Test Bank for Medical Parasitology: A Self-Instructional Text, 7th Edition by Ruth Leventhal, Russell F. Cheadle| 9780803675797|All Chapters 1-11|LATEST |2025

MedicalParasitology7thEdition
Leventhal Test Bank

,ChapterJ1.J Introduction




1. InJaJgeneralJnematodeJparasite’sJlifeJcycle,JtheJhostJmayJingestJaJfertileJegg.JThisJstageJofJtheJlifeJ
cycleJisJreferredJtoJasJthe:
a. DefinitiveJhostJphase
b. DiagnosticJstage
c. InfectiveJstage
d. MethodJofJinfection




2. AJparasiteJthatJlivesJinsideJaJhostJisJreferredJtoJasJa(n):
a. AccidentalJparasite
b. Ectoparasite
c. Endoparasite
d. FacultativeJparasite


GRADESMORE.COM
3. ZoonosisJisJaJtermJusedJtoJdescribeJhumans’JrelationshipJwithJa(n):
a. AccidentalJparasite
b. Ectoparasite
c. Endoparasite
d. FacultativeJparasite




4. AnJanimalJthatJharborsJaJparasiteJthatJcanJalsoJinfectJhumansJisJreferredJtoJasJa(n):
a. DefinitiveJhost
b. IntermediateJhost
c. ReservoirJhost
d. TransportJhost




5. TheJhostJinJwhichJtheJparasiteJreachesJsexualJorJreproductiveJmaturityJisJreferredJtoJasJa(n):
a. DefinitiveJhost
b. IntermediateJhost


Leventhal:JMedicalJParasitology,JEd.J7 MultipleJChoiceJQuestionsJ-JChapterJ1

,c. ReservoirJhost
d. TransportJhost




GRADESMORE.COM




Leventhal:JMedicalJParasitology,JEd.J7 MultipleJChoiceJQuestionsJ-JChapterJ1

, AnswerJKeyJforJChapterJ1.J Introduction

1. InJaJgeneralJnematodeJparasite’sJlifeJcycle,JtheJhostJmayJingestJaJfertileJegg.JThisJstageJofJtheJlifeJ
cycleJisJreferredJtoJasJthe:
a. DefinitiveJhostJphase
b. DiagnosticJstage
c. InfectiveJstage
d. MethodJofJinfection

ANS:JC
RATIONALE:JThisJisJtheJstageJofJtheJlifeJcycleJatJwhichJtheJparasiteJisJcapableJofJenteringJandJdevelo
pingJwithinJtheJhost.JItJisJaJrequiredJpartJofJtheJlifeJcycleJofJthatJparasite.
KEY:JIntroduction:JparasiteJdefinitions/lifeJcyclesJ|JCognitiveJlevel:Jrecall




2. AJparasiteJthatJlivesJinsideJaJhostJisJreferredJtoJasJa(n):
a. AccidentalJparasite
b. Ectoparasite
c. Endoparasite
d. FacultativeJparasite GRADESMORE.COM
ANS:JC
RATIONALE:JEndoparasitesJliveJinsideJtheJhost.JEctoparasitesJliveJonJtheJoutsideJofJtheJhost.JFacult
ativeJparasitesJcanJliveJasJwellJoutsideJtheJhostJasJinsideJtheJhost;JhostJinfectionJusuallyJoccursJaccide
ntally.JOtherJaccidentalJparasitesJmayJincludeJparasitesJthatJusuallyJinfectJotherJanimals.
KEY:JIntroduction:JparasiteJdefinitions/lifeJcyclesJ|JCognitiveJlevel:Jrecall




3. ZoonosisJisJaJtermJusedJtoJdescribeJhumans’JrelationshipJwithJa(n):
a. AccidentalJparasite
b. Ectoparasite
c. Endoparasite
d. FacultativeJparasite

ANS:JA
RATIONALE:JZoonosisJisJanJaccidentalJinfectionJwithJaJparasiteJthatJusuallyJparasitizesJanimals.J
EndoparasitesJliveJinsideJtheJhost.JEctoparasitesJliveJoutsideJtheJhost.JFacultative




Leventhal:JMedicalJParasitology,JEd.J7 MultipleJChoiceJQuestionsJ-JChapterJ1