PLAB (Professional and Linguistic Assessments Board) Sample Questions Set-280
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Question: A girl with sickle cell anemia has painful bleeding and vaso-occlusive crisis during her periods. What is the best possible management for this patient?
a. COCP
b. Tranexamic acid
c. Copper IUS
d. UAE
e. Depo provera
Answer: (e)
Question: A 70 year old patient has had swelling in the parotid region for the last 10 years. Examination: gland is soft and cystic. Choose the most probable diagnosis?
a. Pleomorphic adenoma
b. Carcinoma of the salivary glands
c. Mikulicz’s disease
d. Adenoid cystic carcinoma
e. Parotid duct stones
Answer: (d)
Question: A 74 year old man has been admitted unconscious with no hx. He has a GCS=6 and a dilated left puil which becomes insensitive to light. What is the single most likely diagnosis?
a. Extradural hematoma
b. Meningitis
c. Opioid OD
d. Pontine hemorrhage
e. SAH
Answer: (e)
Question: A 27 year old man presents to the ED with 2 days hx of severe headache and pyrexia (38.9C). CT: petechial hemorrhage in the temporal and inf frontal lobes. What is the most likely diagnosis?
a. Brain abscess
b. Meningococcal meningitis
c. Cerebral malaria
d. Herpes simplex encephalitis
e. New variant CID
Answer: (d)
Question: A 44 year old woman with memory loss, poor concentration and inability to recognize household projects. She has right-handed involuntary writhing movement. There is a strong fam hx of similar complaints. What is the single most likely diagnosis?
a. Pic’s dementia
b. Wilson’s disease
c. Huntington’s disease
d. HIV associated dementia
e. Fronto-temporal dementia
Answer: (c)
Question: A 54 year old man has collapsed suddenly following a headache. He has hypertension and takes warfarin for prosthetic heart valves. GCS=4 and dilated left pupil. What is the single most likely diagnosis?
a. Ant circulation stroke
b. Post circulation stroke
c. Intracerebral hemorrhage
d. Intracerebral hemorrhage
e. Pontine hemorrhage
Answer: (c)
Question: A 5 week breastfed baby whose birth weight was 3.5kg and is now 4.5kg is thriving well but is deeply jaundiced. What is the most likely diagnosis?
a. Galactosemia
b. Breast milk jaundice
c. Thalassemia
d. Sickle cell disease
e. Congenital storage disorder
Answer: (b)
Question: A 71 year old man with no prv immediate hx is brought to the ED by his wife who says he has become progressively more forgetful, tends to lose his temper and is emotionally labile. There is no hx of infectious disease or trauma. What’s the single most likely diagnosis?
a. Pic’s dementia
b. Fronto-temporal dementia
c. Huntington’s disease
d. Alzheimer’s disease
e. Vascular dementia
Answer: (d)
Question: A 38 year old woman with hemophilia who received several blood transfusions a few years ago presents with irritability and an increasing memory deficit. She is unable to speak properly. He is on anti-TB tx. What is the single most likely diagnosis?
a. Creutzfeldt Jakob disease
b. Drug toxicity
c. Vascular dementia
d. HIV associated dementia
e. Space occupying lesion
Answer: (d)
Question: An 18 year old girl has menorrhagia and dysmenorrhea and requires contraception. What drug will you give her?
a. COCP
b. Mirena coil
c. Copper T
d. UAE
e. Depo provera
Answer: (a)
These questions cover various aspects of medical knowledge, clinical reasoning, and professional skills. Remember to refer to the PLAB exam syllabus and guidelines for a comprehensive understanding of the exam content and format.
The PLAB test is a prerequisite for international medical graduates who want to practise medicine in the UK. Passing both parts of the exam is also a requirement. To receive a licence to practise medicine in the UK after passing the exam, you might need to complete additional exams, such as the GMC registration process and securing a job offer or training placement.
In order to practise medicine in the United Kingdom, international medical graduates must pass the PLAB (Professional and Linguistic Assessments Board) exam. The General Medical Council (GMC), which oversees medical practitioners in the UK, is in charge of administering it.
The PLAB exam is divided into two parts:
PLAB Part 1: This written, multiple-choice exam gauges your knowledge and comprehension of clinical practise and medical principles. It has 180 single-best-answer questions and covers a variety of subjects, such as surgery, psychiatry, paediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology, and more. The PLAB Part 1 exam is available in many different nations.
PLAB Part 2: This practical test evaluates your clinical abilities, communication abilities, and ethical standards. There are 18 situations in all, all of them take place in the UK and include interacting with fictitious patients. Your capacity to gather data, generate accurate diagnoses, and create treatment plans is evaluated by the examiners.
You must fulfil specific requirements, such as holding a primary medical certification recognised by the GMC and possessing the appropriate English language proficiency, in order to be qualified to take the PLAB exam. The GMC's website should be checked for the most recent and comprehensive qualifying requirements.
A strong foundation in clinical expertise and medical knowledge is necessary for PLAB exam preparation. Many applicants prepare by combining self-study, books, online sources, and practise tests. Additionally, a number of for-profit businesses provide training programmes and resources created expressly for the PLAB exam.