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3.
It is the dehydration of the whole body which result in the shivering and
preservation of the body
a. Saponification
b. Maceration
c.
Adipocere formation
d. Mummification
Which of the following microorganism plays an important and dominant
role in decomposition?
a. Bacillus mesentericus
b. Clostridium welchii
c.
Bacillus proteus vulgaris
d. Bacillus coli
A person was found dead inside a hotel room and in a state of rigor
mortis. Which of the following is true of rigor mortis?
a. Muscles are relaxed
b. Pupils are dilated
c.
Developed 3-6 hours after death
d. Urinary and fecal incontinence
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Mrs. Delos Reyes had a contractual relationship with Dr. delos Santos. In
their relationship, Mrs. Delos Reyes asked Dr. delos Santos a prescription
to cause abortion but the doctor refused. Mrs. Delos Reyes filed a civil
case for breach of contract. The case was dismissed by the court on
what ground?
a. There must be a consent of the contracting parties
b. The contractual relation is based on mutual trust and
confidence
c.
There must be a cause or consideration
d. The object of contract must be determinate, legal and not
outside the commerce of man
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A physician was called by the plaintiff to assist in the delivery of her child;
the physician took with him a young unmarried man and was introduced
as his friend. The patient thought the young man was a medical student
or another physician. The patient filed an action against the attending
physician for which of the following complaints?
a. Violation of her right to confidentiality
b. Invasion of her right to privacy
c.
Violation of her right to self-determination
d. Violation of her right to give consent to allow the young man in
the delivery
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Peter was apprehended by the police for reckless driving and was
charged with alcoholic intoxication. Which of the following blood
alcohol levels gives rise to the presumption that Peter is drunk?
a. 0.05%
b. 0.05%-0.10%
c.
0.10%-0.15%
d. 0.20%
24. An ambulance was rushing to respond to emergency call. The driver
runover a pedestrian. Which of the following is correct?
a. The driver has no right superior to those of the pedestrian in
street intersection
b. The criminal liability of the ambulance driver is the same as an
ordinary transport driver
c.
The ambulance has the right of way and the police should
give ample assistance
d. The hospital is not liable since the act was done by the driver
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b. Criminology
c.
Criminalistics
d. Legal medicine
Which of the following wine is the bottle before fermentation has
ceased to that it contains CO2 gas solution
a. Still wine
b. Sparkling wine
c.
Fortified wine
d. Dry wine
A 16 year old married man consented for tonsillectomy. After
administration of anesthesia, the patient developed severe reaction and
became comatose. The parents sued the doctor and the hospital on the
grounds that there was no valid consent by their son being a minor.
Which of the following is a valid statement?
a. No need for parental consent because it is an emergency case
b. The consent by the patient is valid though minor because he is
emancipated
c.
Both the doctor and the hospital are liable for lack of informed
consent
d. The anesthesiologist is liable because he did not ask consent
for anesthesia
Mrs. Dela Cruz, mother of four, voluntarily underwent a surgical
sterilization because she and her husband had more than the sufficient
number of children and those additional children would aggravate her
existing bladder and kidney condition. A tubal ligation was done but few
months after the operation, Mrs. Dela Cruz became pregnant. Before the
termination of pregnancy, the couple filed the suit for damages against
the physician. The court allowed damages. Which of the following could
be ground for allowing damages?
a. Lack of valid consent
b. Professional negligence
c.
Failure to procedure sterility
d. Doctor did not seek approval from the bioethics committee of
the hospital
Under which of the following theories or doctrine does a private
hospitals for charity performs a quasi-public function?
a. Trust fund doctrine
b. Implied waiver theory
c.
Public policy
d. Independent contract theory
Who may not participate as providers in the delivery of medical
services in the Philippine Medical Care Plan?
a. Hospital duly accredited by the Commission
b. Drugstore duly accredited by the Commission
c.
A duly licensed doctor of medicine in the Phil who is an active
member of good standing of the PMA
d. A duly licensed dentist in the Phil who is an active member of
the PDA and accredited by PMCC
Which of the following types of abortion is criminal and punishable by
law?
a. Intentional
b. Post-term
c.
Spontaneous
d. Therapeutic
Which of the following organs may be transplanted even several hours
after removal from the donor and rejection is virtually non-existent?
a. Bone
b. Heart
c.
Liver
d. Kidney
The following are rights of a respondent physician in an administrative
investigation in the Board of Medicine as provided by the Medical Act.
Which statement is not correct? The respondent physician:
a. Testifies as a witness on his behalf
b. Should be entitled to confront and to cross-examine the
witness against him
c.
To have a speedy public hearing
d. Be represented by a counsel or be heard in person
In dental identification, the age may be reflected in dentition and a
person with twenty permanent teeth is how many years old?
a. 11
b. 9
c.
