Pulmonology

1. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

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

3. The next step in a patient with haemoptysis with a non-conclusive chest X-ray is:

4. Acute pulmonary oedema may develop after consumption of all except:

5. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

6. The drug of choice in high-altitude pulmonary oedema is:

7. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

8. Which of the following is not a recognised feature of fibrosing alveolitis?

9. Which is false regarding emphysema?

10. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

11. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

12. Investigation of the highest diagnostic efficacy in acute pulmonary thromboembolism is:

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

14. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

15. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy, ankle arthritis and erythema nodosum in sarcoidosis is known as:

16. Clubbing is present in all except:

17. Cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis may be associated with all except:

18. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

19. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

20. FEV1/FVC is decreased in:

21. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

22. Viral pneumonia may have:

23. A high amylase in pleural fluid is found in all except

24. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

25. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

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

27. This is true in a predominant “blue bloater”?

28. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

29. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

30. Bilateral hyper translucency in chest X-ray (PA view) is seen in all except:

31. Pneumatocele is found in pneumonia caused by:

32. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

33. Hypercarbia is associated with:

34. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

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

36. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

37. The risk factor for acquiring tuberculosis is maximum in:

38. Chronic respiratory failure is not seen in:

39. A characteristic feature of pulmonary hypertension does not include:

40. Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency PiZZ type has predominant:

41. Which of the following is not an example of hypersensitivity pneumonitis?

42. The upper border of liver dullness is elevated in all except:

43. Stridor is characteristically found in:

44. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

45. All are commonly seen in Legionella pneumophilia-induced pneumonia except:

46. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

47. All of the following drugs may produce fibrosing alveolitis except:

48. Which of the following is not a bedside feature of fibrosing alveolitis?

49. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

50. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in: