Associated Questions

Question 1

31) Parasitology is the study of the most common mode of life on earth, which is centered on
a. bacterial parasites
b. prion parasites
c. viral parasites
d. animal parasites
e. none of the above

Answer 1

31) Parasitology is the study of the most common mode of life on earth, which is centered on
d. animal parasites

Question 2

7) Which of the following is not a characteristic of protocooperation?
a. symbiotic interaction
b. mutually beneficial
c. physiologically necessary

Answer 2

7) Which of the following is not a characteristic of protocooperation?
c. physiologically necessary

Question 3

5) Which of the following is not a characteristic of mutualism?
a. symbiont benefits
b. symbiotic interaction
c. host benefits
d. physiological necessary
e. none of the above

Answer 3

5) Which of the following is not a characteristic of mutualism?
e. none of the above

Question 4

11) Which of the following is not a characteristic of commensalism?
a. host is not helped
b. symbiont benefits
c. physiologically dependent
d. host is not harmed

Answer 4

11) Which of the following is not a characteristic of commensalism?
c. physiologically dependent

Question 5

17) Which characteristic is shared by parasites and predators?
a. usually kill their prey or host
b. symbiotic
c. post-encounter
d. live at expense or prey or host
e. all of the above

Answer 5

17) Which characteristic is shared by parasites and predators?
d. live at expense or prey or host

Question 6

15) Which of the following are not characteristic of macroparasites?
a. cause epidemic diseases
b. induce a lasting immunity
c. have unstable populations
d. multiplies within the host
e. all the above

Answer 6

15) Which of the following are not characteristic of macroparasites?
e. all the above

Question 7

27) A mosquito that transmits malaria can best be described as a __________________?
a. endoparasite
b. facultative parasite
c. micropredator
d. microparasite
e. all of the above

Answer 7

27) A mosquito that transmits malaria can best be described as a __________________?
c. micropredator

Question 8

18) Which of the following is not characteristic of parasitoids?
a. does not kill host
b. free living as adults
c. parasitic during early development
d. kills the host
e. all of above

Answer 8

18) Which of the following is not characteristic of parasitoids?
a. does not kill host

Question 9

9) Which types of host would a parasite develop to some extent but not to sexual maturity?
a. reservoir host
b. paratenic host
c. transport host
d. intermediate host

Answer 9

9) Which types of host would a parasite develop to some extent but not to sexual maturity?
d. intermediate host

Question 10

39) Which of the following terms would not be accurate in describing the parasite above?
a. endoparasite
b. histozoic
c. coelozoic
d. obligate parasite
e. all of the above

Answer 10

39) Which of the following terms would not be accurate in describing the parasite above?
c. coelozoic

Question 11

26) Which of the following support the fact that reciprocal selection pressure exists between parasites and their hosts?
a. hosts select for the most effective parasites
b. hosts select for the least effect parasites
c. parasites select for the least effective hosts
d. parasites have no selection pressure on hosts

Answer 11

26) Which of the following support the fact that reciprocal selection pressure exists between parasites and their hosts?
a. hosts select for the most effective parasites

Question 12

33) Which of the following is a key mechanism of evolution?
a. selection
b. mutation
c. preadaptation
d. post encounter
e. none of the above

Answer 12

33) Which of the following is a key mechanism of evolution?

a. selection

Question 13

16) Which of the following does not support the Red Queen hypothesis?
A. parasite host coevolution
B. parasites and hosts are engaged is a single battle
C. cessation of change may result in extinction
D. parasites and hosts are engaged in an endless arms race
E. none of the above

Answer 13

16) Which of the following does not support the Red Queen hypothesis?
B. parasites and hosts are engaged is a single battle

Question 14

37) Reproductive adaptations for parasite transmission would include:
a. high reproductive potential
b. self-fertilization
c. asexual reproduction
d. hermaphroditism
e. all of the above

Answer 14

37) Reproductive adaptations for parasite transmission would include:
e. all of the above

Question 15

8) Biochemical adaptation for parasite transmission would not include:
a. synthetic capacities are reduced
b. elaboration of transport mechanism
c. synthetic capacities are increased
d. catabolic pathways are usually reduced

Answer 15

8) Biochemical adaptation for parasite transmission would not include:
c. synthetic capacities are increased

Question 16

32) Which of the following taxonomic categories is most exclusive?
a. domain
b. family
c. order
d. species

Answer 16

32) Which of the following taxonomic categories is most exclusive?
d. species

Question 17

10) Which of the following distinguishes systematics from taxonomy?
a. provides scientific names for new species
b. investigates evolutionary histories
c. preserves collections
d. gathers date on their distribution

Answer 17

10) Which of the following distinguishes systematics from taxonomy?
b. investigates evolutionary histories

Question 18

4) Which of the following is not a basic assumption in cladistics?
a. change in characteristics occurs in lineages over time
b. There is a bifurcating or branching pattern of cladogenesis
c. any group of organism are related by descent from a common ancestor
d. exclusively relies on analogous characters

Answer 18

4) Which of the following is not a basic assumption in cladistics?
d. exclusively relies on analogous characters

Question 19

21) The use of the vertebrate forearm as a taxonomic character can best be described as
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_?
a. analogy
b. homology
c. homoplasy
d. polyphyletic
e. all of the above

Answer 19

21) The use of the vertebrate forearm as a taxonomic character can best be described as
__________________?

b. homology

Question 20

24) Which of the above characters is uninformative because it is a plesiomorphic character?

Answer 20

24) Which of the above characters is uninformative because it is a plesiomorphic character?

Character 3