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  • A. Threat
  • B. Expectations
  • C. Cure
  • D. Socio-demographic factor

Explanation: The Health Belief Model includes perceived threat, expectations about benefits and barriers, and modifying factors such as…

Correct answer: Cure
  • A. Causes of illness
  • B. How illness to be treated
  • C. who is responsible of Illness
  • D. All of these

Explanation: Health psychology examines how illness develops, how it can be treated or managed, and how people explain responsibility for illness.

Correct answer: All of these
  • A. The misuse of drug act 1971
  • B. The mental capacity 2005
  • C. The Health & safety at work act 1974
  • D. None of these

Explanation: The UK Mental Capacity Act 2005 protects a competent person’s right to make healthcare decisions, including refusing treatment.

Correct answer: The mental capacity 2005
  • A. Rickets
  • B. Cancer
  • C. Amoebiasis
  • D. Diabetes

Explanation: Amoebiasis is caused by the intestinal parasite Entamoeba histolytica and spreads through contaminated food or water, making it…

Correct answer: Amoebiasis
  • A. Blood
  • B. Urine
  • C. Sputum
  • D. Feces

Explanation: Typhoid carriers can continue shedding Salmonella Typhi in their stool, so feces are tested to detect carrier status.

Correct answer: Feces
  • A. Reduction in Number of Killer T-cells
  • B. Reduction in number of helper T-cells
  • C. Non Production of Interferons
  • D. None of these

Explanation: HIV attacks CD4 helper T-cells, progressively weakening the immune system and leading to AIDS.

Correct answer: Reduction in number of helper T-cells
  • A. AIDS
  • B. Herpes
  • C. Syphilis
  • D. Diabetes

Explanation: Syphilis is a bacterial sexually transmitted infection caused by Treponema pallidum.

Correct answer: Syphilis
  • A. Diuresis
  • B. Steroids
  • C. Insulin
  • D. Narcotics

Explanation: Narcotics can produce sedation, calmness and relief from pain, although they also carry a risk of dependence.

Correct answer: Narcotics
  • A. Typhoid
  • B. Diarrhea
  • C. Polio
  • D. Diabetes

Explanation: TAB vaccine protects against typhoid and paratyphoid fever, diseases caused by Salmonella bacteria.

Correct answer: Typhoid
  • A. Urine
  • B. blood
  • C. water
  • D. Cells

Explanation: Typhoid bacteria are commonly spread by the fecal-oral route through water or food contaminated with infected waste.

Correct answer: water
  • A. Bones
  • B. Adipose Tissue
  • C. Connective Tissue
  • D. All of these

Explanation: Sarcoma is a malignant tumour of connective tissue, and bone and adipose tissue are connective-tissue types.

Correct answer: All of these
  • A. Benign
  • B. Malignant
  • C. Related to carcinoma
  • D. Sample boils

Explanation: Most tumours are benign, meaning they remain localized and do not invade distant tissues.

Correct answer: Benign
  • A. Transposon
  • B. Proto-oncogene
  • C. Tumor Promoter gene
  • D. Tumor Suppressor gene

Explanation: A proto-oncogene is a normal, inactive gene that can become an oncogene if altered or abnormally activated.

Correct answer: Proto-oncogene
  • A. HIV
  • B. HINI
  • C. Herpes zoster
  • D. Mumps virus

Explanation: Swine flu is caused by the H1N1 strain of influenza A virus. Option b appears as “HINI,” but it is evidently intended to mean H1N1.

Correct answer: HINI
  • A. 1st
  • B. 2nd
  • C. 3rd
  • D. 4th

Explanation: Typhoid intestinal haemorrhage most commonly occurs during the third week, when ulceration of the Peyer’s patches in the intestine may…

Correct answer: 3rd
  • A. Vitamin A
  • B. Vitamin K
  • C. Vitamin B
  • D. Vitamin E

Explanation: Vitamin K is needed to produce several blood-clotting factors, so its deficiency can cause excessive bleeding.

Correct answer: Vitamin K
  • A. Streptococcus
  • B. salmonella
  • C. Staphylococcus
  • D. Mycobacterium

Explanation: Typhoid fever is caused mainly by Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi, commonly called Salmonella typhi.

Correct answer: salmonella
  • A. 81.10c
  • B. 36.9c
  • C. 98.6C
  • D. 21.7C

Explanation: Normal average body temperature is about 36.9°C. The familiar value 98.6 is also normal, but it is expressed in Fahrenheit, not Celsius as…

Correct answer: 36.9c
  • A. AIDS Virus
  • B. Defective Liver
  • C. Defective Thymus
  • D. Weak Immune System

Explanation: AIDS is an acquired immune-deficiency syndrome caused by HIV, which attacks important immune cells.

Correct answer: AIDS Virus
  • A. Mosquito Bite
  • B. Contaminated food and water
  • C. honey Bee
  • D. Sand Fly

Explanation: Ascaris infection spreads by the faecal-oral route when food or water is contaminated with eggs of the roundworm.

Correct answer: Contaminated food and water