BIOL 2400: Chapter 39 Test Questions
and Answers.
mycelial, yeast - Answer Fungal virulence is in part due to the YM shift as the fungus shifts
from growth as a(n) _____ form at external, cooler temperatures to growth as a(n) _____ form
at human body temperatures.
Medical mycology - Answer the discipline that deals with fungi that cause human disease
Fungal - Answer Which type of infection is more likely to be airborne?
Eukaryotic
Have stages that survive outside the host
microscopic in size (at some stage) - Answer All fungal and protozoan infectious agents share
which three of these features in common?
Blastomyces dermatitidis - Answer Which fungal species would most likely be found in moist
soil, like that found in the Mississippi and Ohio river basins?
dimorphic - Answer Most fungi that cause deep or systemic infections have a single-cell or
yeast phase, as well as filamentous, mycelium phase. These fungi are therefore said to be
_______.
Inhalation of arthroconidia into the lungs - Answer Infections with coccidioides immitis are
most commonly acquired by _______.
malaria - Answer Protozoa of the genus Plasmodium cause the important human disease
called
haploid sporozoites - Answer While feeding on a human, a mosquito infected with
Plasmodium spp. injects what stage of the parasite?
Multiple choice question.
kidney - Answer In the course of a malarial infection, the simultaneous lysis of many red
blood cells overwhelms the ______ and results in blackwater fever.
asymptomatic or mild upper respiratory infection - Answer What is the outcome of most
infections with Coccidioides immitis in otherwise healthy individuals?
, tsetse - Answer both forms of african sleeping sickness are transmitted by _____ flies.
extreme fatigue
personality changes
severe headaches - Answer Select three typical symptoms or signs of untreated human
African trypanosomiasis.
Multiple select question.
1. Bite of a Piasmodium-infected mosquito
2. Haploid sporozoites enter liver cells
3. Asexual reproduction (schizogony)
4. Merozoites infect erythrocytes - Answer Arrange these early steps in the infection of a
human with Plasmodium parasites according to the order in which they occur, placing the first
step at the top.
fever - Answer A severe outcome of malarial infection is damage to the kidney, indicated by
cola-colored urine, in the condition called blackwater ______.
tinea barbae - Answer infection of beard hair; caused by Trichophyton menagrophytes or T.
verrucosum
tinea capitis - Answer infection of the scalp hair; caused by Trichophyton spp. or
Microsporum spp.
tinea corporis - Answer occurs on any part of the body; caused by trichophyton spp. or
Microsporum
tinea versicolor - Answer caused by Malassezia furfur, forms brown-red scales
nervous system - Answer African sleeping sickness is so named mainly because the disease
can affect the _____.
false - Answer True or false: The fungi that cause superficial mycoses often invade into
subcutaneous and deeper tissues.
True false question.
and Answers.
mycelial, yeast - Answer Fungal virulence is in part due to the YM shift as the fungus shifts
from growth as a(n) _____ form at external, cooler temperatures to growth as a(n) _____ form
at human body temperatures.
Medical mycology - Answer the discipline that deals with fungi that cause human disease
Fungal - Answer Which type of infection is more likely to be airborne?
Eukaryotic
Have stages that survive outside the host
microscopic in size (at some stage) - Answer All fungal and protozoan infectious agents share
which three of these features in common?
Blastomyces dermatitidis - Answer Which fungal species would most likely be found in moist
soil, like that found in the Mississippi and Ohio river basins?
dimorphic - Answer Most fungi that cause deep or systemic infections have a single-cell or
yeast phase, as well as filamentous, mycelium phase. These fungi are therefore said to be
_______.
Inhalation of arthroconidia into the lungs - Answer Infections with coccidioides immitis are
most commonly acquired by _______.
malaria - Answer Protozoa of the genus Plasmodium cause the important human disease
called
haploid sporozoites - Answer While feeding on a human, a mosquito infected with
Plasmodium spp. injects what stage of the parasite?
Multiple choice question.
kidney - Answer In the course of a malarial infection, the simultaneous lysis of many red
blood cells overwhelms the ______ and results in blackwater fever.
asymptomatic or mild upper respiratory infection - Answer What is the outcome of most
infections with Coccidioides immitis in otherwise healthy individuals?
, tsetse - Answer both forms of african sleeping sickness are transmitted by _____ flies.
extreme fatigue
personality changes
severe headaches - Answer Select three typical symptoms or signs of untreated human
African trypanosomiasis.
Multiple select question.
1. Bite of a Piasmodium-infected mosquito
2. Haploid sporozoites enter liver cells
3. Asexual reproduction (schizogony)
4. Merozoites infect erythrocytes - Answer Arrange these early steps in the infection of a
human with Plasmodium parasites according to the order in which they occur, placing the first
step at the top.
fever - Answer A severe outcome of malarial infection is damage to the kidney, indicated by
cola-colored urine, in the condition called blackwater ______.
tinea barbae - Answer infection of beard hair; caused by Trichophyton menagrophytes or T.
verrucosum
tinea capitis - Answer infection of the scalp hair; caused by Trichophyton spp. or
Microsporum spp.
tinea corporis - Answer occurs on any part of the body; caused by trichophyton spp. or
Microsporum
tinea versicolor - Answer caused by Malassezia furfur, forms brown-red scales
nervous system - Answer African sleeping sickness is so named mainly because the disease
can affect the _____.
false - Answer True or false: The fungi that cause superficial mycoses often invade into
subcutaneous and deeper tissues.
True false question.
