Pulmonology

1. alpha-fetoprotein concentration in blood is raised in all except:

2. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

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

4. All of the following are allergic reactions to tuberculosis except:

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

6. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

7. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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

9. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

10. The blood level of theophylline is diminished in associated:

11. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

12. Low voltage in ECG is seen in:

13. The commonest sign of aspiration pneumonia is:

14. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

15. Diminished glucose in pleural fluid is seen in all except:

16. “Creola bodies” in sputum are pathognomonic of:

17. Brassy cough is seen in:

18. Exposure to rodents may be associated with pneumonia caused by:

19. Hypercarbia is associated with:

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

21. Which of the following is false regarding Pickwickian syndrome?

22. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

23. A patient with hemoptysis and having a depressed bridge of the nose points towards:

24. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

25. ‘Closing volume’ of the lung is increased in:

26. Haemoptysis following acute pleuritic chest pain and dyspnoea is characteristic of:

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

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

29. Which variety of lung carcinoma is most commonly associated with hypercalcaemia?

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

31. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

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

33. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

34. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

35. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

36. Bradypnoea is associated with:

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

38. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

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

40. Diffusing capacity of the lung at rest is:

41. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

42. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

43. Which of the following is false in restrictive lung disease?

44. Emphysema is associated with all except:

45. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

46. Decreased vital capacity and decreased lung volume are common in:

47. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

48. The cranial nerve most commonly affected in sarcoidosis is:

49. Expectoration of chalky sediments with gritty particles are diagnostic of:

50. Non-cardiogenic pulmonary oedema is seen in all except: