Practice Qs

Question 1

Where does sporogonic life cycle of Plasmodium takes place in?

Answer 1

RBCs

Question 2

Medina/Dragon worm

Answer 2

Dracunculus medinensis

Question 3

All of the following can be harvested in Zinc Sulphate Floatation except

1. Giant intestinal nematode fertilized egg
2. Threadworm egg
3. Pudoc worm fertilized egg
4. NOTA

Answer 3

Pudoc worm fertilized egg

Question 4

snail fever

Answer 4

Schistosoma

Question 5

nonmotile, intracellular form of T. cruzi

Answer 5

amastigote

Question 6

MOT of S. japonicum

Answer 6

skin penetration

Question 7

definitive host of broad fish tapeworm (D. latum)

Answer 7

man

Question 8

infective stage of beef tapeworm (T. saginata)

Answer 8

cysticercus bovis

Question 9

ping-pong disease

Answer 9

T. vaginalis

Question 10

usual location of pork tapeworm in humans

Answer 10

small intestine

Question 11

old-fashioned electric bulb - egg

Answer 11

chinese liver fluke

Clonorchis sinensis

Question 12

infective stage of pinworm

Answer 12

embryonated egg

Question 13

causes neurocyticercosis

Answer 13

pork tapeworm

Taenia solium

Question 14

location of transformation of egg to filariform larva of hookworms

Answer 14

soil

Question 15

free-living amoeba that causes keratitis and amebic encephalitis

Answer 15

Acanthamoeba

Question 16

MOT of Bancroft’s filarial worm

Answer 16

mosquito-borne

Question 17

non-feeding life stage of protozoans

Answer 17

cyst

Question 18

MOT of beef tapeworm

Answer 18

ingestion of beef with larva

Question 19

arthropod capable of transmitting deadliest parasitic diseases

Answer 19

mosquitoes

Question 20

Filariform larva of N. americanus must pass through wich organ to mature?

Answer 20

Lungs

Question 21

embryo found in pseudophylidean worms that requires aquatic development

Answer 21

coracidium

Question 22

Neobalantidium coli can be distinguished from E. histolytica because the former has?

Answer 22

cilia

Question 25

may be transmitted to humans by cat moss/litter boxes

Answer 25

Toxoplasma gondii

Question 26

most common MOT of parasites

Answer 26

ingestion

Question 27

best specimens for Naegleria

Answer 27

* CSF * Corneal scrapings * biopsy

Question 28

most common protozoan causing disease in people of industrialized nations

Answer 28

T. vaginalis

Question 29

infection of T. vaginalis in women causes?

Answer 29

vaginitis

Question 31

common MOT of Fasciola hepatica

Answer 31

ingestion of plants

Question 32

causes ***oriental sore***

Answer 32

Leishmania tropica

Question 33

causes ***rotten egg flatus***

Answer 33

Giardia duodenalis

Question 34

parasite acquired through ingestion of uncooked crayfish

Answer 34

lung fluke | *Paragonimus westermani*

Question 35

Aside from same infective and diagnostic life stages, which characteristic is similar to all filarial worms?

Answer 35

arthropod vectors

Question 36

mosquito vectors of B. malayi

Answer 36

* Aedes * Anopheles * Mansonia

Question 37

* sheathed microfilaria * no nuclei in tail

Answer 37

Bancroft's filarial worm

Question 38

amoeba with ***basket-shaped*** nucleus

Answer 38

Iodamoeba butschlii

Question 39

# parameter not encountered during routine macroscopic stool exam in para: 1. proglottid 2. fecal sediments 3. color 4. mucous flecks

Answer 39

fecal sediments

Question 40

form of E. histolytica seen in liver aspirate

Answer 40

trophozoite