Top 150+ Solved Pathology MCQ Questions Answer
Q. Congestive cardiac failure may be caused by
a. vitamin A deficiency
b. niacin deficiency
c. vitamin D deficiency
d. thiamine deficiency
e. vitamin C deficiency
Q. Thromboctopenia
a. occurs commonly in HIV
b. causes spontaneous bleeding at levels of less than 90,000/mm
c. occurs with hyposplenism
d. is related to platelet survival in paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria
e. is not associated with megaloblastic anaemia
Q. A young man presents with central chest pain presumed to beassociated with vasoconstriction. The most likely cause of the pain is local
a. hypoxia
b. decreased ATP
c. increased CO2
d. catecholamines acting on alpha 1 receptors
e. acetylcholine stimulation
Q. An adult male with an ejection fraction of 80 % could be due to
a. myocardial ischaemia
b. arrhythmia
Q. Malignant hypertension
a. 75 % recover with no loss of renal function
b. is associated with abnormal renin levels
Q. The cause of fluid retention peripherally with congestive cardiac failureis
a. increased renin
b. increased GFR
c. increased angiotensin 2
d. increased aldosterone
Q. Rheumatic carditis is associated with
a. Curschmann spirals
b. Ito cells
c. Aschoff bodies
d. Nutmeg cells
e. Reed-sternberg cells
Q. Bradykinin
a. causes smooth muscle dilatation
b. kallikrein causes prohormone degredation to produce bradykinin
Q. Pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes is associated with
a. decreased insulin sensitivity
b. abnormal glucokinase activity
c. no antibodies found at diagnosis
d. auto-immune insulitis
e. twin concordance greater than 70 %
Q. In type 1 diabetes
a. associated organ-specific auto-immune disorders are common
b. a genetic susceptibility is not supported by evidence
c. Finnish children have a 70 fold increase compared with Korean children
d. Influenza and varicella viruses are suspected as initiators of the disease
e. Children who ingest cows milk early in life may have a lower incidence
Q. Regarding pancreatitis
a. the second most common cause is infectious agents
b. trypsin is implicated as an activator of the kinin system
c. the chronic form is usually due to gallstones
d. duct obstruction is not the mechanism in alcoholic pancreatitis
e. elastase is the only pancreatic enzyme that acts to limit pancreatitis
Q. In acute pancreatitis
a. fat necrosis occurs in other intra-abdominal fatty deposits
b. trauma is the precipitating cause in 30 % of cases
c. alcohol is directly toxic to the Islets of Langerhans
d. Kallikrein converts trypsin to activate the complement system
e. Erythromycin has been implicated in severe cases
Q. With regards to jaundice
a. Conjugated bilirubin causes kernicterus in adults
b. Unconjugated bilirubin does not colour sclera
c. Unconjugated bilirubin is tightly bound to albumin
d. Unconjugated bilirubin produces bilirubin in urine
e. Conjugated bilirubin is tightly bound to albumin
Q. In cirrhosis
a. fibrosis is confined to the delicate bands around central veins
b. nodularity is uncommon
c. vascular architecture is preserved
d. the Ito cell is a major source of excess collagen
e. the left lobe of the liver is most affected