Calicut University 2009-3rd Year M.B.B.S Medicine 1 Community , , - Question Paper

part A
I. Multiple option questions, Single response kind 20 (separate sheet attached)
(20x1/2 = 10 marks)

II. Match the subsequent. Single response kind six (separate sheet attached)
(6x1/2 = three marks)

III.Draw and label:
1. Iceberg Phenomenon.
2. Scheme diagram for a Case control Study.
(2x1 = two marks)

IV.Write briefly on:
1. describe the term Pandemic
2. provide 2 examples for nosocomial infections.
3. Soakage pit
4. Risk factors for diabetes.
5. Amplifying hosts. (5x1 = five marks)

V.Write short notes on:
1. Acute Flaccid paralysis.
2. Standard Deviation
3. Biological transmission through vectors.
4. Ergonomics
5. Epidemiological Triad
(5x2 = 10 marks)

part B
VI. A 2 year old child was brought to the Primary health Centre with vomiting and
loose motions.
1. How will you assess the child's hydration?
2. What is your recommendation for mild dehydration?
3. What diet will you suggest for this child?
4. What social factors can play a role in diarrhoeal diseases?
5. What advice will you provide the mother to prevent its recurrence?
(5x2 = 10 marks)

VII.Write briefly on:
1. Pre Placement exam.
2. Koplik's spots
3. Mammography
4. Sensitivity of a screening test.
5. Vocational Rehabilitation.
6. Cyclical pattern in disease occurrence.
7. Fixed Virus.
8. DOTS agent.
9. Chemoprophylaxis for malaria.
10. Modes of transmission of Plague.
(10x1 = 10 marks)

VIII.Write short notes on:
1. Tests of Statistical significance.
2. Integrated Vector Control.
3. Sickness Absenteeism.
4. World Health Day.
5. Secondary prevention of Rheumatic Fever
(5x2 = 10 marks)

COMMUNITY MEDICINE – Paper 1
1. MULTIPLE option ques.

1. The malariometric index useful in assessing the operational efficiency of national
malaria eradication programme is:
(A) Annual Blood exam Rate (B) Annual Parasite Incidence
(C) Slide Positivity Rate (D) Annual Falciparum Incidence.

2. An example of a disease which exhibits iceberg phenomenon is:
(A) Rabies (B) Poliomelitis
(C) Tetanus (D) Genital warts.

3. Which of the subsequent is not a risk factor of cancer cervix?
(A) Early wedding (B) Early menarche
(C) Poor genital hygiene (D) Genital warts

4. Vector for Japanese encephalitis in India is:
(A) Culex tritaeniorhynchus (B) Monsonoides
(C) Aedes aegypti (D) Anopheles culicifacies.

Earning:   Approval pending.