The white blood cells that engulf and destroy viruses that have been blocked
by antibodies are called
Select one:
a. dendritic cells.
b. phagocytes.
c. T cells.
d. B cells. - ✔️
✔b️. phagocytes.
You are examining a routine urinalysis specimen from a 25-year old woman
presenting to the emergency room with dysuria and a frothy, mucopurulent
vaginal discharge. You find a pear-shaped organism with anterior flagella and
jerky motility. What is the likely identification of the organism?
Select one:
a. <i>Giardia lamblia</i>
b. <i>Trichomonas vaginalis</i>
c. <i>Dientamoeba fragilis</i>
d. <i>Chilomastix mesnili</i> - ✔️
✔️b. <i>Trichomonas vaginalis</i>
The class trematodes are
Select one:
a. roundworms.
, b. big worms.
c. flukes.
d. tapeworms. - ✔️
✔c️. flukes.
What parasite is identified by using thick and thin blood smears which allows
for better detection of the parasite in blood?
Select one:
a. <i>Plasmodium spp</i>
b. <i>Trichomonas vaginalis</i>
c. <i>Candida albicans</i>
d. <i>Nocardia spp</i> - ✔️
✔️a. <i>Plasmodium spp</i>
Fungi can generally be divided into what two broad groups, based on the
appearance of the colonies formed in the clinical laboratory?
Select one:
a. Yeast and mold
b. Septate hyphae and aseptate hyphae
c. Systemic and superficial
d. Cutaneous and subcutaneous - ✔️
✔a️. Yeast and mold
A pseudogerm tube occurs when
Select one:
a. the inoculum used to perform the test is too heavy.
b. alternative substrates are used.
c. there is a constriction present at the base of the germ tube where it
attaches to the mother cell.
d. All of the Above - ✔️
✔️c. there is a constriction present at the base of the
germ tube where it attaches to the mother cell
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