MEDICAL AND DENTAL COUNCIL OF NIGERIA
ASSESSMENT EXAMINATION FOR FOREIGN-TRAINED MEDICAL GRADUATES.
WEDNESDAY 18TH APRIL 2018
MULTIPLE CHOICE EXAMINATION (MCQ) –THEORY
TIME : 2 HOURS
Instructions to Candidates:
Answer ALL Questions.
Each question consists of an initial statement (or stem), followed by five options (or branches).
Choose the most correct answer from among the five options.
There is penalty for wrong answers.
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,1. Acute management of burns injury does NOT include
a. Narcotic analgesics
b. Crystalloids
c. Hematocrit monitoring
d. Monitoring of urine output
e. Escharectomy
2. Which of the following may NOT be present in generalised fibromatosis?
a. Plexiform lesion
b. Cavernous haemangioma
c. Café au lait spots
d. Axillary flecks
e. Familial trait
3. Wound debridement means
a. excising 1mm skin from edges of wound
b. excising all damaged tissues without excising normal skin
c. laying open and therefore excising all layers of wound
d. delayed primary clo sure
e. amputation
4. Metastatic carcinoma of prostate can be suspected by
a. finding elevated levels of alkaline phosphatase
b. X-rays which are characteristically osteolytic
c. transurethral resection
d. Scalene node biopsy
e. markedly elevated Prostate Specific Antigen
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,5. Prostatism refers to
a. acute urinary retentions.
b. hesitancy, frequency and poor stream.
c. urethral caruncle.
d. urge incontinence with terminal dribbling.
e. straining at micturition.
6. Which of the following is a neoplastic disease of the breast?
a. Benign mammary dysplasia
b. Duct actasia
c. Traumatic fat necrosis
d. Galactocele
e. Fibroadenoma
7. The best wound cover is
a. Skin
b. Scab
c. Gauze and bandage
d. Aerosol spray
e. Sofratulle gauze
8. Which of the following is NOT used in the treatment of toxic Goitre?
a. Carbimazole
b. Propranolol
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, c. Lugol’s iodine
d. Radioiodine
e. Thyroxine
9. Which of the following would occur with gastric outlet obstruction?
a. Paradoxical aciduria
b. Alkalosis
c. Hypokalemia
d. Hypochloraemia
e. Acidosis
10. An overdose of heparin is treated by
a. Prostalglandins
b. Phenondione
c. Prostigmine
d. Protamine sulphate
e. Papaverine
11. Pott’s fracture is a type of fracture of the
a. Wrist
b. Spine
c. Ankle
d. Elbow
e. Skull
12.Meniere’s diseases can be treated by:
a. Eustachian tube
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ASSESSMENT EXAMINATION FOR FOREIGN-TRAINED MEDICAL GRADUATES.
WEDNESDAY 18TH APRIL 2018
MULTIPLE CHOICE EXAMINATION (MCQ) –THEORY
TIME : 2 HOURS
Instructions to Candidates:
Answer ALL Questions.
Each question consists of an initial statement (or stem), followed by five options (or branches).
Choose the most correct answer from among the five options.
There is penalty for wrong answers.
1
,1. Acute management of burns injury does NOT include
a. Narcotic analgesics
b. Crystalloids
c. Hematocrit monitoring
d. Monitoring of urine output
e. Escharectomy
2. Which of the following may NOT be present in generalised fibromatosis?
a. Plexiform lesion
b. Cavernous haemangioma
c. Café au lait spots
d. Axillary flecks
e. Familial trait
3. Wound debridement means
a. excising 1mm skin from edges of wound
b. excising all damaged tissues without excising normal skin
c. laying open and therefore excising all layers of wound
d. delayed primary clo sure
e. amputation
4. Metastatic carcinoma of prostate can be suspected by
a. finding elevated levels of alkaline phosphatase
b. X-rays which are characteristically osteolytic
c. transurethral resection
d. Scalene node biopsy
e. markedly elevated Prostate Specific Antigen
2
,5. Prostatism refers to
a. acute urinary retentions.
b. hesitancy, frequency and poor stream.
c. urethral caruncle.
d. urge incontinence with terminal dribbling.
e. straining at micturition.
6. Which of the following is a neoplastic disease of the breast?
a. Benign mammary dysplasia
b. Duct actasia
c. Traumatic fat necrosis
d. Galactocele
e. Fibroadenoma
7. The best wound cover is
a. Skin
b. Scab
c. Gauze and bandage
d. Aerosol spray
e. Sofratulle gauze
8. Which of the following is NOT used in the treatment of toxic Goitre?
a. Carbimazole
b. Propranolol
3
, c. Lugol’s iodine
d. Radioiodine
e. Thyroxine
9. Which of the following would occur with gastric outlet obstruction?
a. Paradoxical aciduria
b. Alkalosis
c. Hypokalemia
d. Hypochloraemia
e. Acidosis
10. An overdose of heparin is treated by
a. Prostalglandins
b. Phenondione
c. Prostigmine
d. Protamine sulphate
e. Papaverine
11. Pott’s fracture is a type of fracture of the
a. Wrist
b. Spine
c. Ankle
d. Elbow
e. Skull
12.Meniere’s diseases can be treated by:
a. Eustachian tube
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