Nephrology Home Internal Medicine 0% 15 votes, 0 avg 35 Nephrology 1 / 50 1. WBC casts in urine are suggestive of all except: A. Interstitial nephritis B. Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis C. Pyelonephritis D. Transplant rejection 2 / 50 2. Which is false regarding Berger’s disease? A. Raised Serum IgA B. Recurrent haematuria C. Reduced Complement level D. It may represent a form of Henoch-Schonlein purpura 3 / 50 3. AGN is not characterised by: A. Massive proteinuria B. Oliguria C. Macroscopic haematuria D. Systemic hypertension 4 / 50 4. Acute tubular necrosis is found in all except: A. Weil's disease B. Abruptio placentae C. Rhabdomyolysis D. Cisplatin-induced 5 / 50 5. Normal urinary osmolality in mOsm/kg of water is approximately: A. 400-700 B. 150-200 C. 200-350 D. 200-350 6 / 50 6. Streptococcal pyoderma may be associated with all except: A. Pyaemia B. Acute rheumatic fever C. Acute glomerulonephritis (AGN) D. Mild fever 7 / 50 7. Which of the renal stones is radiolucent? A. Cystine stone B. Uric acid C. Calcium oxalate D. Triple phosphate 8 / 50 8. Bilaterally palpable kidneys are found in alt except: A. Polycystic kidney B. Acromegaly C. Amyloidosis D. Wilms' tumor 9 / 50 9. ‘Saturnine gout’ develops as a result of: A. Mercury nephropathy B. Chronic pyelonephritis C. Analgesic nephropathy D. Lead nephropathy 10 / 50 10. Which of the following can decrease the antihypertensive effect of ACE inhibitors? A. NSAIDs B. Furosemide C. Thiazides D. Digoxin 11 / 50 11. Which of the following is not a typical association in adult polycystic kidney disease? A. Polycythaemia B. Berry aneurysms C. Nephrolithiasis D. VSD 12 / 50 12. Serum urea and creatinine remain normal in: A. Hydronephrosis B. Haemolytic-uraemic syndrome C. Acute renal failure D. Hepatorenal syndrome 13 / 50 13. Urinary clearance of IgG compared with transferrin is found to be <10 in: A. Minimal lesion nephropathy B. Membranous nephropathy C. Mesangial proliferative nephropathy D. Focal glomerulosclerosis 14 / 50 14. Complement C3 is characteristically low in all except: A. Post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis B. Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis C. Focal glomerulosclerosis D. SLE 15 / 50 15. Renal tubular acidosis is not seen in: A. Galactosemia B. Leprosy C. Sickle cell disease D. Medullary sponge kidney 16 / 50 16. Diabetes mellitus complicated by nephrotic syndrome has all the following features except: A. Retinopathy B. Hypertension C. Increased palsma renin activity D. Initially GFR may be increased 17 / 50 17. Isosthenuria is found in: A. Nephrolithiasis B. Chronic renal failure C. Nail-patella syndrome D. Acute glomerulonephritis 18 / 50 18. All are true in ‘dialysis dementia’ except: A. Related to aluminium toxicity B. Raised intracranial tension C. Seizures D. Myoclonus 19 / 50 19. Broad casts are found in: A. Urinary tract infection B. Analgesic nephropathy C. Acute glomerulonephritis D. Chronic renal failure (CRF) 20 / 50 20. All of the following are associated with hypercalciuria except: A. Hyperparathyroidism B. Milk-alkali syndrome C. Sarcoidosis D. Progressive systemic sclerosis 21 / 50 21. Fanconi syndrome may arise from all except: A. Wilson's disease B. Galactosemia C. Haemochromatosis D. Cystinosis 22 / 50 22. Which of the following is not added to urine by tubular secretion? A. H+ B. Urea C. Creatinine D. K+ 23 / 50 23. Prognosis of which of the following is excellent? A. Interstitial nephritis B. Acute glomerulonephritis C. Chronic nephritis D. Nephrotic syndrome 24 / 50 24. Which of the following is not a recognised cause of microalbuminuria? A. Nephrotic syndrome B. Diabetes mellitus with early renal involvement C. Congestive cardiac failure D. Strenuous physical exercise 25 / 50 25. Each kidney contains approximately: A. 10 million nephrons B. 1 million nephrons C. 10 thousand nephrons D. Hundred thousand nephrons 26 / 50 26. Metastatic calcification is seen in all of the following organs except: A. Brain B. Myocardium