Encircle the correct Answer of the Following question.
1) What is the full form of LQAS?
- a) Lot Quality Assurance System
- b) Long Quality Assurance System
- c) Lab Quality Assurance System
- d) All of the above
2) What are the components of the Quality Assurance system?
- a) On-site testing
- b) Panel testing
- c) Blinded slide rechecking
- d) All of the above
3) LQAS is based on…
- a) Total Negative slide per year
- b) Slide Positivity Rate
- c) Both
- d) None of the above
4) GeneXpert testing detects…
- a) Only viable TB bacilli
- b) Only non-viable TB bacilli
- c) Viable and non-viable TB bacilli
- d) None
5) The slide positivity rate is determined in LQAS is
- a) Quarterly
- b) Half-yearly
- c) Annually
- d) Monthly
6) Which value is used for determining the sample size?
- a) Slide Positivity Rate
- b) Acceptance Value
- c) Sensitivity Rate
- d) All of the above
7) Which value is recommended as sensitivity for determining sample size for a new EQA Program?
- a) 75%
- b) 80%
- c) 85%
- d) 90%
8) Which result is not good for the TB Microscope centre?
- a) High false positive
- b) High false Negative
- c) All of the above
- d) None of the above
9) How do you know the number of slides examined by the TB Microscopist in any Quarter?
- a) From TB Lab Register
- b) From TB Microscope
- c) By your estimation
- d) From the Director level
10) Xpert MTB/RIF assay detects
- A. Rifampicin resistance
- B. Rifampicin and Isoniazid
- C. Isoniazid, Fluoroquinolone, second-line injectables, and ethionamide
- D. All
11) How do you find the annual sample size for a particular Microscopic centre?
- a) By the given chart
- b) By TB Microscopist
- c) By your own estimation
- d) None of the above
12) Hierarchy of infection control Measures are
- A. Administrative Control
- B. Environmental Control
- C. Personal Respiratory Protection
- D. All of the above
13) What is the key goal of the National Strategic Plan for TB in Nepal
- A. End TB by 2035, prevent TB by 2050
- B. End TB by 2025, prevent TB by 2035
- C. End TB by 2030, prevent TB by 2050
- D. End TB by 2030, prevent TB by 2035
14) Which is the excellent Microscopic center among?
- a) Result of MC1 Zero False Report with >95% agreement rate
- b) Result of MC2 Zero False Report with >90% agreement rate
- c) Result of MCs <5% false Report with >95% agreement rate
- d) Result of MCs >5% false Report with >95% agreement rate
15) The National Tuberculosis Program (NTP) is adopting “The End TB Strategy.” What is the vision of the End TB Strategy?
- a) A world Free of TB with zero deaths, disease, and suffering due to TB
- b) Reduce TB Burden by 2020
- c) Eliminate TB from Nepal by 2030
- d) TB-free Nepal by 2050
16) The progress of all TB treatment can be monitored by?
- a) Follow-up sputum examination
- b) Active case finding
- c) By ESR Value
- d) Mantoux Test
17) What are the methods used for case finding in NTP?
- a) Active case finding
- b) Passive case finding
- c) Both of them
- d) None of them
18) What are the follow-up months of sputum examination for Treatment monitoring?
- a) 2 months, 5 months, and the end of treatment
- b) 3 months, 5 months, and the end of treatment
- c) 1 month, 3 months, and the end of treatment
- d) 2 months, 4 months, and the end of treatment
19) How many oil immersion fields need to be examined to declare the smear Negative?
- a) No Bacilli found in 100 VF
- b) No Bacilli found in 50 VF
- c) No Bacilli found in 300 VF
- d) No Bacilli found in 200 VF
20) Which one is the standard size of smear for AFB?
- a) 2cm X 2cm
- b) 1cm X 3 cm
- c) 1 cm X 2 cm
- d) 2cm X 4cm
Answer Sheet
| Question | Correct Option |
|---|---|
| 1 | a (Lot Quality Assurance System) |
| 2 | d (All of the above) |
| 3 | c (Both) |
| 4 | c (Viable and non-viable TB bacilli) |
| 5 | c (Annually) |
| 6 | a (Slide Positivity Rate) |
| 7 | b (80%) |
| 8 | c (All of the above) |
| 9 | a (From TB Lab Register) |
| 10 | A (Rifampicin resistance) |
| 11 | a (By the given chart) |
| 12 | D (All of the above) |
| 13 | A (End TB by 2035, prevent TB by 2050) |
| 14 | a (Result of MC1 Zero False Report with >95% agreement rate) |
| 15 | a (A world Free of TB with zero deaths, Disease, and suffering due to TB) |
| 16 | a (2 months, 5 months, and end of treatment) |
| 17 | c (Both of them) |
| 18 | a (A world Free of TB with Zero death, Disease, and suffering due to TB) |
| 19 | a (No Bacilli found in 100 VF) |
| 20 | c (1 cm X 2 cm) |