PMP LE3 (2024) Flashcards
- Identify the concept: Body is separate from the mind (theology, morality, etc)
A. 17th - 18th century
B. 19th century
C. 20th century
D. 21st Century
A. 17th - 18th century
- Identify the concept: Development of biomedical science
A. 17th - 18th century
B. 19th century
C. 20th century
D. 21st Century
B. 19th century
- Identify the concept: Molecular biology started during this period
A. 17th - 18th century
B. 19th century
C. 20th century
D. 21st Century
C. 20th century
- For every sickness there is usually an inflamed organ, an obstruction or pathogen
A. 17th - 18th century
B. 19th century
C. 20th century
D. 21st Century
A. 17th - 18th century
5 .Progress in biochemistry, endocrinology and neurology
A. 17th - 18th century
B. 19th century
C. 20th century
D. 21st Century
C. 20th century
- Identify the associated concept: “Triggered by pathogen”
A. Disease
B. Illness
C. Both
D. None of the above
A. Disease
- Identify the associated concept: “Seen as symptoms”
A. Disease
B. Illness
C. Both
D. None of the above
A. Disease
- Identify the associated concept: “Objective findings”
A. Disease
B. Illness
C. Both
D. None of the above
A. Disease
- Identify the associated concept: “Subjective findings”
A. Disease
B. Illness
C. Both
D. None of the above
B. Illness
- Identify the associated concept: “Feeling of malaise or pain”
A. Disease
B. Illness
C. Both
D. None of the above
B. Illness
- In the 11th century, Avicenna wrote this book on medicaments that continued to serve for 500 years
A. “Canon on Medicine”
B. Treatise on Poisons
C. “De Materia Medica”
D. Pen T’sao
A. “Canon on Medicine”
- This is the long reputed very ancient great Chinese herbal that included over a hundred medicinal vegetables and other remedies
A. “Canon on Medicine”
B. Treatise on Poisons
C. “De Materia Medica”
D. Pen T’sao
D. Pen T’sao
- An Arabic alchemist who whose works include a systematic treatise on poisons
A. Ibn Sina
B. Jabir ibn Hayyan
C. Avicenna
D. Dioscorides
B. Jabir ibn Hayyan
- Hippocratic medicine is said to be the foundation of scientific medicine. Diagnosis was done mainly through inspection of:
A. Blood
B. Urine
C. Stool
D. Phlegm
C. Stool
- Among the first to distinguish the functions of arteries and veins and believed that arteries contained air or “pneuma” instead of blood
A. Praxagoras
B. Galen
C. Herophilus
D. Hippocrates
A. Praxagoras
- Which of the following is NOT a derivative of Opium (from the poppy seed?
A. Morphine
B. Codeine
C. Aspirin
D. Heroin
C. Aspirin
- Recognized the importance of physiology and chemistry as basic knowledge in modern medicine:
A. William Perkin
B. William Osler
C. Claude Bernard
D. Roy Porter
B. William Osler
- He attempted to manufacture quinine but instead discovered the world’s first synthetic dye in the 1800s
A. William Perkin
B. William Osler
C. Claude Bernard
D. Roy Porter
A. William Perkin
- Discovered Arsphenamine as a drug for syphilis:
A. Lemuel Shattuck
B. Roberto Koch
C. Paul Ehrlich
D. Edward Jenner
C. Paul Ehrlich
20.This drug was discovered in 1910 and was regarded as the first chemotherapeutic synthetic drug described to be as a “magic bullet”
A. Codeine
B. Arsphenamine
C. Opium
D. Aspirin
B. Arsphenamine
21.This drug was popularly used as a sedative in the 1950s but was discovered to cause congenital malformations including phocomelia
A. Doxorubicin
B. Arsphenamine
C. Thalidomide
D. Aminopterin
C. Thalidomide
- What was used to treat high blood pressure in ancient Indian medicine?
A. Snakeroot
B. Foxglove
C. Poppy seed
D. Cinchona
A. Snakeroot
- Who was the 16th century radical Renaissance physician who questioned the traditional practice of medicine and introduced chemical remedies produced through experiments?
A. Celsus
B. Pierre Louis
C. Avicenna
D. Paracelsus
D. Paracelsus
24.Who did the first clinical trial (on Scurvy treatment)?
