The Clinical Skills Quiz: MCQ Trivia
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Are you up for a clinical skills MCQ quiz? A medical practitioner needs to know how to communicate effectively with a patient and make them at ease even when giving them the worst news. Knowledge of how to handle different patients and their symptoms is a great skill to have. In this quiz, you will get some real-life examples of what you may see at the clinic, and all you need to do is choose the best action for each. Test yourself!
- 1.A crossed black circle in the pedigree chart refers to:
- A.
Dead female
- B.
Diseased female
- C.
Dead diseased male
- D.
A+b
- 2.While examining a patient we start by:
- A.
Inspection
- B.
Palpation
- C.
Percussion
- D.
It doesn't matter which do we start by
- 3.All of the following are specific questions we should ask about to identify the patient's pain except
- A.
Relieving factors
- B.
Severity
- C.
Medication
- D.
Onset
- 4.Signposting:
- A.
Help you move from one section of the consultation to the next
- B.
Is a summarization tool
- C.
Shows active listening and clarification of what has been said
- D.
A+b
- E.
All of the following
- 5.A 52 woman came to you and she has lung cancer. In past history you will not ask about:
- A.
Duration
- B.
Home environment
- C.
Chronic diseases
- D.
Management of cancer
- 6.A 69 years old patient approaches you and while you're taking history you asked about whether he smokes or not and he said that he smokes 40 cigarettes a day since the age of 49 before that he 20 cigarettes a day since the age of 19. smoking pack years=
- A.
10
- B.
50
- C.
70
- D.
90
- 7.A 35-year-old man drinks 3 bottles of 13.5% wine in a week, a bottle of vodka a week, and 3 bottles of Carak ale a day. How many units of alcohol does he drink a week?
- A.
42
- B.
62
- C.
82
- D.
102
- 8.If a patient's respiratory rate is 10 breaths per minute then it is :
- A.
Normal
- B.
Brady apnea
- C.
Tachypnea
- D.
Brady cardia
- 9.Which one of these knockoff sounds represents the systolic pressure?
- A.
1st
- B.
2nd
- C.
3rd
- D.
4th
- E.
5th
- 10.One of the following is a cause for changing in respiratory pattern:
- A.
Ketoalkalosis
- B.
Ketoacidosis
- C.
Cancer
- D.
Aids
- 11.You shook hands with a patient and you realized that his hands are cold and dry what will your first diagnosis be?
- A.
Anxiety
- B.
Raynaud's phenomenon
- C.
Acromegaly
- D.
Trauma
- 12.A patient's facial expression shows apathy with pale and puffy skin your first diagnosis will be:
- A.
Hypothyroidism
- B.
Hyperthyroidism
- C.
Parkinsonism
- D.
Anxiety
- 13.Central cyanosis is seen in:
- A.
Hands
- B.
Neck
- C.
Nose
- D.
Tongue
- 14.Which one of these is wrongly matched?
- A.
Mousy smell-liver failure
- B.
Fishy smell-anemia
- C.
Fruity smell-diabetic ketoacidosis
- D.
All of the above are correct
- 15.If the patient's nails are pitting it means he has:
- A.
Eczema
- B.
Iron deficiency anaemia
- C.
Trauma
- D.
Fungal infection
- 16.The patient's weight is 75 kg and he is 1.50 meters then his body mass will be:
- A.
35
- B.
70
- C.
31.11
- D.
46.66
- 17.All of the following are dehydration signs except:
- A.
Pulse rate and quality <120
- B.
Low blood pressure
- C.
Sunken eyes
- D.
Loss of skin turgor
- 18.All of the following are things we need to know while examining any lump or swelling except:
- A.
Size
- B.
Attachments
- C.
Surface and shape
- D.
Timing
- 19.When measuring the pressure you inflate the cuff until sounds are not heard then you release pressure, when you inflate the cuff again you inflate with?
- A.
10-20
- B.
20-30
- C.
30-40
- D.
40-50
- 20.If you have a patient in your clinic complaining from vomiting and diarrhea and you discovered that she has dehydration she will have all of the following except:
- A.
Skin turgor
- B.
Orthostatic dehydration
- C.
Dry skin and mucous membranes
- D.
Bradycardia
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