262 - PGI chandigarh JUNE 2009 mcqs with answers part 1

1q: Mortality can be reduced by screening in which of these cancers ?

a. cervix
b. lung
c. breast
d. prostate
e. colorectal

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2q: which of the following are risk factors for endometrial carcinoma ?

a. diabetes mellitus
b. multiparity
c. obesity
d. unopposed estrogen
e. multiple sexual partners

answer b,c,d are answers . nulliparity is a risk factor for endometrial cancer and not multiparity . multiple sexual partners results in cervical cancer and not endometrial cancer

Nulliparity results in more exposure of the endometrium to oestrogen where as multiparity results in lesser exposure of endometrium to oestrogen and hence has higher risk for endometrial cancer . go to this webpage to read all the risk factors for endometrial cancer with explanations.

3q: which of the following are not the methods of screening ?

a. mammography
b. PSA
c. self breast examination
d. bronchoscopy

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4q: cholera is caused by ?

a. vibrio cholerae 01
b. vibrio cholerae 0139
c. vibrio parahaemolyticus
d. e.coli

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5q: which of the following are alkylating agents ?

a. chlorambucil
b. paclitaxel
c. ifosfamide
d. nitrosourea
e. cladarabine

answer only a and c are alkylating agents

Here is a list of all the anticancer drugs which are classified under alkylating agents .

141 - AIIMS community medicine mcqs or social and preventive medicine mcqs ( spm or psm ) from all previous years AIIMS papers with answers - part 34

171q: which of the following characteristics is not of much significance in a screening test ?

a. high sensitivity
b. high specificity
c. low cost
d. high safety margin

 answer  b . high specificity .

172q: ASHA – which of the following is wrong ?

a. a female health worker
b. one for thousand rural population
c. mobilization for antenatal care
d. skilled birth attendant

 answer  d. skilled birth attendant .

173q: when the confidence level of a test increases which of the following will happen ?

a. no change in significance
b. previously significant value becomes insignificant
c. previoiusly insignificant value becomes significant
d. no change in significance results

 answer c. previously insignificant values become significant

174q: in which of the following diseases , screening for the disease has greatly reduced the incidence ?

a. carcinoma lung
b. carcinoma colon
c. carcinoma larynx
d. CML

 answer  b. carcinoma colon .

175q: what is standard error ?

a. SD X n
b. SD / n
c. SD / square root of n
d. SD X SD

 answer  c . SD / square root of n .