Nephrology Home Internal Medicine 0% 15 votes, 0 avg 35 Nephrology 1 / 50 1. Acute tubular necrosis may be caused by all of the following except: A. Systemic hypertension B. Acute pancreatitis C. Congestive cardiac failure D. Hepatorenal syndrome 2 / 50 2. Renal tubular acidosis is not seen in: A. Leprosy B. Medullary sponge kidney C. Galactosemia D. Sickle cell disease 3 / 50 3. Hypernephroma is associated with all except: A. High incidence of hypertension B. Renal vein thrombosis C. Haematuria D. Polycythaemia 4 / 50 4. Diabetes mellitus complicated by nephrotic syndrome has all the following features except: A. Retinopathy B. Increased palsma renin activity C. Initially GFR may be increased D. Hypertension 5 / 50 5. ‘Ring shadow’ on IV Pyelography diagnoses: A. Hypercalcemic nephropathy B. Gouty nephropathy C. Medullary cystic kidney D. Papillary necrosis 6 / 50 6. In pregnancy-induced hypertension, which of the following suggests pre-eclampsia? A. Diastolic BP >95 mm Hg B. Uric acid >5.5 mg/ dl C. Creatinine > 1.6 mg/ dl D. Urea >45 mg/ dl 7 / 50 7. X-ray pelvis shows iliac horns in: A. Nail-patella syndrome B. Medullary sponge kidney C. Fabry's disease D. Alport's syndrome 8 / 50 8. ACE inhibitors are contraindicated in all except: A. Aortic stenosis B. Pregnancy C. Bilateral renal artery stenosis D. Diabetes mellitus 9 / 50 9. Polyuria is produced by all of the following except: A. Congestive cardiac failure B. Diabetes insipidus C. Hypercalcaemia D. Chronic renal failure 10 / 50 10. All of the following are associated with hypercalciuria except: A. Sarcoidosis B. Hyperparathyroidism C. Progressive systemic sclerosis D. Milk-alkali syndrome 11 / 50 11. Which of the following is usually unresponsive to corticosteroid therapy? A. Minimal lesion nephropathy B. Focal glomerulosclerosis C. Membranoproliferative nephropathy D. Membranous nephropathy 12 / 50 12. The most beneficial drug in enuresis is: A. Haloperidol B. Trimipramine C. Chlorpromazine D. Fluoxetine 13 / 50 13. Which of the following is not a typical association in adult polycystic kidney disease? A. VSD B. Berry aneurysms C. Nephrolithiasis D. Polycythaemia 14 / 50 14. Which of the following is false regarding Tamm-Horsfall mucoprotein? A. Glycoprotein in nature B. Secreted by renal tubules C. An abnormal urinary protein D. Does not arise from plasma 15 / 50 15. Fanconi syndrome may arise from all except: A. Wilson's disease B. Cystinosis C. Galactosemia D. Haemochromatosis 16 / 50 16. In a severely uraemic patient, which of the following would indicate chronic renal failure? A. Hypertension B. Hyponatremia C. Uremic neuropathy D. Hyperkaliemia 17 / 50 17. Which of the following is not a recognised cause of microalbuminuria? A. Strenuous physical exercise B. Nephrotic syndrome C. Diabetes mellitus with early renal involvement D. Congestive cardiac failure 18 / 50 18. Fabry’s disease is not related to: A. Accumulation of tryptophan B. Premature coronary artery disease C. As a result of deficiency of a-galactosidase D. Corneal dystrophy 19 / 50 19. Renal vein thrombosis in adults is seen in: A. Interstitial nephritis B. Acute glomerulonephritis C. Horseshoe kidney D. Amyloidosis 20 / 50 20. Increased plasma urea/creatinine is found in alt except: A. Fulminant hepatocellular failure B. Heart failure C. Ureterocolic anastomosis D. Gastrointestinal haemorrhage 21 / 50 21. In microalbuminuria, the range of albuminuria is: A. 10-100 mg/day B. 30-300 mg/ day C. 20-200 mg/day D. 40-400 mg/ day 22 / 50 22. Gitelman syndrome is the syndrome which has effects on nephron just like the use of: A. Thiazide diuretics B. Loop Diuretics C. Acetazolamide D. Potassium sparing diuretics 23 / 50 23. After how many years of onset of type 1 or 2 diabetes, microalbuminuria appears? A. 10-15 years B. 5-10 years C. 1-5 years D. 15-20 years 24 / 50 24. Microscopic haematuria is characteristic of: A. Thin basement membrane disease of kidney B. Focal glomerulasclerosis C. Subacute bacterial endocarditis D. Membranous nephropathy 25 / 50 25. All are true in acute renal failure (ARF) except: A. Raised K+ B. Raised [H+] C. Raised Calcium D. Raised Creatinine 26 / 50 26. All of the following produce enuresis except: A. Spina