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 .
