MLT & Micro Study guide

MCQs #720. Hymenolepis nana is unique among cestodes because:
A. It has two intermediate hosts
B. It does not infect humans
C. It completes its life cycle in a single host
D. It causes hydatid disease

MCQs #719. The definitive host of Echinococcus granulosus is:
A. Human
B. Pig
C. Dog
D. Sheep

MCQs #718. Which tapeworm is associated with vitamin B12 deficiency?
A. Taenia solium
B. Diphyllobothrium latum
C. Echinococcus granulosus
D. Hymenolepis nana

MCQs #717. Which of the following cestodes causes neurocysticercosis?
A. Taenia saginata
B. Echinococcus granulosus
C. Diphyllobothrium latum
D. Taenia solium

MCQs #716. What is the diagnostic stage of Taenia solium in stool?
A. Scolex
B. Cysticercus
C. Gravid proglottid or egg
D. Oncosphere

MCQs #715. The intermediate host of Echinococcus granulosus is:
A. Human
B. Cow
C. Sheep
D. Dog

MCQs #714. The infective stage of Taenia saginata for humans is:
A. Egg
B. Cysticercus
C. Oncosphere
D. Proglottid

MCQs #713. Which of the following is a characteristic feature of cestodes?
A. Segmented body with a coelom
B. Unsegmented cylindrical body
C. Flattened, segmented body with no digestive tract
D. Round body with a complete digestive system

MCQs #712. Which parasite most have a two-host life cycle:
A. Strongyloides stercoralis
B. Plasmodium species
C. Hookworms species
D. None of the above

MCQs #711. Which parasite diagnosis is made by examination of multiple thin and thick blood smears. Parasites in RBCs usually lie in pairs at an acute angle or as a tetrad in a Maltese cross formation, although they are rarely observed:
A. Plasmodium
B. Trypanosoma
C. Leishmania
D. Babesia

MCQs #710. The merozoites of ___________ parasite can invade only older red cells:
A. P. falciparum
B. P. malariae
C. P. ovale
D. P. vivax
E. P. knowlesi

MCQs #709. The ________ examination is still considered the gold standard for malaria species differentiation:
A. RDTs
B. Thin film
C. Thick film
D. Non of the above