bifida B. Type I diabetes mellitus C. Multiple sclerosis D. Bladder neck contracture 27 / 50 27. Inheritance of renal glycosuria is: A. X-linked recessive B. Autosomal recessive C. X-linked dominant D. Autosomal dominant 28 / 50 28. The urine in obligatory diuresis following relief of urinary obstruction is: A. Low in sodium B. Highly acidic C. Concentrated D. Dilute and alkaline 29 / 50 29. Streptococcal pyoderma may be associated with all except: A. Acute rheumatic fever B. Pyaemia C. Acute glomerulonephritis (AGN) D. Mild fever 30 / 50 30. Acidic urine is produced in: A. Chronic renal failure B. UTI by Proteus C. High vegetarian diet D. Renal tubular acidosis 31 / 50 31. Isosthenuria is found in: A. Nephrolithiasis B. Acute glomerulonephritis C. Nail-patella syndrome D. Chronic renal failure 32 / 50 32. Which of the following is not a guanidino compound? A. Creatinine B. Carnitine C. Guanidino-succinic acid D. Creatine 33 / 50 33. Transient deafness is most commonly associated with: A. Hydrochlorthiazide B. Ethacrynic acid C. Spironolactone D. Bumetanide 34 / 50 34. All are true in bladder carcinoma except: A. Predominantly affects males B. Cigarette smoking is a predisposing factor C. Schistosoma haematobium produces transitional cell carcinoma D. Haematuria is the commonest presentation 35 / 50 35. Which is false regarding the adult polycystic disease of kidney? A. Autosomal recessive inheritance B. 30% have hepatic cysts C. 10% die from subarachnoid haemorrhage D. 75% have hypertension 36 / 50 36. Which is false regarding Berger’s disease? A. Recurrent haematuria B. Raised Serum IgA C. It may represent a form of Henoch-Schonlein purpura D. Reduced Complement level 37 / 50 37. All are true in ‘dialysis dementia’ except: A. Related to aluminium toxicity B. Seizures C. Myoclonus D. Raised intracranial tension 38 / 50 38. Absolute contraindications of renal transplantation are all except: A. Hepatitis C infection with chronic hepatitis B. Active malignancy C. Previous sensitisation to donor tissue D. HIV infection 39 / 50 39. All are true regarding renal ischaemia except: A. Patchy necrosis on biopsy B. Most marked in proximal tubules C. Disruption of tubular basement membrane D. Vasculitis is an etiology 40 / 50 40. All are recognised causes of chronic renal failure (CRF) except: A. Diabetes mellitus B. Hypertension C. Snakebite D. Obstructive uropathy 41 / 50 41. In a patient with diabetes mellitus having hypertension, serum creatinine of 3.1 mg/dl and a plasma potassium of 5.8 mEq/L are best treated with which antihypertensive agent? A. Angiotensin II receptor blocker B. Furosemide C. Amiloride D. ACE inhibitor 42 / 50 42. All of the following are complications of chronic pyelonephritis except: A. Septicaemia B. Chronic renal failure C. Hypertension D. Renal calculi 43 / 50 43. All of the following can present as nephritic-nephrotic syndrome except: A. Diabetes mellitus B. SLE C. Henoch-Schonlein purpura D. Post-infectious glomerulonephritis 44 / 50 44. IgA nephropathy commonly presents with: A. Systemic hypertension B. Acute renal failure C. Hematuria D. Nephrotic syndrome 45 / 50 45. Cure of chronic prostatitis is done by: A. Quinolones B. Total prostatectomy C. Macrolides D. 3rd generation cephalosporins 46 / 50 46. For a definitive diagnosis of vesicoureteric reflux, the investigation of choice is: A. Radionuclide studies B. Micturating cystourethrography C. Ultrasonography D. IVP 47 / 50 47. Metastatic calcification is seen in all of the following organs except: A. Brain B. Medium-sized blood vessels C. Cornea D. Myocardium 48 / 50 48. Subendothelial dense deposits are found by electron microscopy in: A. Post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis B. Fabry's disease C. Membranous glomerulopathy D. SLE 49 / 50 49. Green urine is seen in: A. Pseudomonas infection B. Black water fever C. Oxalate poisoning D. Alkaptonuria 50 / 50 50. Which is true in prerenal azotaemia? A. Plasma BUN to creatinine ratio < 10 B. Urine creatinine to plasma creatinine ratio < 20 C. Urine specific gravity >1018 D. Urine Na+ concentration >20 mmol/L LinkedIn Facebook Twitter VKontakte Visit our FB page Restart Quiz Send Feedback Next Post Cardiology