13
d. 10
44. The following are poisons which are exito-motor in action, except
a. Brucine
b. Strychnine
c.
Camphor
d. Thebaine
45. Dried flowering tops of the female plant, Cannabis sativa, with rusty
green color and characteristic odor is mixed with tobacco and smoked in
pipe. What s this special preparation of marijuana?
a. Bhang
b. Reefers
c.
Hashish
d. Ganja
46. The race of a living person may be presumed in the features of the face.
A person with thick lips and prominent eyes is a
a. Mongolian
b. Malayan
c.
Caucasian
d. Negro
47. Under the Dangerous Drug Act, marijuana is classified as what type?
a. Prohibited
b. Sedative
c.
Hypnotic
d. Stimulant
48. In the ordinary method of human identification applicable to the living
person the facies is one of the characteristics not easily changed.
Which appearance is indicative of approaching death?
a. Facies leonine
b. Mongolian facies
c.
Hippocratic facies
d. Myxedemic facies
49. Where the head is free and mobile, a blow on the occiput may produce
lacerated or confusion of the frontal lobe of the brain. This is what type
of injury?
a. Direct
b. Contre-coup
c.
Remote
d. Coup-contre-coup
50. Regarding the nature and requisites of the physician-patient relationship
which of the following statement is not correct? It is
a. A guaranty of cure
b. Contractual
c.
Consensual
d. Fiduciary
51. Lightning causes expansion of the air on account of the super heated
atmosphere resulting to laceration of the body surface, severe tearing of
the clothing and displacements of parts of the body. Which of the
following elements of lightning produces this effect?
a. Compression
b. Direct from the electrical charge
c.
Surface flash burns from the discharge
d. Mechanical
52. When the body has been submerged in water and putrefactive changes
show wrinkled skin, scrotum and penis distended with gas, nails and hair
still intact with the lungs emphysematous and covering the heart, the
time since death is how many weeks?
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d.6
53. Which of the following statement is not valid?
a. A woman may have an interrupted hymen and yet may no
longer be a virgin
b. A woman may have a lacerated hymen and yet be a virgin
c.
A woman is still virgin as long as she has not given birth
d. There are no conclusive medical findings to show that a woman
is physically virgin
54. Which of the following is not a local effect of radiation emitted by
radioactive substance?
a. Endothelial necrosis and localized thrombosis in the blood
vessels
b. Sweat glands lose their function and erector pili muscles are
very much affected
c.
Retardation of cell division
d. Causes sterility, abortion and stillbirths in female
55. Which of the following is not classified as psychological suicide?
a.
c.
d.
Ethyl alcohol
Hyoscine hydrobromide
66. Evidences obtained with the use of truth serum is not admissible in
court because
a. The information is obtained under stress
b. The info given by the subject is not voluntary since he is under
the influence of drug
c.
The truth serum is still in the experimental stage
d. The information is obtained through deceit
67. The law of Multiplicity of Evidence in identification states
a. The more number of body parts available, the better the
identification of the person
b. The greater the number of similarities of 2 persons compared,
the greater the probability for the conclusion to be correct
c.
The greater the dissimilarities of two persons compared, the
greater the chance for a correct conclusion
d. The greater the number of points of similarities and
dissimilarities of 2 persons compared, the greater is the
probability for the conclusion to be correct
68. Which of the following kinds of death is the state of the body in which
there is complete, persistent and continuous cessation of vital functions
of the brain, heart and lungs which maintains life and death
a. Apparent
b. Clinical
c.
Cellular
d. State of suspended animation
69. Accumulation of blood in the most dependent portion of the dead body
a. Suggilation
b. Ecchymosis
c.
Tete de negri
d. Hematoma
70. Diaphanous test is used to determine whether
a. Rape was committed
b. A person is dead
c.
Death was due to poisoning
d. Respiration stopped
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89. A man in a course of a flight with another accidentally was kicked at the
genital region causing laceration of the scrotum and consequently
removal of the testis. The offender maybe liable for
a. Mutilation
b. Serious physical injury
c.
Frustrated homicide
d. Physical injuries in a tumultuous affray
90. The crime of mutilation is understood to mean
a. Inflicting physical injury
b. Rendering any part of the body useless
c.
Intentionally cutting off any part of the body
d. Accidentally depriving a person of any part of the body
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c.
d.
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c.
Puramen test
d. Acid phosphatase test
122. Which of the following is a positive sign of pregnancy?
a. Braxton-Hicks
b. Goodels sign
c.
Mayors sign
d. Hegars sign
123. Which of the following penalties shall be imposed upon a woman who
shall practice an abortion upon herself or shall consent that person shall
do so
a. Prision mayor
b. Destierro
c.
Prison correctional it its medium and maximum period
d. Prison correctional in its minimum and medium period
124. Which of the following is a direct emmenagogues
a. Ergot
b. Castor oil
c.
Strychnine
d. Iron
125. Which of the following tests determine whether respiration took place
on a newborn child before death shows changes in the middle ear
a. Foderes test
b. Castor oil
c.
Breslauses second life test
d. Wredins test
126. With the IQ between 0-20 the individual is said to be
a. Moron
b. Imbecile
c.
Idiot
d. Feeble-minded
127. Cocaine is an alkaloid from the leaves of the cultivated coca shrub.
Which of the following is not correct?
a. Coca leaf is chewed for its stimulating effects and also for
depressing appetite
b. Tolerance to drug is slow
c.
It stimulates the parasympathetic system causing increased
pulse rate and dilatation of pupils
d. Dependence tends to be psychological rather than physical
128. Continuous and excessive use of amphetamine may lead to the
development of the following possible complications except
a. Widespread hemorrhagic and rapid development of myocardial
fiber necrosis
b. Develops syndromes resembling heat stroke
c.
Greater sexual enjoyment while high
d. Psychosis and other permanent brain damage
129. Which of the following is the most widely accepted but quite impractical
way to determine the concentration of alcohol in the dead body? The
examination of the
a. Saliva
b. Urine
c.
Breath
d. d. blood
130. Which of the following statements is not correct regarding the scope of
the consent of the patient to treatment procedure?
a. A blanket consent is not illegal if performed within the normal
dictates of surgery
b. A physician must respect and comply with limitation imposed in
the consent otherwise, he will be liable for breach of legal duty
c.
A consent with the inclusion to do alternative surgery
relieves the physician of liability at all times
d. A non-liability clause is the consent which relieves the physician
of liability for the inherent risk of dangerous procedures if the
patient had full knowledge of what is going to be done
131. Recently, there has been an increasing volume of complaints against
physicians. Which of the following factors is the participating cause of
majority of malpractice actions?
a. Disservice made by the mass communication media
b.
c.
d.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Conical
Hemispherical
Wad cutter
Hollow point
140. Which of the following special bullets is made of steel with copper
coating (jacket)
a. Tracer
b. Plastic
c.
Armour piercing
d. Soft point
141. Billiard Ball Ricochette Effect is associated with shot from
a. Pistol
b. Automatic rifle
c.
Revolver
d. Shotgun\
142. A defendant was accused of rape confessed that he had carnal
intercourse with the complainant at the time and place mentioned. The
defendant made a:
a. Involuntary confession
b. Admission
c.
Voluntary confession
d. Extra-judicial confession
143. When blood exposed to the atmosphere, its hemoglobin is converted to
hematin. Which statement is not correct?
a. Blood of 1 week and that of six weeks may not present
difference in physical and chemical properties
b. In warm weather, it takes within 24 hours
c.
Color is changed from red to scarlet
d. Presence of acid accelerates formation of hematin
144. One method to approximate height of the cadaver with the extremities
missing is to measure
a. Length of the head times eight
b. Distance from the base of the skull to the coccyx which is 55%
of the height
c.
Distance between the suprasternal notch and the pubic
symphisis which is one half of the height
d. Length of the vertex of the skull to the pubic symphisis times 3
145. In the differentiation and investigation of the crime scene, a scientific
investigation of the gait pattern may be useful. Which is not correct?
a. Gait line is more or less in zigzag fashion especially when the
legs are far apart
b. Stout persons have a more zigzag gait line
c.
There may be a difference in the foot line of the left and right
foot
d. Foot angle which is very characteristic of a person can never be
altered
146. At what stage after death are the pupils dilated and sphincter relaxed
with incontinence of urination and defecation?
a. Postmortem rigidity
b. Death struggle
c.
Secondary flaccidity
d. Post mortem muscular irritability
147. The following are to be done in performing autopsies and post-mortem
examination except
a. External and internal examination is done in autopsy
b. External examination without incision in post mortem
examination
c.
Removal of tissues for further examination in autopsy
d. Blood and other fluid should not be collected for examination
during post mortem examination
148. Which of the following statement is valid?
a. Any licensed medical practitioner may legally perform an
autopsy
b. All patients who died in a government training hospital must be
autopsied
c.
d.
149. A father who killed the seducer of her daughter shall not be entitled to
the benefits of article 247 Revised Penal Code, a penalty of destierro
under what condition?
a. Promotes the prostitution of his daughter
b. Killing was done immediately after the sexual intercourse
c.
