PLAB (Professional and Linguistic Assessments Board) Sample Questions Set-233
Categories: U.K. PLAB (Professional and Linguistic Assessments Board)
Question: A patient with flame shaped hemorrhage on long term tx with nifedipine. What is the single most likely diagnosis?
a. Macular degeneration
b. HTN retinopathy
c. MS
d. DM background
e. Proliferative DM retinopathy
f. SLE
Answer: (b)
Question: A patient whose pain is not relieved by oral codeine. What is the best management?
a. Oral oxycodone
b. Co-codamol
c. PCA
d. IV morphine
e. Oral morphine
Answer: (e)
Question: A 6 week baby with vomiting, irritability and palpable mass in the abdomen on feeding. Choose the single most likely investigation?
a. Upper GI endoscopy
b. Barium meal
c. US
d. CT abdomen
e. Barium enema
Answer: (c)
Question: A 79 year old man who is being treated with GnRH antagonist for proven adenocarcinoma of the prostate attends a follow up session. What is the most appropriate investigation?
a. Serum AFP
b. Serum PSA
c. Serum acid phosphatase conc
d. Serum ALP isoenzyme conc
e. Trans rectal US
Answer: (b)
Question: A middle aged woman has some weakness of hand after an injury. Which vertebra will be the lowest to be included on cervical XR to diagnose the injury?
a. C7/T1
b. C8/T1
c. C5/C6
d. C6/C7
Answer: (a)
Question: A 50 year old man with a known hx of stroke. He can’t remember anything about his life. What is the single most likely defect?
a. Homonymous hemianopia
b. Homonymous upper quadrantanopia
c. Bitemporal hemianopia
d. Binasal hemianopia
e. Homonymous lower quadrantanopia
Answer: (b)
Question: An 18 year old girl has been diagnosed with anorexia nervosa and has mild depressive symptoms. She has cut down her food intake for the last 18m and exercises 2h everyday. Her BMI=15.5, BP=90/60mmHg. What would be the single most appropriate management?
a. Refer to eating disorder clinic
b. Refer to psychodynamic therapy
c. Refer to acute medical team
d. Prescribe antidepressant
Answer: (c)
Question: A 36 year old woman has an injury to the right external laryngeal nerve during a thyroid surgery. What symptoms would be expected in this patient?
a. Stridor
b. Hoarseness
c. Aphonia
d. Dysphonia
e. Aphasia
Answer: (d)
Question: A 75 year old woman has weakness on the left side of her face. She has had a painful ear for 48h. There are pustules in the left ear canal and on the eardrum. What is the single most likely diagnosis?
a. Chronic serous OM
b. Herpes zoster infection
c. Impacted earwax
d. Perforation of eardrum
e. Presbycusis
Answer: (b)
Question: An 8 week baby boy is noted to be jaundiced. He is breast-feeding well and has gained 300g since birth. His stools are yellow and his urine is pale straw colored. What is the most likely diagnosis?
a. Galactosemia
b. Biliary atresia
c. G6PD deficiency
d. Breast milk jaundice
e. Congenital viral infection
Answer: (a)