1. The only intracellular helminth is: 9.

Which of the following procedures would not be

a. Trichinella spiralis appropriate for diagnosing an infection with
b. Wuchereria bancrofti Echinococcus granulosus?
c. Mansonella ozzardi a. O & P examination of stool specimen
d. Trichuris trichiura b. CT scan of suspect organ
2. Where is the uterine pore of Taenia saginata c. Biopsy of cyst
located? d. Serologic procedure, such as ELISA
a. It has no uterine pore c. Central 10. To make a laboratory diagnosis of sleeping
b. Proximal d. Lateral sickness during the febrile stage you would examine
the following material:
a. CSF Skin biopsy
3. A systemic hypersensitivity reaction caused by the
b. Blood Urine
presence of Schistosoma is called which of the ff.
a. Bilharziasis c. Swamp fever 11. Which of the following amoeba has a cyst with
b. Katayama fever d. only one nucleus when fully mature?
Schistosomiasis a. lodamoeba butschlii
b. Entamoeba histolytica
4. Which of the following is used as a clearing agent c. Entamoeba gingivalis
for d. Entamoeba coli
Kato-thick technique? 12. Lecithin membrane layer is absent in what stage
a. Glycerol c. Glycerin of
b. Saline solution d. Malachite green Ascaris lumbricoides ova?
a. Unfertilized c. Fertilized corticated
5. In the life cycle of Plasmodium vivax, some b. Embryonated d. Fertilized decorticated
trophozoites invade unaffected liver cells. What will
happen to the trophozoites that enters the liver cell? 13. Chagas disease is especially feared in Latin
a. Trophozoite will develop into mature America because of its threat to the heart and
trophozoite parasympathetic nervous system and the lack of an
b. Trophozoite will develop into Schizont effective drug for the symptomatic later stages.
c. Trophozoite will develop into hypnozoite Which one of the following prevention and control
d. Trophozoite will develop into gametocytes strategies is the most applicable?
a. Boiling or treating all your drinking water.
6. Loeffler’s syndrome resulting from the larval b. Never walk barefoot
invasion to pulmonary tissue is seen in infection c. Avoid contact with domesticated pets
with: d. Sleep under a mosquito or bed net
a. Ascaris lumbricoides
b. Necator americanus 14. Heart and lung migration is observed by the
c. Strongyloides stercoralis following parasites:
d. Enterobius vermicularis a. Ascaris lumbricoides
b. Trichuris trichiura
7. Protozoans cysts containing four nuclei in stool c. Neither
sample maybe seen in the following d. Both
1. Entamoeba coli 3. Giardia lamblia
2. Entamoeba histolytica 4. Dientamoeba 15. A pear-shaped flagellates with a visible parabasal
fragilis body and falling leaf: motility in a direct saline
a. 1, 2 & 3 c. 1, 3 & 4 mount of a diarrheal stool specimen is most
b. 1, 2 & 4 d. 2, 3 & 4 probably:
8. Which stage of the malaria parasite is injected by a. Trichomonas vaginalis
mosquitoes? b. Trichomonas hominis
a. Oocyst c. Gametocyte c. Schistosoma haematobium
b. Merozoite d. Sporozoite d. Giardia lamblia
 23. When humans have hydatid disease, the causative
16. Which of the following causes granulomatous agent and host classification are:
amoebic encephalitis? a. Echinococcus granulosus—accidental
a. A. castellani d. B. coli intermediate host
b. N. fowleri e. E. histolytica var. Histolytica b. Echinococcus granulosus—definitive host
c. E. hominis c. Taenia solium—accidental intermediate host
17. Which of the following findings in peripheral d. Taenia solium—definitive host
blood smear is especially associated with tissue-
invading helminths but may also be found in a 24. Skin test useful in hydatid disease is:
variety of allergic conditions and other diseases? a. Dick’s test c. Casoni’s test
a. Neutropenia c. Lymphocytosis b. Patch test d. Schick test
b. Eosinophilia d. Leukopenia
25. Stage predominantly seen in the smear is the
18. Humans, especially children, are occasional host band form of the developing trophozoites:
of this cestode parasite of dogs, cats, and wild a. Plasmodium vivax
carnivores. Transmission results from accidental b. Plasmodium falciparum
ingestion of infected fleas from dogs or cats. Finding c. Plasmodium ovale
the proglottids or eggs in the feces in diagnostic. This d. Plasmodium malariae
parasite is: 26. Microfilaria is the diagnostic stage for
a. Dipylidium caninum Parastrongylus cantonensis. The adult male worm of
