Chapter 12
Multiple Choice Questions – Answers
1. Identify the correct definition of the term parasite:
A A micro-organism that invades host cells and replicates inside them
B An organism that lives in or on another living body to benefit the host
C An organism that lives in or on another living body to benefit itself [True]
The correct answer is C. A parasite is an organism that lives in or on another living body
to benefit itself.
2. Identify the correct definition of the term endoparasite:
A Lives on the surface of the host organism
B Lives in the body cavities of the host organism [True]
The correct answer is B. An endoparasite lives in the body cavities of the host organism.
Examples include roundworms, tapeworms and lungworms.
3. Identify the correct definition of the term ectoparasite:
A Lives on the surface of the host organism [True]
B Lives in the body cavities of the host organism
The correct answer is A. An ectoparasite lives on the body surface of the host organism.
Examples include fleas, mites, lice and ticks.
4. The term for a product used to eliminate endoparasites is:
A Vaccination
B Antibiotic
C Fomite
D Anthelmintic [True]
The correct answer is D. An anthelmintic is the technical term used to describe the
type of product used to eliminate endoparasites from the body. May also be called a
wormer.
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5. The term for the animal that a parasite lives on/in is:
A Fomite
B Micro-organism
C Host [True]
D Vector
The correct answer is C. The animal that the parasite lives on/in is called the host
organism.
6. Identify which of the listed parasites is not an ectoparasite:
A Roundworm [True]
B Cheyletiella mites
C Fleas
D Ticks
The correct answer is A. Roundworms are endoparasites not ectoparasite.
7. Identify which of the listed parasites is not an endoparasite:
A Lungworm
B Tapeworm
C Demodex mites [True]
D Roundworm
The correct answer is C. Demodex mites are ectoparasites not endoparasites.