MCQ II Feb 05 PDF
MCQ II Feb 05 PDF
MCQ II Feb 05 PDF
4. The following are more common and more severe in non-dominant parietal lesions
except:
a. Ideomotor apraxia
b. Unconcern over deficit, neglect of grooming, shaving, etc.
c. Dressing apraxia
d. Disturbance of prosodic components to language
e. Anosognosia
5. Regarding senile dementia of Lewy body type, all the following are true
except:
a. Lewy body are intrcellular inclusions
b. Patients present with acute or subacute confusional states
c. Psychiatric symptoms are marked
d. Extrapyramidal signs are remarkable
e. It accounts for 5% of dementia cases in patients over the age of 70 years
8. The following are recognized features of the aura of focal seizures except:
a. Smell of burning rubber
b. Micropsia
c. Forced thinking
d. Choreiform movement
e. Borborygmi
9. Regarding reciting the months backwards, which one of the following is false:
a. May be affected by intellectual ability
b. May be impaired by anxiety state
c. Is usually impaired in early dementia
d. Is a primarily a test of concentration
e. Is a reliable test of long term memory
10. EEG is of particular value in the differential diagnosis of all the following
except:
a. Early Alzheimer’s disease from early Pick’s disease
b. Cerebral abscess from tension headache
c. Hereditary myoclonus from subcortical epilepsy
d. Absence status from post-ictal twilight state
e. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease from chronic subdural haematoma
14. Aftermath severe closed head injury, all the following are true except:
a. At least 10 % of patients suffer from post-traumatic epilepsy
b. The duration of post-traumatic amnesia is probably the best prognostic indicator
c. Recovery may continue for two years
d. Headache is a common sequel
e. Organic personality syndrome is a recognized sequel
15. The following are true regarding the longer-term consequences of cancer except:
a. Major depression occurs throughout the course of illness
b. Major depression affects 10%-20% of patients
c. Major depression is more frequent in those suffering pain
d. Patients with cancer are more depressed than other chronic physically ill patients
e. Both progression and the recurrence of cancer are associated with increased psychiatric
disturbances