b. Echinococcus granulosus this parasite has characteristic of a barber’s pole.
c. Hymenolepis diminuta a. 1st statement is True; 2nd statement is False
d. Hymenolepis nana b. 1st statement is False; 2nd statement is True
19. Absence of CYSTIC stage in its life cycle c. Both statements are True
typically describes: d. Both statement are False
a. Chilomastix mesnili c. Entamoeba
gingivalis 27.Water lily sign is seen in infection due to:
b. Giardia lamblia d. Entamoeba a. Hymenolepis spp infection
histolytica b. Echinococcus infection
c. Taenia spp infection
20. Double-pored dog tapeworm: d. Neurocysticercosis
a. Diphyllobothrium latum
b. Sparganum mansoni 28. A 40-year-old male complained a lower
c. Taenia saginata abdominal pain with a dysuria 2 months after his trip.
d. Dipylidium caninum Laboratory results revealed eggs with a terminal
spine. Which of the parasites is most likely the
21. In addition to its typical location, Paragonimus cause?
eggs are also known to cause serious complications a. Schistosoma japonicum
when recovered in which of the following? b. Schistosoma haematobium
a. Bile c. Brain tissue c. Schistosoma mansoni
b. Cerebrospinal fluid d. Feces d. A, B & C
22. A patient with a history of human
immunodeficiency virus infection presents with a 5- 29. The first intermidiate host for all the trematodes
day history of diarrhea and weight loss. A series id is:
stool specimens is collected and examined for the a. Fish c. Shrimp
presence of ova and parasites. An acid-fast stain on b. Snail d. Water plant
direct smear reveals pink-stained round structures
approximately 4um in diameter. The most likely 30. A persistent cough, localized pain, and liver and
pathogen is: lung involvement are associated with an infection
a. Blastocystis hominis c.Cryptosporidium sp. eith which of the following cestodes?
b. Isospora sp. d. Microsporidium a. Diphyllobothrium latum
b. Echinococcus granulosus
 c. Both A and B 38. Nematode parasites thought to have been the
d. Neither A nor B “fiery serpent” of the ancient Israelites. This parasite,
which has various species of Cyclops as its
31. Also known as the pork tapeworm and the intermediate host, is:
common mode of infection is eating raw pork: a. Mansonella ozzardi c. Dipetalonema
a. Taenia saginata c. Taenia perstans
solium b. Dracunculus medinensis d. Wuchereria
b. Hymenolepis nana d. Dipylidium caninum bancrofti
32. The infective stage of H. diminuta for humans is
which of the following? 39. A systemic hypersensitivity reaction caused by
a. Rhabditiform larva c. Cysticeroid larva the presence of Schistosoma is called which of the
b. Embryonated egg d. Encysted form following?
Other:________________ a. Bilharziasis c. Swamp fever
b. Schistosomiasis d. Katayama
33. Sanitary disposal of human feces is the most fever
important factor in decreasing the incidence of most 40. Toxoplasma gondii is characterized by:
infections caused by intestinal parasites. Which of a. Cosmopolitan distribution and possible
the following diseases would not be affected by that difficulties with interpretation of serological
kind of sanitation? results
a. Trichuriasis c. Hookworm infection b. Possible congenital infection and ingestion of
b. Ascariasis d. Trichinosis oocysts
c. Neither A nor B d. Both A and B
34. Which species of malaria parasite usually has
ameboid trophozoites and produces small reddish 41. Known as the ‘small race of E. histolytica’
dots in the red blood cell cytoplasm? a. E. hartmanni c. E. nana
b. E. moshkovskii d. E. dispar
a. Plasmodium knowlesi
b. Plasmodium falciparum 42. Cholangiocarcinoma is associated with which of
c. Plasmodium vivax the following flukes?
d. Plasmodium malariae a. Fasciola hepatica c.
Paragonimus westermani
35. A 37-year-old sheep farmer from mindoro b. Chlonorchis sinensis d. Schistosoma
presents with upper right quadrant pain and appears japonicum
slightly jaundiced. The stool exam was negative for
ova and parasites, but a CT scan of the liver reveals a 43. The identifying characteristics of Plasmodium
large 14cm cyst that appears to containes fluid with vivax infection is:
protoscolices. Which of the following parasites a. Oval red blood cells
should be considered? b. Schuffner's dots
a. Taenia solium c. Echinococcus granulosus c. Crescent-shaped gametocytes
b. Taenia saginata d. Clonorchis sinensis d. Band Forms

