Medical Semiology Dr. Sokonth
Medical Semiology Quiz
Test your knowledge of medical semiology with our comprehensive quiz designed for healthcare professionals and students alike. This quiz covers various aspects of hearing loss, treatment effects, and diagnostic tests, providing an excellent way to reinforce your understanding.
Key features:
- Covers a wide range of topics related to ear health
- Multiple choice questions for an interactive experience
- Ideal for medical students, practitioners, and anyone interested in audiology
1. Patients can often hear better in noisy environment. He is with:
Otosclerosis
Foreign bodies
Infection
Cerumen (earwax)
2. Drugs that may produce transient loss of hearing when given in high doses are:
NSAIDs
Diuretics
Anticancer medications
Aminoglycoside antibiotics
3. Drugs that are commonly used and cause permanent hearing loss are:
NSAIDs
Diuretics
Anticancer medications
Aminoglycoside antibiotics
4. Any condition that interferes with or blocks the transmission of sound waves from the external ear to the inner ear may result in:
Disease of the inner ear structures
Auditory nerve palsy
A sensoryneural hearing loss
A conductive hearing loss
5. One of the most common causes of conductive hearing loss among children 4 to 15 years of age is:
Otosclerosis
Foreign bodies
Infection
Cerumen (earwax)
6. The main cause of conductive hearing loss in individual 15 to 50 years of age is:
Otosclerosis
Foreign bodies
Infection
Cerumen (earwax)
7. Among all deafness in children, congenital deafness accounts for:
50%
65%
80%
95%
8. Infection during pregnancy that accounts for most cases of sensorineural deafness is:
Chicken pox
Tuberculosis
Rubella
HIV
9. Most cases of sensorineural deafness that are due to anomalous development of the fetus’s cochlea, are caused by:
Infection with tuberculosis during pregnancy
Infection with leprosy during pregnancy
Infection with rubella during pregnancy
Infection with HIV during pregnancy
10. Patients with a conductive hearing loss hear their own voices better by:
Bone conduction: They tends to speak softly.
Bone conduction: They tends to speak loudly.
Air conduction: They tends to speak softly.
Air conduction: They tends to speak loudly.
11. Patients with a sensorineural hearing loss hear less by:
Bone conduction: They tends to speak softly.
Bone conduction: They tends to speak loudly.
Air conduction: They tends to speak softly.
Air conductive and bone conduction: They tends to speak loudly.
12. Drugs that are commonly used and cause vertigo are:
Salicylates
Diuretics
Anticancer medications
The aminoglycoside antibiotics
13. The most common causes of tinnitus are inner ear disease such as:
Ménière’s disease, ototoxic drugs, and Otosclerosis
Ménière’s disease, ototoxic drugs, and tuberculosis
Ménière’s disease, tuberculosis, and otosclerosis
Tuberculosis, ototoxic drugs, and otosclerosis
14. Otorrhea with bloody appearance usually associated with:
Viral infection
Carcinoma
Tuberculosis
Bacterial infection
15. Otorrhea with purulence appearance usually associated with:
Viral infection
Carcinoma
Tuberculosis
Bacterial infection
16. The common causes of localized otalgia are:
Inflammation of the cervical nerves
Inflammation of the cranial nerves
Inflammation of the thoracic nerves
External otitis and Otitis media
17. The presence of the trophi in the helix or antihelix is highly specific but nonsensitive sign of:
Rheumatoid arthritis
Gouty arthritis
Osteoarthritis
Septic arthritis
18. A “cauliflower ear” is a pinna that gnarled as a result of:
Gout
Trauma
Tuberculosis
Leprosy
19. Rinne test is positive when:
BC > AC
AC > BC
AC = BC
BC >/= AC
20. Rinne test is negative when:
BC > AC
AC > BC
AC = BC
AC >/= BC
21. The weber test: Hearing the sound, or feeling the vibration, in the middle is:
Hearing loss
Sensorineural hearing loss
Conductive hearing loss
The normal response
22. There is left conductive deafness when:
Rinne: Right ear: Rinne positive; left ear: Rinne negative. Weber: lateralization to the left ear.
Rinne: Right ear: Rinne positive; left ear: Rinne negative. Weber: lateralization to the right ear.
