Q.P.Code:303001 Reg.no.:………………
Third Professional MBBS (Part I)
Degree Examinations, March 2014
Community
Medicine-Paper I
Time : 3 Hours Total Marks: 60
- Answer all questions
- Draw diagrams wherever necessary
Essay :( 10)
1. A third year MBBS student during his clinical posting
observed that many patients had leukoplakia in the oral cavity. He wanted to
find the risk factors for leukoplakia. Answer the following:
- State the objectives of the study
- What is the study design used and why
- State the methods of study
- State the methods of analysis
- What sort of errors can creep in (2+2+3+2+1=10)
Problems: (2×5=10)
2. As a medical officer of primary health Centre, how will
you ensure adequate immunization coverage among under-fives in the PHC area
3. Prepare a diet chart for a pregnant woman in 2nd
trimester having anemia
Short answer questions: (5×4=20)
4. Benefits of ESI scheme
5. Biological control of vectors
6. Active surveillance of malaria
7. Post conceptional contraceptives
8. Plumbism
Differentiate between: (3×2=6)
9. Health education and health propaganda
10. Infection and infestation
11. Epidemic and endemic disease
Substantiate your answers with reasons: (2×2=4)
12. Immunization against killer diseases of the childhood is
cost effective
13. Specific protection is an important component of primary
prevention
Give precise answers: (5×2=10)
14. Uses of mass screening
15. Importance of carrier state
16. Uses of epidemiology
17. Host factor in morbid condition
18. Stages of demographic cycle