A. Pierre Louis
B. Alexander Fleming
C. James Lind
D. William Osler
C. James Lind
25.The discovery of which of the following advanced the field of surgery:
A. Antibiotics
B. Quinine
C. Ether
D. Curare
C. Ether
- The practice ancient to Hindu medicine that used mainly plant sources:
A. Homeopathic medicine
B. Ayurvedic medicine
C. Alternative medicine
D. Brahman medicine
B. Ayurvedic medicine
27.Which statement is True about the drugs used in the 20th Century?
A. Penicillin was discovered by Alexander Graham
B. Anti-malarial vaccine was readily available that time
C. Salvarsan is an arsenic-based compound
D. The first effective treatment for syphilis is aspirin
A. Penicillin was discovered by Alexander Graham
- Known for many centuries as a brilliant diagnostician and an influential medical writer:
A. Dioscorides
B. Pen T’sao
C. Paracelsus
D. Galen
D. Galen
- He is the one who deduced that a specific disease is caused by a particular microbe.
A. John Snow
B. Lemuel Shattuck
C. Alexander Fleming
D. Robert Koch
D. Robert Koch
- One of the highlights during the 18th Century was the discovery and understanding of the principles of Vaccination by:
A. Alexander Fleming
B. Edward Jenner
C. John Snow
D. Richard Norton
B. Edward Jenner
- The first randomized controlled clinical trial (London, 1946) was:
A. Streptomycin for the treatment of TB
B. Penicillin for the treatment of Streptococcal pharyngitis
C. Vincristine for cancer treatment
D. Aspirin for myocardial infarction treatment
A. Streptomycin for the treatment of TB
- Which of the following chemotherapeutic agents used in the treatment of cancer was originally derived from traditional medicine?
A. Vincristine
B. Cytarabine
C. Doxorubicin
D. Teniposide
E. Cromoglycate
A. Vincristine
- Which drug was originally derived from traditional Chinese Medicine that is now widely used as an anti-malarial drug
A. Chloroquine
B. Primaquine
C. Artemisinin
D. Proguanil
C. Artemisinin
- Which of the following is a common underlying reason for the use of Traditional Medicine (TM) in most countries?
A. TM has been proven safe and effective throughout all the decades that they are being used
B. TM is one of the primary sources of health care
C. TM provides curative treatment for chronic medical conditions
D. TM is well-regulated in most countries
C. TM provides curative treatment for chronic medical conditions
- Traditional and Complementary Medicine recognized the need to focus on this when cure is not possible
A. Quality of care
B. Quality of life
C. Equality
D. Safety and comfort
B. Quality of life
- The first country in the western world to integrate T&CM into its health system
A. Sweden
B. USA
C. Canada
D. UK
E. Switzerland
E. Switzerland
- The following countries have licensing bodies for acupuncture and other T&CM practices EXCEPT
A. Thailand
B. Singapore
C. Philippines
D. China
E. Switzerland
C. Philippines
- The top difficulty faced by WHO member states regarding regulatory issues related to the practices of T&CM
A. Lack of mechanisms to control and regulate T&CM advertising and claims
B. Lack of appropriate mechanisms to monitor and regulate T&CM providers
C. Lack of financial support for research on T&CM
D. Lack of education and training for T&CM practitioners
E. Lack of research data
E. Lack of research data
- Among the different types of support for T&CM, which of the following are member states most interested in receiving from WHO?
A. National capacity building seminar/workshop on safety monitoring of herbal medicines
B. Provision of research databases
C. Arrangement of global meetings
D. National capacity building seminar/workshop on regulations of T&CM practice
E. Provision of cooperation channels between national health authorities
D. National capacity building seminar/workshop on regulations of T&CM practice
40.One of the goals of the WHO strategy are to support WHO member states in:
A. Focusing on generating research and development in the existing T&CM products and practices
B. Promoting safe and effective use of T&CM through the regulation, evaluation and integration of T&CM into health systems
C. Increase the accessibility of T&CM products, practices, and practitioners
D. Regulate the prices of T&CM products to avoid counterfeit products
B. Promoting safe and effective use of T&CM through the regulation, evaluation and integration of T&CM into health systems