101C Kidney MCQ quiz

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101C Kidney MCQ quiz

• Sept 2007

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How are you feeling today?

• Pumped
• Happy to be here
• Tired
• Brain dead

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101A and B content prepared me for my Clinical
placement?

• Strongly Agree
• Agree
• Neutral
• Disagree
• Strongly Disagree

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Clinical Placement was

• aHands on practical opportunity
• Mainly Observational
• A mixture

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Overall I felt positive about my placement

• Strongly Agree
• Agree
• Neutral
• Disagree
• Strongly Disagree

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The following MCQs are from the kidney case study
presentations

• Each student has submitted a question relating to
  the material that they presented

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The kidneys are protected by

• The eleventh and twelfth ribs
• The perirenal and pararenal fat layers
• Renal fascia
• 1 and 3
• All the above

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Sonography is useful to

• estimate kidney size and position
• readily detect obstruction
• help diagnose structural abnormalities
• 1 and 2 only
• 1, 2 and 3

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Asymptomatic is when the patient

• does experience noticeable symptoms
• only has one symptom
• doesn't experience noticeable symptoms
• has more than 3 symptoms

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How do tumour cells invade the lungs?

• through direct extension
• through the lymph
• through blood vessels
• answer a and c

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Palliative RT is usually delivered to renal
cancer patients as

• AP/PA FSD
• AP/PA Isocentric
• L lateral/R lateral FSD
• L lateral/R lateral Isocentric

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What order does oxygenated blood flow to the
kidneys? 1)Aorta, 2)abdominal aorta, 3)renal
artery, 4)interlobar arteries, 5)arcuate
arteries, 6)interlobular arteries, 7)afferent
arterioles

• 1,2,3,4.
• 2,6,7,4.
• 1,2,3,4,5,6,7.
• None of the above

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The most desirable treatment technique for Renal
Cell Carcinomas is

• Chemotherapy
• Radical Nephrectomy
• Radiation Therapy
• Radical Nephrectomy Neo-adjuvant RT (30Gy/15
  APPA)

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If a patient does not understand what you would
like them to do, how can you make it clearer?

• Continue to repeat yourself in the same manner.
• Do it for them while they are still confused.
• Demonstrate exactly what you would like them to
  do.
• Lose you patience and start yelling your demands.

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For kidney cancer, the incidence ratio of
men-to-women is about

• 41
• 21
• 12
• 14

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What is the path taken to discharge urine from
the renal pyramids out of the kidney?

• Renal Pelvis/Ureter/Major Calyx/Minor Calyx
• Minor Calyx/Major Calyx/Renal Pelvis/Ureter
• Renal Pelvis/Minor Calyx/Major Calyx/Ureter
• Major Calyx/Minor Calyx/Cortex/Renal Pelvis

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Stage II Kidney cancer describes

• Cancer that has spread to nearby organs or
  through bloodstream to distant organs
• Cancer that has spread through the kidney capsule
  and into surrounding tissues and/or adrenal gland
• Cancer that has spread through the kidney capsule
  into surrounding tissues
• Cancer that has spread into surrounding lymph
  nodes and or blood vessels

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How many levels of observation operate in the
ward?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

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The purpose of an immobilization device is to

• Make the patients position comfortable
• Facilitate reproducing and maintaining the
  position
• Prevent the patient from falling off the couch
• Help the therapist set up the treatment faster

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Each kidney weighs

• 145g
• 130g
• 160g
• 155g

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Which process(es) does the nephron carry out?

• filtration
• reabsorpton
• reabsorption and secretion
• collection and secretion

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What is a typical palliative dosage for kidney
cancer?

• 20Gy in 5 
• 55Gy in 20
• 30Gy in 7
• 40Gy in 10

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What is a major social issue faced by Mr
Kazlauskas while he undergoes palliative RT
treatment?

• He will miss his wife
• He may not be comfortable with new technology
• He will have to change his lifestyle
• All of the above.

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Name a common side effect during radiotherapy
treatment for renal cancer.

• Lethargy
• Fatigue
• Diarrhoea
• Frequency of passing urine
• All of the above

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If the volume of tissue irradiated increases then
the

• amount of dose that is able to be given
  increases.
• amount of dose that is able to be given
  decreases.
• amount of dose that is able to be given remains
  the same
• amount of dose that is able to be given
  fluctuates

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