7.
Which phylum do tapeworms
belong to?
Multiple-Choice Questions a) Phylum Platyhelminthes
b) Phylum Nemathelminthes
1. Which of the following is NOT one c) Phylum Ciliophora
of the four kingdoms under d) Phylum Amoebozoa
Eukaryotes?
a) Protista 8. What type of muscle arrangement
b) Fungi does Ascaris lumbricoides have?
c) Archaea a) Holomyarian
d) Plantae b) Meromyarian
c) Polymyarian
2. What is the phylum of Amoeba d) Syncytial
proteus?
a) Phylum Amoebozoa 9. Which of the following parasites is
b) Phylum Metamonada larviparous?
c) Phylum Apicomplexa a) Ascaris lumbricoides
d) Phylum Euglenozoa b) Hookworms
c) Strongyloides stercoralis
3. Which of the following parasites d) Wuchereria bancrofti
causes sleeping sickness?
a) Plasmodium falciparum 10.What is the mode of
b) Trypanosoma brucei transmission of Enterobius
c) Candida albicans vermicularis?
d) Taenia solium a) Ingestion of embryonated eggs
b) Skin penetration
4. The class Coccidea belongs to c) Inhalation
which phylum? d) Vector-borne
a) Phylum Metamonada
b) Phylum Apicomplexa 11.Which class do flukes belong to?
c) Phylum Ciliophora a) Class Trematoda
d) Phylum Chromista b) Class Cestoidea
c) Class Secernentia
5. What is the type of reproductive d) Class Adenophorea
system found in cestodes?
a) Diecious 12.What is the defining
b) Monoecious characteristic of nematodes?
c) Parthenogenetic a) Incomplete alimentary canal
d) Asexual b) Segmented bodies
c) Complete digestive system
6. Which of the following is a d) Presence of suckers
roundworm?
a) Taenia solium 13.Which parasite is transmitted
b) Diphyllobothrium latum through ingestion of larvae?
c) Ascaris lumbricoides a) Trichinella spiralis
d) Schistosoma mansoni b) Ascaris lumbricoides
c) Enterobius vermicularis
d) Wuchereria bancrofti b) Skin penetration
c) Inhalation
14.Which of the following is d) Blood transfusion
oviparous?
a) Trichuris trichiura 21.Which of the following does NOT
b) Capillaria philippinensis have a complete digestive system?
c) Wuchereria bancrofti a) Ascaris lumbricoides
d) Dracunculus medinensis b) Hookworms
c) Taenia solium
15.Which of the following is NOT an d) Enterobius vermicularis
example of a cestode?
a) Taenia solium 22.What type of musculature does
b) Diphyllobothrium latum Trichinella spiralis have?
c) Schistosoma mansoni a) Holomyarian
d) Echinococcus b) Meromyarian
c) Polymyarian
16.What is the primary attachment d) None
organ of cestodes?
a) Teeth 23.What is the mode of
b) Suckers transmission of Wuchereria
c) Buccal capsule bancrofti?
d) None (free-floating) a) Ingestion
b) Skin penetration
17.What is the intermediate host of c) Vector-borne
Schistosoma? d) Transmammary
a) Fish
b) Snail 24.Which of the following parasites is
c) Cow ovoviviparous?
d) Mosquito a) Ascaris lumbricoides
b) Trichinella spiralis
18.What is the infective stage of c) Hookworms
hookworms? d) Enterobius vermicularis
a) Egg
b) Rhabditiform larva 25.What is the infective stage of
c) Filariform larva Strongyloides stercoralis?
d) Adult a) Egg
b) Rhabditiform larva
19.Which of the following parasites c) Filariform larva
does NOT have segments? d) Adult
a) Taenia solium
b) Diphyllobothrium latum 26.Which of the following is
c) Ascaris lumbricoides monoecious?
d) Echinococcus a) Ascaris lumbricoides
b) Schistosoma mansoni
20.What is the mode of c) Taenia solium
transmission of Strongyloides d) Enterobius vermicularis
stercoralis?
a) Ingestion of embryonated eggs
27.What is the disease caused by
Schistosoma mansoni?
a) Malaria
b) Schistosomiasis
c) Sleeping sickness
d) Ascariasis
28.What is the parasitic stage of
Trichinella spiralis in humans?
a) Egg
b) Larva in muscle tissue
c) Adult in intestines
d) Free-living stage
29.What is the mode of reproduction
of filarial worms?
a) Oviparous
b) Ovoviviparous
c) Larviparous
d) Asexual
30.Which of the following is the
largest intestinal roundworm?
a) Enterobius vermicularis
b) Trichuris trichiura
c) Ascaris lumbricoides
d) Hookworms
23.c) Vector-borne
Answer Key 24.b) Trichinella spiralis
1. c) Archaea 25.c) Filariform larva
2. a) Phylum Amoebozoa 26.c) Taenia solium
3. b) Trypanosoma brucei 27.b) Schistosomiasis
4. b) Phylum Apicomplexa 28.b) Larva in muscle tissue
5. b) Monoecious 29.c) Larviparous
6. c) Ascaris lumbricoides 30.c) Ascaris lumbricoides
7. a) Phylum Platyhelminthes
8. c) Polymyarian
9. d) Wuchereria bancrofti
10.c) Inhalation
11.a) Class Trematoda
12.c) Complete digestive system
13.a) Trichinella spiralis
14.a) Trichuris trichiura
15.c) Schistosoma mansoni
16.b) Suckers
17.b) Snail
18.c) Filariform larva
19.c) Ascaris lumbricoides
20.b) Skin penetration
21.c) Taenia solium
22.a) Holomyarian
