Chapter 12: Protozoa

Question 1

Which among the following parasites produce infection that is acquired by ingestion of contaminated water?

a. Balantidium coli
b. Giardia lamblia
c. Leishmania donovani
d. A and B only
e. A, B, and C

Question 2

Which among the following parasites is transmitted by the bite of an insect vector?

a. Plasmodium
b. Trichomonas
c. Entamoeba
d. Toxoplasma

Answer 2

Malignant tertian malaria is caused by which among the following?

a. P. vivax
b. P. ovale
c. P. malariae
d. P. falciparum
e. P. knowlesi

Question 3

Infection with which among the following parasites is through sexual transmission?

a. Leishmania
b. Plasmodium
c. Trichomonas
d. Entamoeba

Question 4

Which among the following protozoal diseases is associated with intestinal and extraintestinal involvement?

a. Amoebiasis
b. Giardiasis
c. Malaria
d. Trypanosomiasis

Question 5

Visceral leishmaniasis is caused by which among the following parasites?

a. L. donovani
b. L. tropica
c. L. braziliensis
d. B and C

Question 6

Dysentery and steatorrhea are associated with which of the following parasites?

a. Entamoeba
b. Giardia
c. Balantidium
d. Toxoplasma

Question 7

Which of the following is the insect vector for Leishmania?

a. Anopheles mosquito
b. Aedes mosquito
c. Tsetse fly
d. Triatoma or reduviid bug

Question 8

Transplacental transmission is associated with which among the following parasites?

a. Toxoplasma
b. Trichomonas
c. Entamoeba
d. Trypanosoma

Question 9

East African Sleeping Sickness is caused by:

a. Trypanosoma cruzi
b. Trypanosoma brucei gambiense
c. Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense
d. B and C