Top 150+ Solved Pharmacology MCQ Questions Answer
Q. Which is the most common organism causing community acquired pneumonia?
a. pneumococcus
b. hemophilus influenzi
c. viral
d. gm negatives
e. mycoplasma
Q. which organism causing pneumonia has an increased association with COPD
a. pneumococcus
b. hemophilus influenzi
c. viral
d. gm negatives
e. mycoplasma
Q. Which organism causing pneumonia has an increased incidence in IV drug users and those post-influenza?
a. pneumococcus
b. staph aureus
c. viral
d. gm negatives
e. mycoplasma
Q. Which drug/s should be used in adult mild-mod. Community acquired pneumonia?
a. amoxycillin
b. doxycycline
c. rulide
d. any of the above as a single drug
e. amoxycillin and rulide
Q. Which drug regimen is suggested for severe community acquired pneumonia initially?
a. benzyl penicillin and gentamicin and erythromycin
b. benzyl penicillin and gentamicin
c. ceftriaxone and gentamicin
d. gentamicin and erythromycin
e. flucloxacillin and gentamicin
Q. Which bug makes up 50% of hospital acquired pneumonia?
a. pneumococcus
b. staph aureus
c. gm –ve bacilli
d. legionella
e. chlamydia psittici
Q. What is the largest size spontaneous primary pneumothorax that can be managaed without aspiration or thoracostomy?
a. 10%
b. 15%
c. 20%
d. 30%
e. 35%
Q. In which sort of pneumoathorax is aspiration likely to be most successful?
a. traumatic
b. secondary
c. primary
d. iatrogenic
e. equally effective in all of the above
Q. What if the role of aspiration in traumatic pneumothoraces?
a. there is no role
b. first line management in small pneumathoraces only
c. it should be tried in all pneumathoraces as long as there is no respiratory compromise
d. it can be repeated twice before thoracostomy tube is considered
e. none of the above
Q. Whatis the recurrence rate of primary spontaneous pneumathoraces?
a. 10%
b. 20%
c. 30%
d. 40%
e. 50%
Q. Which is not a biochemical feature of transudative pleural effusions?
a. protein<30g/l
b. pleural protein:serum protein <0.5
c. pleural LDH : seurm LDH < 0.6
d. pleural glucose< serum glucose
e. none of the above are biochemical features
Q. Which of the list below is not the cause of an exudative pleural effusion?
a. viral pneumonia
b. pancreatitis
c. TB
d. Malignancy
e. Nephrotic syndrome
Q. Which of the list below is not a cause of a transudative pleural effusion?
a. CCF
b. PE
c. SLE/RA
d. Cirrhosis
e. Nephritic syndrome
Q. Which is not a possible cause of haemoptysis?
a. PE
b. Mitral stenosis
c. Pneumonia
d. Aortic stenosis
e. Neoplasm
Q. Which statement is false about haemoptysis?
a. massive haemoptysis is greater than 600ml in 24 hours
b. a CXR is normal in about 25 % of cases
c. in any four cases, one is likely to be due to nonteuberculous infection, one due to neoplasia, one due to rarer causes and one idiopathic
d. in massive hemoptysis the pt should be nursed bleeding lung up
e. if possible a double lumen tube should be reserved for post brochoscopy as a rigid bronchoscope cannot be passed down it