Daughter is living with the parents
d. Daughter is below 18 years of age
150. The following post mortem finding is found in death due to coma but
not due to asphyxia
a. Abdominal viscera congested
b. Tardieu spots in the pleura
c.
Marked post mortem lividity
d. Congestion of the brain and spinal cord
151. In starvation, the following factors influence the length of survival of
human body except
a. Children suffer earlier than older people
b. Men can withstand starvation longer than women
c.
Exposure to higher temperature will accelerate death
d. A healthy person can resist more deprival of food
152. Which of the following arguments is against death penalty?
a. It is reformative
b. Capital punishment has deterrent effect
c.
It is an irreversible punishment
d. Capital punishment does not diminish the certainty of
punishment
153. If the body s exhumed for the purpose of performing post-mortem
examination, which of the following is not correct?
a. After the body has been in disinterred, it must be identified by
the relatives or friends
b. A deodorant and disinfectant must be applied to the body to
allow those performing the examination to be more
comfortable and safe
c.
The body may be identified by marks on it
d. Physician must describe the coffin, clothing and degree of
decomposition before stating the actual disease or violence in
his report
154. The partial or complete disruption in the continuity of a muscular or
ligamentous support of a joint is called?
a. Sublaxation
b. Fracture
c.
Strain
d. Sprain
155. A type of abrasion usually observed in hanging or strangulation is
a. Graze
b. Impact
c.
Friction
d. Scratch
156. When is there lesser capacity of wounds to heal/ regenerate?
a. Affected tissue is not highly specialized
b. Surface epithelium of the skin is affected
c.
In a child compared to an elderly
d. Smooth muscles are affected
157. In the approximation of the length of survival of the victim after receipt
of the physician injury, which factors to be considered is not correct
a. Signs of repair of the wound in one to two days after infliction
of injury
b. Age of blood stain from the physical change of the skin is not
reliable
c.
May be approximated from the system changes in the body
d. All of the above
158. The distinction between ante-mortem and post-mortem wound is that in
the former
a.
b.
c.
d.
b.
c.
d.
Front impact
Rear impact
Side impact
176. The doctrine of res ipsa loquitur and common knowledge doctrine are
used interchangeably, technically, the main difference between the two
are the following except
a. In res ipsa loquitur, there is an obvious need for evidence as to
both the standard care and specific act
b. In common knowledge, the patient must prove the causative
act
c.
In res ipsa loquitur, there is not need of an expert witness
d. In common knowledge, there is need for an expert medical
testimony to establish standard care
177. Defensive medicine means any act or omissions of a physician primarily
to avoid malpractice liability. In which instance may a physician not
liable
a. Order additional diagnostic treatment normally considered
unnecessary
b. Hospitalization for a minor procedure as serious complications
may occur id done in a clinic
c.
Avoid performance of hazardous procedure which is essential
for patients to recover
d. Undertaking a hazardous procedure which has no medical
justification.
178. The hospital may be liable for the acts of which of the following nurses
found in a training hospital
a. OR nurse assisting a private surgeon
b. Student nurse
c.
Ward staff nurse
d. Special duty nurse
179. An invitee is one of the persons coming within the premises of a
hospital. Which is not correct?
a. A patient entering premises where he has been warned not to
enter is an invitee
b. Hospital is required to make the premises safe fro invitees
c.
A hospital is liable if an invitee sustained an injury due to
improper upkeep ground
d. A private nurse hired by a patient is an invitee
180. A patient lost the function of his right leg after the physician assisted by
a resident physician was not successful in his attempt to remove a pin
fragment from the patients right hip because his surgical procedure was
not in accordance with the sound orthopedic practice. Who is liable?
a. Hospital
b. Physician and hospital
c.
Hospital and resident
d. Physician
181. The pharmacist must take into possession of the prescriptions of all
kinds of drugs after delivery of the medicine. Which is not correct?
a. If a patient insists for a copy, he may give him a duplicate or
Xerox copy
b. The prescription is the property of the hospital who employed
the pharmacist
c.
Pharmacist has no right to retain the prescription if no
medicine has been delivered
d. He has absolute right to retain the prescription as part of his
business record
174. Cause action for damages for injury sustained may be based on a breach
of contract. Which is correct?
a. The tissue is the negligence of the doctor
b. Rule of damages is the same as that of malpractice case
c.
The expert testimony of a physician is not necessary
d. A doctor who makes a contract to effect a cure and uses the
highest possible professional skill is not liable if he fails
175. In which of the following instances is the doctrine of common
knowledge not applicable
a. In spite of careful examination the physician made an honest
error of judgment
b. When accepted method of medical treatment involves hazards
which produced injuries in spite of care exercised by a physician
c.
