Chapter 5 Online quizzes

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A parasite is…

always a bacterium correct incorrect

always microscopic in size correct incorrect

an organism that survives by living inside or on another organism, damaging the health of the host organism correct incorrect

always a protozoan correct incorrect

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Parasitic worms are also known as…

apicomplexa correct incorrect

helminths correct incorrect

kinetoplastids correct incorrect

nematodes correct incorrect

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Which of these is NOT known to be a host of the guinea worm?

Bats correct incorrect

Copepods correct incorrect

Humans correct incorrect

Dogs correct incorrect

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Which blood stage of the Plasmodium parasite is taken up by mosquitoes, and can continue developing in the mosquito gut?

Sporozoite correct incorrect

Merozoite correct incorrect

Ookinete correct incorrect

Gametocyte correct incorrect

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Which organism transmits trypanosome parasites?

Bat correct incorrect

Tsetse fly correct incorrect

Sand fly correct incorrect

Mosquito correct incorrect

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In Plamsodium parasites, antigenic variation is driven by recombination in which multi-gene family?

mar correct incorrect

car correct incorrect

par correct incorrect

var correct incorrect

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In the context of gene drive, what does "HEG" stand for?

Homing endonuclease gene correct incorrect

Heterozygous essential gene correct incorrect

Homozygous essential gene correct incorrect

Health enhancing gene correct incorrect

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Which organism is the intermediate host of Schistosome parasites?

Bat correct incorrect

Mosquito correct incorrect

Snail correct incorrect

Goat correct incorrect

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In Schistosoma mansoni, what underlies resistance to the drug oxamniquine?

Genetic variation in lots of genes working together correct incorrect

We have not yet detected resistance to this drug correct incorrect

Genetic variation in a single, known, gene correct incorrect

Scientists don't know yet correct incorrect

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What are the "3Rs" of animal research?

Refinement, Replacement, Rarely correct incorrect

Replacement, Reduction, Refinement correct incorrect

Reduce, Reuse, Refine correct incorrect

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle correct incorrect