Rinne: Right ear: Rinne negative; left ear: Rinne negative. Weber: lateralization to the left ear.
Rinne: Right ear: Rinne negative; left ear: Rinne negative. Weber: lateralization to the right ear.
23. There is left sensorineural deafness when:
Rinne: Right ear: Rinne negative; left ear: Rinne negative. Weber: lateralization to the left ear.
Rinne: Right ear: Rinne negative; left ear: Rinne negative. Weber: lateralization to the right ear.
Rinne: Right ear: Rinne positive; left ear: Rinne negative. Weber: lateralization to the right ear.
Rinne: Right ear: Rinne positive; left ear: Rinne negative. Weber: lateralization to the left ear.
24. Bulging of the tympanic membrane may indicate:
Reduced intratympanic cavity pressures.
Fluid or pus in the middle ear.
There is tympanosclerosis.
Dilatation of blood vessels.
25. A tympanic membrane becomes retracted when:
Intratympanic cavity pressures are reduced.
There is fluid or pus in the middle ear.
There is tympanosclerosis.
There is dilatation of blood vessels.
26. Pneumatic otoscopy: a marked decrease or absence of movement of the tympanic membrane will be detected when:
The Eustachian tube is obstructed.
Fluid or pus in the middle ear.
There is tympanosclerosis.
There is dilatation of blood vessels.
27. The main symptoms of allergic rhinitis include:
Cough, sneezing, and a clear, watery nasal discharge.
Nasal obstruction, cough, and a clear, watery nasal discharge.
Nasal obstruction, sneezing, and cough
Nasal obstruction, sneezing, and a clear, watery nasal discharge.
28. Seasonal allergic rhinitis may be due to:
Animal dander, mold, or dust.
Weeds, trees, or grasses pollinate.
Weeds pollinate, animal dander, or dust.
Weeds pollinate, animal dander, or mold.
29. Nonseasonal allergic rhinitis may be due to:
Animal dander, mold, or dust.
Animal dander, mold, or weeds pollinate
Tree pollinate, animal dander, or mold
Weeds pollinate, animal dander, or dust
30. Vasomotor rhinitis is:
Allergic rhinitis.
Nonallergic rhinitis.
Seasonal allergic rhinitis.
Nonseasonal allergic rhinitis.
31. Cacosmia is:
A complete loss of sense of smell.
A reduced sense of smell.
An unpleasant smell.
A distorted sense of smell.
32. Nasal discharge: A thin and watery discharge is usually due to excess mucus production resulting from:
A chronic sinusitis.
A neoplasm.
A bacterial infection.
A viral infection or allergic condition.
33. Nasal discharge: A thick, purulent nasal discharge may result from:
A chronic sinusitis.
A neoplasm.
A bacterial infection.
A viral infection or allergic condition.
34. Nasal discharge: A bloody discharge can result from:
A chronic sinusitis.
A neoplasm.
A bacterial infection.
A viral infection or allergic condition.
35. Pain from localized sinus disease which is felt diffusely, mostly is:
Sphenoid sinus disease.
Frontal sinus disease.
Maxillary sinus disease.
Ethmoid sinus disease.
36. Ethmoid sinus pain is usually:
Above the eye.
Periorbital.
Behind the eye.
Diffuse.
37. Transilluminate the sinus: Direct a light downward from under the medical aspect of the eye is the examination of:
The sphenoid sinus.
The frontal sinus.
The maxillary sinus.
The ethmoid sinus.
38. A painless mass in an oral cavity is usually a sign of:
A bacterial infection.
A viral infection.
An infection.
A tumor.
39. Reduced or absent salivary secretion is:
Ptyalism
Xerostomia
Halitosis
Dysphagia
40. Halitosis is caused by:
Gram-positive anaerobic bacteria.
Gram-positive aerobic bacteria.
Gram-negative anaerobic bacteria.
Gram-negative aerobic bacteria.
41. Xerostomia is frequently observed as a side effect of various medications, including:
Antihistamines, decongestants, tricyclic antidepressants.
Antihistamines, decongestants, anti-tuberculosis.
Antihistamines, anti-tuberculosis, tricyclic antidepressants.
Anti-tuberculosis, decongestants, tricyclic antidepressants.
