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1. Define the following concepts of ecology: climax state, food chain, habitat, population density, socialization and adaptation.
2. Explain the epidemiological models of disease causation.
3. What are the guidelines in establishing the cause of a disease?
4. Define the following epidemiological concepts:
i. Health
ii. Disease
5. Name 2 major achievements of epidemiology.
6. What is a determinant of a disease?
7. Provide an example of determinants/factors influencing disease that is related to:
i. Agent
ii. Host
iii. Environment
8. Describe the gross reproductive rate.
9. Define prevalence rate.
10. Define incidence rate.
11. What is the neonatal mortality rate?
12. Define ‘chi-square test’.
13. What is the formula for calculating the chi-square test for a 2-by-2 table?
14. What is the formula for calculating the Chi-square test for a larger contingency table?
15. What do p<0.05 and p>0.05 mean?
16. What is the distinction between statistical significance and practical significance?
17. What is the use of the student t-test?
18. What is standard error?
19. Why is it important to know standard error?
20. What is sampling?
21. What are the types of sampling methods?
22. What is random sampling and non-random sampling?
23. How can you calculate sample size for estimation of a mean and estimation of a
24. proportion?
25. What are the characteristics of a normal distribution curve?
26. What are probability distribution and normal probability distribution?
27. Give the formula for calculating standard deviation?
28. What are descriptive methods of quantitative data?
29. What are the different methods of presenting frequency distribution data for grouped and ungrouped data?
30. How can you calculate the mean, median, variance and standard deviation?
31. What does the term biostatics mean?
32. Why do we need to study biostatistics in medical science?
33. What are the applications of biostatics?
34. What is descriptive statistics?
35. What are the descriptive methods for qualitative data?
36. What are the two diseases that are reported weekly and two diseases reported monthly?
37. What are the steps in investigation of an epidemic?
38. What are the roles of the district health team in control of an epidemic?
39. Differentiate point source epidemic from propagated epidemic?
40. Define the following terms; Secondary attack rate, Secondary attack rate and Herd
41. immunity
42. What are the four types of screening?
43. What are the measurement properties of a screening test?
44. What are screening criteria for initiating a program for screening?
45. Mention any five (5) accepted screening methods or disease and target population?
46. What is ‘risk difference’ and how is it calculated?
47. What are the six advantages of cohort studies?
48. Mention the six limitations to cohort studies?
49. What are the advantages of case control studies?
50. What are the disadvantages of case control studies?
51. What are the advantages of selecting controls from hospital or health facility?
52. What are the disadvantages of selecting controls from hospital or health facility?
53. What are the advantages of using special groups for controls?
54. How is the Odds Ratio interpreted?
55. What are the main categories of epidemiological studies?
56. Name two types of analytical studies.
57. What is the formula for calculating odds ratio in case control studies?
58. What are the three methods of hypothesis formation?
59. Define natural history of disease.
60. What are the three stages of pathogenesis in natural history of disease?
62. What are the four levels of prevention?
64. Describe the six key characteristics of infectious agents in disease transmission.
65. What are the two diseases that are reported weekly and two diseases reported monthly?
45+ Possible Questions Of Clinical Nutrition | Cmt Nta Level 4 (First Year)
1. What are the 10 steps for the inpatient management of severe acute malnutrition in
2. children?
3. How would you screen for risk of malnutrition to hospitalized patients?
4. What are the four major ways of assessing nutritional status?
5. Mention at least two limitations of each method
6. What are the major causes of obesity?
7. How is obesity classified?
8. If someone wants to change their lifestyle, what options could they consider?
9. Name at least one possible micronutrient disorders that can affect the following parts of the body: Eye, Mouth, Skeleton and Part of neck
10. What are the preventive and control measure of anaemia?
11. What is likely to happen if a woman is having iodine deficiency at conception or during early pregnancy? How are you going to help this woman?
