| Post Name | Clinical Audiometrician Gr.II - Medical Education |
|---|---|
| Question Paper Code | 032/2025/OL |
| Category Code | 035/2024 |
| Date of Test | 27 March 2025 |
| Exam Type | Online Examination |
| Total Questions | 100 |
1
Which test is used for diagnosing hearing loss in children less than 2 years of age?
Answer
C. Auditory Brainstem Response
2
Perceptual correlate of frequency
Answer
D. None of the above
3
In neonatal hearing screening, which test is most commonly used for early detection of hearing loss?
Answer
C. Otoacoustic emissions
4
Fluid present inside membraneous labrynth
Answer
B. Endolymph
5
Which of the following is a part of the audiometer?
Answer
C. (1) and (2)
6
Expand PTA
Answer
A. Pure Tone Average
7
The colour used for plotting audiogram for air conduction thresholds of right ear
Answer
C. Red
8
The structure that separates external ear from middle ear
Answer
B. Tympanic membrane
9
Identify the correct statement. i. While doing VRA test reinforcement is given. ii. OAE cannot be used as a screening test for hearing loss iii. PTA can be used for diagnosing a 2 year old child with hearing loss
Answer
A. i
10
Which among the following is used for calibration of audiometer?
Answer
D. All the above
11
Identify the wrong statement. i. Hearing loss in children can be identiļ¬ed only at 3 years of age ii. Maternal rubella is a risk factor for hearing loss iii. Hearing loss is seen in children with Wardenberg syndrome
Answer
A. i
12
Expand TORCH:
Answer
B. Toxoplasmosis, others, rubella, cytomegalovirus, herpes simplex
13
Rinne positive indicates
Answer
B. Sensorineural hearing loss
14
What is the primary function of the pinna in the auditory system?
Answer
B. Filters and directs sound waves into the ear canal
15
Which tuning fork test helps diļ¬erentiate between conductive and sensorineural hearing loss?
Answer
Question Cancelled
16
Which of the following statement is true? i. Sound is a longitudinal wave ii. Sound is a transverse wave iii. Sound needs medium for transmission iv. None of the above
Answer
B. both i and iii
17
Structure that connects middle ear with the nasopharynx
Answer
C. Eustachian tube
18
What is the most common cause of congenital hearing loss?
Answer
B. Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection
19
The primary auditory cortex is located in which lobe of the brain?
Answer
C. Temporal
20
What type of hearing loss is caused by damage to the inner ear?
Answer
B. Sensorineural
21
Expand SLM
Answer
C. Sound Level Meter
22
A patient presents with asymmetric hearing loss and dizziness. Which test is most critical for ruling out retro cochlear pathology?
Answer
C. Auditory brainstem response
23
A child fails a pure-tone hearing screening at 25 dB HL in one ear but passes in the other. What is the next step?
Answer
B. Refer for diagnostic audiological evaluation
24
Which audiometric conļ¬guration is typically seen in noise-induced hearing loss?
Answer
A. Notch at 4KHz
25
Which of the following is NOT a common factor contributing to acquired sensorineural hearing loss?
Answer
C. Otitis media with eļ¬usion
26
Heschl's gyrus is the primary centre for
Answer
A. Auditory perception
27
Which of the following is not a component of communication?
Answer
D. A choking sensation on swallow
28
The large dome-shaped muscle that separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominal cavity is
Answer
C. Diaphragm
29
By 12 months of age the speech development of a child involves
Answer
B. Producing ļ¬rst word
30
Which of the following are vowel-like sounds with gradual articulatory transition?
Answer
C. Glides
31
During which age range is stuttering known as development stuttering
Answer
B. 2-5 years
32
The rules of how sounds are arranged in a word is referred as
Answer
A. Phonotactics
33
Which of the following is not seen in children with autism?
Answer
D. IQ of less than 70
34
The range of severity of phonological disorders which is described by the ease/diļ¬culty with which listeners can understand what a child says is
Answer
C. Speech intelligibility
35
Which of the following is an H-shaped laryngeal cartilage when viewed laterally?
