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Parasite Study Master Chart Quiz

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which parasite is classified as an amoeba?

a)

Plasmodium spp.

b)

Giardia lamblia

c)

Schistosoma spp.

d)

Entamoeba histolytica

2.

What is the infective form of Giardia lamblia?

a)

Mature cyst

b)

Cercariae

c)

Cysts

d)

Sporozoites

3.

Which transmission method is associated with Trypanosoma brucei?

a)

Fecal-oral

b)

Eating raw fish

c)

Tsetse fly bite

d)

Skin penetration in freshwater

4.

What disease is caused by Plasmodium spp.?

a)

Amoebic dysentery

b)

Giardiasis

c)

Malaria

d)

Schistosomiasis

5.

Which parasite belongs to the group of trematodes (flukes)?

a)

Trichinella spiralis

b)

Dipylidium caninum

c)

Balantidium coli

d)

Clonorchis sinensis

6.

What is the infective form of Schistosoma spp.?

a)

Metacercariae

b)

Cercariae

c)

Encysted larvae

d)

Embryonated egg

7.

Which parasite is transmitted through ingestion of infected fleas?

a)

Dipylidium caninum

b)

Trichuris trichiura

c)

Entamoeba histolytica

d)

Giardia lamblia

8.

What is the life cycle summary of Trichinella spiralis?

a)

Mosquito injects sporozoites → liver → merozoites → RBC cycle → gametocytes → mosquito picks up

b)

Ingest cyst → larvae released → adults in intestine → newborn larvae to muscle → encyst long-term

c)

Ingest cyst → excyst in small intestine → trophozoites attach via ventral disk → encyst → cysts in stool

d)

Eggs hatch → miracidia → snail → cercariae penetrate skin → adults in veins → eggs in stool/urine

9.

Which parasite causes African Sleeping Sickness?

a)

Clonorchis sinensis

b)

Trypanosoma brucei

c)

Plasmodium spp.

d)

Schistosoma spp.

10.

What is the transmission method for Clonorchis sinensis?

a)

Tsetse fly bite

b)

Skin penetration in freshwater

c)

Fecal-oral

d)

Eating raw/undercooked freshwater fish

11.

Which parasite is classified as a ciliate protozoa?

a)

Balantidium coli

b)

Giardia lamblia

c)

Plasmodium spp.

d)

Entamoeba histolytica

12.

What is the infective form of Dipylidium caninum?

a)

Cercariae

b)

Metacercariae

c)

Embryonated egg

d)

Cysticercoid larva

13.

Which parasite causes whipworm infection (Trichuriasis)?

a)

Trichuris trichiura

b)

Trichinella spiralis

c)

Schistosoma spp.

d)

Clonorchis sinensis

14.

What is the transmission method for Entamoeba histolytica?

a)

Ingestion of infected fleas

b)

Eating undercooked pork

c)

Skin penetration in freshwater

d)

Fecal-oral (contaminated food/water); sexual-fecal exposure

15.

Which parasite belongs to the group of Apicomplexa (Sporozoans)?

a)

Plasmodium spp.

b)

Trichinella spiralis

c)

Giardia lamblia

d)

Balantidium coli

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