This little quiz is meant to pick your brain or whatever is left of it; not to amuse or to confuse, neither to offend nor commend. Just try it.
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1. What distance is safe enough not to acquire Tuberculosis from a patient who has pulmonary TB and coughing his lungs out?
3 feet
3 meters
3 kilometers
3 inches
none of the above
2. If you received BCG (bakuna) as a kid, you will remain PPD + for life and so PPD is not useful for TB screening in the future.
True
False
I don't know
It depends
Both
3. Which will protect you from getting TB if you are examining a TB patient?
A regular surgical mask
A PFR 95 mask
A biological warfare or astronaut mask
An Erap mask
Just don't breath
4. What tops the list of cause of crude mortality in the Philippines?
Cardiovascular disease
Tuberculosis
War and salvage victims
Hunger
Medical malpractice
5. What is the most common reportable illness in our emergency rooms and hospital admissions?
Pneumonia and tuberculosis
Diarrhea
Stab and gunshot wounds
Dog bites and human bites
Lovesickness
6. Speaking of bites, which way can you not get rabies?
A dog bite
A human bite from someone with rabies
Eating a dog
Playing with bats
None of the above
7. Which hepatitis is not spread through sex or recycled needles?
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis C
Hepatitis D
Hepatitis E
Hepatitis F
8. Which cancer is now most frequent in women?
Ovarian
Breast
Uterine
Lung
Colon
9. Speaking of breast cancer, which is more superior for localized, unilateral Stage I or IIA breast cancer?
Simple mastectomy
Radical mastectomy with lymph node dissection
Modified radical mastectomy with sentinel node sampling
Lumpectomy with lymph node dissection Lamponaya
10. If a person with a prosthetic knee comes in with a septic arthritis on the replaced knee, what do you do?
Blame the surgeon who placed it and recommend a lawyer
Cut his leg off
Remove the prosthetic device and replace it with a new one
Remove the knee and give antibiotics
Remove the knee and replace it with a new one and place antibiotic impregnated cement and beads
11. Which parameter do diabetics have normal expectancy compared to non-diabetics?
Life span
Heart attacks and strokes
Limb loss
Renal failure
None of the above
12. About a day after eating something, if I have sudden nausea with dry mouth, then become hoarse, then unable to swallow, then have weakness progressing downwards with normal reflexes and sensation. What bad stuff did I eat?
Victoria’s sardines with a convex top
Old sushi from a questionable source
Milk from grandpa’s carabao
Fish floating near Fort San Pedro
Fried rice from Summerhouse restaurant
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(Javacripting by R. Garcia, modified from the original script written by Monichar.)
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