36. Which among of the following organisms is 44. Which of the schistosome eggs may be recovered
related to occurrence of rectal prolapse: in rectal biopsy?
a. Ascaris lumbricoides a. S. masoni c. Both
b. Trichuris trichiura b. S. japonicum d. Neither
c. Necator americanus
d. Strongyloides stercoralis 45. The infective form of Schistosoma mansoni is
which of the following?
37. Which of the following microfilariae is a. Metacercaria encysted on water chestnuts or
unsheathed? vegetables
a. Brugia malayi c. Wuchereria bancrofti b. Metacercaria on or in fish
b. Onchocerca volvulus d. Loa loa c. Cercaria on water chestnuts, bamboo shoots,
or vegetables
 d. Cercaria swimming in water a. Acanthamoeba spp.
b. Naegleria fowleri
46. In the life cycle of hermaphroditic flukes, the c. Toxoplasma gondi
infective stage for the snail is which of the d. Entamoeba histolytica
following? 55. All of the following larva migrate through the
a. Miracidium c. Redia lungs except one:
b. Cercaria d. Metacercaria a. Pinworm Strongyloides
47. A 4-year old female and her pet dog were b. Hookworm Ascaris
diagnosed with Pumpkin seen tapeworm. How was
the infection acquired by the patient? 56. A 7-year-old presented with intermittent
a. Skin penetration of cysticercoid larva abdominal cramps, loose stool and on stool
b. Ingestion of adult worm examination eggs of size 100 μm are seen, which is
c. Vector bite not the cause:
d. Ingestion of dog flea a. Fasciola gigantica
48. A 2-year-old girl and her pet dog were diagnosed b. Echinostoma iliocanum
with D. caninum infection. This infection was c. Gastrodiscoides hominis
acquired by which of the following? d. Opisthorchis viverini
a. Consumption of poorly cooked beef
b. Penetration of soil larva 57. The preferred stain for malaria or trypanosome in
c. Ingestion of the parasite’s egg thin blood smears is:
d. Ingestion of a flea a. Giemsa c. Carbol-
Fuchsin
49. The most common cause of human coenurosis?
b. Lugol's iodine d. H& E stain
a. T. brauna c. T. serialis
b. T. asiatica d. Multiceps
58. A larva is seen in a fresh stool sample. This is
most likely:
50. Collar of spine is found in:
a. Enterobius vermicularis
a. Schistosoma japonicum
b. Ancylostoma duodenale
b. Echinostoma ilocanum
c. Trichiuris trichiura
c. Heterophyes heterophyes
d. Strongyloides stercoralis
d. Fasciola hepatica
59. Found in the oral cavity of man:
51. Adult flukes occur in man in:
a. Trichomonas tenax c. Neither A nor B
1. lung 3. Blood vessel
b. Entamoeba gingivalis d. Both A & B
2. liver 4. intestine
a. 1 and 2 c. All of the above 60. Patient with classical malaria suffer from:
b. 2 and 4 d. None of the above a. Chills/fever c. Both
52. What is a schistosomule? b. Sweating d. Both A & B
a. cercaria
b. cercaria minus tail 61. A 60-year-old Brazilian patient with cardiac
c. free-swimming cercaria irregularities ang congestive heart failure suddenly
d. Metacercaria dies. Examination of the myocardium revealed
numerous amastigotes, an indication that the cause of
53. The primary means of developing an intestinal death was most likely:
infection with Taenia spp. is via which of the
following? a. Trypanosomiasis with Trypanosoma cruzi
a. Skin penetration of larvae b. Leishmaniasis with Leishmania donovani
b. Ingestion of raw or poorly cooked meat c. Trypanosomiasis with Trypanosoma
c. Egg consumption gambiense
d. Drinking contaminated water d. Leishmaniasis with Leishmania braziliense
54. Plunging into a natural hot spring is possible
mode of transmission for:
62. If a stool specimen is allowed to stand at a a. 1, 2, 3, and 4 c. 2 and 4
room temperature too long, eggs may hatch and b. 1, 2, and 3 d. 1 and 3
only larvae will be found for:
a. Trichinella spiralis 70. The trophozoite of G. duodenalis may have?
b. Strogyloides stercoralis 1. Axostyle 4. Sucking disc
c. Ancylostoma duodenale 2. 4 flagella 5. 8 flagella
d. Ascaris lumbricoides 3. 1 nucleus 6. 2 nuclei
a. 1, 2, 4, and 6 c. 1, 4, 5, and 6
63. What procedures must be done to recover the
b. 1, 2, 3, and 4 d. 3, 4, 5, and 6
adult form of Clonorchis sinensis?
a. Direct examination of stool and after autopsy
71. A traveler presents with conjugated with
b. Direct and concentration examinations of
hyperbilirubinemia. On investigations, an egg was
stool
found in his biliary tract. Likely organism is:
c. Following surgery and after autopsy
a. Clonorchis sinensis c. P. westermani
d. Following surgery and duodenal aspiration b. Fasciola buski d. Schistosoma
mansoni
64. Xenodiagnosis using reduvid bugs can be done
for: 72. In the Philippines, the dominant liver fluke
a. Espundia c. Chaga’s disease affecting cattle and buffaloes. There are only a few
b. Oriental sore d. Sleeping sickness human cases reported locally.
65. Many parasite have different stages of growth a. Fasciola hepatica c. Opisthorchis viverrini
within different hosts. The host where the sexual b. Fasciola gigantica d. Echinostoma ilocanum
reproductive stage of the parasites exist is called the:
a. Commensal c. Definitive host 73. In some individuals, this worm causes a
b. Intermediate host d. Vector megaloblastic anemia:
66. Which of the following preventive measure is a. Taenia saginata c. Diphyllobothrium latum
specific for Strongyloidiasis and hookworm b. Taenia solium d. Hymenolepis
infection? diminuta
a. Avoidance of eating insufficiently cooked
pork or beef 74. A 32-year-old Peace Corps volunteer recently
b. Use of water purifiers returned from 1-year period working in a war zone in
c. Observance of hygiene practices in eating & the southern Sudan in central Africa. He presents
drinking with marked splenic enlargement, nonspecific
d. Use of protective shoes & gloves when hypergammaglobulinemia and a negative Leishmanin
handling soil Skin Test (Montenegro Reaction). Mild fevers occur
irregularly. All the information is consistent with:
67. Migration of larva through the skin can a. Malaria c. Visceral
