Biology 625
ANIMAL PARASITOLOGY
Sample exam

The exam below is simply a sample test, portions of which were given to students in 1995. This sample exam is not meant to be all inclusive. Rather, it should be used only to give you an idea of how I design many of my exams. Be sure that not all information in the course is contained within the body of this sample exam.

ANIMAL PARASITOLOGY 625
SAMPLE EXAM #3 (100 points) PROTOZOA

NOTE: A species is binomial

  1. In one sentence or less, define each of the following terms (2 points each, 30 points total).

    1. Ookinete

    2. Promastigote

    3. Bradyzoite

    4. Endosome

    5. Syzygy

    6. Epimerite

    7. Nagana

    8. Syngamy

    9. Isogamy

    10. Amastigote

    11. Trophont

    12. Polar capsule

    13. Salivaria

    14. Axostyle

    15. Sporogony


  2. For each query, fill in the species of parasite. More than 1 answer may apply to some questions, but please only give 1 answer (2 points each, 30 points total).

    1. Blackhead in turkeys.

    2. Hepatic amoebiasis.

    3. Macronucelus.

    4. Antigenic variation.

    5. Forms oocysts.

    6. Axostyle.

    7. Adhesive disk.

    8. Segmenter.

    9. Polar tube.

    10. Sporozoites.

    11. Polar capsule.

    12. Hemozoin pigment.

    13. Conjugation.

    14. Macroschizont.

    15. Primite.


  3. List 5 different species of protozoa that are zoonoses (i.e. animal parasites capable of infecting humans) (2 points each; 10 points).

    1. ...

    2. ...

    3. ...

    4. ...

    5. ...


  4. Provide the common name of the vector for each of the following (2 points each, 10 points total).

    1. Plasmodium relictum

    2. Trypanosoma brucei

    3. Babesia bigemina

    4. Haemogregarina balli

    5. Leukocytozoon smithi


  5. Please provide the complete and un-edited life cycle for each of the following 4 species of protozoan (5 points each, 20 points total).

    1. Cryptosporidium parvum; Haemogregarina balli; Toxoplasma gondii, and Plasmodium brazilianum


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