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WorksheetsPublic Health Dentistry Intern MCQ
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 38mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Quarantine was first applied for
a)
HIV/AIDS
b)
Tuberculosis
c)
Leprosy
d)
Plague
2.
Breast feeding week is celebrated on
a)
1st week of March
b)
1st week of July
c)
1st week of August
d)
1st December
3.
Who is regarded as the Father of Public Health
a)
Louis Pasteur
b)
Cholera
c)
John Snow
d)
Robert Koch
4.
Natural history of disease is best studied by
a)
Cross-sectional Study
b)
RCT
c)
Case Control
d)
Cohort
5.
Measures involved in sentinel surveillance includes all of the following except
a)
Identifying missing cases in notification of diseases
b)
Identifying new cases of infection
c)
Identifying old and new cases
d)
Identifying cases free of disability
6.
Screening of the disease is which type of prevention
a)
Primordial
b)
Primary
c)
Secondary
d)
Tertiary
7.
School Oral Health checkup comes under…............................level of prevention
a)
Primordial
b)
Primary
c)
Secondary
d)
Tertiary
8.
Definition of WHO does not include which of the following dimensions
a)
Social
b)
Physical
c)
Mental
d)
Economic
9.
All of the following help reduce bias except
a)
Blinding
b)
Randomization
c)
Ethical considerations
d)
Matching
10.
Hawthrone effect is seen in
a)
Case-control study
b)
Cohort study
c)
Cross-sectional study
d)
Retrospective Cohort study
11.
All of the following are advantages of case control studies except
a)
Useful in rare diseases
b)
Relative risk can be calculated
c)
Odds ratio can be calculated
d)
Cost-effective and inexpensive
12.
A study revealed that in a study group, intake of beta-carotene decreases carcinoma of colon but it actually may be due to increased intake of dietary fibre. This is due to:
a)
Confounding factor
b)
Misclassification bias
c)
Randomisation
d)
Sampling error
13.
Active method to detect undiagnosed cases in a apparently healthy people is
a)
Case finding
b)
Surveillance
c)
Screening
d)
Monitoring
14.
If grading of pain is classified as mild, moderate and severe, the scale of measurement used is
a)
Interval
b)
Ratio
c)
Nominal
d)
Ordinal
15.
Famous Vipeholm study was conducted to
a)
Find out role of sticky and non-sticky form of sugars on dental caries
b)
To find out role of water fluoridation on dental caries
c)
To find out role of xyliyol on dental caries
d)
All of the above
16.
Pit and Fissure sealant application is an example of
a)
Health promotion
b)
Specific protection
c)
Primordial prevention
d)
Secondary prevention
17.
Which of the following is not the index for assessing caries status
a)
DMFT/S Index
b)
Shick and Ash Index
c)
Nyvad
d)
ICDAS
18.
Acculturation is
a)
Process by which individual gradually acquires culture
b)
Exchange of ideas between people
c)
Cultural contact
d)
Concealing the quality of food by addition of toxicants
19.
According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, following is at the top of pyramid
a)
Physical needs
b)
Self-actualization
c)
Safety
d)
Esteem recognition
20.
All of the following are taken into considerations in Kuppuswamy scale except
a)
Education status
b)
Occupational status
c)
Living/housing conditions
d)
Per-capita income
21.
Study of designing equipment and devices that fit the human body, its movements and its cognitive abilities is
a)
Economics
b)
Ergonomics
c)
Bionomics
d)
Socionomics
22.
Which one of the following methods is used for the estimation of chlorine demand of water
a)
Chlorometer
b)
Horrock's apparatus
c)
Berkefeld filter
d)
Double pot method
23.
All the following assess the water-quality-criteria for water pollution are all except
a)
Solid particles
b)
Dissolved Oxygen
c)
dissolved chloride
d)
Dissolved nitrogen
24.
