PARASITOLOGY EXAM 2 UAMS MLT-MLS QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS UPDATED 2024/2025 A COMPLETE EXAM SOLUTION
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Which species of Plasmodium can produce a schuffner's dots? - CORRECT ANSWERS P.
vivax
What is a trophozoite? - CORRECT ANSWERS motile feeding stage of protozoa
Tachyzoites image - CORRECT ANSWERS
Gametocyte of malaria - CORRECT ANSWERS
trophozoite in malaria - CORRECT ANSWERS
Schizont image - CORRECT ANSWERS
Merozoites image - CORRECT ANSWERS
Trophozoite forms are most likely to be found in stools that are - CORRECT ANSWERS
Liquid
A semisolid stool specimen should be examined within - CORRECT ANSWERS 1 hour
What is the best preservative to use with fecal specimens for a trichrome-stained smear? -
CORRECT ANSWERS PVA
In the zinc sulfate concentration procedure, parasites are present in which layer? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Top layer
, PARASITOLOGY EXAM 2 UAMS MLT-MLS QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS UPDATED 2024/2025 A COMPLETE EXAM SOLUTION
ALL ANSWERS 100% CORRECT DETAILED BEST GRADED TO
SCORE A+ FOR SUCCESS
What kind of host harbors the parasite during the larval or asexual stage of reproduction? -
CORRECT ANSWERS Intermediate host
s it appropriate to use iodine to make a wet mount from a PVA preserved specimen? -
CORRECT ANSWERS no
Which stain would you use to identify Cryptosporidium species in a fecal smear? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Modified Acid Fast Stain
rue or False; PVA acts an adhesive and helps the organisms stick to the slide during the staining
process? - CORRECT ANSWERS true
Which fecal concentration procedure can provide false negative results if heavy helminth ova
are present? - CORRECT ANSWERS Flotation Method
A 15μm cyst with 1-4 nuclei and a rounded chromatoidal bar was found in a stool sample. Is this
diagnostc of an Entamoeba histolyica infection? - CORRECT ANSWERS no
Which amoeba is transmitted through inhalation of contaminated water? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Naegleria fowleri
Acanthamoeba species
A stool sample was tested and many Entamoeba coli cysts were identified. Is this finding
significant? - CORRECT ANSWERS No
ANSWERS UPDATED 2024/2025 A COMPLETE EXAM SOLUTION
ALL ANSWERS 100% CORRECT DETAILED BEST GRADED TO
SCORE A+ FOR SUCCESS
Which species of Plasmodium can produce a schuffner's dots? - CORRECT ANSWERS P.
vivax
What is a trophozoite? - CORRECT ANSWERS motile feeding stage of protozoa
Tachyzoites image - CORRECT ANSWERS
Gametocyte of malaria - CORRECT ANSWERS
trophozoite in malaria - CORRECT ANSWERS
Schizont image - CORRECT ANSWERS
Merozoites image - CORRECT ANSWERS
Trophozoite forms are most likely to be found in stools that are - CORRECT ANSWERS
Liquid
A semisolid stool specimen should be examined within - CORRECT ANSWERS 1 hour
What is the best preservative to use with fecal specimens for a trichrome-stained smear? -
CORRECT ANSWERS PVA
In the zinc sulfate concentration procedure, parasites are present in which layer? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Top layer
, PARASITOLOGY EXAM 2 UAMS MLT-MLS QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS UPDATED 2024/2025 A COMPLETE EXAM SOLUTION
ALL ANSWERS 100% CORRECT DETAILED BEST GRADED TO
SCORE A+ FOR SUCCESS
What kind of host harbors the parasite during the larval or asexual stage of reproduction? -
CORRECT ANSWERS Intermediate host
s it appropriate to use iodine to make a wet mount from a PVA preserved specimen? -
CORRECT ANSWERS no
Which stain would you use to identify Cryptosporidium species in a fecal smear? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Modified Acid Fast Stain
rue or False; PVA acts an adhesive and helps the organisms stick to the slide during the staining
process? - CORRECT ANSWERS true
Which fecal concentration procedure can provide false negative results if heavy helminth ova
are present? - CORRECT ANSWERS Flotation Method
A 15μm cyst with 1-4 nuclei and a rounded chromatoidal bar was found in a stool sample. Is this
diagnostc of an Entamoeba histolyica infection? - CORRECT ANSWERS no
Which amoeba is transmitted through inhalation of contaminated water? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Naegleria fowleri
Acanthamoeba species
A stool sample was tested and many Entamoeba coli cysts were identified. Is this finding
significant? - CORRECT ANSWERS No
