Test Bank For Medical Parasitology: A Self-
Instructional Text, 7th Edition By Leventhal;
Cheadle,
__________________ are infections characterized by the
development of lesions at the outer epidermal surface (neither
inflammatory nor invasive) - ANSWER ✔️ Superficial infections
Onchocerca volvulus (river blindness) - ANSWER ✔️ Black Fly
Aspergillosis - ANSWER ✔️ Aspergillus species
E. granulusum - ANSWER ✔️ ingest egg by infected dog
Kerions - ANSWER ✔️ raised fluctuant
River blindness is caused by which of the following - ANSWER
✔️ Onchocerca volvulus
T solium - ANSWER ✔️ eggs, cysticercosis
"egg > miracidium > sporocyst > rediae > cercariae >
metacercaria > adult worm > egg" is ________'s life cycle. -
ANSWER ✔️ Fasciolopsis buski & Fasciola hepatica (both A & E)
"egg > miracidium > sporocyst > rediae > cercariae >
metacercaria > adult worm > egg" is ________'s life cycle. -
ANSWER ✔️ All of the above
,"egg > miracidium > sporocyst > rediae > cercariae >
metacercaria > adult worm > egg" is ________'s life cycle. -
ANSWER ✔️ organ fluke
(For blood flukes the cercaria goes into the snails, then into...)
______________ of Schistoma mansoni exit infected snail. -
ANSWER ✔️ Cercariae
A ________ is any unicellular fungus with round to oval cells that
reproduce asexually by giving off small cells called _________. -
ANSWER ✔️ yeast, buds
A 10 y/0 boy with symptoms of meningitis and history of
swimming in his farm pond was brought to the hospital ER.
Examination of his CSF revealed motile amoeba measuring 12
um in diameter. The most likely parasite is: - ANSWER ✔️
Naeglaria fowleri trophozoite
A 10-year-old male migrant from Honduras arrived with his father
at the US-Mexico border hoping to enter the US during the
immigration process...... The CBC peripheral smear results noted
increased abnormal lymphocytes, large undifferentiated cells, and
the form seen in the accompanying figure (1000x). - ANSWER ✔️
Trypanosoma crui
A 22-year-old woman was admitted to the ED at 3 am
complaining of burning urination and sever vaginal itching..... -
ANSWER ✔️ Trichomonas vaginalis
,A 37-year-old male with complaints of loose stools (3-4 episodes
per days) was hospitalized..... Routine stoop microscopy revealed
the presence of the form noted below, which measures 25 um in
diameter. What parasite (genus and species) do you suspect? -
ANSWER ✔️ Balantidium coli
A 42 year old male construction worker in South Arizona
developed a cold-like illness, experiencing a chronic cough, chest
pain, headaches, and general fatigue..... what is the most likely
diagnosis? - ANSWER ✔️ Coccidioidomycosis
A 50 year old women checked in at the ED in Maryland..... What
parasite (genus and species) do you suspect? - ANSWER ✔️
Babesia microti
A conidium is a sexual spore and a zygospore is an asexual
spore. - ANSWER ✔️ False
A kind of helminth worm that has an elongated, ribbonlike,
segmented body, and is found in intestinal tracts of the definitive
host: - ANSWER ✔️ Roundworm
A middle aged man from East Africa, who had immigrated to the
US 3 years ago, had an intermittent fever for 2 weeks, which
progressed to a daily fever with chills... What parasite (genus and
species) do you suspect? - ANSWER ✔️ Leishmania donovani
, A mold is observed to have asexual conidia, sexual spores within
a sac, and septate hyphae. It is most likely classified in the... -
ANSWER ✔️ Ascomycota
A mycetoma is a fungal tumor of the lung. - ANSWER ✔️ False
A patient from Great Lakes present with weight loss, weakness
and anemia with B12 deficiency. Which one of the following would
be the probable cause? - ANSWER ✔️ Diphyllobothrium latum
A person can acquire toxoplasmosis from - ANSWER ✔️ All of
these (cleaning out cat litter box, oocysts in air, pseudocysts in
raw meat)
A person carrying on gene for sickle-cell hemoglobin will be
resistant to plasmodium infection. - ANSWER ✔️ True
A structure formed by E. granulosus - ANSWER ✔️ Hydatid cyst
Acanthamoeba differs from Naegleria fowleri in that only
Acanthamoeba - ANSWER ✔️ enters typically through broken
skin or the conjunctiva
Accinomycetes are fungi that produce bacterial-like infections. -
ANSWER ✔️ False
African sleeping sickness is caused by - ANSWER ✔️
Trypanosoma brucei
Instructional Text, 7th Edition By Leventhal;
Cheadle,
__________________ are infections characterized by the
development of lesions at the outer epidermal surface (neither
inflammatory nor invasive) - ANSWER ✔️ Superficial infections
Onchocerca volvulus (river blindness) - ANSWER ✔️ Black Fly
Aspergillosis - ANSWER ✔️ Aspergillus species
E. granulusum - ANSWER ✔️ ingest egg by infected dog
Kerions - ANSWER ✔️ raised fluctuant
River blindness is caused by which of the following - ANSWER
✔️ Onchocerca volvulus
T solium - ANSWER ✔️ eggs, cysticercosis
"egg > miracidium > sporocyst > rediae > cercariae >
metacercaria > adult worm > egg" is ________'s life cycle. -
ANSWER ✔️ Fasciolopsis buski & Fasciola hepatica (both A & E)
"egg > miracidium > sporocyst > rediae > cercariae >
metacercaria > adult worm > egg" is ________'s life cycle. -
ANSWER ✔️ All of the above
,"egg > miracidium > sporocyst > rediae > cercariae >
metacercaria > adult worm > egg" is ________'s life cycle. -
ANSWER ✔️ organ fluke
(For blood flukes the cercaria goes into the snails, then into...)
