FINAL EXAM NATIONAL BOARD OF EXAMINATIONS
DECEMBER 2017
POSSESSION/USE OF CELL PHONES OR ANY SUCH ELECTRONIC GADGETS IS NOT PERMITTED INSIDE THE
EXAMINATION HALL.
SOCIAL AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
PAPER II
SPM/D/17/45/II
Time: 3 hours
Max. Marks: 100
• Attempt all questions in order.
• Each question carries 10 marks.
• Read the question carefully and answer to the point neatly and legibly.
• Do not leave any blank pages between two answers.
• Indicate the question number correctly for the answer in the margin space
• Answer all the parts of a single question together.
• Start the question to a question on a fresh page or leave adequate space between two answers.
• Draw table/diagrams/flowcharts wherever appropriate.
Write short notes on:
1. Types of learning.
Components of personality.
Intelligence quotient

2. Define social psychology.
Types of families.
Importance of personal hygiene and environmental
sanitation in health and diseases.

3. Measures of social differentiation.
Kuppuswamy's socio economic status scale.
Importance of social class differentiation in health and
diseases.

4. Role of communication in doctor patient relationship.
Role of medico-social worker in the community.
5+5
5. Areas potentially amenable to preventive health care
in the elderly.
Role of lifestyle in health and ageing.
4+6
6. Difference between shallow and deep well.
Comparison between rapid and slow sand filter.
Berkefeld filter
Steps in well disinfection.

7. Strength of sewage
Flow diagram of modern sewage treatment plant.
Trickling filter method

FINAL EXAM NATIONAL BOARD OF EXAMINATIONS
DECEMBER 2017
POSSESSION/USE OF CELL PHONES OR ANY SUCH ELECTRONIC GADGETS IS NOT PERMITTED INSIDE THE
EXAMINATION HALL.
8. Classify arthropod borne diseases with one example
of each.
Biological transmission of arthropod borne diseases.
Principles of arthropod control.

9. Child woman ratio
Total marital fertility rate
Demographic indicators.
Effective literacy rate.

10. Differentiate between health education and
counseling.
Counseling of a HIV positive pregnant woman.
5+5