Samples – Multiple choice questions of Protozoology

1. All protozoan pathogens have a ……………… phase.
a. cyst b. sexual c. trophozoite d. blood

2. Which species of Trypanosoma is not a human pathogen?
a.T.cruzi b. T.rangeli c. T.gambiense d. T. Rhidesiense

3. A malarial infected person by blood transfusion does not have ………… in his body.
a. hypnosoite b. trophozoite c. schizont d. gametocyte

4. Rosette in RBC is a specific shape of ………… .
a. P.vivax b. P.falciparum c. P.ovale d. P.malariae

5. ……………….. enzymes may be destroyed in infected persons by Giardia lamblia.
a. Lipase b. Cytolysin c. Collagenase d. Phosphatase acid

6. What is the pathogenic agent responsible for chiclero ulcer?
a. L.tropica b. L.major c. L.mexicana d. L.braziliensis

7. Which disease is related to Winterbottom’s sign?
a. Sleeping sickness b. Chagas disease
c. Kalaazar d. Toxoplasmosis

8. Which of the following items is more important for differentiation between Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba dispar?
a. Genomic methods b. Inoculation to specific culture media
c. Electron microscopic examination d. All items are correct

9. What is the result of exflagellation of Plasmodium?
a. Microgamet b. Micrgametocyte
c. Macrogamet d.Macrogametocyte

10. Which one is not zoonosis?
a. Cryptosporidium parvum b. Entamoeba histolytica
c. Balantidium coli d. Toxoplasma gondii

11. Which parasite is related to Oriental sore?
a. L.aethiopica b. L.infantum c. L.tropica d. L.donovani

12. Which parasitic form is related to congenital toxoplasmosis?
a. Tachyzoite b. Trophozoite c. Oocyst d. Tissue cyst

13. Flask shaped ulcers in human intestine are related to ………………….. .
a. Giardiasis b. Cryptosporidiosis c. Cyclosporidiasis d. Amoebiasis

14. Trophozoites of Toxoplasma gondii multiply by ……………….. .
a. Endodyogeny b. Schizogoni c. Binary fission d. Sporogony

15. All different forms of Toxoplasma gondii can be present in the body of……………….. .
a. Cat b. Human c. Mice d. Cow

16. What is the composition of amebic chromatoidal bars?
a. Ribonucleoprotein b. Glycogen c. Glycoprotein d. Lipoprotein

17. In which of the following amoeba, it is not possible to see peripheral chromatin in nucleus?
a. E.hartmanii b. E.coli c. E.nana d. E.dispar

18. Where is the site of pre-erythrocytic cycle of malaria?
a. Anophel b. Paranchymal cells of liver
c. Kopfer cells of liver d. spleen

19. ……………parasites in fecal specimens are infective forms of oocysts.
a. Cyclospora b. Isospora c. Cryptosporidium d. Toxoplasma

20. Specie identification is not possible, only by microscopic morphology observation of ………. parasites isolated from infected human.
a. Entamoeba b. Plasmodium c. Leishmania d. Trypanosoma

21. Entamoeba histolytica primarily invades the …………………… .
a. liver b. large large intestine c. small intestine d. lungs

22. An oocyst is found in ……….. and a pseudocyst is found in …….. .
a. humans,cats b. cats,humans c. feces,tissue d. tissue,feces

23. A person can aquire toxoplasmosis from …………………… .
a. pseudocyst in raw meat
b. oocyst in air
c. cleaning out the cat litter box
d. all of these

24. Malarial anemia is …………………… type.
a. megaloblastic b. Microcytic hypochromic
c. Normocytic normochromic d. Normoctic hypochrome

25. Which form of leishmania is injected to animal model for lishmanization?
a. Epimastigote b. Trypomastigote c. Promastigote d. Amastigote

With best wishes-FRZ

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