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Self-Assessment 7. Which of the following is the fungus most often

isolated from human clinical specimens?
Exercises a. Candida albicans
After you have read this b. C. neoformans
chapter, answer the c. Histoplasma capsulatum
following multiple-choice d. Pneumocystis jiroveci
questions.
8. Which of the following methods is the quickest
1. Which of the following diseases is caused by and most common way to diagnose yeast
an encapsulated yeast? vaginitis?
a. Coccidioidomycosis a. Culture
b. Cryptococcosis b. India ink preparation
c. Histoplasmosis c. KOH preparation
d. Pneumocystis pneumonia d. Saline wet mount

2. Which of the following diseases is not caused 9. In the United States, C. albicans causes
by a dimorphic fungus? approximately __________ of the cases of
vaginitis.
a. Coccidioidomycosis
b. Cryptococcosis a. 10%
c. Histoplasmosis b. 25%
d. Sporotrichosis c. 33%
d. 50%
3. Which of the following diseases is a synonym
for ringworm infection of the nails? 10. Tinea cruris is a ringworm infection of which of
these body sites?
a. Tinea barbae
b. Tinea cruris a. Feet
c. Tinea nigra b. Groin area
d. Tinea unguium c. Nails
d. Palms of the hands
4. Which of the following is the most common
systemic fungal disease in the United States?
a. Cryptococcosis
b. Coccidioidomycosis
c. Histoplasmosis
d. Pneumocystis pneumonia

5. One should associate the India ink preparation

with diagnosis of which of the following?
a. Cryptococcal meningitis
b. Thrush
c. Tinea pedis
d. Yeast vaginitis

6. Bread moulds are most commonly associated

with which of the following diseases?
a. Thrush
b. Tinea versicolor
c. Vaginitis
d. Zygomycosis
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Self-Assessment 6. You are visiting a friend whose parents raise pigs.

Which of the following diseases are you most
Exercises likely to acquire by drinking well water at their
After studying this chapter, farm?
answer the following a. Amebiasis
multiple-choice questions. b. Balantidiasis
c. Cryptosporidiosis
1. Humans develop malaria after the injection of d. Giardiasis
Plasmodium __________ into the bloodstream by
an infected female Anopheles mosquito when 7. You are working on a cattle ranch. Which of the
she takes a blood meal. following diseases are you most apt to acquire as
a. male and female gametocytes you perform your duties at the ranch?
b. schizonts a. Amebiasis
c. sporozoites b. Balantidiasis
d. trophozoites c. Cryptosporidiosis
d. Giardiasis
2. These Plasmodium life cycle stages must be
ingested by a female Anopheles mosquito for 8. Which of the following protozoal diseases are
the Plasmodium life cycle to continue in the you most likely to acquire by eating a rare
mosquito. hamburger?
a. Male and female gametocytes a. Amebiasis
b. Schizonts b. Balantidiasis
c. Sporozoites c. Giardiasis
d. Trophozoites d. Toxoplasmosis

3. Which of the following protozoal diseases is not 9. Which of the following associations is incorrect?
transmitted via an arthropod vector? a. African trypanosomiasis… tsetse fly
a. African trypanosomiasis b. amebiasis… fecally contaminated water
b. American trypanosomiasis c. Chagas’ disease… mosquito
c. babesiosis d. toxoplasmosis… cats
d. giardiasis
10. Which of the following is an example of
4. Which of the following protozoal diseases is least an infectious disease that is caused by a
likely to be transmitted via blood transfusion? facultative parasite?
a. American trypanosomiasis a. African trypanosomiasis
b. babesiosis b. giardiasis
c. malaria c. malaria
d. trichomoniasis d. PAM

5. Which of the following protozoal diseases is

least likely to be transmitted via an infected food
handler who fails to wash his or her hands after
using the bathroom?
a. Amebiasis
b. Cryptosporidiosis
c. Giardiasis
d. Toxoplasmosis