Answer
B. Thyroid
36
Theory of language acquisition that involves innate biological mechanisms and environmental factors
Answer
D. Nativist theory
37
Hypernasality is a symptom of resonance disorder mostly seen in
Answer
C. Cleft lip and palate
38
Which of the following component of prosody is the pitch variations in an utterance?
Answer
D. Intonation
39
The way in which the air stream is modiļ¬ed due to the interaction of articulations is referred as
Answer
B. Manner of articulation
40
One of the standardized assessment tool used to assess Autism is
Answer
C. CARS
41
Which of the following is not true?
Answer
A. Females with stuttering outnumber males
42
The type of assessment wherein the goal is to determine an individual's level of achievement or skill in a particular area of communication is
Answer
C. Criterion-referenced assessment
43
Which is the following is not essential for reading?
Answer
A. Dexterity
44
The type of cerebral palsy having the most common symptom of impairment in coordination and balance is
Answer
C. Ataxic cerebral palsy
45
Mutational falsetto is otherwise known as
Answer
D. Puberphonia
46
False positive in screening assessment means
Answer
A. Fail the screening but do not have a problem
47
Rest breathing, unlike speech breathing, involves
Answer
C. Nearly equalized inspiration and expiration
48
When there is motor weakness of only the legs, it is referred as
Answer
A. Paraplegia
49
The ability of the brain to reorganize and modify functions and adapt to internal and external changes refers to
Answer
B. Plasticity
50
Which of the following diļ¬erence is true between apraxia and dysarthria?
Answer
C. Apraxia involves diļ¬culty with motor planning, while dysarthria involves diļ¬culty with muscle control for speech
51
A broad term used for intervention for individuals with hearing loss who have not developed listening, speech and language skills is
Answer
B. Aural habilitation
52
The correct hierarchy of key elements of auditory training include
Answer
A. Detection, discrimination, identiļ¬cation and comprehension
53
Among the following techniques, which one is NOT a technique used for acoustic highlighting?
Answer
D. Speech reading
54
Coupling of visual cues with auditory cues as a means of supporting listening development is known as
Answer
B. Auditory sandwiching
55
Assistive listening devices include
Answer
D. (1) and (2)
56
A type of implantable hearing aid is
Answer
A. Bone-anchored hearing aid
57
What factors will you consider while selecting a hearing aid style for an individual with hearing aids?
Answer
D. All of the above
58
Which of the following is NOT an auditory training activity to develop sound awareness?
Answer
C. Repeat what you hear
59
Which part of the hearing aid converts electrical energy back to acoustic energy?
Answer
B. Receiver
60
What factors inļ¬uence the diļ¬culty of a lip reading task?
Answer
D. All of the above
61
Enrolling a child with hearing impairment to a regular class of children with no disability, such that they share the same opportunities and resources to learn on a full time basis is called
Answer
A. Mainstreaming
62
The key principle for providing language intervention for infant, toddlers and preschoolers include:
Answer
C. Early intervention
63
The intervention that aims to manage and modify the moment of stuttering as well as reduce fear and anxiety associated with stuttering is known as
Answer
A. Stuttering modiļ¬cation therapy
64
Treatment of voice disorders include
Answer
D. All of the above
65
An external device used for individuals with alaryngeal speech?
Answer
C. Artiļ¬cial larynx
66
Technique that is NOT used in ļ¬uency shaping approach to stuttering
Answer
A. Cancellation
67
An example of treatment for articulation disorder is
Answer
D. Cycle's approach
68
The child's ability to transfer newly mastered communication behaviours from clinical setting to everyday environment is known as
Answer
C. Generalization
69
Clinician demonstrating a speciļ¬c behaviour to provide an example so that the child can imitate is known as
Answer
B. Modelling
70
Which of the following is NOT a core component of the MIDVAS approach?
Answer
D. Fluency shaping
71
Which of the following considerations are particularly relevant for providing intervention to children with intellectual disability?
Answer
C. (1) and (2)
72
What is the main purpose of language intervention in children with cerebral palsy?
