1) In a ________a group of people suffering from a disease (the cases) is compared with a group who do not have the disease, but are similar in other ways (the controls), a) Cohort study b) Double-blind controled trial c) Case control study d) Randomized-controlled trial 2) A drug_________is a hipersensitivity to a particular drug a) Allergy b) Malaise c) Measles d) Discomfort 3) The methods section in a research article includes information about medication, advices, operations, or other _______________carried out. a) objectives b) . interventions c) findings d) . limitations 4) The patient´s condition _______________, so he was allowed to go home from hospital.  a) deteriorated b) got worse c) recovery d) improved 5) The proportion of babies born on a particular period is the _____________. a) Birth rate b) Death or mortality rate c) Infant mortality rate d) Case fatality rate 6) Patients say: " I have been feeling off-colour for two days ". The symptom is a general feeling of being unwell or:_____________.  a) Lethargy b) Dizziness c) Malaise d) Fever 7) Doctor's advice is to __________ smoking because the patient has several lung problems. a) put on b) give up c) come on d) carry on 8) _______________ is the quantity of medication to be taken at any one time a) Dose b) Frequency c) Indication d) Administration 9) Patients sometimes talk about ______________ when they mean nausea and vomiting. a) disease b) illness c) present complaint d) sickness 10) Relevant information about occupation, housing and personal habits including recreation, physical exercise, alcohol and tobacco, is called______________. a) Patient ideas b) Family history c) Personal details d) Social history 11) The typical verb used in Discussion section of an article, related to "less certain results" is_____________ a) confirm b) show c) suggest d) fail to 12) Patients say: " I have put on eight kilos in the last year". The meaning is:______________. a) Increase in appetite b) Increase in weigh c) Loss of appetite d) Decrease in weight 13) The symptoms are problems which a patient reports to the doctor, also known as_____________. a) malaises b) complaints c) signs d) findings 14) A trial in which neither the subjects nor the researchers know who is receiving the treatment, is called ____________. a) Cohort study b) Blind-trial c) Case control study d) Double-blind trial 15) The proportion of people who die in a particular period of time is the______________. a) Survival rate b) Mortality rate c) Case fatality rate d) Birth rate 16) The proportion of patients who are still alive after treatment for a particular disease is the ____________.  a) Survival rate b) Case fatality rate c) Birth rate d) Mortality rate 17) In a_______the researchers look back, by studying hospital records for example, at what has happened in the past. a) Case control study b) Prospective study c) Retrospective study d) Cohort study 18) The number of people in a population who have a disease at a particular time. a) Birth rate b) Death rate c) Prevalence d) Incidence 19) Case notes are kept for each consultation. The _________Section of case notes records the patient´s symptoms. a) Personal Details b) Presenting Complaint c) Drug History d) Family History 20) The “introduction” of a research article contains the __________information. It reminds the reader what is already known about the subject. a) limitation b) background  c) objective d) conclusion 21) ___________ is the aim or purpose of the research article, why they did it a) Objective b) Finding c) Design d) Background 22) The discussion section of an article claims for the importance of the study, and contains _________________. a) limitations b) findings c) steps taken d) interventions 23) Something that may contribute the cause of the disease is ______________. a) Risk factor b) Relative risk c) Confounding variable d) Dependent variable 24) Something that may be a part of the cause of the disease, is a a) Confounding variable b) Relative risk c) Dependent variable d) Risk factor 25) The patient usually_________severe headache. a) Brings on b) Gets better c) Complains of d) Gets worse 26) The number of new cases of a disease during a particular time. a) Death rate b) Prevalence c) Incidence d) Birth rate 27) The personal details in a medical history includes______________. a) date of birth  b) symptoms and signs c) family relationships d) drug history 28) In a --------- a group of people who are similar is studied over a period of years to determine if there is a relationship between exposure to a risk factor and development of a disease.   a) Case control study b) b. Cohort study c) Randomized -controlled study d) d. Double-blind controlled study 29) When patients return to normal after illness they have ____________. a) Deteriorated b) Improved c) Recovered d) Relapsed 30) Term used to refer the symptoms which cause a patient to visit a doctor. a) present complaint b) sign c) admission d) finding 31) Wich section of a research article contains a summary about the report? a)  The introduction b) the title c) the conclusion d) the abstract 32) If a patient is better but then get worse again, the patient has _____________. a) Improved b) Relapsed c) Recovered d) Remitted 33) Patients say: "I have been feeling completely worn out at the end to the day". The meaning is: a) Loss of energy b) Loss of appetite c) Loss of weight d) Loss of consciousness 34) Effective way of data presentation used to describe changes over a period of time. a) pie chart b) bar chart c) table d) line graph 35) “Signs” are what the doctor finds on the patient, also known as_______________. a) present complaint b) presentation c) findings d) symptoms 36) The patient´s _____________to drug treatment or his ability to take the right dose at the right time. a) Presentation b) Compliance c) Administration d) Onset 37) Another word for improvement, especially in recurring conditions such as cancer is ________. a) Recovery b) Deterioration c) Recurrence d) Remission 38) If the patient is in the process of returning to normal, the patient is __________. a) Worsening b) Alleviating c) Relapsing d) Improving 39) If you are ______you are normally well and can resist illness. a) Healthy b) Unhealthy c) Strong and unwell d) Fit and unwell 40) ________are an effective data presentation way of showing the relationship of parts to a whole: the complete circle represents the whole, while parts are represented by segments or slices. a) Tables b) Bar charts c) Pie charts d) Line graphs 41) If a patient is in good health, he is well and has no _______________. a) illness b) ill c) sick d) fitness

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