AMT MT Study Guide Five
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
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
