Session 2 Practice Midterm

Front 1

Which of the following is true regarding zygomycota

Back 1

They possess dikaryotic hyphae

Front 2

Which of the following are found in the ascomycota

Back 2

Dikaryotic hyphae and monokaryotic hyphae

Front 3

Lichens

Back 3

Are a combination of a fungus and an algae or cyanobacterium

Front 4

The evolution of a coelom allows for

Back 4

The development of a larger and longer digestive track and the expansion of gonads

C and D are correct

Front 5

Bilateral organization is associated with which of the following

Back 5

Cephalization and tripoblasty

Both A and B are correct

Front 6

The Chinese liver fluke require which of the following host

Back 6

Human, fish, and snail

A, B, and C are correct

Front 7

A floating proboscis within the rhynchocoel (which may in fact be a true coelomic cavity) is characteristic of the:

Back 7

Nemertea

Front 8

The digestive system in the cestoda is:

Back 8

Absent

Front 9

Paired ocelli, an incomplete gut, protonephridia, royal ganglion+ central nerve cords, dorsoventral flattening is characteristic of the

Back 9

Platyhelminthes

Front 10

A biologist discovered a new animal. Upon studying embryonic development, she observed a radical cleavage with the blastopore developing into an anus. This animal was categorized as a

Back 10

Deuterostome

Front 11

Which phylum of marine animals possess radical symmetry

Back 11

Ctenophora and echinodermaya

Both B and C are correct

Front 12

Bilateral symmetry in animals

Back 12

Confers anterior and posterior ends of the body

Allows for greater efficiency in movement

Creates a body design of two mirror images

Allows for efficiency in seeking food and mates

All of the above are correct

Front 13

Sponges are unique in possessing special flagellated cells who's beating drives water through the body cavity. These specialized calls are known as

Back 13

Spicules

Front 14

Radically symmetrical marine animals that propel themselves through water by means of 8 comb-like plates of fused cilia belong to the phylum

Back 14

Ctenophora

Front 15

Most species of tapeworms live in the

Back 15

Intestines of vertebrates

Front 16

Which of the following is not one of the key transitions in body design that are responsible for most of the differences among major animal phyla

Back 16

Nonmoving to moving bodies

Front 17

Sponges exhibit all of the following general characteristics except

Back 17

Three cell layers, ectodern, endoderm and mesodern

Front 18

Which of the following segments are most likely present in the feces of an individual

Back 18

Mature proglottid

Front 19

Which of the following organisms possesses a nervous system

Back 19

Jellyfish and sea walnut (ctenophoran)

Front 20

The vase-like body of a simple sponge is likely to contain all of the following materials or layers except

Back 20

A digestive cavity lined with enzyme-secreting cells.

Front 21

All of the following are true about cnidarians except

Back 21

Their bodies are made up of distinct organs.

Front 22

Schistosome worms can enter their final host (humans) through which mechanism

Back 22

Burrowing through the skin

Front 23

A U-shaped feeding apparatus lined with cilia is characteristic of which of the following phyla

Back 23

Ectoprocta, phorinida, Bachiopoda

A, B and C are correct

Front 24

Phylum platyhelminthes is characterized by all of the following except

Back 24

Possess an excretory system

Front 25

Flatworms are similar to sponges, cnidarians and ctenophores in which of the following

Back 25

Contain an incomplete gut with only one opening

Front 26

Flukes are parasitic worms whose host during the larval stages are usually

Back 26

Snails

Front 27

This parasite develops from eggs in the intestine, matures in the lungs, and finally is swallowed back into the intestine where they reach adulthood.

Back 27

Ascatis lumbricoides

Front 28

Radula modification allowed all of the following functions in gastropods except

Back 28

Protecting themselves with menatocyst

Front 29

Which of the following are not found in a bivalve

Back 29

Tentacle, radula, and distinctive head

Front 30

Annelids posses all of the following except

Back 30

Adductor muscles

Front 31

Each segment of an annelids typically contains bristles of chitin called

Back 31

Setae

Front 32

A distinctive feature of polychaete worms, the parapodia, are used for all of the following except

Back 32

Serving as gonads

Front 33

This mollusc possesses the ability to regulate its buoyancy by adjusting the volume

Back 33

Nautilus

Front 34

Why is it more difficult to treat fungal infections than bacterial infections in humans

Back 34

Fungal and animal cells and proteins are similar. Thus, drugs that disrupt fungal cell or protein function may also disrupt human cell or protein function

Front 35

Why was Darwin and Wallace's theory or evolution by natural selection revolutionary?

Back 35

It dismissed the idea that species are constant and emphasized the importance of variation and change in populations

Front 36

Who proposed that organisms could be organized into a great chain of being

Back 36

Aristotle

Front 37

The Irish "elk" described by George's curvier suggest that _______

Back 37

Organisms could go extinct

Front 38

Gill pouches in chick, human, and house-cat embryos are an example of

Back 38

Developmental homology

Front 39

Parasitic species tend to have simple morphologies. Which of the following statements best explains this observation

Back 39

Simple morphologies have been naturally selected for in most parasites.

Front 40

Which of the following would he useful in creating phylogenetic tree of a taxon?

Back 40

Gene flow

Front 41

Which of the following would be useful in creating a phylogenetic tree of a taxon

Back 41

Morphological data from fossil species

Genetic sequences from living species

Behavioral data from living species

All of the above are correct

Front 42

Your professor wants you to construct a phylogenetic tree of orchids. He gives you tissue from seven orchids species and one lily. What is the most likely reason he gave you the lily?

Back 42

To serve as an outgroup