Question bank for final exam Parasitology (2022)

1. Incidental (accidental) parasite definition

2. Amoebiasis definition
3. Parasitism definition
4. Intermediate host definition
5. Encystation definition
6. Cercaria larva definition
7. Ascaris lumbricoides definition
8. Balantidium coli definition
9. Definitive host definition

10. Add a note on the morphological differences in amastigotes and promastigotes forms of
Leishmania
11. Add a note on extra intestinal amoebiasis
12. Briefly describe the egg or nits stage of pediculus species

13. Give a flow chart of asexual phase of life cycle of plasmodium species

14. Give a flow chart of sexual phase of life cycle of plasmodium species

15. Add a brief note on the Fasciola hepatica

16. Write a paragraph on the life cycle of Ascaris lumbricoides

17. Briefly describe the pre-erythrocytic cycle of plasmodium species

18. Add a brief note on the trematodes characteristics

19. Give a brief account on the classification of helminths parasite Draw a flow chart of life
cycle of Entamoeba histolytica

20. What are the differences between hard and soft ticks?

21. Which of the following is an infective stage of plasmodium species for human beings
A) Immature trophozoite B) Mature trophozoite
C) Cyst D) Sporozoite

29- Cercaria larvae belong to which of the following parasite

A) Leishmania B) Giardia
C) Balantidium D) Fasciola hepatica

30- Paragonimus species is a

A) Liver fluke B) Blood fluke
C) Intestinal fluke D) Lung fluke

31- Cysticercosis is a zoonotic infection caused by which of the following organisms

A) Leishmania B) Giardia
C) Balantidium D) Taenia solium
32- Ticks and mites are actually
A) Arachnids B) Insects
C) Myriapods D) Crustaceans

33- Larvae of chiggers have

A) 5 pairs legs B) 2 pairs legs
C) 3 pairs legs D) 4 pairs legs

34- How many times the ascaris undergoes through the process of moulting during its life cycle
A) 2 B) 4
C) 1 D) 6

35- Which of the following is medicine effective only in the liver Amoebiasis
A) Nitroimidazole B) Metronidazole
C) Chloroquine D) Emitine

36- Miracidium larvae belong to which of the following parasite

A) Leishmania B) Giardia
C) Balantidium D) Fasciola hepatica

37- Unlike trematode which of the following species is diecious

A) Fasciolopsis B) Paragonius species
C) Schistosoma species D) Fasciola species

38- Embryonated egg is the infective stage of which of the following parasite
A) Ascaris lumbricoides B) Giardia
C) Balantidium D) Fasciola hepatica

39- Malignant tertian malaria is caused by ……………..

40- Which of the following has no alternative host.

A) Fasciola hepatica B) Tape worm
C) Plasmodium vivax D) Ascaris lumbricoides

41- Rediae larvae belong to which of the following parasite

A) Leishmania B) Giardia
C) Balantidium D) Fasciola hepatica

42- Schistosoma species is a

A) Liver fluke B) Blood fluke
C) Intestinal fluke D) Lung fluke

43- Chiggers are the larval form of a type of

A) Mites B) Taenia
C) Louse D) Trypanosoma

44-Lyme disease is an infectious bacterial disease caused by the Borrelia bacterium which is spread
by
A) Leishmania B) Mite
C) Balantidium D) Ticks

45- In which of the following organ preerythrocytic phase of life cycle of plasmodium takes place.
A) Lungs B) Liver
C) RBCs D) Kidney

46- Cysticercus is the infective stage of which of the following species

A) Leishmania B) Giardia
C) Taenia saginata D) None of the above

47- Pediculosis capitis is an

A) Arthropods parasite B) Ciliate protozoan parasite
C) Trematode D) Cestode

48- The only ciliate known to parasitize humans

A) Leishmania B) Giardia
C) Balantidium D) Trichomonas

49- The The host in which larval stage of the parasite survives but cannot develop further.
A) Reservoir host B) Paratenic host
C) Intermediate host D) Definitive host

50- Which of the following species of plasmodium infect RBCs of all ages.
A) P. ovale B) P. malariae
C) P. vivax D) P. falciparum

51- Which of the following is the most dangerous species

A) Plasmodium ovale B) Plasmodium vivax
C) Plasmodium falciparum D) Plasmodium malariae

52. Draw a life cycle of Giaridia.

53. Add a note on animal association.

54- Benign tertian malaria is caused by ……………..

55. Life cycle of Fasciola hepatica