sometimes produce allergic reactions called larva leishmaniasis
migrans; this is associated with: b. Cutaneous leishmaniasis d. Trypanosomiasis
a. Onchocerca volvulus c. Hookworm 75. Tapeworm which can grown up to 25 meters
b. Loa loa d. Dracunculus long:
medinensis a.. Taenia solium c. Echinococcus
granulosus
68. Which tapeworm is acquired by eating infected b. Hymenolepis diminuta d. Taenia
beef? saginata
a. Taenia solium c. Dipylidium caninum
b. Taenia saginata d. Hymenolepis 76. The type of proglottid that contains the
nana reproductive organs such as testes and ovaries?
69. Which of the following cestodes have armed a. Immature c Gravid
rostellum? b. Mature d. Strobila
1. Beef tapeworm 3. Rat tapeworm
2. Dwarf tapeworm 4. Pork tapeworm
77. Which among the following is an example of 84. The procedure for hepatic hydatid cysts involves
contact transmitted nematode which do not develop four sequential steps as defined in the alphabets of
any further because they happen to be really infective the title PAIR which stands for:
few hours after deposition? a. Percutaneous Aspiration Injection and
a. Ascaris lumbricoides c. Trichuris Reaspiration
trichiura b. Pervenous Aspiration Injection and
b. Strongyloides stercoralis d.Enterobius Respiration
vermicularis c. Per subcutaneous Aspiration Injection and
Reaspiration
78. In infection with Taenia solium, humans can d. Puncture Aspiration Injection and
serve as the: Reaspiration
a. Definitive host 85. What inherited condition confers resistence to
b. Intermediate host plasmodium falciparum infection?
c. Either the definitive or the intermediate host a. Hashimoto's thyroiditis
d. None of these options b. Sickle cell trait
c. Beta-thalassemia
79. Visceral larva migrans is caused by? d. Reynaud's phenomenon
a. Ascaris suum c. A. lumbricoides
b. E. vermicularis d. T. trichiura 86. Produces a medical condition similar to
pulmonary tuberculosis:
80. An outbreak of mild intestinal distress, a. Paragonimus westermani
sleeplessness, perianal itching and anxiety has b. Echinostoma ilocanum
broken out among preschool children in private c. Heterophyes heterophyes
homes. The most likely cause of this condition is: d. Clonorchis sinensis
a. Trichuris trichiura c. Enterobius vermicularis 87. Which amoeba has a quadrinucleated cyst with
b. Ascaris lumbricoides d. Necator americanus eccentric karyosome?
a. I. butschlii c. E. histolytica
81. Examination of 24-hour unpreserved urine b. E. nana d. E. coli
specimen is sometimes helpful in the recovery of:
a. Heterophyes heterophyes 88. Xenodiagnosis is usually performed for the
b. Schistosoma haematobium eggs diagnosis of:
c. Clonorchis sinensis a. L. donovani c. T.
d. Paragonimus westermani gambiense
82. Most reported cases have been acquired by eating b. T. cruzi d. S. japonicum
raw pig liver, although consumption of cattle and
goat has also been implicated. Morphologically, this 89. Highly fatal disease associated with Plasmodium
tapeworm contains a sunken rostellum and two rows falciparum in which hemoglobin is lost rapidly
of hooklets. Identify this tapeworm. through the urine.
a. Taenia asiatica a. Black water fever c. Yellow fever
b. Taenia saginata b. Chaga’s disease d.Kala-azar
c. Taenia aegagrus fever
d. Taenia solium 90. The following apply to Diphyllobothrium latum,
EXCEPT:
83. Characteristics of the cestodes include all the a. Referred to as the fish tapeworm
following except: b. Largest tapeworm of man
a. They are hermaphroditic. c. Produces more than 1 million eggs per day
b. They generally require intermediate host(s). d. Proglottids commonly discharged in feces
c. Their laboratory diagnosis consists of finding and aid in the diagnosis
larvae in feces.
d. Their anatomic regions include the scolex,
neck, and strobila.
91. Embryonated spherical ova with striations and 99. Direct stool specimens stained with iodine make
presence of 3 pairs hooklets are consistent to which the trophozoite of protozoa:
of the following cestodes? a. A brown color
1. Pork tapeworm 3. Beef tapeworm b. Remains the same
2. Rat tapeworm 4. Hydatid worm c. A yellow color
a. 1, 2, 3, and 4 c. 1 and 3 d. Disappear as they are destroyed by iodine
b. 1, 3, and 4 d. None o the choices
92. The third specie of Taenia? 100. Which of the following is characteristic of an H.
a. T. brauna c. T. serialis diminuta egg?
b. T. asiatica d. T. multiceps a. Spherical, with radial striations
93. Which microfilariae are usually NOT found b. Ellipsoid, with terminal polar plugs
circulating in the peripheral blood? c. Oval, with thin shell and polar filaments
a. Onchocerca volvulus c. Brugia malayi d. Oval, with polar thickenings and no filaments
b. Wuchereria bancrofti d. Loa loa
101. The dwarf tapeworm is:
94. The asults of this species of Schistosoma dwell in a. Hymenolepis nana c. both
the veins surrounding the urinary bladder: b. Hymenolepis diminuta d. Neither
a. S. haematobium c. S. japonicum 102. The largest fluke found in man is:
b. S. mansoni d. All of the above a. Paragonimus westermani c. Fasciolopsis buski
95. Cysticercosis is caused by the disseminated b. Clonorchis sinensis d. Schistosoma
larvae of: haematobium
a. Taenia solium c. Echinococcus
granulosus 103. Which of the following eggs has no operculum?
b. Taenia saginata d. Diphyllobothrium latum a. Paragonimus westermani c. Fasciolopsis buski
b. Clonorchis sinensis d. Schistosoma
96. Modified TRUE OR FALSE: R. rattus var rattus haematobium
is one of the definitive host of theTrichina worm.
Definitive hosts harbor the asexual stage of the 104. Which Schistosoma species has a large terminal
parasite. spine?
a. First Statement is True; Second statement is a. S. haematobium c. S. mansoni
False b. S.japonicum d. S. mekongi
b. First Statement is False; Second statement is
True 105. Paragonimus eggs can be recovered through the
c. Both Statements are True examination of:
d. Both statements are False a. Sputum c. Both
e. Other:__________ b. Stool d. Neither