The management procedure resulted badly to the expected
d. All of the above
183. The following are the basic principles in human transplantation except
a. Human body tries to reject transplanted tissue soon after
transplantation
b. Human body regards transplanted tissues as foreign bodies
c.
d.
184. Whorls is a type of fingerprint pattern with two deltas and patterns too
irregular in form. Which of the following classification is rare and often
with more than two deltas?
a. Accidentals
b. Simple whorls
c.
Central pocket loop
d. Lateral pocket loop
185. Heat stiffening is one of the conditions simulating rigor mortis. Which
statement is not correct?
a. If the dead body is exposed to temperature above 90 C, muscle
proteins coagulate causing muscles to be rigid
b. Because the flexor muscles are stronger than the extensors,
the body assumes the pugilistic attitude
c.
Commonly observed when the body is placed in boiling fluids
d. Heat stiffening is more or less permanent and is not easily
affected by putrefaction
186. Which of the following types of asphyxial death is classified as anoxic
death?
a. Traumatic crash asphyxia
b. Shock
c.
Carbon monoxide poisoning
d. Cyanide poisoning
187. Under what classification of mental deficiency would a person who is
wanting in memory, will power and emotion and with mentality that
never exceeds that of a normal child over two years old, with an IQ
between 0-20 fall?
a. Imbecile
b. Idiot
c.
Moron
d. Feeble minded
188. Which of the following requisites must be present in order that
impotency may be a ground for the annulment of marriage?
a. Impotency remedied by surgical interventions
b. Impotency not present at time of marriage
c.
One party is aware of the existing impotency of the other party
d. Impotency must be absolute
189. The doctrine which will bar a patient from recovering damages because
ha assents to the risk of injury is
a. Sole responsibility
b. Assumption of risk
c.
Contributory negligence
d. Continuing negligence
190. Which of the following is not a cause of death in judicial hanging?
a. Cerebral anemia which results to an inhibition of the vital
centers of the brain
b. Partial or complete severance of the spinal cord
c.
Traumatic asphyxia
d. Dislocation of fracture of the upper cervical vertebra
191. The most prominent sign of death is
a. Progressive fall of body temperature
b. Cessation of heart action and circulation
c.
Cessation of respiration
d. Insensibility of the body and loss of power to move
192. Hypotension will cause release of gases from the body fluids and may
result in doubling on the size of a hollow viscus. This effect is called
a. Substernal emphysema
b. Trapped gas
c.
Chokes
d. Bends
193. The testimony of an expert witness is not needed to prove negligent act
when which doctrine is applicable
a. Res ipsa loquitur
b. Borrowed servant
c.
Ostensible agent
d. Contributory negligence
194. At the time of cholecystectomy, a broken needle was left in the
abdomen. A suit of malpractice may be instituted based on the doctrine
of
a. Assumption of risk
b. Foreseeability
c.
Res ipsa loquitur
d. Captain of the ship
195. Which is not a medical indication for artificial insemination with a source
from a donor other than the husband
a. Azoospermia
b. For eugenic reason as the husband has a hereditary disease
c.
Infertility due to defective sperm cell
d. Oligospermia
196. The following are different types of physical evidence, except
a. Corpus delicti
b. Documentary
c.
Associative
d. Tracing
197. What is the liability of a physician who performs a medico-legal postmortem examination without authorization issued by the inquest officer
a. No liability under common law
b. Civilly and criminally liable
c.
Civilly liable
d. Criminally liable
198. Which of the following will not produce asphyxia death by smothering
a. Plastic bag suffocation
b. Gagging
c.
Mugging
d. Overlaying
199. One of the signs of death is the change in and about the eye. Which
ophthalmoscopic finding is not correct
a. Pale optic disc like in optic atrophy
b. Retinal vessels are segmented without blood flow
c.
Remaining portion of fundus may have a blue tinge
d. Pale retina
200. The manner of death explains how the cause of death arose. Which
statement is NOT correct?
a. Natural death is caused solely by disease
b. Violent death can be determined whether it is suicidal,
accidental, or homicidal in post-mortem examination
c.
Does not include that manner of death is suicidal, accidental, or
homicidal
d. Unnatural death is due to injury of any sort
201. Which of the following kinds of impression is not produced by chance?
a. Impression made by fingers smeared with some colored
substance like black ink
b. Prints not visible after impression but made visible by addition
of some substance
c.
Impression of the finger bulbs with the use of printing ink on
the surface of the paper
d. Impression made by pressing finger tips on melted paraffin
soap or plastic tape
202. One of the probable signs of pregnancy is the presence of rhythmical
contraction and relaxation of the uterus but may also be given by a
fibroid uterus. This is called
a. Hegars sign
b. Braxton-Hicks sign
c.