12. Outline the major differences between kwashiorkor and marasmus.
13. What is the most often ignored form of PEM?
14. What are the complications of kwashiorkor and marasmus?
15. What are some strategies for preventing PEM?
16. Outline the major differences between kwashiorkor and marasmus.
17. What is the most often ignored form of PEM?
18. What are the complications of kwashiorkor and marasmus?
19. What are some strategies for preventing PEM?
20. How do we classify malnutrition?
21. What are some common causes malnutrition in Tanzania?
22. How do you reduce inadequate intake in breastfeeding mothers?
23. List two classifications of nutrients
24. What are the major functions of carbohydrates and lipids?
25. What are the major functions of vitamins and minerals?
26. What is the difference between food, nutrients, and nutrition?
27. Mention the importance of good nutrition
28. Mention main types of food groups
29. What kinds of children with malnutrition are likely to be managed as outpatient?
30. What do you do in monitoring progress of malnourished children at OPD?
31. What areas can you integrate nutrition services in a health facility?
32. How can nutrition affect drug efficacy?
33. What are three metabolic complications of ART?
34. List the four methods of assessing nutritional status.
35. Why is nutrition assessment important?
36. List at least three common differential diagnoses for emergency signs.
37. Summarize the link between HIV and poor nutrition.
38. What are the important factors to be considered in a healthy lifestyle for HIV positive
39. people?
Does an adult man who is infected with HIV need the same energy as adult man who is not infected? Why or why not?
Why is breast milk a perfect food for babies?
What are some dangers of artificial feeding?
What should a mother do after birth to promote successful breastfeeding?
What nutritional advice would you give to a mother who has a sick 0-24 month old child?
What useful nutrition advice will you give to adolescent pregnant woman?
250+ Possible Questions Of Microbiology, Parasitology And Entormology | Cmt Nta Level 4 (First Year)
