Digital Health and Telemedicine Practice Questions

Question 1

The degree to which a specific health care intervention achieves its objectives, when applied in a given population, is termed as its

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Effectiveness

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Sensitivity

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Impact

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Efficiency

Question 2

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists:

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A→2  B→1  C→4  D→3

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A→4  B→1  C→3  D→2

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A→3  B→4  C→1  D→2

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A→1  B→2  C→3  D→4

Question 3

Ongoing systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of data, followed by the use of this information to take action for the prevention and control of disease, is known as:

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Surveillance

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Program

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Health Planning

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Management

Question 4

Which one of the following is included in Indian Public Health Standards for a Primary Health Centre?

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Safe abortion services

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Surgery for hydrocele

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Blood storage facility

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Manual removal of placenta

Question 5

In which of the following methods of management is the benefit measured in natural units?

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Cost-effectiveness analysis

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Network analysis

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Cost-benefit analysis

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Program budgeting system

Question 6

Which of the following is the most fundamental criterion that must be met by a disease before it is to be considered suitable for a screening programme?

1. The natural history of the disease should be adequately understood.
2. No effective treatment should exist for the disease.
3. The disease should not have a recognizable latent or asymptomatic stage.
4. There should be a test that can detect the disease prior to onset of signs and symptoms.

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1. The natural history of the disease should be adequately understood.

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4. There should be a test that can detect the disease prior to onset of signs and symptoms.

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3. The disease should not have a recognizable latent or asymptomatic stage.

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2. No effective treatment should exist for the disease.

Question 7

Which of the following is NOT considered an element of primary healthcare?

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Cost effectiveness

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Health education

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Provision of essential drugs

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Intersectoral coordination

Question 8

What is the most cost-effective screening strategy for STIs in resource-limited settings according to WHO guidelines?

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Syndromic management

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Risk-based screening

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Periodic mass treatment

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Universal screening

Question 9

A new test was developed for detection of COVID-19. What is the sensitivity of the test as per the information provided above?

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37.5%

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97%

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20.5%

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60%

Question 10

The principal investigators of both studies recently met at a rheumatology conference. They both expressed an interest in combining data from their individual studies to be analyzed in a single study. A third researcher at the conference, who conducted her own project on the same topic recently, has also indicated she would like to contribute data to a pooled analysis. Which of the following statements regarding their new study design is true?

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The results are more precise in comparison to individual studies

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It overcomes limitations in the quality of individual studies

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It is unable to resolve differences in outcomes between individual studies

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There is a decreased likelihood of type I error

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It has a lower level of clinical evidence than an individual cohort study

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