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Potential Finals Questions Flashcards

1
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A patient has dark, yellow stool, what does this indicate?

a.dysentery resulting from damp heat in Large Intestine
b. damp heat jaundice (steatorrhea)
c. heat stagnation in the Intestines
d. blood stasis or “far bleeding” (bleeding in upper GI)

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c. heat stagnation in the Intestines

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A patient has black stool like tar what does this indicate?

a.dysentery resulting from damp heat in Large Intestine
b. damp heat jaundice (steatorrhea)
c. hemorrhoids or “near bleeding” (bleeding in lower GI)
d. blood stasis or “far bleeding” (bleeding in upper GI)

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d. blood stasis or “far bleeding” (bleeding in upper GI)

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A patient has red blood in their stool, what does this indicate?

a.dysentery resulting from damp heat in Large Intestine
b. damp heat jaundice (steatorrhea)
c. hemorrhoids or “near bleeding” (bleeding in lower GI)
d. blood stasis or “far bleeding” (bleeding in upper GI)

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c. hemorrhoids or “near bleeding” (bleeding in lower GI)

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A patient has red (blood) and white (pus) in their stool, what does this indicate?

a. dysentery resulting from damp heat in Large Intestine
b. heat stagnation in the Intestines
c. hemorrhoids or “near bleeding” (bleeding in lower GI)
d. blood stasis or “far bleeding” (bleeding in upper GI)

A

a.dysentery resulting from damp heat in Large Intestine

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A patient has grayish white stool, what does this indicate?

a.dysentery resulting from damp heat in Large Intestine
b. damp heat jaundice (steatorrhea)
c. hemorrhoids or “near bleeding” (bleeding in lower GI)
d. blood stasis or “far bleeding” (bleeding in upper GI)

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b. damp heat jaundice (steatorrhea)

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A hoarse voice, gradually increasing and worsening at night, with an itching and slightly painful throat indicate which of the following symptoms?

a. External dryness invasion
b. Lung and Kidney yin deficiency
c. Heat phlegm accumulation in the throat
d. Qi stagnation

A

b. Lung and Kidney yin deficiency

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All of the following pathogenesis can cause aphonia, EXCEPT:

a. Lung and Kidney yin deficiency
b. Lung and Spleen qi deficiency
c. Kidney and Liver yin deficiency
d. Damp phlegm obstruction in Lung collaterals

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c. Kidney and Liver yin deficiency

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Rude and incoherent speech with cursing and shouting in a loud voice is known as:

a. Soliloquy
b. Raving
c. Delirium
d. Wrong speaking

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b. Raving

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Which of the following has the symptoms of difficult, short and rapid respiration, with a sense of tightness, congestion, and breathlessness or constriction in the chest?

a. Asthma
b. Wheezing
c. Upper stifling breath
d. Shortness of breath

A

a. Asthma

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10
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Which of the following is NOT caused by Lung qi failing to descend

a. Wheezing
b. Asthma
c. Upper stifling breath
d. Shortage of qi

A

d. Shortage of qi

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Which of the following types of cough are characterized by paroxysmal and uninterrupted cough, even leading to vomiting, and making the sound like the call of a crane, flollowed by recurrences:

a. Diphtheria cough
b. Whooping cough
c. Chronic cough
d. Asthma cough

A

b. Whooping cough

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All of the following symptoms are caused by rebellious Stomach qi EXCEPT:

a. Vomiting
b. Belching
c. Sighing
d. Hiccoughing

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c. Sighing

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A late stage lung cancer patient suddenly starts to hiccough. The hiccoughing is weak, interrupted, and recurs after long pauses. These symptoms indicate which of the following?

a. Stomach qi exhaustion
b. Stomach qi recovery
c. Stomach yin increasing
d. Yang qi increasing

A

a. Stomach qi exhaustion

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Which of the following is indicated by the following signs and symptoms: sour and stinking odor in the mouth like rotten eggs, belching with foul odor, and acid regurgitation?

