Social and Behavioral Sciences Practice Questions

Question 1

A patient with schizophrenia demonstrates significant difficulty in maintaining meaningful social interactions. The most appropriate initial management approach is:

Accepted Answer

Social skills training

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Individual psychotherapy

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Family psychoeducation

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Cognitive remediation therapy

Question 2

In a village, despite health education for oral cancer, people don't follow instructions even after referral. Despite persuasive reminders, people are still reluctant. This best fits under which model:

Accepted Answer

Trans-theoretical model

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Health belief model

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Public health model

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Social compliance

Question 3

SPIKES protocol is used for:

Accepted Answer

Communication with patients/attendants regarding bad news

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RCT

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Triage

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Writing death certificate

Question 4

The statement, "Health is a dynamic equilibrium between man and environment and disease a maladjustment of the human organism to environment" explains which one of the following concepts of health?

Accepted Answer

Ecological

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Holistic

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Psychosocial

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Biomedical

Question 5

Which among the following are characteristics of health education, rather than propaganda?

1. Knowledge actively acquired, rather than instilled
2. Appeals to emotion, rather than reason
3. Behaviour centred, rather than information centred
4. Arouses and stimulates primitive desires, rather than disciplines them

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

Accepted Answer

1 and 3

Answer

2 and 3

Answer

1 and 2

Answer

3 and 4

Question 6

In surgical stress all hormones are increased except:

Accepted Answer

Insulin

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Epinephrine

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ACTH

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Cortisol

Question 7

Which hormone is NOT increased in stress?

Accepted Answer

Insulin

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Glucagon

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Cortisol

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Epinephrine

Question 8

Statement 1 - A 59-year-old patient presents with flaccid bullae. Histopathology shows a suprabasal acantholytic split.
Statement 2 - The row of tombstones appearance is diagnostic of Pemphigus vulgaris.

Accepted Answer

Statements 1 & 2 are correct, 2 is not explaining 1

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Statements 1 and 2 are correct and 2 is the correct explanation for 1

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Statements 1 and 2 are incorrect

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Statement 1 is incorrect

Question 9

Which of the following is the first stage of the Transtheoretical Model?

Accepted Answer

Precontemplation

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Contemplation

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Preparation

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Action

Question 10

Consider the following management methods/techniques :

1. System analysis
2. Organizational design
3. Personnel management
4. Information systems
Which of the above methods/techniques are based on behavioural sciences?

Accepted Answer

1, 2 and 3

Answer

1, 2 and 4

Answer

2, 3 and 4

Answer

1, 3 and 4

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