PAEDIATRICS PRACTICE 7

                                SINGLE BEST OPTION SERIES
        
               INSTRUCTION: SELECT THE SINGLE BEST OPTION

1.         Women of childbearing age should receive .................. doses of tetanus toxoid to prevent maternal and neonatal tetanus:
   a.       2
   b.      3
   c.       4
   d.      5
   e.      6
   2.       Combined passive and active immunity may be required in the following disease conditions except:
   a.       Rabies
   b.      Hepatitis B
   c.       Tetanus
   d.      Diphtheria
   e.      None of the above
   3.       Considering the most correct, which of the following vaccine should initially not be given to a patient with a history of seizure or recent seizure:
   a.       Oral polio vaccine
   b.      Pertusis vaccine
   c.       Hepatitis B vaccine
   d.      Tetanus toxoid
   e.      Measles vaccine
   4.       The following constitute ‘programme error’ during vaccination except:
   a.       Giving too much vaccine in one dose.
   b.      Giving 2 drops of oral polio vaccine per immunisation day
   c.       Using the wrong dilute for a particular vaccine
   d.      Using the wrong volume for a vaccine
   e.      Injecting vaccine at the wrong site
   5.       The following are local adverse reactions to vaccine except:
   a.       Fever
   b.      Pain
   c.       Swelling
   d.      Redness
   e.      Abscess
   6.       Which of the following vaccines has been linked to autism?
   a.       Measles, mumps and rubella (MMR)
   b.      Rabies vaccine
   c.       Yellow fever vaccine
   d.      Oral polio vaccine
   e.      Meningococcal vaccine
   7.       Which of the following is incorrect about hepatitis B vaccine?
   a.       It has been linked to demyelinating neurologic disorders
   b.      It is a recombinant vaccine
   c.       Its administration may be deferred in preterm low birth weight infants whose mothers are hepatitis B surface antigen negative
   d.      It is a necessity in countries where hepatitis B disease burden is high
   e.      It is a known cause of post vaccination encephalitis
   8.       Which vitamin supplementation has been incorporated in the national immunisation schedule in Nigeria?
   a.       Vitamin A
   b.      Vitamin C
   c.       Vitamin D
   d.      Vitamin K
   e.      Pyridoxine
   9.       Inactivated vaccines that are polysaccharide based and coupled to a protein are referred to as:
   a.       Fractional protein based vaccine
   b.      Conjugate vaccine
   c.       Recombinant vaccine
   d.      Live attenuated vaccine
   e.      Killed vaccine.
   10.   Modern developments in immunisation started when the effect of cowpox extracts against smallpox was demonstrated by:
   a.       Alexander Fleming
   b.      Louis Pasteur
   c.       Edward Jenner
   d.      Sir Ronald Ross
   e.      Robert Koch 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   ANSWERS:
   1. d
   2. e
   3. b
   4. b
   5. a
   6. a
   7. c
   8. a
   9. b
   10. c
   
                    
   
   

                                           REMEMBER
   ” Some people sin by not working diligently for six days whereas, others – because of greed, unbelief or powerlessness- sin by working also on a day of rest and worship. Either way of breaking this   command results in poverty.”   By  Vishal Mangalwadi.