Answer
D. All of the above
73
Adults talking aloud about objects in the immediate environment and about actions that are occurring at the moment is known as
Answer
A. Self Talk
74
A device that uses electrodes implanted into the cochlea:
Answer
B. Cochlear implants
75
The full form of CROS hearing aid is
Answer
A. Contralateral Routing of Signal
76
An act which enacted to give an aļ¬ect to the "Proclamation on the full participation and Equality of the people with Disabilities in the Asian and Paciļ¬c Region"
Answer
C. PWD Act 1995
77
Which of the following statement is/are correct about ADIP scheme? i. Aims to improve the quality of life of PWD ii. To be eligible for the scheme the applicant should be from a marginalized community iii. A Central Government initiative which is aimed at provide assistance to persons with disabilities
Answer
C. all of the above i, ii and iii
78
Based upon the features given below identify the act. Focus of this act is to create a trust to enable and to empower the disabled population to live independently by creating local committees and also to register organization for PWD
Answer
D. National Trust Act
79
Match the following: 1. AAC i. Assistive listening device 2. Sound Recorder ii. Therapist use pictures, symbols or electronic devices to support communication 3. Material for Auditory training iii. For improving auditory communication 4. Group hearing aids iv. Electronic device to capture and store audio signals
Answer
A. 1-ii, 2-iv, 3-iii, 4-i
80
A program initiated by Government of Kerala, which focused on providing educational support to PWD.
Answer
C. Vidhyakiran
81
A child of 6 years was brought to the clinic with the complaint of unclear speech, become nerves while talking, sometimes pauses and repeats the speech. What will be the provisional diagnosis of the child?
Answer
A. Childhood onset Fluency Disorder
82
Which of the following assessment tool is used to assess the comprehension level of a 8 yr old boy who was brought to the clinic with the complaint of age inadequate language development and poor scholastic performance?
Answer
C. ALD
83
Suppose you are assigned a duty to make a tribal community aware about ASD. Which strategy will you adopt the most to make your attempt a success?
Answer
C. Interpersonal Communication
84
For a child to avail disability certiļ¬cate he should fall under which of the following percentage of Disability?
Answer
A. 40% to 100% disability
85
__________ is a child health screening and early intervention program launched by Government of India
Answer
C. RBSK
86
Which of the following device is used for neonatal hearing screening?
Answer
C. OAE
87
The term "Total communication" means communication is accomplished by incorporating
Answer
C. Auditory input, speech and signs with ļ¬nger spelling along with natural gestures
88
The smallest bone in human body
Answer
B. Stapes
89
Preparation of lesson plan for a hearing impaired is based on
Answer
D. All of the above
90
Which of the following condition is true in terms of Candidacy criteria for cochlear implant? i. Severe HL ii. Severe to profound HL iii. Limited beneļ¬ts from hearing aid iv. No medical contra indications
Answer
B. only ii, iii and iv
91
Which of the following is not a pre requisite for setting up a disability screening camp?
Answer
D. Referral from a physician
92
Suppose you are assigned a case with multiple disability of HI along with VI. Which of the following teaching aids will you opt for this child? i. Braille materials ii. Communication boards iii. AAC iv. Sign language
Answer
A. i and iii
93
Which type of hearing aid will you suggest for a 4 yr old boy with atresia?
Answer
C. BAHA
94
Which of the following scheme oļ¬ers ļ¬nancial assistance to PWD for education, employment and entrepreneurship?
Answer
B. NHFDC
95
When you counsel a family regarding child's provisional diagnosis which of the following statements should you avoid for an eļ¬ective counselling?
Answer
D. Promise the parents that all their issues will be resolved
96
A organization under Government of Kerala which was formed with the motive to promote and implement many schemes and to provide ļ¬nancial/technical assistance to PWD
Answer
C. Kerala State Diļ¬erently Abled Welfare Corporation Limited
97
Which of the following statements are correct about preparing home training programs for PWD? i. Assessment of individual's baseline ii. Create a personalized training plan iii. Focus on only one activity for two weeks iv. Involve family members in training program
Answer
B. i, ii, iv
98
What are the steps to be considered in the care and maintenance of clinical models of larynx?
Answer
D. All of the above
99
Which of the item is not a tool in the hearing aid repair kit?
Answer
C. Shell ear mould
100
Which of the following factors are to be considered in selecting Assistive Listening Device for an ID child with HI?
Answer
D. All of the above
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