Questions for zoology TEST

1. Carl Linnaeus , was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist who

formalised :
a) Taxonomy
b) binomial nomenclature
c) Biological classification
d) Names for animals

2. What is the competition :

a) a symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and one does not benefit but
is unharmed
b) a symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and one is harmed
c) when two or more organisms rely on the same environmental resource
d) the close relationship of two dissimilar organism

3. What is the parasitism :

e) a symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and one does not benefit but
is unharmed
f) a symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and one is harmed
g) when two or more organisms rely on the same environmental resource
h) the close relationship of two dissimilar organism

4. Class Mammalia include animals that :

a) are warm-blooded with a four-chambered heart.
b) are cold-blooded animals, which have scales on their body.
c) are warm-blooded animals with the body being covered by feathers.
d) All animals

5. Select the right answer for term ”host„ in parasitology :

a) is the host in which the sexual reproduction of parasite takes place
b) is used normally by a parasite in the course of its life cycle and it which it may
multiply asexually
c) the organism from which a parasite obtains its nutrition and/or shelter
d) All of above

6. Select the right answer for term ”intermediate host„ in parasitology :

a) is the host in which the sexual reproduction of parasite takes place
b) is used normally by a parasite in the course of its life cycle and it which it may
multiply asexually
c) the organism from which a parasite obtains its nutrition and/or shelter
d) All of above

7. In parasite relationships, what is meant by the term “definitive host” ?

a) Is an animal in which the parasite passes its adult existence and/or undergoes
a sexual reproductive phase
b) Is an animal in which the parasite passes its adult existence and/or undergoes a
asexual reproductive phase
c) Is an animal in which the parasite passes its larval stage
d) None of above

8. Trypanosoma equiperdum is affecting

a) Dogs
b) Horses
c) Donkeys
d) Cows

9. The way o transmision of Trypanosoma equiperdum :

a) Through direct sexual contact
b) Through air
c) Through mosquitoes
d) Through skin contact

10. What organs are affected by coccidia in poultry :

a) Lunghs
b) Skin
c) Intestines
d) Stomach

11. The coccidia cause :

a) Poor absorbtion of nutrients
b) Blood loss
c) Feather damages
d) All of above

12. Giardia is a microscopic parasite that causes :

a) Diareah
b) Bronshitis
c) Loss of hair

13. What kind of cells are affected buy leishmania :

a) Red blood cells
b) Macrophages
c) Nerve cells
d) Liver cells

14. There is two tipes of leishmania, what they are :

a) cutaneous leishmaniasis / visceral leishmaniasis
b) cutaneous leishmaniasis / leg leishmaniasis
c) cutaneous leishmaniasis / endocrin leishmaniasis
d) cutaneous leishmaniasis / cardiac leishmaniasis

15. What are Defining characteristics for tapeworms

a) Scolex anf Proglottids
b) various hosts and several different larval stages
c) are hermaphrodites
d) All of above

16. Fasciola hepatica, the liver fluke, has a complex life cycle, requiring intermediate
hosts in order to complete their life cycle.
a. Ruminants
b. Water snails
c. Environment
d. Fresh water fishes

17. Fasciola hepatica: The adult worm measures from 15 to 30 mm long and 10 mm
wide and lives in the specific organ of wild and domestic mammals, as well as those
of humans.
a. liver
b. Lungs
c. Intestine
d. Bile duct

18. The worms lay thousands of eggs that cause damage as they work through organs.
a. Liver
b. Lungs
c. Tissues
d. Intestines

19. The definitive host becomes infected by ingesting the parasitic stage-containing
organs of the infected intermediate host.
a. Egg
b. Cyst
c. Oncosphere
d. Protoscolices

20. What is a zoonosis?

a. an agent and very often a biting insect that is responsible for the transmission of the
disease.
b. a parasitic disease mainly infecting animals and occasionally humans. The
animal host serves as the major parasite reservoir.
c. condition where there is an abnormally small number of thrombocytes or blood
platelets in the circulating blood.
d. contamination with parasites present on the outside of the host organisms, such as
by ectoparasites or the contamination of a habitat with mosquitos.

21. What different classes of parasites do you know?

a. Obligatory parasites
b. Temporary parasites
c. Facultative parasites.
d. Permanent parasites

22. What is a parasite reservoir?

a. is the biotope where the parasite lives
b. is the biotope where the parasite die
c. where parasite lives the sexual stage of the parasite
d. where lives the asexual stage of the parasite

23. infestations with parasite of animals are more common in the:

a. winter
b. spring
c. summer
d. fall

24. What is the Host

a. is the host in which the sexual reproduction of parasite takes place
b. is used normally by a parasite in the course of its life cycle and it which it
may multiply asexually
c. the organism from which a parasite obtains its nutrition and/or shelter
25. What is the intermediate Host
a. is the host in which the sexual reproduction of parasite takes place
b. is used normally by a parasite in the course of its life cycle and it which it
may multiply asexually
c. the organism from which a parasite obtains its nutrition and/or shelter