______________ of Schistoma mansoni exit infected snail. -
ANSWER ✔️ Cercariae
A ________ is any unicellular fungus with round to oval cells that
reproduce asexually by giving off small cells called _________. -
ANSWER ✔️ yeast, buds
A 10 y/0 boy with symptoms of meningitis and history of
swimming in his farm pond was brought to the hospital ER.
Examination of his CSF revealed motile amoeba measuring 12
um in diameter. The most likely parasite is: - ANSWER ✔️
Naeglaria fowleri trophozoite
A 10-year-old male migrant from Honduras arrived with his father
at the US-Mexico border hoping to enter the US during the
immigration process...... The CBC peripheral smear results noted
increased abnormal lymphocytes, large undifferentiated cells, and
the form seen in the accompanying figure (1000x). - ANSWER ✔️
Trypanosoma crui
A 22-year-old woman was admitted to the ED at 3 am
complaining of burning urination and sever vaginal itching..... -
ANSWER ✔️ Trichomonas vaginalis
,A 37-year-old male with complaints of loose stools (3-4 episodes
per days) was hospitalized..... Routine stoop microscopy revealed
the presence of the form noted below, which measures 25 um in
diameter. What parasite (genus and species) do you suspect? -
ANSWER ✔️ Balantidium coli
A 42 year old male construction worker in South Arizona
developed a cold-like illness, experiencing a chronic cough, chest
pain, headaches, and general fatigue..... what is the most likely
diagnosis? - ANSWER ✔️ Coccidioidomycosis
A 50 year old women checked in at the ED in Maryland..... What
parasite (genus and species) do you suspect? - ANSWER ✔️
Babesia microti
A conidium is a sexual spore and a zygospore is an asexual
spore. - ANSWER ✔️ False
A kind of helminth worm that has an elongated, ribbonlike,
segmented body, and is found in intestinal tracts of the definitive
host: - ANSWER ✔️ Roundworm
A middle aged man from East Africa, who had immigrated to the
US 3 years ago, had an intermittent fever for 2 weeks, which
progressed to a daily fever with chills... What parasite (genus and
species) do you suspect? - ANSWER ✔️ Leishmania donovani
, A mold is observed to have asexual conidia, sexual spores within
a sac, and septate hyphae. It is most likely classified in the... -
ANSWER ✔️ Ascomycota
A mycetoma is a fungal tumor of the lung. - ANSWER ✔️ False
A patient from Great Lakes present with weight loss, weakness
and anemia with B12 deficiency. Which one of the following would
be the probable cause? - ANSWER ✔️ Diphyllobothrium latum
A person can acquire toxoplasmosis from - ANSWER ✔️ All of
these (cleaning out cat litter box, oocysts in air, pseudocysts in
raw meat)
A person carrying on gene for sickle-cell hemoglobin will be
resistant to plasmodium infection. - ANSWER ✔️ True
A structure formed by E. granulosus - ANSWER ✔️ Hydatid cyst
Acanthamoeba differs from Naegleria fowleri in that only
Acanthamoeba - ANSWER ✔️ enters typically through broken
skin or the conjunctiva
Accinomycetes are fungi that produce bacterial-like infections. -
ANSWER ✔️ False
African sleeping sickness is caused by - ANSWER ✔️
Trypanosoma brucei
