CHS Proff-Supply-2017 (BCQs)

1. THE ROLE OF PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN’S IN THE TREATEMENT OF MENTAL ILLNESS IN

THE COMMUNITY IS DEEMED. (P-1)
A. More costly
B. Less convenient
C. Only for continuing the care of follow-up or discharged cases
D. Ideal for detecting and treating early illness
E. Associated with more stigma
2. THE MEDIAN OF A SERIES OF NUMERICAL VALUE IS. (P-2)
A. Equal to average
B. A graph or chart
C. A number
D. A frequency table
E. Analytical study
3. FOLLOWING DISEASE IS ASSOCIATED WITH POOR HOUSING CONDITION. (P-3)
A. Plague
B. Lung fibrosis
C. Hepatitis B
D. Cirrhosis of liver
E. Scabies
4. ACOORDING TO C. E. WINSLOW, WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS THE GOAL OF PUBLIC
HEALTH? (P-4)
A. For people to attain their birth rights and longevity
B. For promotion of health and prevention and disease
C. For people to have access to basic health services
D. For people to organized in their health efforts
E. For the prevention and treatment of health activities
5. ‘’PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES ARE GIVEN FREE OF CHARGE’’. IS THIS TRUE STATEMENT
OF FALSE? (P-5)
A. The statement is true; it is responsibility of government to provide health services
B. The statement is false; people pay indirectly for public health services
C. The statement may be true or false; depending on the specific service required
D. The statement may be true of false; depending on policies of the government concerned
E. Either of the above is true of false
6. WHAT IS TRUE OR PRIMARY CARE FACILITIES? (P-6)
A. Their services are provided on an out-patient basis
B. They are usually government-run
C. They are training facilities for health professionals
D. A community hospital is an example of this level of health facilities
E. It is always provided for low income group
7. ABOUT MENTAL ILLNESSS, WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT IS CORRECT? (P-7)
A. There is a growing need to ensure institutional care for more effective management
B. Rehabilitation and reintegration with community improves clinical outcome
C. GP clinics often pose a stigma to the patients
D. The focus is on the specialist care and not patient choice
E. There is no need to decrease the burden in the hospitals
8. PRPHYLACTIC ADMINISTRATION OF VITAMIN K IN BREAST FED BABIES IS AN EXAMPLE
OF. (P-8)
A. Specific protection
B. Health promotion
C. Rehabilitation
D. Treatment
E. Primordial prevention
9. ISOLATION OF A CHILD WITH MEASLES BELONGS TO WHAT LEVEL OF PREVENTION?
(P-9)
A. Primary
B. Secondary
C. Intermediate
D. Primordial
E. Tertiary
10. TO DISCRIBE THE SEX COMPOSITION OF THE POPULATION, WHICH DEMOGRAPHIC
TOOL MAY BE USED? (P-10)
A. Sex ratio
B. Sex proportion
C. Population pyramid
D. Any of these may be used
E. None of these
11. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO AN ILLNESS IS DEFINED AS. (P-11)
A. The occurrence of mental disorders
B. A Co-morbidity in the form of a psychiatric disease
C. The contributing factors of a sexual disease
D. Participating factors for the occurrence of the disease
E. Factors used to influence the severity of the disease
12. KNOWING THAT MALNUTIRITION IS A FREQUENT COMMUNITY HEALTH PROBLEM,
YOU DECIDE TO CONDUCT NUTRITIONAL ASSESSEMENT. WHAT POPULATION IS
PARTICULARLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO PROTEIN ENERY MALNUTRITION? (P-12)
A. Pregnant women and the elderly
B. Under 5 years old children
C. 1-4 old children
D. School age children
E. Vulnerable population
13. WHICH STATISTICS CAN BE GIVEN THE MOST ACCURATE REFLECTION OF THE HEALTH
STATUS OF THE COMMUNITY? (P-13)
A. Infant mortality rate
B. Swaroop’s index
C. Crude death rate
D. Crude birth rate
E. 1-4 years old age-specific mortality rate
14. YOU HAVE GATHERED DATA FOR NUTRITIONAL ASSESEMENT OF NORANI GOTH. YOU
HAVE GATHERED INFORMATION ONLY FROM FAMILIES WITH MEMBERS WHO
BELONGS TO THETARGET POPULATION FOR PROTEIN ENERGY MALNUTRITION (PEM).
