Respiratory System MCQs Past papers MBBS

1.    Most patients presenting with idiopathic pulmonary

hypertension are

A.   children

B.   old men

C.   old women

D.   young men

E.   young women (*)

2.   Oat cell carcinoma is LEAST LIKELY to produce

A.   autoimmune nervous system disease

B.   cushingism

C.   hypercalcemia (*)

D.   liver metastases

E.   syndrome of inappropriate ADH / hyponatremia

3.   Sarcoidosis is LEAST LIKELY to cause

A.   dry eyes and mouth

B.   erythema nodosum

C.   facial nerve paralysis

D.   hypercalcemia

E.   monoclonal gammopathy (*)

4.   Coal macules are located at what level of the respiratory

tree?

A.   alveolar ducts and spaces

B.   primary bronchi

C.   terminal bronchi

D.   respiratory bronchioles (*)

E.   pleural surfaces

5.   Which is easiest to mistake for sarcoidosis on biopsy?

A.   asbestosis

B.   berylliosis (*)

C.   cystic fibrosis

D.   farmer's lung

E.   silicosis

6.   Today's "usual suspect" in the apparent epidemic of new

asthma is chronic infection by

A.   candida

B.   chlamydia TWAR (*)

C.   histoplasmosis

D.   pseudomonas

E.   respiratory syncytial virus