PLAB Examination Format
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PLAB exam format is as follows:
PLAB 1 Examiantion
The Plab 1 examination format consists of 200 questions in extending matching questions (EMQ) and single best answer (SBA) questions. Around 30% of the examination are SBA questions and the remainder are EMQs. Total of 3 hours are allowed to finish the examination.
Example of an Single Best Answer Question (SBA)
A young man has intractable epilepsy with various admissions to hospital with status despite good compliance with anti-convulsant treatment. He is being considered for a right temporal lobectomy.
Question: Which among the following visual field defect is he likely to develop following this surgical procedure:
Left homonymous superior quadrantanopia
Right homonymous superior quadrantanopia
Left homonymous inferior quadrantanopia
Right homonymous inferior quadrantanopia
Left homonymous hemianopia
Example of an ‘Extended Matching Question’ question (EMQ) Options:
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Aortic valve endocarditis
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Marantic endocarditis
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Tricuspid valve endocarditis
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Mitral valve endocarditis
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VSD endocarditis
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Libman-Sachs endocarditis
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Prosthetic valve endocarditis
From the list given above, select the most likely diagnosis for the patients which is described below:
A 27-year-old IV drug user with a 2 week history of fevers, cough and lung infiltrates and a systolic murmur
A 64-year-old man with a four month history of fevers, weight loss, breathlessness who has first degree heart block on the ECG
A 35-year-old man with a definite history of rheumatic fever and develops fever 2 weeks after dental treatment and pansystolic murmur
A 42-year-old woman with SLE who develops unexplained fever and murmur but no obvious vegetations on ECG
A 50-year-old man with a history of fever and breathlessness at one month from cardiac surgery