MacDonalds sign
d. Jacquemin-Chadwick sign
203. Communications made by physician which is not actionable even if the
physician acted in bad faith is what type of privileged communication
204.
205.
206.
207.
208.
209.
a. Conditional
b. Absolute
c.
Unconditional
d. Qualified
Juan was suffering from tuberculosis, has a quarrel with Pedro who gave
the former first blows in the hypochondriac region causing bruising of
the liver followed by internal hemorrhage and death. Pedro is liable for
a. Homicide
b. Not liable
c.
Murder
d. Serious physical injury
Which is not a post-mortem finding in heat stroke?
a. Marked lividity
b. Pugilistic position
c.
Congestion of the internal organs
d. Petechial hemorrhages in the brain and heart
In doing post-mortem examination of the dead body, which of the
following belongs to the external examination
a. Identity of the body
b. Examination of the clothing
c.
Determination of the position and approximate time of death
d. Examination of the crime scene
A wound which is a result of a persons indistinctive reaction of selfprotection is what special type of wound
a. Defense
b. Self-inflicted
c.
Offensive
d. Patterned
After death, the factor connected with the body that accelerates the
rate of cooling is
a. Obesity of the person
b. Acute pyrexial disease
c.
Death of the middle aged
d. Chronic pyrexial disease associated with wasting
Punch drunkenness, a delayed sequelae of intracranial damage in boxing
is characterized by
a. Rapid, involuntary clumsy movement that may be a mixture of
unrelated or conflicting cortical automatism
b. Slurred speech, slow clumsy movements, unsteadiness of gait,
tremor, progressive dementia, and symptoms of progressive
ventricular dilatation
c.
Absence of unconscious movements, as swinging of the arms
during walking, facial expression related to the emotional
content of speech and multiple gestures
d. Passive action of an extremity that meets with a plastic-deadfeeling resistance likened to bending a lead pipe
210. When the oxygen is delivered to the tissues but cannot be utilized
properly due to a failure of oxidative process is called
a. Anoxic death
b. Histotoxic anoxic death
c.
Anemic anoxic death
d. Stagnant anoxic death
211. A six year old child was subjected to tonsillectomy and in the course of
operation the surgeon accidentally removed the uvula. The child
allegedly suffered from permanent loss of taste and changes in the tone
of voice. The surgeon was
a. Civilly and criminally liable
b. Not liable
c.
Civilly liable
d. Criminally liable
212. Which of the following doctrines does not fall under the doctrine of
imputed negligence
a. Common knowledge
b. Borrowed servant
c.
Captain of the ship
d. Ostensible agent
213. A surgeon had an agreement with the patient to perform a surgery but
played only a minor role in the operation as surgery was done by another
surgeon. He may be held liable for
a. Kangaroo practice
b. Negligence
c.
Criminally liable
d. Breach of contract
214. An unwanted child is one of the causes of child abuse or neglect. Which
is not correct?
a. Child placed in the middle of emotional triangle of couple
b. Child allegedly giving bad luck to family
c.
Child born of unmarried woman
d. Wife committed adultery
215. The following are examples of tracing evidences except
a. Aircraft or ship manifest
b. Physicians clinical record
c.
Wearing apparel of the offender
d. Blood stain recovered from the area traversed by the wounded
suspect
216. Stolen motor vehicle identified by plate number and by body or engine
serial number is an example of which of the following evidences?
a. Tracing
b. Associative
c.
Corpus delicti
d. Documentary
217. The following are devices which record the psycho-physiological
response except?
a. Lie detector machine
b. Word association test
c.
Narcosynthesis
d. Physiological stress evaluation
218. Which of the following makes use of the drug that try to inhibit the
inhibitor?
a. Use of polygraph
b. Narcoanalysis
c.
Hypnotism
d. Confession
219. Which of the following are drugs used to inhibit the inhibitor?
a. Sodium penthotal
b. Diazepam
c.
Hyoscine hydrobromide
d. Sodium amytal
220. Which of the following is known to some as boxers hemorrhage?
a. Subdural hemorrhage
b. Pontine hemorrhage
c.
Intracerebral hemorrhage
221. Children born of void marriage or those born of voidable marriages after
the decree of annulment
a. Natural children (proper)
b. Natural children of legal fiction
c.
Natural children of presumption
d. Illegitimate children
222. Artificial donor insemination with the consent of the husband but
without the consent of the wife may result in
a. Charges of rape against the physician
b. Action for divorce against the husband based on assault
c.
A paternity suit against the donor
d. Criminal assault against the physician
223. The following are causes of non-consummation of the sexual act, except
a. Imperforate hymen
b. Tight thick hymen
c.
Fear of pregnancy
d. Ignorance of sex technique
224. The following are common complaints after marital union except
a. Male sex inadequacies
b. Lack of privacy
c.
