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_____ Name: ______________________ Date: _____________

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Course: Principles and Strategies in Teaching Medical Technology
Short Quiz: Cestodes – Dipylidium caninum and Raillietina garrisoni
(Teaching Demonstration)
INSTRUCTIONS: This is a 15-point quiz good for 10 minutes. Read the questions carefully.
Choose the best answer. DO NOT CHEAT.

1. All are true about this cestode egg EXCEPT:

a. The ova enclosed by the embryonic membrane is released through either proglottid
contraction or disintegration outside the host.
b. There are 8 to 15 eggs enclosed.
c. Cysticercoid larvae are released when hatched.
d. These eggs are rarely recovered from stool samples.
e. NOTA
2. Intermediate Host of Raillietina garrisoni
a. Ctenocephalides canis
b. Tribolium confusum
c. Technomyrmex deterquens
d. Pulex irritans
e. AOTA
3. TRUE OR FALSE: Fully gravid Raillietina garrisoni proglottids contain 200 to 400 eggs
a. True
b. False
4. What symptom(s) is/are evident in Dipylidium caninum infection? (4pts)
o Mild Abdominal Pain
o Anorexia
o Greasy Stool
o Pruritus Ani
o Flatus
5. What is the best treatment for both Dipylidium and Raillietina parasites?
a. Niclosamide
b. Albendazole
c. Bithionol
d. Praziquantel
6. What picture illustrates Dipylidium caninum?

a. b. c. d.
7. Accidental Host of Dipylidium caninum
a. Man
b. Dog
c. Rat
d. Flea
8. Mode of Transmission for Raillietina garrisoni infection
a. Skin Penetration
b. Inhalation
c. Sexual Transmission
d. Ingestion
9. Infective Stage of Dipylidium caninum
a. Cysticercus Larva
b. Cysticercoid Larva
c. Cenurus Larva
d. Hydatid Larva
10. Both Dipylidium and Raillietina fall under the order ______________
a. Pseudophyllidea
b. Cyclophyllidea
11. Common Name of Raillietina garrisoni
a. Dwarf Tapeworm
b. Rat Tapeworm madagascariensis
c. Cucumber Tapeworm
d. Broad Fish Tapeworm
12. Common Name of Dipylidium caninum
o Cucumber Tapeworm
o Double-Pored Tapeworm
 o Pork Tapeworm
o Dog Tapeworm
13. BONUS: What is the name (common or scientific) of this Intermediate Host? (5pts)

Answer: _____________________________________________________________