Community Medicine Assessment

20 learning units • 10 questions per unit • 200 explained questions

Module 17 — Noncommunicable Disease & Healthy Ageing

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Question 01 • Single best answer

Which exposure contributes to several major noncommunicable diseases?

A. Tobacco use B. Appropriate hand hygiene C. Safe water storage D. Routine data validation

Question 02 • Single best answer

Why combine population policy with individual risk management?

A. Only one can ever be used B. Individual care makes environments irrelevant C. They address different but complementary prevention opportunities D. Policy replaces all emergency services

Question 03 • Single best answer

What should follow one casually measured high blood pressure in a stable patient?

A. Automatic identical treatment for everyone B. Ignoring it permanently C. Appropriate measurement review and clinical assessment D. Declaring every complication already present

Question 04 • Single best answer

Sudden symptoms suggestive of stroke require which response?

A. Waiting for a community screening camp B. Emergency assessment C. Diet leaflets alone D. A yearly risk survey first

Question 05 • Single best answer

Which feature indicates a useful diabetes programme?

A. Counting tests without follow-up B. Providing no access to medicines C. Ignoring foot and eye concerns D. Testing linked to continuing care and complication prevention

Question 06 • Single best answer

Why is every case of breathlessness not automatically COPD?

A. COPD has no symptoms B. Only age determines diagnosis C. Environmental history is irrelevant D. Several different conditions can cause breathlessness

Question 07 • Single best answer

Which example is diagnostic assessment rather than screening?

A. Inviting an asymptomatic eligible population to testing B. Offering a defined screening programme to well people C. Monitoring screening invitation coverage D. Investigating a new persistent breast lump

Question 08 • Single best answer

What does healthy ageing emphasize?

A. Complete absence of every diagnosis only B. Functional ability and participation with supportive environments C. Mandatory dependence on relatives D. Exclusion from preventive care

Question 09 • Single best answer

Which approach can help prevent falls in older adults?

A. Use age alone as the only assessment B. Review medicines, balance, strength and environmental hazards C. Remove all physical activity D. Ignore vision and footwear

Question 10 • Single best answer

Why should chronic-care outcomes include continuity?

A. One visit always cures chronic disease B. Follow-up cannot affect complications C. Benefit depends on sustained access and management D. Only registration totals matter

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