C. Cornea D. Medium-sized blood vessels 27 / 50 27. Which is not true in orthostatic proteinuria? A. Maybe related to increased lumbar lordosis B. Seen in tall persons C. Primarily occurs in upright posture D. Indicates a serious underlying disease 28 / 50 28. Isolated haematuria is not found in: A. Acute glomerulonephritis B. Renal tuberculosis C. Papillary necrosis D. Sickle cell nephropathy 29 / 50 29. The urine in obligatory diuresis following relief of urinary obstruction is: A. Dilute and alkaline B. Low in sodium C. Concentrated D. Highly acidic 30 / 50 30. Which of the following is false in nephritic-nephrotic syndrome? A. Moderate haematuria and moderate proteinuria are common B. Systemic hypertension is rare C. SLE is a common aetiology D. Majority of patients terminate into end-stage renal disease 31 / 50 31. A child with rickets, nephrocalcinosis, hyperchloraemic acidosis and alkaline urine is suffering from: A. Distal renal tubular acidosis B. Vitamin D sensitive rickets C. Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus D. Proximal renal tubular acidosis 32 / 50 32. Urine of low specific gravity is obtained in: A. Diabetes mellitus B. Severe dehydration C. Massive proteinuria D. Psychogenic polydipsia 33 / 50 33. ‘Rugger jersey spine’ is seen in: A. Chronic renal failure B. Ochronosis C. Hypoparathyroidism D. Sickle cell anemia 34 / 50 34. In IgA nephropathy, IgA is deposited in: A. Glomerular mesangium B. Glomerular capillaries C. Renal papilla D. Glomerular basement membrane 35 / 50 35. Fatty cast is often diagnostic of: A. Nephrotic syndrome B. End-stage renal disease C. Papillary necrosis D. Acute glomerulonephritis 36 / 50 36. Polyuria is produced by all of the following except: A. Hypercalcaemia B. Diabetes insipidus C. Congestive cardiac failure D. Chronic renal failure 37 / 50 37. Which of the following certainly diagnoses a renal lump? A. Bimanual palpability B. Band of colonic resonance C. Slight movement with respiration D. Ballottement 38 / 50 38. The commonest cause of renal vein thrombosis in a child is: A. Acute glomerulonephritis B. Minimal lesion nephropathy C. Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome D. Dehydration 39 / 50 39. Recognised feature of minimal change glomerular disease is: A. Response to corticosteroid B. Hematuria C. Hypertension D. Absence of oedema 40 / 50 40. Which of the following commonly affects kidneys? A. Takayasu's arteritis B. Rheumatoid arthritis C. Temporal arteritis D. Microscopic polyarteritis 41 / 50 41. All of the following may give rise to Fanconi’s syndrome except: A. Galactosaemia B. Haemochromatosis C. Cystinosis D. Wilson's disease 42 / 50 42. Nocturia is not found in: A. Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis (RPGN) B. Prostatism C. Vesicoureteral reflux D. Salt-losing nephropathy 43 / 50 43. In stage S chronic kidney disease (CKD), the GFR falls below: A. <5 B. < 10 C. <15 D. <20 44 / 50 44. Tubular proteinuria is assessed by measuring: A. Transferrin B. Tamm-Horsfall mucoprotein C. Beta-2 microglobulin D. Albumin 45 / 50 45. Peritoneal dialysis may be complicated by all except: A. Atelectasis B. Peritonitis C. Hypoglycaemia D. Hypoproteinaemia 46 / 50 46. Serum add phosphatase level is increased in all except: A. Amyloidosis B. Gaucher's disease C. Prostatic carcinoma D. Hairy cell leukaemia 47 / 50 47. All of the following may be complicated by papillary necrosis except: A. Sickle cell anemia B. Macroglobulinaemia C. Diabetes mellitus D. Leprosy 48 / 50 48. Gitelman syndrome is the syndrome which has effects on nephron just like the use of: A. Loop Diuretics B. Acetazolamide C. Thiazide diuretics D. Potassium sparing diuretics 49 / 50 49. All of the following drugs may produce nephrotic syndrome except: A. Colchicine B. alpha-interferon C. Penicillamine D. Troxidone 50 / 50 50. AGN may be produced by alt except: A. Pneumococcus B. Malaria C. Kala-azar D. Hepatitis B LinkedIn Facebook Twitter VKontakte Visit our FB page Restart Quiz Send Feedback Next Post Cardiology