MW T2 P2

Fungi must rely on living or dead organic materials for nutrient. This statement is ____

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Living - pathogenic fungi e.g. Ganoderma

Dead - saprophytic fungi e.g. oyster mushroom

Plasmodium is a bacterium. This statement is _____

• True

• False

Answer explanation

It is a protozoon.

Edible mushrooms are usually _____

• Ascomycetes

• Basidiomycetes

• Moulds

• Yeasts

Answer explanation

Mushrooms are filamentous. Yeasts are not filamentous, and those filamentous yeasts are usually pathogens.

Which of the following are colonial algae?

• Volvox

• Euglena

• Diatoms

• Chlorella

There could be one or more than one correct answer.

Which of the following have cell walls?

• Staphylococcus

• Plasmodium

• Mycoplasma

• Slime moulds

There could be one or more than one correct answer.

Which of the following does NOT have RNA?

• DNA viruses

• Plasmodium

• Staphylococcus

• Cyanobacteria

Answer explanation

All prokryotes and eucaryots have DNA and RNA.

RNA viruses have RNA.

Only DNA virus does not have RNA.