CBT EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2024/2025 PROFESSOR
VERIFIED
1. Standard precautions: Hand hygiene, gloves (and apron), sharp disposal
2. Source isolation: PPE, hand hygiene (protect spread of infection from the patien
to others)
3. Clostridium difficile: Antimicrobials, hand hygiene before and after patien
contact, enhanced cleaning with chlorine-based products, gloves and apron when
disposing of body fluids
4. Collusion: Withholding information from the patient to "protect them"
5. Iatrogenic: Relating to illness caused by medical examination or treatment
6. Diet of a patient with newly formed stoma: Varied diet
7. Type of feed that will provide all protein, vitamins, and minerals: Sip feed
8. WHO's Pain Ladder Scale:
1 - Non-opioid + adjuvant (aspirin, paracetamol)
2 - Opioid, non-opioid + adjuvant (codeine, tramadol)
3 - Opioid, non-opioid + adjuvant (morphine)
9. Breakthrough pain: Pain is controlled with short-lived exacerbations,
analgesics has no regular time (PRN)
,10. Biohazard waste: Double bagged in a self-sealing bag, wear gloves when
handling specimen
11. Blood culture (amount of blood to be drawn): 10 ml
12. When collecting blood for culture, which should be inoculated first?:
Aerobic culture
13. Cramping sensation in the abdomen after colonoscopy: Eat and drink as
soon as sedation has worn off
14. Safe moving and handling of anaesthetized patient (how many staff): 4
15. Effective dressing has the following qualities: High humidity, insulation,
gaseous exchange, absorbent
16. Necrotic wound management: Debridement and hydrogel dressing
17. Stages of wound healing: Haemostasis, inflammation, proliferation, maturation
18. Management for grade 3 pressure sore: Foam dressing, pressure-relieving
mattress, nutritional support
19. Haemostasis: Blood clotting; happens immediately.
20. Inflammatory: WBC aggregation; happens within hours to 5 days after wound
21. Proliferative: Grannulation of tissues; happens between 3-24 days
22. Maturation/Remodelling: Scar formation; happens 21 days after wound
onwards
23. Waterlow score 10-14: Specialist memory foam mattresses
24. Waterlow score 15-19: Alternating pressure overlays, mattresses and bed
systems
25. Waterlow score 20 up: Fluidised bead, low air loss and alternating ai
mattresses (also known as dynamic mattresses)
26. Creutzfeld-Jacob Disease: Isolate and infection control; prions
, 27. Barcelona Pain Scoring System: PQRST
28. Grade 1 pressure ulcer: Epidermis; blanching
29. Grade 2 pressure ulcer: Dermis; break in the skin
30. Grade 3 pressure ulcer: Subcutaneous tissue to fascia
31. Grade 4 pressure ulcer: Muscles to bones
32. Crohn's disease: A chronic autoimmune disorder that is most often found in the
ileum and in the colon; blood and mucus present in the stool
33. Buttock's injection: Ventrogluteal muscle
34. Escalate or write a report?: Escalate first, then write a report detailing facts
including actions done such as reporting to your superior
35. Compassion: Intelligent kindness
36. Meconium stain babies have: Barrel chest
37. Atrial fibrillation: Irregular and often abnormally fast heart rate
38. Speed shock: A sudden adverse physiological reaction to IV medications tha
are administered too quickly. Some signs of speed shock are: flushed face
headache, tight feeling in chest, irregular pulse, loss of consciousness and
cardiac arrest.
39. Is lumbar tap indicated for increased intracranial pressure?: No
40. National Early Warning Score (NEWS):
0 - every 12 hours
1-4 - every 4-6 hours
5 or more - every hour
7 up - ICU
41. Yellow: Labs; incineration
VERIFIED
1. Standard precautions: Hand hygiene, gloves (and apron), sharp disposal
2. Source isolation: PPE, hand hygiene (protect spread of infection from the patien
to others)
3. Clostridium difficile: Antimicrobials, hand hygiene before and after patien
contact, enhanced cleaning with chlorine-based products, gloves and apron when
disposing of body fluids
4. Collusion: Withholding information from the patient to "protect them"
5. Iatrogenic: Relating to illness caused by medical examination or treatment
6. Diet of a patient with newly formed stoma: Varied diet
7. Type of feed that will provide all protein, vitamins, and minerals: Sip feed
8. WHO's Pain Ladder Scale:
1 - Non-opioid + adjuvant (aspirin, paracetamol)
2 - Opioid, non-opioid + adjuvant (codeine, tramadol)
3 - Opioid, non-opioid + adjuvant (morphine)
9. Breakthrough pain: Pain is controlled with short-lived exacerbations,
analgesics has no regular time (PRN)
,10. Biohazard waste: Double bagged in a self-sealing bag, wear gloves when
handling specimen
11. Blood culture (amount of blood to be drawn): 10 ml
12. When collecting blood for culture, which should be inoculated first?:
Aerobic culture
13. Cramping sensation in the abdomen after colonoscopy: Eat and drink as
soon as sedation has worn off
14. Safe moving and handling of anaesthetized patient (how many staff): 4
15. Effective dressing has the following qualities: High humidity, insulation,
gaseous exchange, absorbent
16. Necrotic wound management: Debridement and hydrogel dressing
17. Stages of wound healing: Haemostasis, inflammation, proliferation, maturation
18. Management for grade 3 pressure sore: Foam dressing, pressure-relieving
mattress, nutritional support
19. Haemostasis: Blood clotting; happens immediately.
20. Inflammatory: WBC aggregation; happens within hours to 5 days after wound
21. Proliferative: Grannulation of tissues; happens between 3-24 days
22. Maturation/Remodelling: Scar formation; happens 21 days after wound
onwards
23. Waterlow score 10-14: Specialist memory foam mattresses
24. Waterlow score 15-19: Alternating pressure overlays, mattresses and bed
systems
25. Waterlow score 20 up: Fluidised bead, low air loss and alternating ai
mattresses (also known as dynamic mattresses)
26. Creutzfeld-Jacob Disease: Isolate and infection control; prions
, 27. Barcelona Pain Scoring System: PQRST
28. Grade 1 pressure ulcer: Epidermis; blanching
29. Grade 2 pressure ulcer: Dermis; break in the skin
30. Grade 3 pressure ulcer: Subcutaneous tissue to fascia
31. Grade 4 pressure ulcer: Muscles to bones
32. Crohn's disease: A chronic autoimmune disorder that is most often found in the
ileum and in the colon; blood and mucus present in the stool
33. Buttock's injection: Ventrogluteal muscle
34. Escalate or write a report?: Escalate first, then write a report detailing facts
including actions done such as reporting to your superior
35. Compassion: Intelligent kindness
36. Meconium stain babies have: Barrel chest
37. Atrial fibrillation: Irregular and often abnormally fast heart rate
38. Speed shock: A sudden adverse physiological reaction to IV medications tha
are administered too quickly. Some signs of speed shock are: flushed face
headache, tight feeling in chest, irregular pulse, loss of consciousness and
cardiac arrest.
39. Is lumbar tap indicated for increased intracranial pressure?: No
40. National Early Warning Score (NEWS):
0 - every 12 hours
1-4 - every 4-6 hours
5 or more - every hour
7 up - ICU
41. Yellow: Labs; incineration