Husbands preferred perversion
d. Less frequent pregnancy
225. False sensory perception occurring midway between falling asleep and
being awake
a. Hypnagogic
b.
c.
d.
Illusion
Lilliputian
Kinesthetic
226. Rigor mortis in the tropical countries lasts on the average for about
________ during cold weather
a. 24 hours only
b. 24 to 48 hours
c.
48 to 72 hours
d. 12 hours
227. After death, which of the following organs putrefies late?
a. Brain
b. Lungs
c.
Liver
d. Spleen
228. Which of the following is a single self-loading weapon?
a. Automatic pistol
b. Revolver
c.
Miniature rifle
d. Shotgun
229. The following are true or valid statements, except
a. The bullet wound on the chest wall usually has an upward
course
b. Wound of the auricle is more rapidly fatal
c.
Injury of the cerebral hemisphere is as a rule immediately fatal
d. Bullet wound in the brain substance is usually rugged tunnel
with a diameter larger than the caliber of the bullet
230. The following are the same as Paraffin test, except
a. Dermal nitrate test
b. Lungs test
c.
Diphenylamine test
d. Walkers test
231. Formation of blackish-brown sloughs is a characteristic lesion produced
by
a. Sulphuric acid
b. Nitric acid
c.
Potash
d. Hydrochloric acid
232. This is claimed to be a specific feature of electrical injury
a. Metallization
b. Flaky opacities of the lens
c.
Electrical injuries
d. Superficial carbonization
233. A gait in which the foot is raised high, thrown forward and brought
down suddenly and is seen in person suffering from tabes dorsalis
a. Cows gait
b. Ataxic gait
c.
Festinating gait
d. Waddling gait
234. In the examination of a stain, Takayama test makes use which of the
following reagents?
a. Phenolphthalein
b. Benzidrine
c.
Hemochromagen
d. Guaiacum
235. Which of the following is a blistering gas?
a. Yellow cross
b. Bromobenzyl cyanide
c.
Chlorine
d. Phosgene
236. Kunkels test is a qualitative test for the presence of
a. Carbon monoxide
b. Carbon dioxide
c.
Hydrogen sulfide
d. Hydrogen cyanide
237. These parents often have personally disorders and are coolly indifferent
to the destructive nature of their action
a. Intermittent child abuser
b. One-time child abuser
c.
Constant child abuser
d. Ignorant abuser
238. The outline of the breast consists of two converging lines which meet at
the region of the nipple
a. Hemispherical breast
b. Conical breast
c.
Infantile breast
d. Pendulous breast
239. Hymenal opening is like a star
a. Annular
b. Septate
c.
Cribriform
d. Stellate
240. The umbilical cord falls at what time after delivery?
a. 36 hours
b. 3rd day
c.
5th day
d. 7th day
241. Fear of sacred thing is
a. Harpaophobia
b. Hierophobia
c.
Heliophobia
d. Dendrophobia
242. Fear of pregnancy
a. Coitophobia
b. Phengophobia
c.
Maieusiophobia
d. Hierophobia
243. The irresistible impulse to in intoxication either in alcohol or drugs
a. Pyromania
b. Dipsomania
c.
Mutilomania
d. Kleptomania
244. This is a form of malingering, whereby something really exists as a fact
but is converted to a more serious disability or injury or to an
exaggeration of the real complaint
a. Feigned
b. Fictitious
c.
Factitious
d. True
245. Which of the following is abused by rugby sniffers
a. Benzene
b. Toluene
c.
Acetone
d. Chloroform
246. The feeling of grains of sand are lying under the skin or small insects
crawling on the skin giving rise to itching sensation common among
cocaine users is called
a. Cocaine body packer
b. Magnan syndrome
c.
Hadfield syndrome
d. Stonewalling
247. Cause of action for damages for injury sustained may be based on a
breach of contract. Which is correct?
a. The issue is the negligence of the doctor
b. Rule of damages is the same as that of a malpractice case
c.
The expert testimony of a physician is not necessary
d. A doctor who makes a contract to effect a cure and uses the
highest possible professional skill is not liable if he fails
248. Which of the following is not the duty of physician to the community
a. To warn public against dangerous false practices of charlatans
and quacks
b. Should never act as a dummy of any illegal practitioner, quacks
or charlatans
c.
To assist in the administration of justice on medico-legal cases
when called upon by the court
d. To be punctual in responding to consultation
249. Person is talkative, argumentative and over-confident. There is difficulty
of articulation, loss of coordination to finer movements. The face is
flushed with eyeballs congested and he is reckless. He is
a. Slight inebriation
b. Moderate inebriation
c.
Drunk
d.
