fungi
Flukes are in class - Answers Trematoda
A species of worm in which there a distinct male and female individuals is described as - Answers
dioecious
Nonseptate hyphae are also called - Answers coenocytic
Unicellular fungi - Answers Yeasts
Some fungi have proven medically useful because they can be used to produce - Answers Antibiotics
