MATERNAL & CHILD HEALTH – EXAM QUESTIONS + ANSWERS
PART A: OBSTETRICS (PREGNANCY & LABOUR)
1. What is antenatal care?
Answer: Care given to a woman during pregnancy to ensure the health of both mother
and baby.
2. Name the three trimesters of pregnancy.
Answer:
First trimester (0–12 weeks)
Second trimester (13–28 weeks)
Third trimester (29–40 weeks)
3. What is the normal duration of pregnancy?
Answer: 40 weeks (280 days)
4. Define gravidity.
Answer: Total number of times a woman has been pregnant.
5. Define parity.
Answer: Number of pregnancies that reached viability (20–28 weeks, depending on
definition).
6. List 4 danger signs in pregnancy.
Answer:
Vaginal bleeding
Severe headache
Swollen face/hands
Reduced fetal movement
, 7. What is pre-eclampsia?
Answer: Pregnancy complication characterized by high blood pressure and protein in
urine after 20 weeks.
8. State 3 symptoms of pre-eclampsia.
Answer:
Hypertension
Proteinuria
Edema
9. What is eclampsia?
Answer: Severe form of pre-eclampsia with seizures.
10. Name 3 causes of postpartum hemorrhage (PPH).
Answer:
Uterine atony
Retained placenta
Trauma to the birth canal
PART B: LABOUR & DELIVERY
11. Define labour.
Answer: The process of uterine contractions leading to the delivery of the baby and
placenta.
12. List the stages of labour.
Answer:
First stage (dilatation)
Second stage (delivery of the baby)
Third stage (delivery of placenta)
PART A: OBSTETRICS (PREGNANCY & LABOUR)
1. What is antenatal care?
Answer: Care given to a woman during pregnancy to ensure the health of both mother
and baby.
2. Name the three trimesters of pregnancy.
Answer:
First trimester (0–12 weeks)
Second trimester (13–28 weeks)
Third trimester (29–40 weeks)
3. What is the normal duration of pregnancy?
Answer: 40 weeks (280 days)
4. Define gravidity.
Answer: Total number of times a woman has been pregnant.
5. Define parity.
Answer: Number of pregnancies that reached viability (20–28 weeks, depending on
definition).
6. List 4 danger signs in pregnancy.
Answer:
Vaginal bleeding
Severe headache
Swollen face/hands
Reduced fetal movement
, 7. What is pre-eclampsia?
Answer: Pregnancy complication characterized by high blood pressure and protein in
urine after 20 weeks.
8. State 3 symptoms of pre-eclampsia.
Answer:
Hypertension
Proteinuria
Edema
9. What is eclampsia?
Answer: Severe form of pre-eclampsia with seizures.
10. Name 3 causes of postpartum hemorrhage (PPH).
Answer:
Uterine atony
Retained placenta
Trauma to the birth canal
PART B: LABOUR & DELIVERY
11. Define labour.
Answer: The process of uterine contractions leading to the delivery of the baby and
placenta.
12. List the stages of labour.
Answer:
First stage (dilatation)
Second stage (delivery of the baby)
Third stage (delivery of placenta)
