Fungi Knowledge-Based Download PDF

Questions

1. 1.

   Which carbohydrate serves as the primary energy storage molecule in fungi, reflecting their close biochemical relationship with animals rather than plants?

   • A) Starch
   • B) Glycogen
   • C) Cellulose
   • D) Peptidoglycan
2. 2.

   Which of the following modes of asexual reproduction is characteristically exhibited by unicellular fungi, such as baker's yeast?

   • A) Binary fission
   • B) Multiple fission
   • C) Budding
   • D) Fragmentation
3. 3.

   Which thread-like, tubular filaments form the basic structural units of a multicellular fungus and collectively constitute the mycelium?

   • A) Spores
   • B) Septa
   • C) Sporangiophores
   • D) Hyphae
4. 4.

   How do multicellular fungi primarily obtain nutrients from their surroundings?

   • A) They ingest intact food particles and digest them inside intracellular vacuoles.
   • B) They secrete digestive enzymes externally and absorb the broken-down soluble nutrients.
   • C) They synthesize organic molecules using light energy captured by accessory pigments.
   • D) They capture free-floating organic matter through active phagocytosis across the cell wall.
5. 5.

   Which of the following features is a defining characteristic of fungi that distinguishes them from photosynthetic plants?

   • A) Possessing cell walls composed of chitin and obtaining nutrients via heterotrophic absorption
   • B) Storing excess carbohydrates primarily in the form of starch within specialized plastids
   • C) Synthesizing organic compounds from carbon dioxide and water using light energy
   • D) Having a prokaryotic cellular organization that lacks a true membrane-bound nucleus