Dead drunk
250. Which of the following wine is bottled before fermentation has ceased
so that it contains CO2 gas solution at greater than atmospheric pressure
a. Still sine
b. Sparkling wine
c.
Fortified wine
d. Dry wine
251. The anesthetic level of alcohol is
a. 100 mg%
b. 300 mg%
c.
400 mg%
d. 500 mg%
252. Which of the following methods used in alcohol detection makes use of
Breatlr analyzer or Alcometer?
a. Chemical
b. Enzymatic
c.
Gas chromatography
d. Infrared absorption
253. In acute arsenic poisoning, the following organs are required for
purpose of chemical analysis, except
a. Liver
b. Kidney
c.
Brain
d. Stomach
254. Which of the following laws prescribe the rights and obligations of
persons in their daily relations with each other and with society
a. Adjective
b. Procedural
c.
Remedial
d. Substantive
255. The act permitting undergraduate but qualified person to take the
examination subject to condition that they will not practice their
profession until they reach the required age
a. RA 4211
b. RA 4224
c.
RA 6615
d. RA 5527
256. The members of the Board of Medicine shall hold office for a term of
how many years without immediate reappointment?
a. 3
b. 4
c.
5
d. 6
257. The following are rights inherent in the privilege to practice medicine,
except
a. Right to avail of hospital services
b. Right to determine appropriate management procedure
c.
Right to compensation
d. Right to choose patient
258. The kind of professional fee which is unethical because the amount
wagers with unforeseeable contingencies is known as
a. Contingent fee
b. Dichotomous fee
c.
Straight fee
d. Retainers fee
259. Vicarious liability of a physician refers to his accountability for injury to
his patent because of
a. Negligent ct committed by his nurse
b. Defective hospital equipment
c.
Failure of his patient to obey his instructions
d. Misunderstanding between him and his patient
260. A hospital may be held liable for a negligent act of a hospital resident
physician under the doctrine of
a. Res ipsa loquitur
b. Borrowed servant
c.
d.
Command responsibility
Doctrine of assumption of risk
c.
Greater sexual enjoyment while high
d. Psychosis and other permanent brain damage
285. A hospital in-patient requested access to his clinical records but was
refused by the hospital administrator. He can file in court for an order of
a. Mandamus
b. Legal claim
c.
Injunction
d. Restraining order
286. A certain Manong Juan is known for his healing powers. He utilizes as
remedy to diseases light, air, water, clay, heat, rest, diet, electricity and
massage. He is called
a. Chiropractor
b. Hilot
c.
Naturopathist
d. Ostoepathist
287. Which of the following Republic Acts created the Board of Medicine and
otherwise known as Medical Act of 1959
a. RA 4224
b. RA 5946
c.
RA 2382
d. RA 4111
288. Which of the following is the minimum age required for one to take the
preliminary board examination?
a. 18
b. 19
c.
20
d. 21
289. In order that a candidate may be deemed to have passed the board
examination, a candidate must have an average of 75% with no scores
below ____ in any of the 12 subjects
a. 50
b. 60
c.
65
d. 70
290. In which of the following RA provides that examinees who passed the
bar or board examination is equivalent to 1st Grade Civil Service Eligibility
a. RA 1080
b. RA 1625
c.
RA 2412
d. RA 3249
291. Which of the following healing arts is one who practices the system of
therapeutic treatment through adjusting the articulations of the human
body, particularly those of the spine?
a. Masseur
b. Chiropractor
c.
Naturopathist
d. Napropathist
292. The following are symptoms of thermic fever or sunstroke, except
a. Congested face
b. Dilated pupils
c.
Pulse is full and pounding
d. Respiration later becomes irregular
293. Which of the following has a flat head?
a. Caucasian
b. Mongolism
c.
Malayan
d. Eskimos
294. Male sexual arousal is
a. Psychological followed by physical
b. Physical followed by psychological
c.
Primarily physical
d. Primarily psychological
295. Which of the following test is based on the presence of spermine in the
prostatic fluid?
a. Berberios test
b. Puramen reaction
c.
Florence test
d. Acid phosphatase test
296. To the spermatic stain on the glass, picric acid is added
a. Berberios test
297.
298.
299.
300.
b. Florence test
c.
Puramen test
d. Acid phosphatase test
To determine whether a person is dead, the following examinations for
the peripheral circulation are used, except
a. Icards test
b. Winslows test
c.
Magnus Test
d. Diaphanous Test
Who is the friend of man?
a. Physician
b. Dog
c.
Both neither
Who is mans best friend
a. Physician
b. Dog
c.
Both
d. Neither
Method of choice in infanticide
a. Mugging
b. Manual strangulation
c.
Overlaying
d. Gagging
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