97. Oocyst of Cryptosporidium spp. Can be detected 106. An operculated cestode egg that can be
in stool specimens using: recovered from human feces is:
a. Trichrome stain a. Clonorchis sinensis
b. Methenamine silver stain b. Diphyllobothrium latum
c. Gram stain c. Paragonimus westermani
d. Modified Ziehl–Neelsen acid-fast stain d. Dipylidium caninum

98. Presence of siderophil granules is observed in: 107. Which stage of Taenia saginata is usually
a. Chilomastix mesnilii infective for humans?
b. None of the above a. Cysticercus larva c. Filariform larva
c. Trichomonas vaginalis b. Embryonated egg d. Rhabditiform larva
d. Trichinella spiralis
108. Which of the following tapeworms has the
largest adult form found in the human intestine?
a. Echinococcus granulosus c. Hymenolepis nana
b. Diphyllobothrium latum d. Dipylidium 116. Mature and gravid proglottids are typically
caninum shaped like melon seeds:
a. Hymenolepis nana c. Taenia saginata
109. Examination of 24-hour unpreserved urine b. Hymenolepis diminuta d. Dipylidium
specimen is sometimes helpful in the recovery of: caninum
a. Heterophyes heterophyes
b. Schistosoma haematobium eggs 117. Which of the following are key distinguishing
c. Clonorchis sinensis factors in differentiating an infection between T.
d. Paragonimus westermani saginata and T. solium?
a. Egg morphology and number of uterine branches
110. The larvae of Strongyloides stercoralis is most in proglottid
likely to be confused with larvae of which one of the b. Presence of hooklets on scolex and egg
following parasites? morphology
a. Wuchereria bancrofti c. Trichinella c. Presence of hooklets and number of uterine
spiralis branches in proglottid
b. Ascaris lumbricoides d. Necator d. Egg morphology and presence of suckers on
americanus Scolex

