WorksheetsPTMA Quiz 1 (25-26)
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
A rural clinic in the 1950s successfully sent a patient’s ECG rhythm strip to a cardiologist located in a city hospital through telephone lines. This marks the earliest reported use of telemedicine in practice. What was transmitted?
Video calls between hospitals
ECG via telephone lines
Internet-based records
Satellite images
A doctor in 1965 speaks with a patient remotely, without video, using the only available telecommunication tool at the time. Which medium enabled this first type of remote consultation?
Internet
Satellite Communication
Telephone
Video Conferencing
Telemedicine first gained global attention after NASA and healthcare institutions began experimenting with remote health monitoring. In which decade did this take place?
1940s
1960s
1980s
2000s
Imagine a diagram showing sensors, networks, and servers, but ultimately, the interaction still begins with a patient and ends with a doctor.These two are considered the end components of a functional telemedicine system. Identify them
Patient ↔ Doctor
Antenna ↔ Satellite
PACS ↔ HIS
Sensor ↔ Cloud
A hospital in a semi-urban area wants to establish telemedicine but has limited funds for physical space and library resources. The most important parameter that decides whether teleconsultations will succeed is:
High-speed internet connection
Large office space
Extensive medical library
Multiple administrative staff
A patient in a remote area records symptoms and transmits them to a doctor, who reviews them later and provides treatment advice. This represents which delivery mode of telemedicine?
Remote consultations
On-site medical examinations
In-person surgical procedures
In-hospital diagnostic tests
A community with no nearby hospitals gains access to dermatologists in the city through telemedicine. This example highlights which major benefit?
Decreased patient engagement
Reduced access to specialists
Increased access to healthcare services
Higher healthcare costs
A medical image sent via telemedicine reaches the doctor intact without any alteration. Which parameter ensures this property of safe transmission?
Reliability
Integrity
Latency
Confidentiality
In the 1990s, real-time video consultations became smoother due to faster data transfer rates compared to the earlier dial-up connections. Which technological evolution enabled this breakthrough?
Smartphones
Broadband internet
Telemedicine satellites
Electronic health records
A radiologist adjusts brightness and contrast in a CT scan image to detect subtle differences between normal and diseased tissue. This process relies on which imaging property?
Dynamic range
Compression
Resolution reduction
Transmission speed