a. Gingivitis
b. Stomach fire flaring up
c. Food stagnation
d. Damp heat in the middle burner

A

c. Food stagnation

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Rotten apple odor in the ward (patient’s room) indicates which of the folowing?

a. Syphilis
b. Later stage xião ke pattern
C. Later stage of yin-water pattern (uremia)
d. Profuse bleeding

A

b. Later stage xião ke pattern

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Which of the following information should be included as present history

a. The onset of the disease
b. The characteristics of the main symptoms
c. The development of a disease
d. All of the above

A

d. All of the above

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16
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Inquiring about chills and fever can help the practitioner to do which of the following.
a. Infer the disease cause
b. Distinguish the disease location
c. Know the condition of yin and yang
d. All of the above

A

d. All of the above

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17
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Which of the following pathogenesis does NOT appear in low grade fever?

a. Deficiency of antipathogenic qi
b. Excess heat in the Stomach and Large Intestine
c. Qi and yin deficiency
d. Qi stagnation

A

b. Excess heat in the Stomach and Large Intestine

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18
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Chills or cold sensations that are not relieved by covering up or putting on more clothes indicates which of the following:

a. Yang deficiency
b. Interior cold pattern
c. Exterior pattern
d. Yin deficiency

A

c. Exterior pattern

19
Q

All of the following etiologies and pathogeneses can cause low grade fever (heat) or feverish sensations, EXCEPT:

a. Blood stagnation
b. Yin deficiency
c. Yang deficiency
d. Exopathogenic cold attack

A

d. Exopathogenic cold attack

20
Q

Which of the following symptoms belong to yáng ming fü pattern?

a. High fever
b. Alternating chills and fever
c. Low-grade fever in the afternoon and evening
d. High fever in the afternoon

A

d. High fever in the afternoon

21
Q

When do simultaneous chills and fever occur?

a. Exterior pattern
b. Täi yáng pattern
c. Exopathogenic factor invading the defensive qi level
d. All of the above

A

d. All of the above

22
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Which of the following is NOT a cause of continuous low-grade fever?

a. Yin deficiency
b. Qi deficiency
c. Blood deficiency
d. Stomach fire

A

d. Stomach fire

23
Q

Profuse sweating on the palms and soles indicates which of the following:

a. Excessive heat in the Spleen and Stomach
b. Gallbladder qi deficiency
c. Excessive heat in the Lung
d. Kidney yin deficiency

A

a. Excessive heat in the Spleen and Stomach

24
Q

Sweat on only half of the body indicates which of the following:

a. Wind-phlegm obstructing the channels
b. Yang qi deficiency
c. Heat accumulating in the middle burner
d. Yin deficiency

A

a. Wind-phlegm obstructing the channels

25
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Sticky, warm yellowish sweating indicates which of the following?

a. Yang exhaustion
b. Yin exhaustion
c. Heat in the Spleen and Stomach
d. Yin deficiency

A

b. Yin exhaustion

26
Q

Which of the following headaches is caused by blood deficiency?

a. Sharp and prickly pain on the left side of the head
b. Migrating pain which moves without fixed location
c. Distending pain with paroxysmal attack
d. Dull pain with empty and light feeling

A

d. Dull pain with empty and light feeling

27
Q

Which of the following can cause retraction pain?

a. Blood stagnation
b. Qi stagnation
c. Malnutrition of tendons
d. Essence, yin, blood, or yang deficiency

A

c. Malnutrition of tendons

28
Q

Which of the following are indicated by the following symptoms: epigastric pain with burning sensations, discomfort, hunger but no desire to eat, dry heaves or hiccoughing?

a. Spleen and Stomach deficiency
b. Excessive heat in the stomach
c. Food stagnation
d. Stomach yin deficiency

A

d. Stomach yin deficiency

29
Q

Which of the following are indicated by the following symptoms: chronic, persistent dizziness and vertigo with hollow and heavy sensations in the head that worsen during the afternoon and evening?

a. Wind phlegm
b. Liver yang rising
c. Qi deficiency
d. Kidney essence deficiency