111. Inoperculate egg with prominent lateral spine is 118. Characteristic feature of male Schistosomes:
found in: a. Sheathed spicule c. Genital primordium
a. Fasciola hepatica c. b. Spermatheca d. Gynecophoral
Diphyllobothrium latum canal
b. Paragonimus westermanni d. Schistosoma
mansoni 119. Smallest tapeworm parasitizing the small
intestines of man:
112. In humans, Echinococcus granulosus infection a. Hymenolepis nana c. Taenia solium
results in which of the following? b. Hymenolepis diminuta d. Taenia
a. Eggs similar to those of H. nana saginata
b. A nutritional deficiency
c. A hydatid cyst 120. Which of the following is a mercury containing
d. Filariform larva fixative used to preserve parasites in stool
specimens?
113. A tapeworm having small, pumpkin-seed a. Formalin c. Sodium acetate
segments with one genital pore on each margin is: b. Buffered glycerol d. Polyvinyl alcohol
a. Dipylidium caninum c.
Hymenolepis nana 121. Infective stage of the Schistosomes to their final
b. Taenia saginata d. Taenia solium host:
a. Miracidium c. Cercaria
b. Coracidium d. Metacercaria
114. Capillaria philippinensis ova are confused with
ova of: 122. The typical transmission route of Paragonimus
a. Trichuris trichiura c. Enterobius vermicularis to humans consists of which of the following?
b. Ascaris lumbricoides d. Hookworm a. Consumption of contaminated crayfish or crabs
b. Walking barefoot on contaminated sandy soil
115. The preferred stain for malaria or trypanosomes c. Swimming in contaminated water
in thin blood smears is: d. Hand-to-mouth contamination
a. Giemsa
b. H& E stain 123. The ideal temperature at which to hold a fecal
c. Lugol's iodine specimen for any length of time is:
d. Carbol-Fuchsin a. Freezer c. Room Temperature
b. Refrigerator d. Incubator 132. Bachman Intradermal test is highly specific test
to diagnose:
124. The rhabditiform larvae of Strongyloides a. Dracunculus medinensis c. Trichuris trichiura
stercoralis. b. Trichinella spiralis d. Wuchereria
a. Mate and produce ova bancrofti
b. Are found in the blood of infected humans
c. Are infective for humans 133. Tapeworms are:
d. Are the diagnostic form found in feces a. Provided with separate sexes c. All are non-
operculated
125. Which of the following associations is correct b. Generally hermaphroditic d. None of the above
for D. latum?
a. Snail-coracidium c. Fish-cysticercus 134. The most important part of the tapeworm body,
b. Copepod-procercoid d. Beetle- non-recovery of which means treatment is not
pleurocercoid successful:
a. Scolex c. Neck
126. The stage of parasite found in the feces in b. Proglottids d. Immature segments
Strongyloidiasis of man is:
a. Embryonated egg c. Rhabditiform larvae 135. Stage in the life cycle of a blood fluke,
b. Unfertilized egg d. Filariform larvae Schistosoma sp. able to penetrate skin and cause
infection.
127. Characteristics of the rhabditiform a. Metacercaria c. Cercaria
(noninfective) larvae of Strongyloides stercoralis b. Cyst d. Cysticercoid
include a: 137. Which species of malaria parasite usually has
a. Short buccal capsule and large genital ameboid trophozoites and produces small reddish
primordium dots in the red blood cell cytoplasm?
b. Long buccal capsule and pointed tail a. Plasmodium knowlesi c. Plasmodium
c. Short buccal capsule and small genital falciparum
primordium b. Plasmodium malariae d. Plasmodium vivax
d. Small genital primordium and notch in tail
139. A helminth egg is described as having terminal
128. One of these is NOT a characteristic of human
polar plugs The most likely helminth is:
blood flukes:
a. Cylindrical in shape c. Portal of entry is the a. Hookworm c. Trichuris trichiura
skin b. Enterobius vermicularis d.
b. Hermaphroditic d. Non operculated Strongyloides stercoralis

