Oral Pathology I - Practice Q's - Suchi

Oral Pathology I - Practice Q's - Suchi




1. All of the following oral lesions are epithelial in origin, EXCEPT:

A. Odontogenic

B. Non odontogenic

C. Fibrous

D. Glandular: C. Fibrous

2. Systemic visual assessment of a Patient is referred as:

A. Inspection

B. Palpation

C. Auscultation

D. Percussion: A. Inspection

3. Any change in body or its function that is perceptible to a clinician and indicates a specific disease is
referred to as:

A. Symptom

B. Diagnosis

C. Sign

D. Investigation: C. Sign

4. Any change in body or its function that is perceptible to a patient and may indicate a specific disease is
referred to as:



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A. Symptom

B. Diagnosis

C. Sign

D. Investigation: A. Symptom

5. Identifying a particular disease by differentiating it from other diseases that may have similar signs is referred
to as:

A. Provisional diagnosis

B. Definitive diagnosis

C. Differential diagnosis

D. All the above: C. Differential diagnosis

6. Diagnosis arrived at after history taking and clinical exam but before any investigations is referred to as:

A. Provisional diagnosis

B. Definitive diagnosis

C. Differential diagnosis

D. All the above: A. Provisional diagnosis

7. Diagnosis arrived after all the data has been collected, analyzed and sub- jected to logical thought is referred
to as::

A. Provisional diagnosis

B. Definitive diagnosis




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C. Differential diagnosis

D. All the above: B. Definitive diagnosis

8. A flat change in color that is <1 cm is referred to as:

A. Plaque

B. Patch

C. Macule

D. Nodule: C. Macule

9. A raised, fluid filled lesion >1 cm is referred to as:

A. Ulcer

B. Pustule

C. Vesicle

D. Bulla: D. Bulla

10.Lesion with partial loss of epithelium is referred to as:

A. Ulcer

B. Bulla

C. Erosion

D. Patch: C. Erosion



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11.A lesion attached to the surface by a stalk, is mushroom-like and has a low risk of being malignant is
referred to as:

A. Pedunculated

B. Sessile

C. Ulcer

D. Erosion: A. Pedunculated

12.Removal of a small piece of tissue for microscopic histopathological ex- amination to help in diagnosis is
referred to as:

A. Imaging

B. Incisional biopsy

C. Aspiration biopsy

D. Oral cytology: B. Incisional biopsy

13.Method of examining with the hands using the sense of touch is referred as:

A. Inspection

B. Percussion

C. Auscultation

D. Palpation: D. Palpation

14.Thickening of the stratum corneum is referred as:

A. Acantholysis

B. Hyperkeratosis