42. The pharynx: Nasal obstruction can result from:
Enlarge adenoids or tumor formation in the oropharynx.
Enlarge adenoids or tumor formation in the hypopharynx.
Enlarge adenoids or tumor formation in the nasopharynx.
Eustachian tube obstruction or tumor formation in the nasopharynx.
43. Palatal petechiae can be seen and the tonsil may be covered in a white pseudomembrane, is usually caused by:
Dipththeria
Peritosillar abscess (quinsy)
Infectious mononucleosis (glandular fever)
Mass or ulcer on the tonsil.
44. Heavy snoring is often associated with:
Rhinitis.
Sleep apnea.
Pharyngitis.
Laryngitis.
Hoarseness may result from impingement on the recurrent laryngeal nerve as it hooks around the left bronchus. This may be caused by:
A tumor or an enlarge left atrium.
A tumor or an enlarge right atrium.
A tumor or an enlarge left ventricle.
A tumor or an enlarge right ventricle.
46. Mucoceles, which occur mostly on the lower lip, arise from:
Obstruction or rupture of the minor salivary gland.
Bacterial infection of the minor salivary gland.
Viral infection of the minor salivary gland.
Cancer of the minor salivary gland.
47. A common painless white lesion in the mouth, which appears as a reticulated, or lacelike, eruption bilaterally on the buccal mucosa, is:
Erythroplakia
Fordyce’s spots or granules
Leukoplakia
Lichen planus
48. In the month, a painless, precancerous white plaque on the cheeks, gingivae, and tongue is:
Erythroplakia
Fordyce’s spots or granules
Leukoplakia
Lichen planus
49. Small, pinhead-sized, yellow papules on the buccal mucous membrane are usually:
Erythroplakia
Fordyce’s spots or granules
Leukoplakia
Lichen planus
50. An area of mucous membrane of the gingiva on which there are granular, erythematous papules that bleed is:
Erythroplakia
Fordyce’s spots or granules
Leukoplakia
Lichen planus
51. Gingival hyperplasia is commonly seen in patients taking:
Anti-tuberculosis medications
Anti-retroviral mediciations
Antiepilepsy medications
Antileprosy medications
52. A benign condition in which the dorsum of the tongue show smooth, localized red areas, denuded of filiform papillae, surrounded by well-defined, raise yellowish-white margins and normal filiform papillae, is
A black hairy tongue
A geographic tongue
A scrotal tongue
A ranula
53. A benign condition in which the filiform papillae on the dorsum of the tongue are greatly elongated, and become pigmented with a brownish black color is:
A black hairy tongue
A geographic tongue
A scrotal tongue
A ranula
54. The fissures I the tongue which are the first develop in late childhood and become deeper with age is:
A black hairy tongue
A geographic tongue
A scrotal tongue
A ranula
55. A large mucous retention cyst on the floor of the amount in association with submandibular and sublingual gland is:
A black hairy tongue
A geographic tongue
A scrotal tongue
A ranula
56. Recurrent otitis media, hearing loss, and speech defects are frequent complication of:
Petechiae
Severe cleft palate
Erythroplakia
Pseudomembranous candidiasis
57. In patients with impaired immunity, a normal commensal organism of the gastrointestinal tract, can become highly invasive and cause:
Petechiae
Severe cleft palate
Erythroplakia
Pseudomembranous candidiasis
58. Lesion located characteristically at the junction of the hard and soft palate and commonly due to fellatio are:
Petechiae
Severe cleft palate
Erythroplakia
Pseudomembranous candidiasis
59. Lesion that does not allow the lingual muscles on the affected side to contract normally, is caused by:
A glosso-pharyngeal, or nineth carnial, nerve palsy
A vagus, or tenth carnial, nerve palsy
An accessory, or eleventh carnial, nerve palsy
A hypoglossal, or twelfth carnial, nerve palsy
60. A pseudomembranous patch or membrane present over the tonsils is associated with:
Acute tonsillitis, infectious mononucleosis, and tuberculosis
Acute tonsillitis, infectious mononucleosis, and diphtheria
Tuberculosis, infectious mononucleosis, and diphtheria
Acute tonsillitis, tuberculosis, and dip
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