13 - AIIMS community medicine mcqs or social and preventive medicine mcqs ( spm or psm ) from all previous years AIIMS papers with answers - part 3

11q: community physician takes action based on

a. population attributable risk
b. relative risk
c. attributable risk
d. odds ratio

answer a. population attributable risk

12q: all of the following are methods of health promotion except ?

a. immunization
b. nutritional education
c. behavioral changes
d. health education

answer a. immunization

13q: all of the following are included in health sector planning except ?

a. medical education
b. family planning
c. control of communicable diseases
d. water and sanitation facilities

answer none. All of them are included in health sector planning

14q: chandler’s index is

answer number of eggs / gram of stool . the eggs here are hookworm eggs . if the value is less than 200 , hookworm is not of much significance . if the value is between 200 and 250 , it may be regarded as a potential danger . if the value is between 250 and 300 , it may be regarded as a minor public health problem and if the value is greater than 300 , then it is an important public health problem

15q: most important feature of the screening test is ?

a. predictability
b. sensitivity
c. specificity
d. yield

answer b. sensitivity