Monday, February 2, 2009

143 - respiratory system mcqs - part 2


11q: causes of hypersensitivity pneumonitis is/are ?

a. silicosis
b. farmer's lung
c. anthracosis
d. asbestosis

answer: b. farmer's lung caused by thermophilic actinomycetes .

12q: the following does not occur with asbestosis ?

a. pneumoconiosis
b. pleural mesothelioma
c. pleural calcification
d. methhaemoglobinemia

answer: d . methhaemoglobinemia .

13q: asbestosis causes which of the following ?

a. apical nodular fibrosis
b. coin shadow
c. hilar lymphadenopathy
d. basal peribronchal fibrosis

answer: a . apical nodular fibrosis .

14q: which of the following disease coexists with silicosis ?

a. sarcoidosis
b. tuberculosis
c. lymphoma
d. rheumatoid arthritis 

answer: b . tuberculosis .

15q: which feature is most characteristic of silicosis ?

a. apical nodular fibrosis
b. coin shadow
c. hilar lymphadenopathy
d. basal peribronchal fibrosis 

answer: a . apical nodular fibrosis .

16q: what is true regarding byssinosis ?

a. dyspnea and other respiratory symptoms on day 5
b. similar to chronic bronchitis and emphysema
c. presents as interstitial lung disease
d. eosinophils are prominent in lavage fluid 

answer: c . presents as intersititial lung disease .

17q: monday dyspnea is seen in ?

a. byssinosis
b. pulmonary eosinophilia
c. malingering
d. chronic bronchitis

answer: a . byssinosis .

18q: cotton dust causes one of the following occupational lung disease ?

a. byssinosis
b. berylliosis
c. bagassosis
d. silicosis 

answer: a . byssinosis .

19q: mycoplasma infection simulates 

a. pneumococcal pneumonia
b. viral pneumonia
c. pulmonary oedema
d. pulmonary infarction 

answer: b . viral pneumonia .

20q: ultrastructural abnormalities reported in defective cilia in immotile cilia syndrome are ?

a. dyenin arm deficiency
b. absence of radial spokes
c. absence of central microtubule 
d. all of the above

answer: d . all of the above .

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