Cestodes Trivia Quiz
- 1.Which worms belong to the Taenidae family.
- A.
Taenia solium and saginata
- B.
Hymenolepis
- C.
Echinococcus
- D.
Diphyllobothrium
- 2.Cestodes have male and female worms.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 3.Coracidia are free swimming embryos from pseudophyllidea.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 4.Diphyllobothrium is also known as
- A.
The dog tapeworm
- B.
The pork tapeworm
- C.
The beef tapeworm
- D.
The fish tapeworm
- 5.Which of the following are true for T.solium
- A.
More proglottids are passed per day than T.saginata
- B.
Less proglottids are passed per day than in T.saginata
- C.
It has more uterine branches per proglottid than T.saginata
- D.
It has less uterine branches per proglottid than T.saginata
- E.
It's scolex has four suckers and no hooks
- F.
It's scolex has four suckers and a crown of hooks
- 6.Humans are the only definitive hosts of Taenia solium and saginata
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 7.
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This egg measures 35 - 45 microns. It could be:- A.
Diphyllobothrium
- B.
Echinococcus
- C.
T.saginata
- D.
T.solium
- 8.Foxes are the definitive hosts for E.granulosis.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 9.Diphyllobothrium is known to be able to cause a B12 deficiency.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 10.T.saginata can cause human cysticercosis.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 11.Echinococcus granulosus causes what type of disease
- A.
Diarrhoea
- B.
Alveolar echinococcus
- C.
B12 deficiency
- D.
Hydatid disease
- 12.Which of these worms needs the cyst-filled organs of the intermediate host (containing daughter cysts and protoscolices) to be eaten to continue its lifecycle.
- A.
Hymenolepis
- B.
Taenia
- C.
Diphyllobothrium
- D.
Echinococcus
- 13.Bears are reservoir hosts of diphyllobothrium.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 14.A Diphyllobothrium egg is approximately:
- A.
55 microns
- B.
35 - 45 microns
- C.
65 - 70 microns
- D.
70 - 110 microns
- 15.Not feeding dogs the uncooked offal of sheep is a preventative measure for which cestode infection.
- A.
Taenia
- B.
Echinococcus
- C.
Hymenolepis nana
- D.
Diphyllobothrium
- 16.Diphyllobothrium has proglottids longer than they are wide.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 17.Elimination of rodents is a control measure for which cestode?
- A.
Diphyllobothrium
- B.
Taeniae
- C.
Hymenolepis
- D.
Echinococcus
- 18.Humans are accidental hosts of Taenia.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 19.Diphyllobothrium is found...
- A.
Only South America
- B.
Europe, Asia and the Americas
- C.
Only Africa
- D.
Only India
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