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Protozoan Exam 2025 Test Bank Questions EXAM 2025/2026
BANK 2025/2026 BANK 2 VERSIONS QUESTIONS AND
ACCURATE ACTUAL EXAM WITH FREQUENTLY TESTED
QUESTIONS AND STUDY GUIDE / EXPERT VERIFIED FOR
GUARANTEED PASS/ALREADY GRADED A+
Iodamoeba butschlii - ANSWERS--large glycogen vacuole
Endolimax nana - ANSWERS--"non-pathogenic E. histolytica-like"
Entamoeba histolytica - ANSWERS--flask-shaped ulcers
Naegleria fowleri - ANSWERS--ameboflagellate
Entamoeba dispar - ANSWERS--large, "blot-like" karyosome
Amebic cysts - ANSWERS--6-7 um in diameter, most cysts had 4
nuclei with large, irregular shaped karyosomes and no peripheral
chromatin.
Specimen of choice for diagnosing PAM - ANSWERS--CSF
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Amoeba known to cause keratitis - ANSWERS--Acanthamoeba
Giardia duodenale - ANSWERS--undulating membrane
Trichomonas vaginalis - ANSWERS--lemon-shaped cyst
Chilomastix mesnili - ANSWERS--amoeboid shape
Dientamoeba fragilis - ANSWERS--"falling-leaf" motility
Neobalantidium coli - ANSWERS--macro and micronucleus
Organism with jerky motility - ANSWERS--has 4 anterior flagella and
an undulating membrane which stopped halfway down the body.
Trophozoite with 2 nuclei - ANSWERS--Trichomonas vaginalis
Not a flagellate - ANSWERS--Balantidium coli
Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense - ANSWERS--East African sleeping
sickness
Leishmania donovani - ANSWERS--Visceral leishmaniasis
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Plasmodium vivax - ANSWERS--Malaria
Trypanosoma cruzi - ANSWERS--Chaga' disease
Vector for Trypanosoma brucei sp. - ANSWERS--tse tse fly
Vector for Trypanosoma cruzi - ANSWERS--reduviid bug
Vector for Leishmania sp. - ANSWERS--sandfly
Vector for Babesia sp. - ANSWERS--tick
Tertian malaria - ANSWERS--Plasmodium ovale
Ziemann's stippling - ANSWERS--Plasmodium malariae
Schffner's dots - ANSWERS--Plasmodium vivax
Quartan malaria - ANSWERS--Plasmodium malariae
Malignant Tertian malaria - ANSWERS--Plasmodium falciparum
Infected cells often have fimbriated edges - ANSWERS--Plasmodium
vivax
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Maurer's dots - ANSWERS--Plasmodium falciparum
Crescent-shaped gametocytes - ANSWERS--Plasmodium falciparum
Band-shaped trophozoites - ANSWERS--Plasmodium malariae
Immunity to this parasite - ANSWERS--found in Duffy-negative
individuals
C-shaped organism with large kinetoplast - ANSWERS--Trypanosoma
cruzi
Malarial parasite causing Blackwater fever - ANSWERS--Plasmodium
falciparum
Malarial parasite that could be eliminated from consideration -
ANSWERS--Plasmodium malariae
Parasite that infects macrophages - ANSWERS--Leishmania
Parasite often found in spinal fluid - ANSWERS--Trypanosoma
Specimen for Leishmania studies - ANSWERS--lymph node biopsy
Protozoan Exam 2025 Test Bank Questions EXAM 2025/2026
BANK 2025/2026 BANK 2 VERSIONS QUESTIONS AND
ACCURATE ACTUAL EXAM WITH FREQUENTLY TESTED
QUESTIONS AND STUDY GUIDE / EXPERT VERIFIED FOR
GUARANTEED PASS/ALREADY GRADED A+
Iodamoeba butschlii - ANSWERS--large glycogen vacuole
Endolimax nana - ANSWERS--"non-pathogenic E. histolytica-like"
Entamoeba histolytica - ANSWERS--flask-shaped ulcers
Naegleria fowleri - ANSWERS--ameboflagellate
Entamoeba dispar - ANSWERS--large, "blot-like" karyosome
Amebic cysts - ANSWERS--6-7 um in diameter, most cysts had 4
nuclei with large, irregular shaped karyosomes and no peripheral
chromatin.
Specimen of choice for diagnosing PAM - ANSWERS--CSF
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Amoeba known to cause keratitis - ANSWERS--Acanthamoeba
Giardia duodenale - ANSWERS--undulating membrane
Trichomonas vaginalis - ANSWERS--lemon-shaped cyst
Chilomastix mesnili - ANSWERS--amoeboid shape
Dientamoeba fragilis - ANSWERS--"falling-leaf" motility
Neobalantidium coli - ANSWERS--macro and micronucleus
Organism with jerky motility - ANSWERS--has 4 anterior flagella and
an undulating membrane which stopped halfway down the body.
Trophozoite with 2 nuclei - ANSWERS--Trichomonas vaginalis
Not a flagellate - ANSWERS--Balantidium coli
Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense - ANSWERS--East African sleeping
sickness
Leishmania donovani - ANSWERS--Visceral leishmaniasis
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Plasmodium vivax - ANSWERS--Malaria
Trypanosoma cruzi - ANSWERS--Chaga' disease
Vector for Trypanosoma brucei sp. - ANSWERS--tse tse fly
Vector for Trypanosoma cruzi - ANSWERS--reduviid bug
Vector for Leishmania sp. - ANSWERS--sandfly
Vector for Babesia sp. - ANSWERS--tick
Tertian malaria - ANSWERS--Plasmodium ovale
Ziemann's stippling - ANSWERS--Plasmodium malariae
Schffner's dots - ANSWERS--Plasmodium vivax
Quartan malaria - ANSWERS--Plasmodium malariae
Malignant Tertian malaria - ANSWERS--Plasmodium falciparum
Infected cells often have fimbriated edges - ANSWERS--Plasmodium
vivax
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Maurer's dots - ANSWERS--Plasmodium falciparum
Crescent-shaped gametocytes - ANSWERS--Plasmodium falciparum
Band-shaped trophozoites - ANSWERS--Plasmodium malariae
Immunity to this parasite - ANSWERS--found in Duffy-negative
individuals
C-shaped organism with large kinetoplast - ANSWERS--Trypanosoma
cruzi
Malarial parasite causing Blackwater fever - ANSWERS--Plasmodium
falciparum
Malarial parasite that could be eliminated from consideration -
ANSWERS--Plasmodium malariae
Parasite that infects macrophages - ANSWERS--Leishmania
Parasite often found in spinal fluid - ANSWERS--Trypanosoma
Specimen for Leishmania studies - ANSWERS--lymph node biopsy