PAEDIATRICS:PRACTICE 12

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS SERIES

INSTRUCTION: WRITE T (TRUE) OR F (FALSE) AGAINST THE OPTIONS IN EACH QUESTION

1.   Features of advanced hydrocephalus include the following except:
   a.       Convulsions
   b.      Sutural diastasis
   c.       Battle’s sign
   d.      Mc Ewan’s sign
   e.      Parinaud’s sign
   2.       Cafe au lait spots are characteristic of:
   a.       Arnold-Chiari malformations
   b.      Diastematomyelia
   c.       Sturge-Weber disease
   d.      Tuberous sclerosis
   e.      Von Recklinghausen disease
   3.       A 2 year old boy is brought with a history of rash on his lower limbs and abdominal pain for the last 3 days. On physical examination, he had a purpuric rash over the back of his thighs, legs, and buttocks; blood pressure is normal and urinalysis showed traces of blood. The most likely cause of this clinical scenario is:
   a.       Idiopathic thrombocytopaenic purpura
   b.      Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
   c.       Henoch-Scholein purpura
   d.      Meningococcaemia
   e.      Disseminated intravascular coagulopathy
   4.       Valid observations concerning dehydration in infancy include:
   a.       It is isotonic in 70% of cases
   b.      Preventable by salt sugar solution
   c.       Skin tugor returns slowly in severe dehydration
   d.      Antis-hock therapy is indicated in moderate hypotonic dehydration
   e.      Doughy skin is pathognomonic for hypertonic dehydration
   5.       In relation to the following statements, which are appropriate?
   a.       Pubic hair growth is the first sign of puberty in females
   b.      Growth spurt occurs earlier in girls than in boys
   c.       Chronic unhappiness is a cause of short stature
   d.      Management of adolescent problems do not require their consent
   e.      Child abuse may present as Munchausen’s syndrome by proxy
   6.       Regarding a 13 year old obese boy presenting to the hospital with knee pain. On examination, he is afebrile and showed decreased hip movement. The most likely diagnosis is:
   a.       Irritable hip
   b.      Perthes disease
   c.       Osteosarcoma
   d.      Slipped upper femoral capital epiphysis
   e.      Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
   7.       Fever, coryza, cough and conjunctivitis are features of:
   a.       Rubella
   b.      Erythema subitum
   c.       Measles
   d.      Scarlet fever
   e.      Tuberculosis
   8.       Major criteria in rheumatic fever:
   a.       Arthralgia
   b.      Chorea
   c.       Prolonged P-R interval
   d.      Elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate
   e.      Subcutaneous nodules
   9.       Regarding haemolytic uraemic syndrome:
   a.       It is the most common cause of acute renal failure
   b.      A specific Escherichia coli is the cause
   c.       Jaundice may be present
   d.      It is associated with thrombocytopaenia
   e.      It requires prompt antibiotics
   10.   Primitive reflexes that are present at 3 months of age:
   a.        Moro
   b.      Palmar grasp
   c.       Rooting
   d.      Tonic neck
   e.      Parachute
   
   
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