PLAB (Professional and Linguistic Assessments Board) Sample Questions Set-235
Categories: U.K. PLAB (Professional and Linguistic Assessments Board)
Question: A 65 year old lady presents with a 6h hx of facial droop and weakness in the left side of her body. What single agent will she be prescribed for her whole life?
a. Clopidogrel
b. Alteplase
c. Aspirin
d. Labetalol
Answer: (a)
Question: A 10 year old boy is brought to the hosp with a rash over his buttocks a/w abdominal pain and vomiting. In the ED, he is accompanied by his mother and stepfather. His mother had left him for the weekend with the stepfather and was called to come back from holiday as he started to have some hematuria with the rash. Social services had been notified on arrival at the hospital. What is the most probable diagnosis?
a. NAI
b. ITP
c. HSP
d. ALL
e. HUS
Answer: (c)
Question: A man with hx of fall had confusion and a laceration mark on the head. Which is the most appropriate vessel affected?
a. Basilar artery
b. Middle meningeal artery
c. Vertebral artery
d. Diploic vein
Answer: (b)
Question: A 72 year old lady is drowsy and her relatives want to take her home. She has been prescribed diazepam 2.5mg. What is the best delivery route?
a. Oral
b. IV
c. IM
d. Per rectal
e. SC
Answer: (d)
Question: A nonsmoker who has worked in coal mines for 20 years presents with gradually increasing SOB, limited exercise tolerance and a dry cough. His CXR shows round fibrotic tissue demonstrating a mixed restrictive and obstructive ventilatory defect with irreversible airflow limitation and reduced gas transfer. What is the single most appropriate diagnosis?
a. Churg-strauss syndrome
b. Cryptogenic organizing
c. Extrinsic allergic alveolitis
d. Good pasture’s syndrome
e. Progressive massive fibrosis
f. Molluscum
Answer: (e)
Question: A patient was complaining of pain within 6h after his appendectomy for gangrenous appendix. What med is the best option for his pain relief?
a. IV morphine
b. Diclofenac per rectal
c. PCA
d. Tramadol
Answer: (d)
Question: A 62 year old farmer presents with a persistent firm irregular lesion on the upper part of pinna which grew over the last few months. What is the most appropriate diagnosis?
a. Basal cell
b. Squamous cell
c. Keratoacanthoma
Answer: (a)
Question: A 24 year old schizophrenic has been under antipsychotic tx for the last 1 year and now complains of ED. Which drug is most likely to have caused this?
a. Fluoxetine
b. Citalopram
c. Clozapine
d. Haloperidol
e. Risperidone
Answer: (d)
Question: A 45 year old woman has recently been diagnosed with MS and has been started on oral steroids. She is brought to the hosp after having ingested 100 paracetamol tablets 4h ago. She is refusing all med tx. What is the next best step?
a. Observe
b. Refer to psychiatrist to assess pts ability to refuse tx
c. Gastric lavage
d. Activated charcoal
e. Refer to social worker
Answer: (b)