Medicine Practice

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

Module 15 — Joint Disease, Autoimmunity & Vasculitis

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Question 01 • Single best answer

Which finding more strongly supports inflammatory arthritis than pain alone?

A. Objective synovitis B. Shoe color C. A normal pulse alone D. An old unrelated scar

Question 02 • Single best answer

What dangerous diagnosis must be considered in acute hot monoarthritis?

A. Septic arthritis B. Uncomplicated dandruff C. Refractive error D. Isolated rhinitis

Question 03 • Single best answer

Do crystals in joint fluid exclude concurrent infection?

A. Yes B. Yes whenever pain is severe C. No D. Yes without culture consideration

Question 04 • Single best answer

Which investigation can directly evaluate fluid from a hot swollen joint?

A. Audiometry B. Routine eye refraction C. Appropriate joint aspiration and analysis D. Only height measurement

Question 05 • Single best answer

Does negative rheumatoid factor exclude rheumatoid arthritis?

A. Yes B. Yes if measured once C. Yes when pain is symmetrical D. No

Question 06 • Single best answer

Why is early referral important for persistent inflammatory arthritis?

A. Analgesia alone always prevents damage B. Every case resolves without review C. Antibody testing must be positive first D. Disease-modifying treatment can reduce future damage

Question 07 • Single best answer

Does a positive ANA alone diagnose lupus?

A. Yes B. Yes regardless of symptoms C. Yes if repeated twice D. No

Question 08 • Single best answer

Hemoptysis with renal injury raises concern for what?

A. Simple muscle strain only B. Guaranteed benign allergy C. A serious pulmonary-renal process requiring urgent assessment D. A reason to ignore urine findings

Question 09 • Single best answer

New visual symptoms with jaw claudication in an older adult suggest which concern?

A. Giant-cell arteritis B. Stable acne C. Uncomplicated osteoarthritis alone D. Normal ageing without assessment

Question 10 • Single best answer

Why monitor patients taking immunosuppressive therapy?

A. Monitoring never changes decisions B. Infection and treatment toxicity can mimic or complicate disease C. All new symptoms are necessarily a flare D. Treatment removes every infection risk