PLAB (Professional and Linguistic Assessments Board) Sample Questions Set-245
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Question: An 8 year old boy develops a seizure affecting his right arm, seizure lasts for several mins. He doesn’t remember anything that happened. On his CT: lesion in left hemisphere. What is the most probable diagnosis?
a. Epilepsy
b. Space occupying lesion
c. Dementia
d. Huntington’s chorea
e. Intracranial HTN
Answer: (b)
Question: A 28 year old female presented with complaints of difficulties in swallowing liquids only. She also suffers from recurrent chest infection in the past few months. What is the most probable diagnosis?
a. Foreign body
b. Plummer vinson syndrome
c. Achalasia cardia
d. Peptic stricture
e. Esophageal carcinoma
Answer: (c)
Question: Mother having 2 children with CF. What is the risk of getting another baby?
a. 1:2
b. 1:8
c. 1:4
d. 1:16
e. 1:1
Answer: (c)
Question: A 14 year old boy has been diagnosed with nephrotic syndrome. 5 days later he presents with flank pain, hematuria and fluctuating urea levels. A diagnosis of renal vein thrombosis is made. What is the most likely cause for renal vein thrombosis?
a. Protein C deficiency
b. Vasculitis
c. Loss of antithrombin III
d. High estrogen levels
e. Stasis
Answer: (c)
Question: A 36 year old woman presented with massive bleeding from multiple sites. Lab: fibrin degradation products: +++, plt=30, bleeding time=prolonged, PT=prolonged, APTT=prolonged. What is the most likely diagnosis?
a. Hemophilia
b. DIC
c. ITP
d. Factor V leiden
e. Warfarin
Answer: (b)
Question: A study was done amongst 2 hospitals for the equal number of cancer pts. It was noted that hospital A had a higher rate of mortality than hospital B for treated cancer patients. What is the study done here classified as?
a. Retrospective
b. Observational
c. Cohort
d. Case study
Answer: (c)
Question: A 17 year old girl comes to see her GP after having unprotected sex 2 days ago. She asks if her GP can explain to her how this prescribed procedure would work by helping her not to get pregnant.
a. It helps to prevent implantation
b. It helps in preventing or delaying ovulation
c. It causes an early miscarriage
d. It releases progesterone and stops ovulation
e. It causes local enzymatic reaction
Answer: (a)
Question: A 2 day old baby’s mother is worried about the baby’s hearing. Mother has a hx of conductive hearing loss. What is the most appropriate test?
a. Brain stem evoked response
b. CT
c. Fork test
d. MRI
e. Reassure
Answer: (a)
Question: A healthy 8 year old boy had antibiotic tx for meningitis. Initially he wasn’t resuscitated. What will be the outcome if he receives full tx?
a. He will recover fully to his prv health
b. He will have hearing impairment
c. He will have brain abscess
d. He will have encephalitis
Answer: (a)
Question: A patient presented with jaundice, fever and upper abdominal pain within 24 hours after removal of gallstone by ERCP. The cholangiography was done and it was patented. What is the possible cause of his complaints?
a. Biliary infection
b. Acute pancreatitis
c. Perforation
Answer: (b)