PEBC (Therapeutic) Sample Questions Set-8
Categories: PEBC Canada
Question. A 25 yo man comes with prescription of 5ASA, and recently have been diagnosed with ulcerative colitis. What is an incorrect statement?
A) recommend high fibre diet to increase bowel movement
B) recommend low fibre diet to slow down bowel movement
C) reduce indigestible carbohydrate intake
D) Replace whole grain breads and cereals with refined products
E) avoid nuts, seeds and legumes
Answer: (a)
Question. What is the drug of choice for severe ulcerative?
A) Budosenide
B) 5ASA
C) Probiotic
D) Methotrexate
E) Infliximab
Answer: (a)
Question. What is the maintenance therapy for ulcerative colitis?
A) Sulfasalazine
B) 5ASA
C) Prednisone
D) Methotrexate
E) Infliximab
Answer: (b)
Question. Which of the following is NOT a serious side effect of budosenide?
A) memory loss
B) bruises
C) acne
D) muscular pain
E) hypoglycemia
Answer: (e)
Question. MK is a 29 year old male. Crohn's Disease has been diagnosed Crohn's disease with inflammatory transmural, with skip lesions, granulomas in duodenum and ileum. Current symptoms also include severe diarrhea, abscess in peri-rectum. What is NOT the goal of therapy for Crohn's disease?
A) treatment of symptoms
B) Prevent reoccurrence
C) Improve quality of life
D) Treat pain using NSAIDs
E) Prevent extra intestinal problem
Answer: (d)
Question. Which of the following are the Crohn's disease diagnosis tests?
I) Barium enema,
II) biopsy,
III) bacterial culture
A) I only
B) III only
C) I and II
D) II and III
E) I, II, III
Answer: (e)
Question. MKs received treatment for prednisone for 16 weeks. However still has symptoms of Crohn's disease. What are the next treatment options?
A) double the dose of prednisone
B) increase duration of therapy
C) infliximab
D) Methotrexate
E) IV Steroids
Answer: (d)
Question. Which of the following monitoring parameters for Crohn’s disease?
A) rectal bleeding,
B) Diarrhea,
C) stool exam
D) LFT
E) pain relief
Answer: (e)
Question. A person is travelling to south east Asia for some business trip, what is the best appropriate treatment?
A) Ciprofloxacin
B) levofloxacin
C) norfloxacin
D) ofloxacin
E) Azithromycin
Answer: (e)
Question. The above family includes a pregnant woman, what is the good therapy for travellers diarrhea in pregnancy.
A) Ciprofloxacin
B) levofloxacin
C) norfloxacin
D) ofloxacin
E) Azithromycin
Answer: (e)