MCQ
Medicine – Theoretical – Examination – MCQ
2017 – 2018
Mid-Year
1. Which of the following drugs aren’t used in OA? ( osteoarthritis )
A) azathioprine
B) topical caspacan
C) topical diclofinac
D) steroid injection
E) ?
Ans: A ?
2. Heberden nodes are:
A) Osteophytes
B) Located in PIP joints
C) Located in MCP joints
D) Always painful
E) Occur in RA and OA
Ans: A
3. Which one is not a property of hyaline cartilage?
A) Aneural
B) Avascular
C) Alymphatic
D) Shock absorbant
E) Irregular and rough surface
Ans: E
4. Which one is not an X-RAY change in OA?
A) Marginal bony outgrowths ( osteophyte )
B) Eburnation
C) Bone cyst formation
D) Osteoporosis..
E) Presence of loose bodies
Ans: D
5. Amount of synovial fluid is:
A) 10-20 ml
B) 0.1 – 4
C) 5-10
D) 10-15
Ans: B
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, 6. All are true about absence seizure, except:
A) Attacks last 60 seconds
B) Attack is of sudden onset and offset
C) Patient suddenly stop what they’re doing, eyes remain open, distant and staring
D) The patient is of young age
E) May occur several times per day
Ans: A
7. The most important step in reaching a diagnosis of epilepsy is:
A) Listening to a patient and a witness about the attack
B) Wonder why the patient has epilepsy
C) Try to establish a cause
D) Investigate by EEG and MRI ..
E) Assess patient reaction and the consequences of diagnosis in his life
Ans: A ?
8. Which of the following is a type of cortical dementia?
A) Parkinson
B) Huntington
C) AIDS dementia
D) Frontotemporal dementia ( pick’s disease )
E) Progressive supranuclear palsy
Ans: D
9. A patient presenting with acute coma, which of the following is not included in
management?
A) LP is mandatory to exclude meningoencephalitis
B) If pin-point pupil give naloxone
C) Acyclovir given
D) Exclude hyperthermia before deciding its brain death
Ans: D ?
10. Patient with headache and neck stiffness, which one is not true?
A. Kerning sign is always positive
B. If there is no fever meningitis is excluded
Ans: ?
11. U/S in kidney disease is used for all the followings, except:
A) Estimate completeness of emptying in suspected neurogenic bladder
B) Detect signs of chronicity of renal disease
C) Doppler U/S not used for detecting of renal transplant rejection
D) Doppler U/S used for detecting severe renal artery stenosis
E) Normal sized kidney in diabetic patient doesn’t exclude kidney disease
Ans : C
12. Regarding urinalysis which one is not true?
A) Isomorphic RBC occur in glomerulonephritis
B) Presence of pus may indicate pyelonephritis
C) Alkaline urine maybe due to renal tubular acidosis
D) Dipstick test can detect proteinuria Ans: A
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Medicine – Theoretical – Examination – MCQ
2017 – 2018
Mid-Year
1. Which of the following drugs aren’t used in OA? ( osteoarthritis )
A) azathioprine
B) topical caspacan
C) topical diclofinac
D) steroid injection
E) ?
Ans: A ?
2. Heberden nodes are:
A) Osteophytes
B) Located in PIP joints
C) Located in MCP joints
D) Always painful
E) Occur in RA and OA
Ans: A
3. Which one is not a property of hyaline cartilage?
A) Aneural
B) Avascular
C) Alymphatic
D) Shock absorbant
E) Irregular and rough surface
Ans: E
4. Which one is not an X-RAY change in OA?
A) Marginal bony outgrowths ( osteophyte )
B) Eburnation
C) Bone cyst formation
D) Osteoporosis..
E) Presence of loose bodies
Ans: D
5. Amount of synovial fluid is:
A) 10-20 ml
B) 0.1 – 4
C) 5-10
D) 10-15
Ans: B
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, 6. All are true about absence seizure, except:
A) Attacks last 60 seconds
B) Attack is of sudden onset and offset
C) Patient suddenly stop what they’re doing, eyes remain open, distant and staring
D) The patient is of young age
E) May occur several times per day
Ans: A
7. The most important step in reaching a diagnosis of epilepsy is:
A) Listening to a patient and a witness about the attack
B) Wonder why the patient has epilepsy
C) Try to establish a cause
D) Investigate by EEG and MRI ..
E) Assess patient reaction and the consequences of diagnosis in his life
Ans: A ?
8. Which of the following is a type of cortical dementia?
A) Parkinson
B) Huntington
C) AIDS dementia
D) Frontotemporal dementia ( pick’s disease )
E) Progressive supranuclear palsy
Ans: D
9. A patient presenting with acute coma, which of the following is not included in
management?
A) LP is mandatory to exclude meningoencephalitis
B) If pin-point pupil give naloxone
C) Acyclovir given
D) Exclude hyperthermia before deciding its brain death
Ans: D ?
10. Patient with headache and neck stiffness, which one is not true?
A. Kerning sign is always positive
B. If there is no fever meningitis is excluded
Ans: ?
11. U/S in kidney disease is used for all the followings, except:
A) Estimate completeness of emptying in suspected neurogenic bladder
B) Detect signs of chronicity of renal disease
C) Doppler U/S not used for detecting of renal transplant rejection
D) Doppler U/S used for detecting severe renal artery stenosis
E) Normal sized kidney in diabetic patient doesn’t exclude kidney disease
Ans : C
12. Regarding urinalysis which one is not true?
A) Isomorphic RBC occur in glomerulonephritis
B) Presence of pus may indicate pyelonephritis
C) Alkaline urine maybe due to renal tubular acidosis
D) Dipstick test can detect proteinuria Ans: A
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