WorksheetsExercise 2
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 14mins
Mycoses are infections caused by....
Parasite
Protozoa
Fungi
Bacteria
Viruses
Which of the following statement is correct regarding filamentous (mold-like) fungi?
Hypae are epithelial cells
Mass of hypha is called mycelium
Mushrooms are yeast-like fungi
Single, spherical cells
All of the above
Which of the following is found in the cell wall of fungi?
Peptidoglycan
Chitin
Cellulose
Protein
Lipopolysaccharide
If a fungi is able to grow as a yeast or mold form, then it is classified as...
Mutulism
Parasitism
Dimorphism
Commensalism
Symbiosis
Which of the following statement about fungi is incorrect?
Fungi excrete digestive enzymes to degrade substrate and then absorb nutrient by hyphae
Fungi can be saprophytes or parasites by absorbing nutrients from dead and living organisms respectively
Bread mold often produce spores as reproductive bodies for reproduction
Fungi are the most common plant pathogens
Opportunistic pathogens usually are normal microbiota having strong virulence factors
Athletes' foot is a type of ______mycosis.
Superficial
Subcutaneous
Systemic
Opportunistic
Allergic
Sporotrichosis is a type of _______ mycosis
Superficial
Subcutaneous
Systemic
Opportunistic
Allergic
Which of the following is not an example of opportunistic fungi?
Aspergillus flavus
Blastomyces dermatitidis
Candida albicans
Crytococcus neoformans
All of the above
Which of the following fungi can spread via the bloodstream and cause meningitis?
Dermatophytes
Blastomyces dermatitidis
Candida albicans
Crytococcus neoformans
Sporothrix schenckii
Which of the following situations the immunosuppression may occur?
AIDS patients
Patients taking antibiotics
Cancer patients
Organ transplant patients
All of the above
A protozoal pathogen that is generally non-motile in its adult form and is an obligate intracellular parasite describes which of the following?
Amoeba
Ciliate
Flagellate
Sporozoan
None of the above
Which of the following move by many hair-like projections arranged in rows cover the cell surface?
Amoeba
Ciliate
Flagellate
Sporozoan
Apicomplexa
Which of the following statement is not correct?
Protozoa are classified taxonomically by their mode of locomotion
The trophozoite is the motile, feeding, diving stage in the protozoal life cycle
The cyst is dormant stage in the protozoal life cycle
Protozoal infections are most often acquired by ingestion of trophozoite stage
Cyst provides protection during extreme environmental conditions and serve as a means of transfer from one host to another for parasitic species
Which of the following about cryptococcosis is false?
It is transmitted by the inhalation of dried pigeon droppings
This disease can begin as a lung infection caused by inhaled pigeon droppings
This disease progresses to meningitis
It is caused by a mold
This disease can be spread via bloodstream