A

d. Kidney essence deficiency

30
Q

Which of the following are indicated by the following symptoms: lingering headache with an empty sensation in the head accompanied by paroxysmal darkness before the eyes and blurred vision?

a. Exopathogenic factor attack
b. Liver qi stagnation
c. Qi and blood deficiency
d. Stagnation of blood

A

c. Qi and blood deficiency

31
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Which of the following are indicated by the following symptoms: palpitations that come and go, induced by anxiety or fright, with dizziness and vertigo?

a. Phlegm disturbing the Heart
b. Liver qi stagnation
c. Heart qi deficiency
d. Water rising up and disturbing the Heart

A

a. Phlegm disturbing the Heart

32
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Numbness on one side of the arm indicates which of the following?

a. Blood deficiency
b. Liver yang rising
c. Wind phlegm
d. Kidney essence insufficient

A

c. Wind phlegm

33
Q

Which of the following is the pathogenesis of photophobia (hypersensitivity to light)?

a. Liver fire
b. Kidney yin deficiency
c. Wind heat attack
d. Liver blood deficiency

A

d. Liver blood deficiency

34
Q

Mild itching in both eyes indicates which of the following?

a. Liver fire flaring up
b. Blood deficiency
c. Wind phlegm disturbing head
d. Middle burner qi sinking

A

b. Blood deficiency

35
Q

Thirst without a desire to drink or desire for only a small amount of fluid suggests which of the following?

a. Dampness accumulation
b. Phlegm retention
c. Blood stagnation
d. All of the above

A

d. All of the above

36
Q

Small, goat-sized stools indicate which of the following?

a. Spleen qi deficiency
b. Stomach fire
c. Liver qi stagnation
d. Kidney yin deficiency

A

c. Liver qi stagnation

37
Q

Alternating attacks of dry and loose stools indicate which of the following?

a. Liver qi stagnation with Spleen deficiency
b. Food stagnation
c. Stomach heat
d. Damp heat in the Large Intestine

A

a. Liver qi stagnation with Spleen deficiency

38
Q

Which of the following is indicated by dark green watery diarrhea with a foul odor, severe abdominal pain that is resistant to pressure and not relieved after passage of the diarrhea?

a. Heart fire pouring downward
b. Blood stagnation in the Stomach
c. Yáng ming fü pattern
d. Damp-heat in the lower burner

A

c. Yáng ming fü pattern

39
Q

Which of the following pathogenesis can cause fecal incontinence?

a. Damp-heat in the lower burner
b. Kidney yin deficiency
c. Spleen and Kidney yang deficiency
d. Spleen and Lung qi deficiency

A

c. Spleen and Kidney yang deficiency

40
Q

Dripping after urination indicates which of the following?

a. Spleen qi deficiency
b. Kidney qi deficiency
c. Damp-heat in the lower burner
d. Heart fire transferring to Small Intestine

A

b. Kidney qi deficiency

41
Q

Which of the following pathogeneses can cause insomnia?

a. Yin and yang imbalance
b. Nutritive and defensive qi disharmony
c. Heart spirit disturbed
d. All of the above

A

d. All of the above

42
Q

Insomnia characterized by waking up repeatedly during the night indicates which of the following?

a. Heart blood deficiency
b. Kidney yin deficiency
c. Gallbladder qi deficiency
d. Heart fire blazing

A

b. Kidney yin deficiency

43
Q

Lover abdominal cramps after menstruation indicates which of the following?

a. Excess
b. Deficiency
c. Heat
d. Cold

A

b. Deficiency

44
Q

Which of the following can cause both profuse and scanty menstrual bleeding?

a. Qi deficiency
b. Blood stagnation
c. Pathogenic heat
d. Phlegm obstruction

A

b. Blood stagnation

45
Q

Which of the follow coughs is characterized by spasmodic cough that sounds like the bark of a dog?

a. Diphtheria cough
b. Whooping cough
c. Chronic cough
d. Asthma cough

A

a. Diphtheria cough

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