WHAT METHOD OF DATA GATHERING IS BEST FOR THIS PURPOSE? (P-14)
A. Census
B. Review of civil registry
C. Survey
D. Record review
E. Mapping
15. THERE WAS A TABLEAU HELD AT THE HOSPITAL ON THE WORLD CHILDREN’S DAY TO
DEMONSTRATE THE IMPORTANCE OF ORS IN DEHYDRATION WITH A BACK DROP OF
ORS, BREAST FEEDING AND MCH SERVICES. THIS METHOD IS KNOWN AS. (P-15)
A. Poster competition
B. Symposium
C. Lectures
D. Learning by doing
E. Role playing
16. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING PROFESSIONAL CAN SIGN THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE? (P-16)
A. Public health nurse
B. Rural health mid-wife
C. Public health specialist
D. Municipal health officer
E. Any of the above
17. WATER WHOSE QUANTITY IS SUCH THAT IT CAN BE USED FOR DRINKING PURPOSE IS
KNOWN AS. (P-17)
A. Clean water
B. Polluted water
C. Contaminated water
D. Distilled water
E. Potable water
18. WATER WHICH CONTAINS SULPHATES AND CHLORIDES OF CALCIUM AND MAGNISIUM
IS. (P-18)
A. Temporary hard water
B. Potable water
C. Contaminated water
D. Permanent hard water
E. Soft water
19. A CEMENT INDUSTRY WORKERS REPORTED TO YOU WITH COMPAINTS OF COUGH,
DYSPNOEA ON EXCERTION AND CHEST PAIN. HIS X-RAY SHOWS ‘SNOW STORM’
APPEARANCE. THE DIAGNOSIS WOULD BE. (P-19)
A. Asbestosis
B. Siderosis
C. Silicosis
D. Aspergillosis
E. Byssinosis
20. A WORKER HAD BEEN IN A BATTERY MANUFACTURING UNIT FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS,
REPORTED TO YOU WITH THE COMPLAINT OF LOSS OF APPETITE ABDOMINAL COLIC
FOR 2 WEEKS DURATION. YOU WOULD PREFER TO INVESTIGATE HIM FOR. (P-20)
A. Appendicitis
B. Amoeabiasis
C. Stomach cancer
D. Cholecystitis
E. Lead poisoning
21. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WOMEN SHOULD BE CONSIDERED AS SPECIAL TARGETS
FOR FAMILY PLANNING? (P-21)
A. Those who have two children or more
B. Those with medical conditions such as anemia
C. Those younger than 20 years and older than 35 years
D. Acute desire for family planning
E. Those who just had a delivery with in the last 15 months
22. A WOMEN, 6 MONTHS PREGNANT, CAME TO THE PHC FOR CONSULATION. WHICH OF
THE FOLLOWING SUBSTANCE IS CONTRAINDICATED? (P-22)
A. Tetanus toxoid
B. Retinol 200,000 IU
C. Potassium iodate 200mg, capsule
D. Ferrous sulphate 200mg
E. Iron supplements
23. CHOLERA IS CLASSIFIED AS WHICH TYPE OF WATER RELATED DISEASE. (P-23)
A. Water borne
B. Water based
C. Water washed
D. Water related insect
E. Water dispersed
24. ABOUT 3500 DEATHS WERE REPORTED IN ROAD ACCIDENTS DURING THE YEAR 2015
IN PAKISTAN. IF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF DEATHS DUE TO ACCIDENTS IS EXPRESSED
AGAINST THE MID-YEAR POPULATION OF PAKISTAN IN YEAR 2015 THIS WILL GIVE.
(P-24)
A. Crude death rate
B. Case fatality rate
C. Age-specific death rate
D. Proportional mortality rate
E. Cause specific death rate
25. WHICH IMMUNIZATION PRODUCES A PERMANENT SCAR? (P-25)
A. DPT (Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tetanus)
B. Measles
C. Hepatitis B
D. Pentavalent vaccine
E. BCG
26. WHILE INVESTIGATING A POINT SOURCE EPIDEMIC IT WAS FOUND THAT 120
STUDENTS ATE FIVE DIFFERENT FOODS (MEAT, BURGR, STEAK, FRUIT SALAD, FRIED
FISH AND RICE). THE RELATIVE RISK WAS CALCULATED FOR ALL THOSE FIVE FOODS. IT
WAS CONCLUDED THAT FISH WAS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS EPIDEMIC. THE
RELATIVE RISK OF FISH IS. (P-26)
A. 1.2
B. 1.7
C. 3.0
D. 7.0
E. 0.7
27. FOLLOWING STRATEGIES ARE IMPLEMENTED TO PREVENT MOSQUITO BORNE
DISEASES. WHICH OF THESE IS MOST EFFECTIVE IN THE CONTROL OF DENGUE FEVER?
