Simulated Board Examination

Question 1

The common name for Enterobius vermicularis:

Answer 1

Pinworm

Question 2

Schuffner’s dots are found in the infected erythrocytes of:

Answer 2

Plasmodium vivax

Question 3

A tapeworm with a spoin shaoe scolex is:

Answer 3

Diphyllobothrium latum

Question 4

The usual habitat of adult Trichinella spiralis is:

Answer 4

Intestine

Question 5

Tania saginata gravid proglottids can be differentiated from Taenia solium by the:

Answer 5

Larger number of uterine branches

Question 6

Which of the followinf vectors and parasite are correctly matched?

Answer 6

✅ Phlebotomus spp. - Leishmania spp.

✅ Glossina spo. - Trypanosoma gambiense

Question 7

Which of the following would be compatible for Malarial parasite survival?

Answer 7

❎ Duffy null phenotype
❎ Hgb SS
❎ G6PD deficiency
✅ NOTA

Question 8

The following can be demonstrated by Sinc sulfate concentration technique:

Answer 8

✅ D. latum
✅ S. japonicum
❎ A. lumbricoides
❎ T. solium

Question 9

Cochin China diarrhea is caused by:

Answer 9

Strongyloides stercoralis

Question 10

Longstanding infection with Clonorchis sinensis is linked to what malignancy?

Answer 10

Cholangiocarcinoma

Question 11

In what form or stage of Schistosome penetrates the human skin?

Answer 11

Cercaria

Question 12

Zinc sulfate concentration technique:

Answer 12

Specific gravity of 1.18

Question 13

D. latum / Broad fish tapeworm:

Answer 13

Only OPERCULATED tapeworm

*Schistosomes: only NON-operculated trematode

Question 14

Sausage shaped chromatoidal bars

Answer 14

Seen in Entamoeba histolytica CYST

Question 15

Plathyhelminthes

Answer 15

Flatworms

Question 16

Cestodes

Answer 16

Tapeworms

Question 17

Trematodes

Answer 17

Flukes

Question 18

Nematodes

Answer 18

Round worms

Question 19

Round or spherical gametocytes:

Answer 19

P. vivax, P. malariae, P. ovale

Question 20

Crescet shaped MACROgametocye:

Answer 20

P. Falciparum

Question 21

Kidney bean or lima bean shaped MICROgametocyte:

Answer 21

P. falciparum

Question 22

• Pork tapeworm
• Scolex + 4 round suckers
• 2 - 4 meters strobila, up to 1000 proglottids

Answer 22

Taenia solium

Question 23

Agent of giardiases (Gay Bowel Syndrome), assoc. with gastroenteritis; 4 pairs of flagella; falling leaf motilifty / lead tumbling in a stream:

Answer 23

Gardia lamblia

Question 24

Romana’s sign, unilateral swelling of eyelids:

Answer 24

Trypanosoma cruzi

Question 25

Winterbottom sign, assoc. with lymphadenopathy:

Answer 25

Trypanosoma brucei group

Question 26

• Central karyosome
• Ground glass cytoplasm
• Well defined ecto/endoplasm
• Progressive movement (pseudopods)
• Ingested RBCs and bacteria

Answer 26

Entaemoeba histolytica trophozoite

Question 27

• Eccentric karyosome
• Junky cytoplasm
• Vacuolated ecto/endoplasm
• Sluggish, non-progressive movement
• Ingested bacteria, yeast, debris; ❎ RBCs

Answer 27

Entamoeba coli trophozoite

Question 28

Swimmer’s itch:

Answer 28

Schistosomal cercaria.

• Swimmer’s ear: P. aeruginosa
• Swimming pool granuloma: M. marinum

Question 29

Causative agent of Primary Amoebic Meningoenceohalitis (PAM):

Answer 29

Naegleria fowleri

Question 30

Forms of hemoflaggelates:

Amastigote

Answer 30

Leishmanial for,

Question 31

Forms of hemoflaggelates:

Promastigote

Answer 31

Leptomonad form

Question 32

Forms of hemoflaggelates:

Epimastigote

Answer 32

Crithidial form

Question 33

Forms of hemoflaggelates:

Trypomastigote

Answer 33

Trypanosomal form