Chapter 11

Instructions

Choose your answers from a-d by clicking the radio button next to each choice and then press 'Submit' to get your score.

Which of the following is true of headache?

a) When associated with neck stiffness is always due to meningitis

b) Severe pain usually indicates a life threatening cause

c) Temporal arteritis is strongly associated with rheumatoid arthritis

d) Tension headaches is a common cause of headache

Which of the following is true of blackouts and dizziness?

a) Confusion following a blackout is strongly suggestive of a fit

b) Pre-syncope is another term for a blackout

c) An epileptic fit always leads to the loss of consciousness

d) In the investigation of a blackout a blood sugar estimation is of no value

In the assessment of visual fields which of the following is true?

a) A lesion at the optic chiasma leads to a homonymous hemianopia

b) Impulses from the retinal leave the eye via the optic radiation

c) An enlarged blind spot may occur because of papilloedema

d) The visual field examination maps out a patient's central vision

Which of the following is true in diplopia?

a) Diplopia can never occur if one eye is covered

b) The outer image is always the false image

c) A fourth nerve palsy occurs when the patient looks upwards

d) A sixth nerve palsy causes a divergent squint

Which of the following is true of a hearing assessment?

a) Presbyacusis is a conductive deafness

b) Weber's test requires the tuning fork to be placed on the mastoid process

c) A positive rinne's test is where air conduction is greater than bone conduction

d) Sensorineural deafness causes a negative rinne's test