2011 FB2

Question 1

A man suffered from severe pain in the right lower quadrant after eating meat. The doctor suspected appendicitis but when an examination was done it wasn’t appendicitis. What might be the cause?

Answer 1

Yersinia pseudotuberculosis

Question 2

What is most likely to result in a person contracting HIV?

Answer 2

Unprotected sex with a partner

Question 3

Which of the following is a non-contagious, self-limiting, flu-like illness?

a. lyme disease
b. pontiac fever

Answer 3

a. lyme disease

Question 4

which mold is characterized by pencil shaped microconidia and macroconidia?

Answer 4

trichophyton

Question 5

which mold is characterized by spindle-shaped macroconidia?

Answer 5

Microsporum canis

Question 6

What is the function of the polysaccharide capsule of streptococcus pneumoniae?

Answer 6

Anti-phagocytic

Question 7

A child presented with pneumonia. He had a prominent chest X-ray and a blood test showed hemolytic anemia. What might be the cause of this?

Answer 7

Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Question 8

A man presented with stones in his urinary tract. He was later diagnosed with a Proteus infection. What product of proteus might have contributed to the formation of these stones?

Answer 8

Urease

Question 9

A man suffered from a wound in his hand that later became red and inflamed. A gram smear showed a cluster of gram-positive bacteria. What virulence factor is most likely to be detected?

Answer 9

Teichoic acid

Question 10

What might be the cause of pandemic influenza?

Answer 10

Antigenic shift in influenza A

Question 11

What is a unique component of fungal cell walls?

Answer 11

Chitin

Question 12

What enzyme is involved in the pathogenesis of dermatophytes?

Answer 12

Keratinase

Question 13

Which of the following is true regarding bacteroides fragilis?

Answer 13

Causes a mixed infection following abdominal surgery

Question 14

What is the vector for leishmania?

Answer 14

Sand fly

Question 15

What is the main presentation for amebiasis?

Answer 15

Diarrhea with blood and mucus

Question 16

What is the main presentation for trichomoniasis?

Answer 16

Vaginal discharge

Question 17

What is used to diagnose entrobius vermicularis?

Answer 17

Sellotape method

Question 18

What is the difference between Eltor and classical vibrio cholera?

Answer 18

Eltor survives better in the environment

Question 19

Which of the following is the current concern of health education?

Answer 19

Lifestyle approaches

Question 20

What method of health education is suitable for children?

Answer 20

Fear arousal

Question 21

Where would you find a captive audience?

Answer 21

School health education

Question 22

What are the geographical area, socioeconomic status, income, and gender called?

Answer 22

Determinants of health

Question 23

What was the wrong assumption of health education?

Answer 23

Knowledge changes attitude

Question 24

A man was in a car accident. As a result he sustained heavy injuries. At the hospital the doctors gave him several blood transfusions. He then acquired hepatitis C. How would you describe this disease?

Answer 24

Iatrogenic

Question 25

Renal biopsy of a 70-year-old man showed an eosinophilic substance that stained orange with Congo-red stain and exhibited apple green birefringence under polarizing microscopy. What is this substance?

Answer 25

Amyloid

Question 26

What is a component of granulation tissue?

Answer 26

New blood capillaries

Question 27

What is the most common cause of a pulmonary embolism?

Answer 27

Thrombus in a deep vein of the leg

Question 28

What is the nature of an exudate that is mostly fluid with few cells and is yellow coloured?

Answer 28

Serous

Question 29

What cells constitute a granuloma?

Answer 29

Epithelioid cells

Question 30

pH: 7.5 (7.35-7.45) CO2: 32 (35-45) HCO3-: 20 (22-26) What acid-base disorder is this?

Answer 30

Respiratory alkalosis

Question 31

which of the following is a cause of hyponatremia with low plasma osmolality?

Answer 31

Increased water retention

Question 32

What causes hypolipoproteinemia?

Answer 32

Severe malnutrition

Question 33

What causes polyclonal hypergammaglobulinemia?

Answer 33

Sarcoidosis

Question 34

What type of cancer does UV light cause?

