PARASITOLOGY EXAM 1 CLASS TEST BANK
QUESTIONS / NEWEST ACTUAL EXAM
REVIEW /170+ QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) A GRADE
Which of the following is not an example of a flagellate?
a. Chilomastix mesnili
b. Balantidium coli
c. Dientamoeba fragilis
d. Giardia lamblia - ANS-Balantidium coli
Which of the following is not a form of mitosis?
a. Schizogony
b. Merogony
c. Conjugation
d. Sporogony - ANS-conjugation
Which of the following is associated with Romañas Sign?
a. T. brucci
b. T. cruzi
c. L. tropica
d. L. donovani - ANS-T. cruzi
Which of the following is associated with being an STD?
a. Leishmania braziliensis
b. Dientamoeba fragilis
c. Entamoeba histolytica
d. Trichomonas vaginalis - ANS-Trichomonas Vaginalis
Malaria is caused from which genus?
a. Leishmania
b. Trypanosoma
c. Plasmodium
d. Babesia - ANS-Plasmodium
,Which type of pathway is demonstrated when holes in the cell membrane are poked out in a bacterial
infection that causes the inner contents to leak out?
Alternate pathway
Classic pathway
Permanent pathway
Temporary pathway - ANS-Classic pathway
What is the best definition of an immediate host?
A host that can host a range of different parasites at the same time.
A host where the parasite reaches sexual maturity.
A host that serves as a transport host in which the parasitic forms undergo no development but are
passed on to the final host.
A host that gives food and shelter to immature stages of parasites. - ANS-A host that gives food and
shelter to immature stages of parasites.
Which of the following issues is a huge indicator for diagnosing a patient with primary amoebic
meningoencephalitis (PAM)?
Olfactory problems
Boils on the skin
Severe diarrhea
Kidney failure - ANS-olfactory problems
Which form of Plasmodium is known to have a 24-hour life cycle involving both exoerythrocytic and
erythrocytic stages?
Plasmodium ovale
Plasmodium knowlesi
Plasmodium falciparum
Plasmodium malariae - ANS-plasmodium knowlesi
Which type of merozoites are dormant cells that invade liver cells that can cause relapses of a
Plasmodium infection?
Schizont
Paroxysms
Hypnozoites
Cytostomes - ANS-hypnozoites
Mastigophora, or ________, are mainly grouped based on ________.
a) flagellates; sexual reproduction
b) flagellates; asexual reproduction
c) non-motile parasitic protists; asexual reproduction
d) amoebae; longitudinal division
e) flagellates; longitudinal division - ANS-flagellates; asexual reproduction
The nucleosome in E. histolytica is ________.
a) centrally located
b) displaced laterally
c) E. histolytica does not have a nucleosome
, d) on the cell membrane
e) none of the above - ANS-centrally located
A parasite that lives inside its host is known as a(n) ________.
a) obligate parasite
b) ectoparasite
c) facultative parasite
d) endoparasite
e) vector - ANS-endoparasite
Sarcocystis spp. are unlike other coccidia in that they _______.
a) require two hosts
b) go through a non-motile "slow" phase
c) undergo both sexual and asexual division
d) have no diagnosis
e) can only infect animals - ANS-require two hosts
In a paratenic relationship, a true parasite _________.
a) immediately kills its host and is able to live independently from it
b) harms its host without any harm or benefit to itself
c) is considered a micropredator
d) can be parasitic only as a juvenile
e) may remain dormant until its host is consumed by a more appropriate host - ANS-e) may remain
dormant until its host is consumed by a more appropriate host
A parasite which lives directly within the tissues of its host, as opposed to species inside those tissues is
called?
a. Parastoid
b. Coelozoic
c. Histozoic
d. Protista
e. Sarcodina - ANS-histozoic
What is the vector of "new world trypanosomes"?
a. Kissing bug
b. Epidermal "booboo"
c. Trypansoma cruzi
d. Dientamoeba fragilis
e. Amastigote - ANS-kissing bug
What is the infective/ diagnostic stage of in formed stools?
