High Yield MCQs on Tuberculosis
1. How is tuberculosis (TB) characterized in society?
A. Minor issue
B. Public health issue (correct answer)
C. Social issue
D. Individual issue
2. Which medium spreads TB?
A. Fomite contact
B. Handshake
C. Airborne (correct answer)
D. Through food
3. Since when did the National TB Program start the Fixed Dose Combination (FDC)?
A. 2005
B. 2006
C. 2007 (correct answer)
D. 2009
4. What is the current strategy implemented by the National TB Program?
A. Control TB Strategy
B. Cure TB Strategy
C. Stop TB Strategy
D. End TB Strategy (correct answer)
5. What is the main symptom of pulmonary TB?
A. Blood in Sputum
B. Anorexia
C. Continuous cough for more than two weeks (correct answer)
D. Diarrhoea
6. How should the sample be taken for diagnosing TB?
A. One sample on the same day
B. Two samples on two consecutive days
C. Two samples on the same day (correct answer)
D. Three samples on three consecutive days
7. Which test confirms the PBC TB?
A. Biopsy
B. Microscopy or culture (correct answer)
C. FNAC
C. X-ray
8. What does DOTS mean to you?
A. Take medicine at home daily
B. Getting medicine from a health worker at home
C. Administration of medication under the direct supervision of a health worker (correct answer)
D. All of the above
9. Who is responsible for controlling TB?
A. Government and NGO
B. Private health institutions
C. Every citizen in the community
D. All of the above (correct answer)
10. What is meant by a new TB patient?
A. A patient who has taken treatment for more than 30 days
B. A patient whose treatment was interrupted for 2 consecutive months or more
C. A patient who has taken continuous treatment for 1 year
D. Patients who have never been treated for TB of have taken anti TB drugs for less than one month (correct answer)
11. What is meant by a relapse TB patient?
A. A patient who stopped taking medicine for 60 days and then started treatment again
B. A patient who was cured by the initial treatment but developed TB again (correct answer)
C. A patient who was cured by the initial treatment but now has a negative test
D. A TB patient whose sputum smear is positive at month 5 or later during treatment
12. What is meant by loss to follow-up TB patient?
A. A patient who has stopped taking medicine for 30 days
B. A patient who has stopped taking medicine for 40 days
C. A patient who has stopped taking medicine for 40 days
D. A patient whose treatment was interrupted for 2 consecutive months or more. (correct answer)
13. What is meant by treatment failure TB patient?
A. A PBC TB patient whose sputum smear is positive at month 5 or later during treatment
B. A EP TB patient who become smear positive at 2 months
C. A PCD TB patient who become smear positive at 2 months
D. All of the above (correct answer)
14. In which months should the sputum examination be performed for a new PBC TB patient on treatment?
A. At the end of the second, third, fifth, and sixth months of treatment
B. At the end of the intensive phase (2nd months), at the end of 5th month and at the end of treatment (6th months) (correct answer)
C. Every two months
D. Every month
15. What should be done if a new bacteriologically confirmed TB patient is still positive in the sputum examination after two months of starting treatment?
A. Adhere to the current regimen for one more month
B. Perform gene Xpert test and take action according to the result (correct answer)
C. Start continuation phase
D. Refer to a specialist
16. What should be done if a new PBC TB patient whose sputum examination is still positive at the end of five months of treatment?
A. Stop DOTS
B. Continue the current regimen
C. Send sputum for culture gene Xpert and DST as well as indicate failure, and provide treatment based on test results (correct answer)
D. Indicate failure and refer
17. What should be done if a TB patient weighing 50 kg who has been taking tuberculosis medication weighs 58 kg after 3 months of treatment?
A. Advise to take medicine regularly
B. Stop the medicine
C. Reduce the dose of medicine
D. Increase the dose according to weight (correct answer)
18. What should be done if TB medicine causes jaundice in the patient at HP level DOTS centre?
A. Continue to the medicine
B. Reduce the dose of medicine
C. Provide Vitamin B-Complex
D. Stop the medicine and refer (correct answer)
19. What is the treatment duration for patients with meningitis, miliary, and spinal TB?
A. 6-8 months
B. 9-12 months (correct answer)
C. 12-18 months
D. 6 months
20. How long should TB Preventive Therapy (TBPT) be given, and which medicine is used?
A. 3 HR (correct answer)
B. 4 HRZ
C. 9 HE
D. 6 H
21. In which situation should ethambutol be stopped?
A. Hearing problems
B. Mental condition not improving
C. Color vision problems or blurred vision (correct answer)
D. Tinnitus
22. When did the National TB Program start the Public Private Mix (PPM) program?
A. Year 2008 (correct answer)
B. Year 2012
C. Year 2015
D. Year 2010
23. Which treatment regimen should be given to TB patients resistant to INH and fluoroquinolone?
A. 6 HEZELfx
B. 4 HRZE
C. 6 HRZE (correct answer)
D. 2 HRZE + 4HR
24. What are the key principles for controlling tuberculosis (TB) infection?
A. Medical, treatment, and experimental control
B. Managerial, physical, and behavioral control
C. Administrative, environmental, and personal control (correct answer)
D. All of the above
25. When did the National TB Program start collaborating with HIV?
A. Year 2008
B. Year 2009 (correct answer)
C. Year 2007
D. Year 2010
Shisir Kumar Adhikari
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