6TH YEAR STATE EXAM WRITTEN STATE-
PEDIATRICS- PEDIATRICS INFECTIOUS DISEASES
• 1
PED - 4.1
From which age can influenza vaccination be
administered?
A) 6 months
B) 12 months
C) 5 years
D) 18 years
A) 6 months
The safety and efficacy of the tetravalent inactivated split
vaccine have been demonstrated in children over 6 months of
age.
• 2
PED - 4.2
Against which infectious disease is not post-exposure
prophylactic vaccination available?
A) Hepatitis A
B) Tetanus
,C) Varicella
D) Pertussis
D) Pertussis
Post-exposure prophylaxis vaccination against pertussis is not
available.
• 3
PED - 4.3
In case of injury with suspected tetanus infection, in
addition to tetanus toxoid vaccination, the injured person
should be given passive immunisation if the wound is
severely damaged or contaminated with soil, a foreign body
is present, in case of head injury, shock, bleeding, severe
burn injury, radioactivity and if the time elapsed since the
last vaccination of the person receiving the booster dose is
more than:
A) 3 years
B) 5 years
C) 10 years
D) in all cases, the injured person must be given passive
immunisation, regardless of the time elapsed since the previous
tetanus vaccination
C) 10 years
,As postulated in the National Centre for Public Health’s 2021
Methodology Letter on Vaccinations.
• 4
PED - 4.4
Minimum interval between therapeutic intravenous
immunoglobulin (IVIG) and live virus vaccine is:
A) 4 weeks
B) 3 months
C) 11 months
D) 2 years
C) 11 months
Different types of blood products made from human blood
and/or plasma may contain specific immunoglobulins (IVIG
products have specifically high levels) that neutralise the
vaccine virus (measles, rubella, mumps, varicella).
• 5
PED - 4.5
Contraindications to vaccination, EXCEPT:
A) Convulsions in the family history
B) Febrile illness
C) Vaccination of a pregnant woman with a live virus vaccine
D) Suspected or existing congenital immunodeficiency
, A) Convulsions in the family history
Convulsions in the family history should not be considered as a
contraindication to vaccination.
• 6
PED - 4.6
Administered as an oral vaccine:
A) DTaP
B) DTap + IPV + Hib
C) Varilrix/Varivax
D) Rotarix
D) Rotarix
Rotavirus vaccine is an oral suspension for oral use only.
• 7
PED - 4.7
Effective antibiotic against Pseudomonas aeruginosa,
EXCEPT:
A) piperacillin / tazobactam
B) ceftazidime
C) ciprofloxacin
D) cefotaxime
D) cefotaxime
PEDIATRICS- PEDIATRICS INFECTIOUS DISEASES
• 1
PED - 4.1
From which age can influenza vaccination be
administered?
A) 6 months
B) 12 months
C) 5 years
D) 18 years
A) 6 months
The safety and efficacy of the tetravalent inactivated split
vaccine have been demonstrated in children over 6 months of
age.
• 2
PED - 4.2
Against which infectious disease is not post-exposure
prophylactic vaccination available?
A) Hepatitis A
B) Tetanus
,C) Varicella
D) Pertussis
D) Pertussis
Post-exposure prophylaxis vaccination against pertussis is not
available.
• 3
PED - 4.3
In case of injury with suspected tetanus infection, in
addition to tetanus toxoid vaccination, the injured person
should be given passive immunisation if the wound is
severely damaged or contaminated with soil, a foreign body
is present, in case of head injury, shock, bleeding, severe
burn injury, radioactivity and if the time elapsed since the
last vaccination of the person receiving the booster dose is
more than:
A) 3 years
B) 5 years
C) 10 years
D) in all cases, the injured person must be given passive
immunisation, regardless of the time elapsed since the previous
tetanus vaccination
C) 10 years
,As postulated in the National Centre for Public Health’s 2021
Methodology Letter on Vaccinations.
• 4
PED - 4.4
Minimum interval between therapeutic intravenous
immunoglobulin (IVIG) and live virus vaccine is:
A) 4 weeks
B) 3 months
C) 11 months
D) 2 years
C) 11 months
Different types of blood products made from human blood
and/or plasma may contain specific immunoglobulins (IVIG
products have specifically high levels) that neutralise the
vaccine virus (measles, rubella, mumps, varicella).
• 5
PED - 4.5
Contraindications to vaccination, EXCEPT:
A) Convulsions in the family history
B) Febrile illness
C) Vaccination of a pregnant woman with a live virus vaccine
D) Suspected or existing congenital immunodeficiency
, A) Convulsions in the family history
Convulsions in the family history should not be considered as a
contraindication to vaccination.
• 6
PED - 4.6
Administered as an oral vaccine:
A) DTaP
B) DTap + IPV + Hib
C) Varilrix/Varivax
D) Rotarix
D) Rotarix
Rotavirus vaccine is an oral suspension for oral use only.
• 7
PED - 4.7
Effective antibiotic against Pseudomonas aeruginosa,
EXCEPT:
A) piperacillin / tazobactam
B) ceftazidime
C) ciprofloxacin
D) cefotaxime
D) cefotaxime