(P-27)
A. Stream feeding with larvae eating fish
B. Destroying breeding places of mosquitoes
C. Chemoprophylaxis of non-immune persons going to endemic areas
D. Teaching people in endemic areas to use chemically treated mosquito nets
E. Mass insecticide spraying
28. HERD IMMUNITY IS. (P-28)
A. Immunity gained from a person to person transaction
B. Acquired immunity from the previous exposure to an agent before a vaccine or natural
infection
C. Resistance to the entire community because of the people immunity within the
community
D. Occurs in developing countries only
E. Usually seen in immunosuppressive patients
29. ADVANTAGES OF COHORT STUDY ARE ALL EXCEPT. (P-29)
A. Incidence cannot be calculated
B. Bias minimized
C. Relative risk can be estimated
D. Dose response ratio can be calculated
E. Enables examination of multiple outcomes of a single risk factor
30. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT AN ADVANTAGE OF RAPID SAND FILTER? (P-30)
A. Cheaper cost of construction
B. Can deal with raw water directly
C. Filtration is rapid
D. Occupies less space
E. Washing of filter is easy
31. PAKISTAN BELONGS TO ______ REGION OF WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION. (P-31)
A. African Region (AFRO)
B. South-East Asian Region (SEARO)
C. Western Pacific Region (WPRO)
D. European Region (EURO)
E. Eastern-Mediterranean Region (EMRO)
32. A PRIMIGRAVIDA IS INSTRUCTED TO OFFER HER BREAST TO THE BABY FOR THE FIRST
TIME WITHIN 30 MINUTES AFTER DELIVERY. THE PURPOSE OF OFFERING THE BREAST
TO EARLY IS TO. (P-32)
A. Initiate the occurrence of milk letdown
B. Stimulate milk production by the mammary acini
C. Make sure that the baby is able to get the colostrum
D. Exhibit the role of baby friendly hospital
E. Allow the women to practice breastfeeding in the presence of a doctor
33. FOLLOWING IS NOT A PROBABILTY SAMPLING TECHNIQUE. (P-33)
A. Simple random
B. Stratified
C. Snowball
D. Cluster
E. Systemic random
34. THE MOST COMMONLY USED SOFTWARE FOR DATA ANALYSIS IN BIOMEDICAL
SCIENCE IS. (P-34)
A. SAS
B. R for statistical computing
C. Epi info
D. Statistical package for Social Scientists
E. STRATA
35. REGARDING NORMAL DISTRIBUTION FOLLOWING STATEMENT IS CORRECT. (P-35)
A. Mean +- 1 SD = 45%
B. Mean +- 2 SD = 95%
C. Mean +- 3 SD = 100%
D. 100% is equal to 1.5
E. Mean > Mode
36. FOR PREVENTION OF HEPATITS A, YOU DECIDED TO CONDUCT HEALTH EDUCATION
ACTIVITIES. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS IRRELATIVE? (P-36)
A. Safe food preparation and food handling by vendors
B. Immediate reporting of water pipe leaks and illegal water
C. Proper disposal of human excreta
D. Personal hygiene
E. Use of sterile syringes and needles
37. HEALTH PROMOTIVE SERVICES DO NOT INCLUDE. (P-37)
A. Treatment of acute respiratory infections
B. Growth monitoring
C. Health screening
D. Mental counselling
E. Tobacco awareness
38. SECONDARY PREVENTION FOR MALARIA INCLUDES. (P-38)
A. Planting for neem or eucalyptus tree
B. Residual spraying of insecticide at night
C. Screening whether a place is endemic or not
D. Growing larva-eating fish in mosquito breeding place
E. All of the above
39. FLUORIDATION OF WATER WOULD BE AN EXAMPLE OF. (P-39)
A. Primary prevention
B. Secondary prevention
C. Tertiary prevention
D. It is not a prevention strategy
E. Primordial prevention