MICROBIOLOGY QUESTIONS
1. What are the general characteristics of entetroviruses?
2. What is the medical importance of enteroviruses?
3. What are the characteristics of yellow fever virus?
4. What are the characteristics of Influenza viruses?
5. What are the characteristic features of the Respiratory syncytial virus?
6. What is the medical importance of Influenza and RSV?
7. What is zoster?
8. What are characteristics of measles and mumps viruses?
9. What are the diseases caused by Varicella, Measles, Mumps, and Rubella viruses?
10. What is zoster?
11. What are characteristics of measles and mumps viruses?
12. What are the diseases caused by Varicella, Measles, Mumps, and Rubella viruses?
13. What are characteristics of HIV?
14. What are the important viral enzymes of HIV?
15. What are the classes of antiretroviral drugs used in treatment of HIV&AIDS?
16. What are Herpes viruses?
17. What are the disease caused by Herpes simplex 1 and 2?
18. List four viruses which cause latent infections
19. What are the criteria used to classify viruses?
20. What are the differences between enveloped and none enveloped viruses?
21. What are the important steps involved during viral replication?
22. List basic structures of a virus.
23. What are characteristics of a virus?
24. What are the fungi of medical importance?
25. What are opportunistic fungi and the disease they cause?
26. What are the fungi of medical importance?
27. What are opportunistic fungi and the disease they cause?
28. What are the characteristics of Mycobacterium?
29. What are the diseases caused by Mycobacterium?
30. What are the general characteristics of spirochaetes?
31. What are Spirochaetes of medical importance?
32. What are Gram positive bacteria?
33. What are the examples of Gram positive organisms of medical importance?
34. What are the morphological differences of staphylococci and streptococci groups?
35. What are the diseases caused by staphylococci aureus?
36. What are the structural features of bacterial cell?
37. What are the differences between prokaryotic cell and eukaryotic cell?
38. What are the 5 criteria for classification of bacteria and give examples?
39. What is a pathogen?
40. What is a normal flora?
41. What is the importance of normal flora?
42. List types of microbiological pathogens?
43. What are the characteristics of vectors?
44. What is a pathogen?
45. What is a normal flora?
46. What is the importance of normal flora?
47. List types of microbiological pathogens?
48. What are the characteristics of vectors?
49. What are the structural features of bacterial cell?
50. What are the differences between prokaryotic cell and eukaryotic cell?
51. What are the 5 criteria for classification of bacteria and give examples?
PARASITOLOGY QUESTIONS
1. What are the characteristics of Trichomonas vaginalis?
2. What is the mode of transmission of Trichomonas vaginalis?
3. What are the laboratory diagnostic techniques for Trichomonas vaginalis?
4. What are the life stages of Ochocerca volvulus?
5. What is the intermediate host of Onchocerca volvulus?
6. What are the laboratory diagnostic techniques for Onchocerca volvulus?
7. What is Toxoplasma gondii?
8. What are the morphologic forms of Toxoplasma gondii?
9. What are the drugs of choice to manage Toxoplasma gondii?
10. What is Echnococcus granulosus?
11. What is the disease caused by Echnococcus granulosus?
12. What are the drugs of choice for treatment of Echnococcus granulosus?
13. What are the characteristics of W. Bancrofti?
14. What are the vectors involved in the transmission of W. bancrofti?
15. What are the drugs of choice for the treatment of W. bancrofti infection?
16. What are species of plasmodium responsible for causing malaria?
17. List characteristics of P.Falciparum trophozoites?
18. What are the modes of transmission of malaria parasite?
19. What are species of plasmodium responsible for causing malaria?
20. List characteristics of P.Falciparum trophozoites?
21. What are the modes of transmission of malaria parasite?
22. What are characteristics of T. Gambiense and T. rhodesiense?
23. What are three drugs of choice for treatment of African trypanasomiasis?
24. What are reservoir host of T. Gambiense and T. rhodesiense?
25. What are the three species of Schistosomes of medical importance?
26. What are the distinguishing features of eggs of schistosomes?
27. What is the drug of choice for schistosomiasis?
28. What are the characteristics of Strongyloides stercoralis?
29. What are the three types of life cycles of Strongyloides stercoralis?
30. What is the Laboratory identification method for Strongyloides stercoralis?
31. What are the drugs of choice for Strongyloides stercoralis?
32. What is the mode of transmission of hookworm?
33. Mention the most common complication of hookworm infection.
34. Mention drugs of choice for enterobiasis and hookworms.
35. What are the morphological characteristics of Entamoeba hystolytica?
36. What are the diseases caused by Entamoeba histolytica?
37. What are the major steps in the life cycle of Giardia lamblia?
38. List the characteristics of Balantidium coli.
39. What is the common drug of choice for the intestinal protozoa?
40. What is parasitism?
41. List types of hosts and vectors.
42. How are the parasites of medical importance classified?
43. What are the morrpholgical characteristics of Cryptosporidium parvum?
44. What are the methods of transmission of Cryptosporidium parvum and I. Belli?
45. What is the medical importance of Cryptosporidium parvum and Isospora belli?
46. What are the morphological characteristics of Ascaris lumbricoides?
47. What are the differences between ova of Ascaris lumbricoides and that of Trichuris
48. trichiura?
49. What are the laboratory techniques used to identify both Ascaris lumbricoides and
50. Trichuris trichiura?
ENTOMOLOGY QUESTIONS
51. What are the morphological characteristics of snails of medical importance?
52. What is the importance of each of the three snails of medical importance?
53. What are the ways to control snails?
54. What are the morphological characteristics of the subclass acarina?
55. What are the ticks and mites of medical importance?
56. What are the medical importance of ticks and mites?
57. What are the control measures against ticks?
58. What are the common types of cockroaches?
59. What are the medical importances of cockroaches and house fly?
60. What are the control measures of cockroaches and house fly?
61. What are the morphological features of lice?
62. What are the three species of lice of medical importance?
63. What are the pathogens that are transmitted through lice?
64. What are the control measures of lice?
65. What are the general characteristics of fleas?
66. What are the two species of fleas and the disease they cause?
67. What are the methods of control of fleas?
68. What is the medical importance of tsetse-flies?
69. What are the factors which favour occurrence of the simulium species?
70. What are the control measures of bed bugs?
71. What are the features which distinguish mosquitoes from other flies?
72. What are the behaviours of adult mosquitoes?
73. What are the pathogens transmitted by mosquitoes?
74. What is the meaning of
i. Biological vector?
ii. Mechanical vector?
75. What are the four characteristics of Mosquito?
76. What is the medical importance of tsetse-flies?
77. What are the factors which favour occurrence of the simulium species?
78. What are the control measures of bed bugs?
