Pulmonology

1. In performing a chest X-ray (PA view), the tube-film distance should be:

2. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

3. In pleural effusion, impaired transport of glucose into the pleural space is found in:

4. Which of the following is not responsible for the development of interstitial lung disease?

5. The most predominant infective agent of the respiratory tract in cystic fibrosis is:

6. Reduced compliance of lung is seen in all except:

7. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

8. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

9. Which of the following is false regarding ‘ageing’?

10. Low-dose aspirin is contraindicated in all except:

11. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

12. Which is not a recognized complication of cystic fibrosis?

13. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

14. Asbestosis is not related to:

15. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

16. In chronic bronchitis, the Reid index should be:

17. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

18. Hypercarbia is associated with:

19. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

20. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

21. Which one of the following is false in silicosis?

22. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

23. Pink, frothy and profuse sputum is seen in:

24. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

25. Emphysema is associated with all except:

26. In lobar pneumonia, which of the following is true in arterial blood?

27. Chest X-ray shows miliary mottling in all except:

28. Stridor is not a manifestation of:

29. The most reliable symptom of acute pulmonary thromboembolism is:

30. Which of the following is a sex-linked disease?

31. Which of the following is used to treat cystic fibrosis?

32. Which of the following is correct in type II respiratory failure?

33. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

34. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

35. Restriction of bilateral chest movement is found in all except:

36. Which of the following is not on the list of bedside severity assessments of bronchial asthma?

37. All of the following are restrictive lung diseases except:

38. Clubbing occurs earliest with:

39. Rib notching exclusively in the lower border is seen in:

40. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

41. Broncholithiasis is usually a late complication of some infections; which does not fall in this group?

42. The lower part of right border of cardiac silhouette in a chest X-ray (PA view) is usually formed by:

43. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

44. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

45. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

46. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

47. Haemorrhagic pleural effusion may be seen in:

48. Which of the following drugs may produce pleural effusion?

49. Which one of the following is not a paraneoplastic syndrome in bronchogenic carcinoma?

50. All are features of hypercapnia except: