Community Medicine 3

Question 1

Drugs that reduces itching are called

Answer 1

Anti’pru’ritic

Question 2

Spleen does not secret any hormones

Answer 2

true

Question 3

Mad cow disease is

Answer 3

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)
caused by a PRION.
a protein particle that lacks DNA (nucleic acid).

Question 4

An endocrine gland that function as biological clock is

Answer 4

Pineal gland

Question 5

Staphylococcus is a

Answer 5

gram positive

Question 6

Salk vaccine is

Answer 6

an inactivated vaccine

Question 7

interval between the entry of an infectious agent and emergence of first manifestation of the disease

Answer 7

INCUBATION period

Question 8

Purest water in nature is

Answer 8

Rainwater

Question 9

The major disinfecting action of chlorine is due to

Answer 9

Hypochlorous acid

Question 10

Master gland is

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Pituitary gland

Question 11

Rice is a

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Cereal

Question 12

Low birth weight baby is a baby whose weight at birth is

Answer 12

Less than 2500 Grams

Question 13

Which of the following is a permanent method of sterilization

Answer 13

Non scalpel vasectomy

Question 14

Egg is deficient in

Answer 14

Vitamin C

Question 15

The functional unit of kidney is

Answer 15

Nephron

Question 16

Cholera is caused by

Answer 16

Bacteria

Question 17

AB positive blood group person can receive blood from

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all blood types

AB Positive blood group is universal recipient and O negative is universal donor

Question 18

Person with blood group O can receive blood from

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O positive or O negative blood types.

Question 19

physical quality of life index (PQLI)

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literacy rate,
infant mortality rate and
life expectancy at birth

Question 20

Drug that is given to relieve vomiting are known as

Answer 20

Anti emetics
NSAID are non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents.
Analgesic means pain relieving drugs. Antipruritic are drugs that relieves itching

Question 21

Aldosterone increases the excretion of

Answer 21

potassium

Question 22

aedes aegypti transmit

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dengue virus,
yellow fever virus,
chikungunya virus, and
Zika virus.

CDYZ

Question 23

A plague outbreak can occur when cheopis index is

Answer 23

> 1

cheopis index is average number of xenopsylla cheopis per rat.

Question 24

mosquito vector for JE

Japanese encephalitis

Answer 24

culex

Question 25

Weil Felix reaction

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to test rickettsial infection

Question 26

five stages of infection:

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incubation
prodromal
illness
decline
convalescence

Question 27

Incubation

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the time from exposure to an infectious agent until the onset of symptoms.
Viral or bacterial particles replicate during the incubation stage.

Question 28

Prodromal

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the period after incubation and before the characteristic symptoms of infection occur.

The infectious agent continues replicating, which triggers the body’s immune response and mild, nonspecific symptoms.
These symptoms can include:
low-grade fever
fatigue

Question 29

Illness

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stage includes the time when a person shows apparent symptoms of an infectious disease.

Question 30

Decline

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the immune system mounts a successful defense against the pathogens, and the number of infectious particles decreases.

Question 31

Convalescence

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symptoms resolve, and a person can return to their normal functions.