Mesleki English full questions
1.
“Is there anything which makes it better?” What does this question ask about pain?
a. Exacerbation
b. Alleviation
c. Site
d. Trigger
e. Onset
2.
Which one is the technical word for “navel”?
a. Umbilicus
b. Carpus
c. Patella
d. Talus
e. Tibia
3.
Which one is a non-technical word for “clavicle”?
a. Shinbone
b. Kneecap
c. Heelbone
d. Breastbone
4.
In which disease do we have a type of crushing pain?
a. Angina pectoris
b. Appendicitis
c. Sciatica
d. Cystitis
e. Cluster headache
5.
“All my joints hurt. I am wracked with pain.” Which condition is the patient describing?
a. Mild
b. Severe
c. Very severe
d. Dull
6.
Complete the sentence with an appropriate form: “My mother ___ these pains since last Tuesday. She still has them.”
a. Had
b. Has
c. Is having
d. Has had
e. Will have
7.
Complete the following sentence: “The duties of a ___ include traditional nursing skills and running specialist clinics for
immunization, diabetes, and so on.”
a. Practice nurse
b. Health visitor
c. District nurse
d. Midwife
e. General practitioner
8.
Which one is different from the others?
a. Tachypnoea
b. Dehydration
c. Prolonged expiration
d. Tender over sinuses
e. Runny nose
9.
Which one is a sign only?
a. Prolonged expiration
b. Wheeze
c. Runny nose
d. Breathlessness
e. Blocked nose
10.
“You won’t have to be hospitalized.” Which word can be replaced with the underlined word?
a. Avoided
b. Admitted
c. Booked
d. Prone
e. There all the time
11.
“The act of examining.” Which suffix describes this surgical procedure?
a. -oscopy
b. -ostomy
c. -ectomy
d. -otomy
e. -itis
12.
In the procedure of reassuring a patient, which one is not important?
a. Use of passive form
b. Use of be going to (future)
c. Use of frequency adverbs
d. Use of less frightening adjectives
e. Use of technical words
13.
What is the class of Salbutamol?
a. Respiratory
b. Cardiovascular
c. Antihistamine
d. Antibiotic
e. Analgesic
14.
Complete the following sentence: “___ is used to thin the blood and prevent further heart attacks.”
a. Ranitidine
b. Chlorphenamine
c. Paracetamol
d. Aspirin
e. Amoxicillin
15.
Which phrasal verb is an inseparable phrasal verb?
a. Look at
b. Write out
c. Take in
d. Take out
e. Cut down
16.
“It’s not easy to feel ___ the first time you do something new, but with practice you begin to feel very good about it.” Complete
the sentence.
a. Diffident
b. Confident
c. Honest
d. Reliable
e. Sensitive
17.
Which one of them is a non-technical word for “pertussis”?
a. Whooping cough
b. Mumps
c. Croup
d. Lockjaw
e. Measles
18.
A patient telling “I was in a cafe when the palpitations came on” wants to emphasize the “site” in his sentence. Which word must
he put the stress on?
a. I
b. Was
c. Cafe
d. When
e. Palpitations
19.
Which one is located in the upper body?
a. Patella
b. Talus
c. Tibia
d. Calcaneus
e. Sternum
20.
What is the non-technical word for “vaccination”?
a. Scab
b. Stridor
c. Jab
d. Coryza
e. Up
21.
What is the non-technical word for “coryza”?
a. Jab
b. German measles
c. Scab
d. Runny nose
e. Stridor
22.
Which drug is used to widen the bronchi?
a. Aspirin
b. Salbutamol
c. Diazepam
d. Paracetamol
23.
Choose the option that contains technical words only.
a. Clavicle/umbilicus
b. Gullet/ankle
c. Clavicle/wrist
24.
Which one tells the frequency of drugs?
a. ON
b. IV
c. PR
d. PO
e. SC
25.
Which one tells the route of administration?
a. PR
b. ON
c. BD
d. TDS
e. PRN
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Certainly! Here are the answers to the questions you provided:
1. “Is there anything which makes it better?” What does this question ask about pain?
Answer: b. Alleviation
2. Which one is the technical word for “navel”?
Answer: a. Umbilicus
3. Which one is a non-technical word for “clavicle”?
Answer: d. Breastbone
4. In which disease do we have a type of crushing pain?
Answer: a. Angina pectoris
5. “All my joints hurt. I am wracked with pain.” Which condition is the patient describing?
Answer: b. Severe
6. Complete the sentence with an appropriate form: “My mother ___ these pains since last Tuesday. She still has
them.”
Answer: d. Has had
7. Complete the following sentence: “The duties of a ___ include traditional nursing skills and running specialist
clinics for immunization, diabetes, and so on.”
Answer: a. Practice nurse
8. Which one is different from the others?
Answer: b. Dehydration
9. Which one is a sign only?
Answer: a. Prolonged expiration
10. “You won’t have to be hospitalized.” Which word can be replaced with the underlined word?
Answer: b. Admitted
11. “The act of examining.” Which suffix describes this surgical procedure?
Answer: a. -oscopy
12. In the procedure of reassuring a patient, which one is not important?
Answer: e. Use of technical words
13. What is the class of Salbutamol?
Answer: a. Respiratory
14. Complete the following sentence: “___ is used to thin the blood and prevent further heart attacks.”
Answer: d. Aspirin
15. Which phrasal verb is an inseparable phrasal verb?
Answer: c. Take in
16. “It’s not easy to feel ___ the first time you do something new, but with practice you begin to feel very good about it.”
Complete the sentence.
Answer: b. Confident
17. Which one of them is a non-technical word for “pertussis”?
Answer: a. Whooping cough
18. A patient telling “I was in a cafe when the palpitations came on” wants to emphasize the “site” in his sentence.
Which word must he put the stress on?
Answer: c. Cafe
19. Which one is located in the upper body?
Answer: e. Sternum
20. What is the non-technical word for “vaccination”?
Answer: c. Jab
21. What is the non-technical word for “coryza”?
Answer: d. Runny nose
22. Which drug is used to widen the bronchi?
Answer: b. Salbutamol
23. Choose the option that contains technical words only.
Answer: a. Clavicle/umbilicus
24. Which one tells the frequency of drugs?
Answer: a. ON
25. Which one tells the route of administration?
Answer: a. PR