129. Rat Tapeworm: 140. The examination of sputum may be necessary to

a. Hymenolepis nana c. Taenia saginata diagnose infection with:
b. Hymenolepis diminuta d. Dipylidium a. Paragonimus westermani c. Fasciolopsis buski
caninum b. Schistosoma japonicum d. Clonorchis sinensis

130. Best technique to diagnosed Enterobiasis:

a. Kato -Katz Technique c. Scotch tape 142. Suitable specimen for the identification of
swab microfilaria:
b. Skeletal muscle biopsy d. Identification in a. Urine c. Feces
skin snips b. Blood d. Sputum
131. The mouth of Necator americanus is
characterized by the presence of: 143. Eggs of this fluke are small and shaped like an
a. Teeth c. Both old-fashioned electric light bulb:
b. Cutting plates d. Neither a. Clonorchis sinensis c. Fasciolopsis
buski
 b. Fasciola lanceolata d. Echinostoma b. Adult worms in tissues d. Hydatid cysts
ilocanum in tissues
152. One of the following does NOT have
144. Eggs or larvae recovered in the stool are not
operculated ova:
routinely used to diagnose infections caused by
a. Fasciolopsis buski c. Clonorchis sinensis
which one of the following helminths? b. Schistosoma japonicum d. Heterophyes
a. Trichinella spiralis c. Strongyloides heterophyes
stercoralis
b. Necator americanus d. Ascaris lumbricoides 153. Almond-shaped scolex with two-lateral grooves:
a. Taenia saginata c. Hymenolepis diminuta
145. In an examination of stained blood films, b. Taenia solium d. Diphyllobothrium latum
Babesia spp. are likely to resemble: 154. Hydatid cysts in humans are due to ingestion of
a. Leishmania donovani c. Plasmodium a tapeworm stage normally found in canines. This
falciparum stage is the:
b. Toxoplasma gondii d. Trypanosoma a. Cercaria c. Cysticercus
b. Cercocystis d. Embryonated egg
cruzi 155. The determination of Fasciolopsis versus
146. Enterobius vermicularis infection is usually Fasciola can only be accomplished in the laboratory
diagnosed by finding: by the recovery of which of the following?
a. Eggs in perianal specimens a. Eggs c. Adults
b. Larvae in feces b. Larvae d. Sporocysts
c. Larvae in perianal specimens 156. Stools for parasitic diagnosis must not be
d. Eggs in the feces
contaminated with:
147. The preservative to be employed with a. Toilet water c. Both
Trichrome stain is: b. Urine d. Neither
157. A primary differential feature between an H.
a. Formalin C .PVA
b. Alcohol d. Saline nana egg and H. diminuta egg is which of the
following?
148. Adult worm of Paragonimus westermanni reside a. A flattened side for H. diminuta egg
in: b. A thick shell for H. nana egg
A. Lungs C. Spleen c. Polar filaments in H. nana egg
B. Small intestine D. A & B d. Radial striations in H. diminuta egg
149. Eggs with flattened bipolar plugs and striated 158. The adult tapeworm of Echinococcus