Answer 34

Malignant melanoma

Question 35

Which of the following is a benign tumor?

Answer 35

Lipoma

Question 36

What causes malignant mesothelioma?

Answer 36

Asbestos

Question 37

What is the psychological approach regarding a person crossing the street to go to his friend’s house?

Answer 37

Cognitive

Question 38

What is the most common disability associated with aging?

Answer 38

Neurological

Question 39

Someone claims his IQ is 250. Which distribution would you use to asses the probability of that magnitude of IQ?

Answer 39

Normal

Question 40

Complex learning in animals and humans is due to...

Answer 40

Memory

Question 41

A father lost his job and didn’t have money for his children. He started taking money from relatives and neighbors for very essential priorities until he can find another job. In terms of personality, the parents became rapidly angry from their children for no reason. What type of system is this?

Answer 41

Exosystem

Question 42

Which emotion is associated with a high temperature and high heart rate?

Answer 42

Anger

Question 43

Regarding miller and kessen’s experiment with rats, where one group was fed through their mouths and the other thru a fistula, which of the following is a conclusion of that experiment?

Answer 43

Feeding rats through their mouths leads to more rapid learning

Question 44

Which of the following is involved in learning?

Answer 44

Forming new connections

Question 45

Which of the following is used to improve the condition of a person who suffers from PKU?

Answer 45

Diet control

Question 46

If a personality trait is entirely genetic and not affected by the environment, between which of the following would you find the lowest correlation?

Answer 46

Unrelated individuals

Question 47

What best describes the personality characteristic of a person who has good control over their life, positive relationships, and commitment to goals?

Answer 47

Hardiness

Question 48

Sarah was diagnosed with cervical cancer. With the help of her friends and family, she felt that she could beat the cancer. According to Lazarus’ view, which stage of appraisal is she in?

Answer 48

Secondary appraisal

Question 49

A psychologist developed a test to measure anxiety. After a few trials he discovered his test actually measured psychoticism and not anxiety. How would you describe his test?

Answer 49

Invalid

Question 50

What is the cause for the figure-ground illusion?

Answer 50

The background is out of focus

Question 51

According to Harlow’s experiment, which studied attachment in monkeys, which of the following best explains why attachment occurs?

Answer 51

Physical contact is innately rewarding

Question 52

STM is to LTM as

Answer 52

Temporary is to permanent

Question 53

The intelligence test developed by Binet emphasized the importance of which of the following?

Answer 53

Verbal skills

Question 54

Administration of amphotericin-B and flucytosine together leads to an effect that is greater than the sum of their effects when administered individually. What is this called?

Answer 54

Synergism

Question 55

What is the effect of the administration of N-acetylcysteine in acetaminophen poisoning?

Answer 55

To increase the metabolism of the toxic metabolites of acetaminophen

Question 56

A drug binds to a receptor that is present only on the surface a specific type of cells. What characteristic of the drug describes this?

Answer 56

High selectivity

Question 57

which receptors does phenylephrine activate to exert its effect?

Answer 57

Alpha-1 receptors

Question 58

Which of the following is a symptom of organophosphate poisoning?

Answer 58

Paralysis

Question 59

Which of the following is an effect of a muscarinic agonist?

Answer 59

Bronchoconstriction

Question 60

Which neurotransmitter is responsible for ganglionic transmission in both the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems?

Answer 60

Acetylcholine

Question 61

To which class of antineoplastic drugs do taxanes belong?

Answer 61

Mitotic inhibitors

Question 62

What is the effect of the concurrent administration of tetracycline and antacids?

Answer 62

Decreased absorption of tetracycline due to complex formation

Question 63

Which of the following is a blocker of the non-enzymatic elimination of nor-adrenaline, denoted as neuronal uptake or uptake 1?

Answer 63

Cocaine

Question 64

Which of the following is true regarding first-order kinetics?

Answer 64

The rate of drug elimination is proportional to the drug concentration

Question 65

calculate the loading dose when the volume of distribution is 46.5L and the steady state concentration is 4.677 mg/L

Answer 65

217.5 mg