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Protozoan Diseases - mini review

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which is true about protozoans?

a)

unicellular & photoautotrophs

b)

unicellular & multicellular chemoheterotrophs

c)

unicellular chemoheterotrophs

d)

unicellular & multicellular photoautotrophs

2.

Which group of protozoa are non-motile?

a)

sporozoans

b)

ciliates

c)

flagellates

d)

amoeboids

3.

Which stage of a protozoa is the active feeding stage?

a)

cyst

b)

sporozoite

c)

trophozoite

d)

oocyst

4.

All protozoa have a cysts stage.

a)

true

b)

false

5.

Which host harbors the adult parasite & sexual reproduction?

a)

intermediate

b)

accidental

c)

secondary

d)

definitive

6.

Dinoflagellates are algae and indirectly cause?

a)

paralytic shellfish poisoning

b)

malaria

c)

dysentery

d)

balantiasis

7.

All GI protozoa disease is transmitted thru the fecal-oral route.

a)

true

b)

false

8.

This intestinal disease is known as Beaver fever and backbacker's diarrhea.

a)

cryptosporidiosis

b)

cyclosporiasis

c)

amoebiasis

d)

balantiasis

e)

giardiasis

9.

This intestinal disease causes dysentery.

a)

cryptosporidiosis

b)

cyclosporiasis

c)

amoebiasis

d)

balantiasis

e)

giardiasis

10.

This is the only NON-COMMUNICABLE protozoan GI disease.

a)

cryptosporidiosis

b)

cyclosporiasis

c)

amoebiasis

d)

balantiasis

e)

giardiasis

11.

This disease is caused by a ciliated protozoan.

a)

cryptosporidiosis

b)

cyclosporiasis

c)

amoebiasis

d)

balantiasis

e)

giardiasis

12.

This disease is usually acute and self-limiting but can be fatal immunocompromised.

a)

cryptosporidiosis

b)

cyclosporiasis

c)

amoebiasis

d)

balantiasis

e)

giardiasis

13.

Plasmodium species cause which disease?

a)

balantiasis

b)

giardiasis

c)

malaria

d)

cyclosporiasis

14.

For malaria, the _________ is the definitive host.

a)

human

b)

mosquito

c)

other warm blooded animals

15.

When would a person with malaria have fevers, chills and headache?

a)

when bitten by Anopheles mosquito

b)

in the blood stage

c)

in the liver stage

d)

all the time