EVALUATION QUESTIONS
• What is a normal flora?
• What is the importance of normal flora?
• List types of microbiological pathogens?
• What are the characteristics of vectors?
Evaluation 02
• What are the structural features of bacterial cell?
• What are the differences between prokaryotic cell and eukaryotic cell?
• What are the 5 criteria for classification of bacteria and give examples?
Evaluation 03
• What are Gram positive bacteria?
• What are the examples of Gram positive organisms of medical importance?
• What are the morphological differences of staphylococci and streptococci groups?
• What are the diseases caused by staphylococci aureus?
Evaluation 04
• What is the Gram negative bacteria related to gastrointestinal tract?
• Which specimen is collected in order to diagnose cholera?
• What are the diseases caused by Neisseria gonorrhoea?
Evaluation 05
• What are the characteristics of Mycobacterium?
• What are the diseases caused by Mycobacterium?
• What are the general characteristics of spirochaetes?
• What are Spirochaetes of medical importance?
Evaluation 06
• What are fungi?
• What is the difference between yeast and mould?
• How do you classify fungi?
Evaluation 07
• What are the fungi of medical importance?
• What are opportunistic fungi and the disease they cause?
Evaluation 08
• List basic structures of a virus.
• What are characteristics of a virus?
Evaluation 09
• What are the criteria used to classify viruses?
• What are the differences between enveloped and none enveloped viruses?
• What are the important steps involved during viral replication?
Evaluation 10
• What are Herpes viruses?
• What are the disease caused by Herpes simplex 1 and 2?
• List four viruses which cause latent infections.
Evaluation 11
• What are characteristics of HIV?
• What are the important viral enzymes of HIV?
• What are the classes of antiretroviral drugs used in treatment of HIV&AIDS?
Evaluation 12
• What are the characteristics of Hepatitis B and C viruses?
• What are the diseases caused by Hepatitis B and C viruses?
• What are the characteristics of Ebola and Marburg Viruses?
• What is the medical importance of Ebola and Marburg Viruses?
Evaluation 13
• What is zoster?
• What are characteristics of measles and mumps viruses?
• What are the diseases caused by Varicella, Measles, Mumps, and Rubella viruses?
Evaluation 14
• What are the characteristics of Influenza viruses?
• What are the characteristic features of the Respiratory syncytial virus?
• What is the medical importance of Influenza and RSV?
Evaluation 15
• What are the general characteristics of entetroviruses?
• What is the medical importance of enteroviruses?
• What are the characteristics of yellow fever virus?
Evaluation 16
• What is parasitism?
• List types of hosts and vectors.
• How are the parasites of medical importance classified?
Evaluation 17
• What are the morphological characteristics of Entamoeba hystolytica?
• What are the diseases caused by Entamoeba histolytica?
• What are the major steps in the life cycle of Giardia lamblia?
• List the characteristics of Balantidium coli.
• What is the common drug of choice for the intestinal protozoa?
Evaluation 18
• What are the morrpholgical characteristics of Cryptosporidium parvum?
• What are the methods of transmission of Cryptosporidium parvum and I. Belli?
• What is the medical importance of Cryptosporidium parvum and Isospora belli?
Evaluation 19
• What are the morphological characteristics of Ascaris lumbricoides?
• What are the differences between ova of Ascaris lumbricoides and that of Trichuris
trichiura?
• What are the laboratory techniques used to identify both Ascaris lumbricoides and
Trichuris trichiura?
Evaluation 20
• What is the mode of transmission of hookworm?
• Mention the most common complication of hookworm infection.
• Mention drugs of choice for enterobiasis and hookworms
Evaluation 21
• What are the characteristics of Strongyloides stercoralis?
• What are the three types of life cycles of Strongyloides stercoralis?
• What is the Laboratory identification method for Strongyloides stercoralis?
• What are the drugs of choice for Strongyloides stercoralis?
Evaluation 22
• What are the characteristics of Taenia saginata and Taenia solium?
• What are the intermediate hosts of Taenia saginata and Taenia solium?
• What is the medical importance of Taenia saginata and Taenia solium?
Evaluation 23
• What are the three species of Schistosomes of medical importance?
• What are the distinguishing features of eggs of schistosomes?
• What is the drug of choice for schistosomiasis?
Evaluation 24
• What are characteristics of T. Gambiense and T. rhodesiense?
• What are three drugs of choice for treatment of African trypanasomiasis?
• What are reservoir host of T. Gambiense and T. rhodesiense?
Evaluation 25
• What are species of plasmodium responsible for causing malaria?
• List characteristics of P.Falciparum trophozoites?
• What are the modes of transmission of malaria parasite?
Evaluation 26
• What are the characteristics of W. Bancrofti?
• What are the vectors involved in the transmission of W. bancrofti?
• What are the drugs of choice for the treatment of W. bancrofti infection?
Evaluation 27
• What is Toxoplasma gondii?
• What are the morphologic forms of Toxoplasma gondii?
• What are the drugs of choice to manage Toxoplasma gondii?
• What is Echnococcus granulosus?
• What is the disease caused by Echnococcus granulosus?
• What are the drugs of choice for treatment of Echnococcus granulosus?
Evaluation 28
• What are the life stages of Ochocerca volvulus?
• What is the intermediate host of Onchocerca volvulus?
• What are the laboratory diagnostic techniques for Onchocerca volvulus?
Evaluation 29
• What are the characteristics of Trichomonas vaginalis?
• What is the mode of transmission of Trichomonas vaginalis?
• What are the laboratory diagnostic techniques for Trichomonas vaginalis?
Evaluation 30
• What is the meaning of
o Biological vector?
o Mechanical vector?
• What are the four characteristics of Mosquito?
Evaluation 31
• What are the features which distinguish mosquitoes from other flies?
• What are the behaviours of adult mosquitoes?
• What are the pathogens transmitted by mosquitoes?
Evaluation 32
• What is the medical importance of tsetse-flies?
• What are the factors which favour occurrence of the simulium species?
• What are the control measures of bed bugs
Evaluation 33
• What are the general characteristics of fleas?
• What are the two species of fleas and the disease they cause?
• What are the methods of control of fleas?
Evaluation 34
• What are the morphological features of lice?
• What are the three species of lice of medical importance?
• What are the pathogens that are transmitted through lice?
• What are the control measures of lice?
Evaluation 35
• What are the common types of cockroaches?
• What are the medical importances of cockroaches and house fly?
• What are the control measures of cockroaches and house fly?
Evaluation 36
• What are the morphological characteristics of the subclass acarina?
• What are the ticks and mites of medical importance?
• What are the medical importance of ticks and mites?
• What are the control measures against ticks?
Evaluation 37
• What are the morphological characteristics of snails of medical importance?
• What is the importance of each of the three snails of medical importance?
• What are the ways to control snails?