shell belong to: granulosus is found in the intestine of:

a. Trichuris trichiura c. Both a. Dogs c. Humans

b. Capillaria philippinensis d. Neither b. Sheep d. Cattle
150. Which of the following does not apply to H. 159. The characteristic of the life cycle of H. nana
that differentiates it from the other cestodes is which
nana? of the following?
a. Dwarf tapeworm a. Lack of an intermediate host
b. Steatorrhea b. Infective larval stage
c. Proper hygiene and sanitation procedures c. Need for external environment
d. Praziquantel therapy d. Larval passage through the lungs
151. The best direct diagnosis of Echinococcus
granulosus infection in humans is made by 160. Humans acquire infections with

identification of: Diphyllobothrium latum adult worms by:

a. Adult worms in the intestine c. Eggs in feces a. Ingestion of freshwater crabs

 b. Skin penetration of cercariae a. Necator americanus c. Ancylostoma
c. Ingestion of water chestnuts duodenale
d. Ingestion of raw freshwater fish b. Ascaris lumbricoides d. Strongyloides
stercoralis
161. Muscle biopsy is a diagnostic technique 170. The infective stage of H. diminuta for humans is
employed to detect: which of the following?
a. Trichinosis c. Trichuriasis a. Rhabditiform larva c. Embryonated egg
b. Taeniasis d. Ascariasis b. Cysticeroid larva d. Encysted form

162. Which statement is not correct concerning 171. A unique characteristic of Dipylidium caninum
Strongyloides stercoralis? is which of the following?
a. It causes a marked eosinophilia a. Lack of suckers on the scolex
b. It produces filariform larvae b. Alternation of female and male proglottids
c. It is acquired by ingestion of eggs c. Proglottid resemblance to Taenia solium
d. It undergoes a free living life cycle in soil d. Formation of egg packets
163. Oocysts of Cryptosporidium spp. can be 172. One of the differential characteristics of the
detected in stool specimens using: microfilariae is:
a. Modified Ziehl–Neelsen acid-fast stain a. Number of somatic nuclei
b. Methenamine silver stain
b. Presence or absence of sheath
c. Gram stain
c. Presence or absence of dorsal curvature and
d. Trichrome stain
posterior end
164. Human tapeworm that does not require an
d. Presence or absence of a hexacanth embryo
intermediate host to complete its natural life cycle:
a. Hymenolepis nana c. Taenia 173. Smaller cyst within a hydatid
saginata cyst
b. Hymenolepis diminuta d. Dipylidium caninum 174. Series of proglottids
175. Contains both male and female
165. The diagnosis of Filariasis is usually made by organs
the presence of microfilariae in: 176. Develops from a procercoid larva
177. Segment of a tapeworm
a. Blood c. Lymph
178. Free-swimming larva of D. latum
b. Tissue d. Urine
179. Acquired from Animals
180. Hexacanth embryo
166. Which stage of Trichuris trichiura is infective
181. Head of a tapeworm
for humans? 182. Larval form of Taenia spp.
a. Unembryonated ovum c. Filariform larva
b. Rhabditiform larva d. Embryonated 183-188. Match the host for metacercariae with
ovum the parasite. Answers can be used more than
167. Differentiation between Taenia solium and once.
Taenia saginata can be done through examination of:
A. Fish B. Water plants
a. Ova c. Scolex C. Crawfish
b. Gravid segments d. B & C only
168. Known as the blood flukes: _____183. Fasciolopsis buski

a. Echinostoma ilocanum c. Schistosoma _____184. Fasciola hepatica

japonicum
_____185. Clonorchis sinensis
b. Paragonimus westermani d. Fasciola hepatica
169. The filariform larva is the infective stage of the _____186. Paragonimus westermani
following nematodes, except: _____187. Metagonimus yokogawai
_____188. Heterophyes heterophyes