Principles of health education are all except
a)
Participation
b)
Motivation
c)
Reinforcement
d)
Punishment
25.
All are type of audio-visual aids except
a)
Television
b)
Cinema
c)
Flannelgraph
d)
Slide-tape combination
26.
UNICEF provides all except
a)
Child nutrition
b)
Child health education
c)
Immunization
d)
Family Planning
27.
Name the indicator which reveals the burden of ill health of the community
a)
Mortality indicator.
b)
Nutritional state indicator
c)
Disability rate
d)
Morbidity indicator
28.
First artificial water fluoridation was carried out at
a)
Grand Rapids
b)
Muskegon
c)
Tiel
d)
Culemborg
29.
Example of non-probability sampling technique is:
a)
Stratified sampling
b)
Simple Random sampling
c)
Systematic sampling
d)
Snow Ball sampling
30.
The total area of a normal curve is
a)
0.1
b)
1.1
c)
1
d)
10
31.
There is a basic desire to learn in each and every individual, awakening of this desire is known as
a)
Education
b)
Motivation
c)
Stimulation
d)
Counseling
32.
Spread of dispersion is expressed by:
a)
Mean
b)
Mode
c)
Range
d)
Standard Deviation
33.
The statistical test used for comparison of means of two different groups is
a)
Unpaired t-test
b)
ANOVA
c)
Mann-Whitney U test
d)
Paired t-test
34.
Dentist Act of India was enacted in
a)
1949
b)
1950
c)
1947
d)
1948
35.
Following is the system used for fluoridation of water
a)
Saturator system
b)
Dry-Feeder system
c)
Solution-Feeder system
d)
All of the above
36.
Deflouridation of water can be done by:
a)
Sodium chloride
b)
Potassium permanganate
c)
Lime and alum
d)
Chlorine.
37.
Nalgonda technique of defluoridation of water was developed by
a)
NEERI
b)
WHO
c)
IIT Kanpur
d)
AIIMS
38.
According to 2013 WHO criteria for dentiton status code 3 for crown status represents
a)
Sound
b)
Filled with no decay
c)
Filled with decay
d)
Missing due to caries
39.
In Bass method, the intra sulcus position of brush to long axis of tooth should be at an angle of:
a)
90 degrees
b)
180 degress
c)
45 degrees
d)
30 degrees
40.
Humectants are added in the Dentifrice (tooth pastes) to
a)
Decrease the surface lesion of the dentifrice
b)
Prevent the seperation of the liquid and solid component of the paste
c)
Help in caries control.
d)
Prevent the paste from drying out
41.
EFDA is:
a)
Expanded Function Dental Auxiliary
b)
Expanded Function Dental Assistant
c)
Expanded Function Dental Hygienist
d)
All of the above
42.
The type of examination done in epidemiological surveys is
a)
Type I
b)
Type II
c)
Type III
d)
Type IV
43.
The most common etiology of oral cancer in India is
a)
Tobacco products
b)
Sunlight
c)
Alcohol
d)
None of the above
44.
Which of the sugar is least cariogenic
a)
Glucose
b)
Sucrose.
c)
Lactose
d)
Xylitol
45.
Geriatric dentistry is dentistry for
a)
Handicapped children
b)
Children
c)
Adults above 60 years of age
d)
Young adults
46.
90th percentile is followed in
a)
UCR fee
b)
Capitation plan
c)
Delta Dental plan
d)
Salary
47.
Smonking is an example of
a)
Habit
b)
Custom
c)
Folkways
d)
Mores
48.
Power of the study is related to
a)
Type I error
b)
Type II error
c)
Type III error
d)
Type IV error
49.
Following is an example of tertiary level care
a)
PHC
b)
Sub-center
c)
CHC
d)
Regional or central level institutions
50.
Who discovered and coined the term Colorado stain
a)
GM Wright
b)
Fredrick Mckay
c)
Alfred C Fones
d)
Ebersole
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