This document contains 20 multiple choice questions about protozoan parasites and sporozoans. The questions cover topics like the infective stages of different parasites, diagnostic tests, treatment options, transmission methods, and scientific names. The final bonus question asks for the full name of the student's parasitology teacher.
2. 1
What is the new name of
Phylum SPOROZOA?
A________A
3. 2-3
Give two (2) protozoan
parasites that can cause
malaria. Give the genus
and specie name.
4. 4
What is the other name for the protozoan
parasite Isospora belli?
a. Cytospermium intestinalis
b. Cytospermium hominis
c. Cytospermium suihominis
d. Cytospermium gondii
5. 5
What is the INFECTIVE STAGE of
Sarcocystis hominis?
a. Sporocyst
b. Trophozoite
c. Sarcocyst
d. Zoite
6. 6
Maurers dots are associated with what
Plasmodium specie?
a. P. vivax
b. P. falciparum
c. P. malariae
d. P. ovale
7. 7
Sporozoans are ______ & ______
parasites.
a. Blood and obligate
b. Tissue and obligate
c. Blood and facultative
d. Tissue and facultative
8. 8
What is the definitive host of the
parasite Toxoplasma gondii?
9. 9
This diagnostic method is known as
the gold standard in the diagnosis of
malarial infection. What is it?
a. ELISA
b. Thick and thin Smear
c. Quantitative Buffy Coat Method
d. Indirect Hemagglutination
10. 10
This malarial parasite causes quartan
malaria. What is it?
a. P. falciparum
b. P. vivax
c. P. ovale
d. P. malariae
11. 11
The Sabin Feldman Methylene Blue Dye Test is
a diagnostic test that detects antibody against
what sporozoan parasite?
a. Isospora belli
b. Eimeria tenella
c. Toxoplasma gondii
d. Plasmodium falciparum
12. 12
A parasitologist is examining an oocyst. It has 4
sporocysts, each containing 2 sporozoites.
This is an oocyst of what parasite genus?
a. Cryptosporidia spp.
b. Plasmodia spp.
c. Eimeria spp.
d. Isospora spp.
13. 13
Where does the sexual cycle of malarial
parasite occurs?
a. Human
b. Anopheles mosquito
c. Primates
d. Cat
14. 14
Water-borne transmission is the most
common source of this infection. What
infection is this?
a. Isosporiasis
b. Cryptosporidiosis
c. Toxoplasmosis
d. Malaria
16. 16
List one (1) way on how you can
prevent malarial infection.
17. 17
Chloroquine is a treatment of choice for what
parasitic infection?
a. Cryptosporidiosis
b. Toxoplasmosis
c. Malaria
d. Sarcocystosis
18. 18
This stage of malarial parasite is injected by the
Anopheline mosquito to the human host and
is known to be the infective stage to human.
What is this?
a. Trophozoite
b. Merozoite
c. Hypnozoite
d. Sporozoite
19. 19
True or False
The male gametes is also called as the
macrogametes.
20. 20
Hominis, suihominis and lindemanni are species
of what sporozoan genus?
a. Plasmodium
b. Isospora
c. Eimeria
d. None of the above
21. Bonus item
What is the complete name of
your Parasitology teacher?
Give the family and first
name, as well as the middle
initial.