1) Which of the following do all fungi have in common?

A) meiosis in basidia
B) absorption of nutrients
C) symbioses with algae
D) sexual life cycle
E) coenocytic hyphae
2) What is a characteristic of all fungi?
A) dikaryotic hyphae
B) parasitism
C) saprobic lifestyle
D) multicellularity
E) heterotrophic nutrition
3) What is true of all fungi? They are
A) saprobic plants.
B) eukaryotic heterotrophs with cell walls.
C) eukaryotic, heterotrophic plants.
D) eukaryotic, parasitic plants.
E) saprobic heterotrophs.
4) Fungi are all of the following except
A) decomposers.
B) absorptive heterotrophs.
C) autotrophs.
D) symbionts.
E) predators.
5) If all saprobic fungi in an environment were to suddenly die, then which group of organisms
should, as a whole, benefit?
A) mutualistic fungi
B) plants
C) protists
D) animals
E) prokaryotes
6) When a mycelium grows into an unexploited source of dead organic matter, what is most likely
to appear within the food source soon thereafter?
A) soredia
B) larger bacterial populations
C) haustoria
D) increased oxygen levels
E) exoenzymes
7) Chemicals, secreted by soil fungi, that inhibit the growth of bacteria are known as
A) hallucinogens. B) antibodies. C) antibiotics. D) antigens. E) aflatoxins.
8) The following are all characteristic of hyphate fungi (that is, fungi featuring hyphae) except
A) they acquire their nutrients by absorption.
B) their cell walls consist mainly of cellulose microfibrils.
C) they may be saprobes, parasites, or mutualistic symbionts.

D) their body plan is a netlike mass of filaments called a mycelium.

E) the nuclei of the mycelia are typically haploid.
9) The primary role of the mushroom's underground mycelium is
A) anchoring.
B) sexual reproduction.
C) protection.
D) asexual reproduction.
E) absorbing nutrients.
10) What do fungi and arthropods have in common?
A) Both groups are commonly coenocytic.
B) Both groups have cell walls.
C) Both groups are predominantly saprobic in nutrition.
D) Both groups use chitin for the construction of protective coats.
E) The haploid state is dominant in both groups.
11) In septate fungi, what structures allow cytoplasmic streaming to distribute needed nutrients,
synthesized compounds, and organelles throughout the hyphae?
A) pores in septal walls
B) chitinous layers in cell walls
C) tight junctions that form in septal walls between cells
D) complex microtubular cytoskeletons
E) two nuclei
12) What accounts for the extremely fast growth of a fungal mycelium?
A) a long tubular body shape
B) the readily available nutrients from their predatory mode of nutrition
C) a dikaryotic condition that supplies greater amounts of proteins and nutrients
D) their lack of motility that requires rapid spread of hyphae
E) a rapid distribution of synthesized proteins by cytoplasmic streaming
13) The vegetative (nutritionally active) bodies of most fungi are
A) usually underground.
B) referred to as a mycelium.
C) composed of hyphae.
D) Only A and B
E) A, B, and C
14) Coenocytic refers to fungi (and other organisms) whose tissues are not clearly divided into
cells. The above statement is
A) true but refers to only some fungi.
B) false.
C) true and describes all fungi.
D) true but restricts the movement of fungal mycelia.
E) true but only for parasitic fungi.
15) Consider two hyphae having equal dimensions: one from a septate species and the other from
a coenocytic species. What should be true of the coenocytic species, relative to the septate
species? It should have
A) fewer nuclei.

B) reduced cytoplasmic streaming.

C) less cytoplasm.
D) less chitin.
E) more pores.
1) Answer: B 2) Answer: E 3) Answer: B 4) Answer: C 5) Answer: E 6) Answer: E 7) Answer: C
8) Answer: B 9) Answer: E 10) Answer: D 11) Answer: A 12) Answer: E 13) Answer: E 14)
Answer: A 15) Answer: D