BIO 315 NCSU EXAM II QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
relationship between poverty and helminthic diseases - Correct Answers -direct - as
poverty increases so does prevalence of helminthic diseases
_____ is the most numerous multicellular animal on earth - Correct Answers -
nematodes
Why are nematodes a "tube within a tube" - Correct Answers -refers to alimentary canal
- they are triploblastic and have a fluid filled cavity between the outer body wall and
digestive tube
Plant nematode parasite mouth - Correct Answers -modified to a hollow spear to
penetrate host cells
Predaceous nematode mouth - Correct Answers -buccal cavities with teeth and hook-
like projections
Parasite that causes Ascariasis - Correct Answers -Ascaris lumbricoides or Ascaris
suum
Mode of Ascaris transmission - Correct Answers -soil transmission - ingest eggs
prevention of Ascariasis - Correct Answers -wash hands and cook meat properly
Hookworms - Correct Answers -Ancylostoma duodenale, Ancylostoma ceylanicum, and
Necator americanus
Hookworm transmission - Correct Answers -soil transmission - eggs ingested by
humans
Hookworm prevention - Correct Answers -wear shoes and wash hands
Whipworm - Correct Answers -Trichuris trichiura (humans) or Trichuris vulpis (dogs)
Whipworm transmission - Correct Answers -soil transmission - eggs ingested by
humans
Whipworm prevention - Correct Answers -wash hands and wash and cook vegetables
and fruits properly
Pinworm that causes Enterobiasis - Correct Answers -Enterobius vermicularis
, Pinworm transmission - Correct Answers -soil transmission - eggs ingested by humans
Who does pinworms affect the most - Correct Answers -children and institutionalized
persons
Prevention of Whipworms - Correct Answers -wash hands
roundworm that causes Strongyloides - Correct Answers -Strongyloides stercoralis
Transmission of roundworms - Correct Answers -soil transmission - skin contact with
soil contaminated with larva
Who is affected by roundworms - Correct Answers -dogs and humans
Prevention of roundworms - Correct Answers -proper sewage disposal, wear shoes
when walking on soil
____ is the only nematode with a free living stage - Correct Answers -Strongyloides
(roundworms)
Whipworms are found in ____ but not ____ - Correct Answers -dogs, cats
Can a dog transmit hookworms and roundworms to humans? - Correct Answers -yes,
they are considered a zoonotic disease
Is heartworm in dogs rare? - Correct Answers -yes - easily preventable with medication
how is heartworm transmitted between dogs - Correct Answers -vectors - mosquitoes
Parasite that cause Anisakiasis - Correct Answers -nematode - Pseudoterranova
decipiens
Anisakiasis human transmission - Correct Answers -raw or undercooked fish and squid
infected with larva
Guinea Worm disease parasite - Correct Answers -Dracunculus medinensis
Special Guinea Worm symptom - Correct Answers -swelling in legs and feet
Guinea worm transmission - Correct Answers -unfiltered water from ponds or stagnant
water
Where is Guinea worm endemic - Correct Answers -Africa
Guinea worm is an ____ - Correct Answers -NTD
ANSWERS
relationship between poverty and helminthic diseases - Correct Answers -direct - as
poverty increases so does prevalence of helminthic diseases
_____ is the most numerous multicellular animal on earth - Correct Answers -
nematodes
Why are nematodes a "tube within a tube" - Correct Answers -refers to alimentary canal
- they are triploblastic and have a fluid filled cavity between the outer body wall and
digestive tube
Plant nematode parasite mouth - Correct Answers -modified to a hollow spear to
penetrate host cells
Predaceous nematode mouth - Correct Answers -buccal cavities with teeth and hook-
like projections
Parasite that causes Ascariasis - Correct Answers -Ascaris lumbricoides or Ascaris
suum
Mode of Ascaris transmission - Correct Answers -soil transmission - ingest eggs
prevention of Ascariasis - Correct Answers -wash hands and cook meat properly
Hookworms - Correct Answers -Ancylostoma duodenale, Ancylostoma ceylanicum, and
Necator americanus
Hookworm transmission - Correct Answers -soil transmission - eggs ingested by
humans
Hookworm prevention - Correct Answers -wear shoes and wash hands
Whipworm - Correct Answers -Trichuris trichiura (humans) or Trichuris vulpis (dogs)
Whipworm transmission - Correct Answers -soil transmission - eggs ingested by
humans
Whipworm prevention - Correct Answers -wash hands and wash and cook vegetables
and fruits properly
Pinworm that causes Enterobiasis - Correct Answers -Enterobius vermicularis
, Pinworm transmission - Correct Answers -soil transmission - eggs ingested by humans
Who does pinworms affect the most - Correct Answers -children and institutionalized
persons
Prevention of Whipworms - Correct Answers -wash hands
roundworm that causes Strongyloides - Correct Answers -Strongyloides stercoralis
Transmission of roundworms - Correct Answers -soil transmission - skin contact with
soil contaminated with larva
Who is affected by roundworms - Correct Answers -dogs and humans
Prevention of roundworms - Correct Answers -proper sewage disposal, wear shoes
when walking on soil
____ is the only nematode with a free living stage - Correct Answers -Strongyloides
(roundworms)
Whipworms are found in ____ but not ____ - Correct Answers -dogs, cats
Can a dog transmit hookworms and roundworms to humans? - Correct Answers -yes,
they are considered a zoonotic disease
Is heartworm in dogs rare? - Correct Answers -yes - easily preventable with medication
how is heartworm transmitted between dogs - Correct Answers -vectors - mosquitoes
Parasite that cause Anisakiasis - Correct Answers -nematode - Pseudoterranova
decipiens
Anisakiasis human transmission - Correct Answers -raw or undercooked fish and squid
infected with larva
Guinea Worm disease parasite - Correct Answers -Dracunculus medinensis
Special Guinea Worm symptom - Correct Answers -swelling in legs and feet
Guinea worm transmission - Correct Answers -unfiltered water from ponds or stagnant
water
Where is Guinea worm endemic - Correct Answers -Africa
Guinea worm is an ____ - Correct Answers -NTD