a. Mitosomes
b. Cyst
c. Trophozoite
d. Steatorrhea
e. Achlorhydria - ANS-cyst
QUESTIONS / NEWEST ACTUAL EXAM
REVIEW /170+ QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) A GRADE
Which of the following is not an example of a flagellate?
a. Chilomastix mesnili
b. Balantidium coli
c. Dientamoeba fragilis
d. Giardia lamblia - ANS-Balantidium coli
Which of the following is not a form of mitosis?
a. Schizogony
b. Merogony
c. Conjugation
d. Sporogony - ANS-conjugation
Which of the following is associated with Romañas Sign?
a. T. brucci
b. T. cruzi
c. L. tropica
d. L. donovani - ANS-T. cruzi
Which of the following is associated with being an STD?
a. Leishmania braziliensis
b. Dientamoeba fragilis
c. Entamoeba histolytica
d. Trichomonas vaginalis - ANS-Trichomonas Vaginalis
Malaria is caused from which genus?
a. Leishmania
b. Trypanosoma
c. Plasmodium
d. Babesia - ANS-Plasmodium
,Which type of pathway is demonstrated when holes in the cell membrane are poked out in a bacterial
infection that causes the inner contents to leak out?
Alternate pathway
Classic pathway
Permanent pathway
Temporary pathway - ANS-Classic pathway
What is the best definition of an immediate host?
A host that can host a range of different parasites at the same time.
A host where the parasite reaches sexual maturity.
A host that serves as a transport host in which the parasitic forms undergo no development but are
passed on to the final host.
A host that gives food and shelter to immature stages of parasites. - ANS-A host that gives food and
shelter to immature stages of parasites.
Which of the following issues is a huge indicator for diagnosing a patient with primary amoebic
meningoencephalitis (PAM)?
Olfactory problems
Boils on the skin
Severe diarrhea
Kidney failure - ANS-olfactory problems
Which form of Plasmodium is known to have a 24-hour life cycle involving both exoerythrocytic and
erythrocytic stages?
Plasmodium ovale
Plasmodium knowlesi
Plasmodium falciparum
Plasmodium malariae - ANS-plasmodium knowlesi
Which type of merozoites are dormant cells that invade liver cells that can cause relapses of a
Plasmodium infection?
Schizont
Paroxysms
Hypnozoites
Cytostomes - ANS-hypnozoites
Mastigophora, or ________, are mainly grouped based on ________.
a) flagellates; sexual reproduction
b) flagellates; asexual reproduction
c) non-motile parasitic protists; asexual reproduction
d) amoebae; longitudinal division
e) flagellates; longitudinal division - ANS-flagellates; asexual reproduction
The nucleosome in E. histolytica is ________.
a) centrally located
b) displaced laterally
c) E. histolytica does not have a nucleosome
, d) on the cell membrane
e) none of the above - ANS-centrally located
A parasite that lives inside its host is known as a(n) ________.
a) obligate parasite
b) ectoparasite
c) facultative parasite
d) endoparasite
e) vector - ANS-endoparasite
Sarcocystis spp. are unlike other coccidia in that they _______.
a) require two hosts
b) go through a non-motile "slow" phase
c) undergo both sexual and asexual division
d) have no diagnosis
e) can only infect animals - ANS-require two hosts
In a paratenic relationship, a true parasite _________.
a) immediately kills its host and is able to live independently from it
b) harms its host without any harm or benefit to itself
c) is considered a micropredator
d) can be parasitic only as a juvenile
e) may remain dormant until its host is consumed by a more appropriate host - ANS-e) may remain
dormant until its host is consumed by a more appropriate host
A parasite which lives directly within the tissues of its host, as opposed to species inside those tissues is
called?
a. Parastoid
b. Coelozoic
c. Histozoic
d. Protista
e. Sarcodina - ANS-histozoic
What is the vector of "new world trypanosomes"?
a. Kissing bug
b. Epidermal "booboo"
c. Trypansoma cruzi
d. Dientamoeba fragilis
e. Amastigote - ANS-kissing bug
What is the infective/ diagnostic stage of in formed stools?
a. Mitosomes
b. Cyst
c. Trophozoite
d. Steatorrhea
e. Achlorhydria - ANS-cyst
