1.

The following are vector-borne, EXCEPT… Toxoplasma gondii

2. Not a characteristic of nematodes. Segmented
3. Microcytic hypochromic anemia may be due to chronic infection with… Hookworm
4. The coracidium is a ciliated larval stage of which helminth? Diphyllobothrium latum
5. Which of the following is true about all trematodes? Require a mollusc intermediate host
6. Which of the following is true about all cestodes? Segmented
7. Which of the following ova can be found in a patient’s stool? Paragonimus westermani
8. Considered as the smallest trematodes. Heterophyes heterophyes
9. An egg observed from a stool specimen demonstrated a flat operculum and thick
abopercular end. Which of the following diagnosis is consistent with the observation?
Paragonimiasis
10. A large thorn-like lateral spine is demonstrated by the ova of which of the following?
Schistosoma mansoni
11. Considered as the smallest tapeworm associated with human disease. Echinococcus
granulosus
12. Which of the following is also called the bladder worm? Cysticercus
13. In the life cycle of trematodes, which larval stage is infective for the 1st intermediate host?
Miracidium
14. Schistosoma haematobium ova are usually shed in… Urine
15. Ova of the following tapeworms may be infective for a human, EXCEPT… Dipyllidium
caninum
16. The circumoval precipitation test is used for diagnosing infections with… Schistosoma
japonicum
17. What specimen is used for the circumoval precipitation test? Serum
18. Adults of which of the following inhabit blood vessels? Schistosoma mansoni
19. A gravid proglottid demonstrating a two genital pores is consistent with… Taenia solium
20. Visceral larva migrans is associated with which of the following organisms? Toxocara canis
21. Adult Trichinella spiralis is found in the host’s… small intestines
22. This a facultative parasite: Strongyloides stercoralis
23. Which of the following inhabits the large intestines? Trichuris Trichiura
24. Infection with Ancylostoma duodenale can be acquired by… Ingestion of filariform and Skin
penetration by filariform
25. Embryonation of Ascaris ova occurs in… Soil
26. Feeding of infefcted muscle tissue to albino rats and sacrificing the rats for the recovery of
encysted larvae of Trichinella spiralis is an example of… Xenodiagnosis
27. Oxyuriasis is caused by… Enterobius vermicularis
28. The following are soil-transmitted helminths, EXCEPT… Capillaria philippinensis
29. Encystation of larva of Trichinella spiralis occurs in the… skeletal muscles
30. Sometimes considered a “familial” disease because it can easily spread among family
members: Enterobiasis
31. In the life cycle of Anisakis and Pseudoterrenova, humans are… paratenic host
32. Angiostrongyliasis is acquired by… Ingestion of infected snail
33. Microfilariae of the following are sheathed, EXCEPT… Mansonella streptocerca
34. Microfilariae of the following are unsheated, EXCEPT… Brugia malayi
35. Calabar swellings are associated with… Loiasis
36. Adults of this nematode passes cutical alar expansions called cephalic alae: Pinworm
37. Sanitary disposal of human feces is helpful in the prevention of transmission of the following
diseases, EXCEPT… Sparganosis
38. The following are coccidians, EXCEPT… Balantidium
39. The following are amoebas, EXCEPT… Dientamoeba
40. The following are flagellates, EXCEPT… Balantidium
41. Sarcosysts are found in the muscles of vertebrates that have ingested the oocysts of… S.
sulhominis
42. Schizogony produces… Merozoites
43. Gametogony produces… gametocytes
44. The causative agent of “blackwater fever”? Plasmodium
45. The maximum number of nuclei in Entamoeba coli cysts. Eight
 46. The following are true about entamoeba coli, EXCEPT… the nucleus contains a central
karyosome
47. The most commonly submitted specimen in the parasitology laboratory. Stool
48. Dark colored blood in stool is indicative of… upper GI bleeding
49. The specific gravity of the zinc sulphate solution used in the flotation technique should fall
between… 1.180 – 1.200
50. Also known as the test tube culture, this method is used to hatch rhabditiform larvae for
definitive identification. Harada-Mori

51. Egg counting procedure where a measured amount of stool is placed on a slide, covered with
cellophane immersed in glycerin and malachite green. Kato-Katz
52. Knott’s concentration - Blood
53. Formalin Ether Concentration - Stool
54. Buffy Coat smear - Blood
55. Triple Centrifugation - Blood
56. Baermann Technique - Stool
57. Agar plate method - Stool
58. Kato Thick smear - Stool

59. The period between infection and the manifestation of symptoms - Clinical incubation period
60. The host that harbors the larval stages or asexual reproductive cycles of a parasite - Intermediate
Host
61. The period between infection and the first evidence of the presence of the parasite - Prepatent
period
62. A vector wherein the parasite does not undergo any developmental change - Phoretic vector
(Paratenic)
63. The host that harbors the mature stages or the sexual reproductive cycles of the parasite -
Definitive host

Clinical infection / manifestation and etiologic agent

64. Amebic dysentery - Entamoeba histolytica
65. Borborygmus - Capillaria philippinensis
66. Romanas sign - Trypanosoma cruzi
67. Rectal prolapse - Trichuris trichiura
68. Hydatid disease - Echinococcus granulosus
69. Granulomatous amebic encephalitis - Acanthamoeba spp.
70. Primary amebic meningoencephalitis - Naegleria fowleri
71. Macrocytic anemia - Diphyllobothrium latum
72. Winterbottom’s sign - Trypanosoma brucei
73. Sleeping sickness - Trypanosoma brucei
74. Trypanosoma brucei - Sleeping sickness

Infective stage for the human host

75. Ancylostoma duodenale - Filariform larva
76. Ascaris lumbricoides - embryonated ova
77. Cysticercosis - Embryonated ova
78. Diphyllobothriasis - plerocercoid larva
79. Dipylidium caninum - Cysticercoid larva
80. Echinococcus granulosus -Ova or Embryonated ova
81. Enterobius vermicularis - Embryonated ova
82. Fasciola hepatica - Metacercaria
83. Hymenolepis diminuta - Cysticercoid larva
84. Hymenolepis nana - cysticercoid larva
85. Necator americanus - Filariform larva
86. Schistosoma spp. - Cercaria
87. Strongyloides stercoralis - filariform larva
88. Taeniasis - Cysticercus larva
89. Trichinella spiralis - Encysted larva
90. Trichuris trichiura - Embryonated ova

Egg morphology
91. Football shaped with bipolar plugs - Trichuris trichiura
92. D-shaped - Enterobius vermicularis
93. Operculated with abopercular knob - Diphyllobothrium latum
94. Flat operculum with abopercular thickening - Paragonimus westermani
95. Peanut-shaped with flat polar plugs - Capillaria philippinensis
96. Elongate, blunt ends, thin shell with 8 cells - Necator americanus
97. Radially striated with 6 hooklets - Taenia spp.
98. 2 membranes inner membrane with bipolar thickenings and filaments - Hymenolepis nana
99. Ovoid with small lateral knob - Schistosoma japonicum
100. Elongate with large lateral spine - Schistosoma mansoni