2017/2018 CA QUESTIONS FOR GNS 311 (CHAPTER SIX)

1. Fasting and psychotherapy are both forms of

a. Traditional medicine
b. Herbal medicine
c. Spiritual therapy
d. Medicinal herbs
ANSWER: A
2. The method of using local plants to cure mental or physical imbalances is called
a. Traditional medicine
b. Herbal therapy
c. Traditional treatments
d. None of the above
ANSWER: B
3. Phytochemicals can be found in
a. Animals
b. Plants
c. Oceans
d. Fungi
ANSWER: B
4. Traditional herbs can also be used for surgical dressings
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: A
5. Carica papaya can be used to treat
a. Erectile dysfunction
b. Mild convulsion
c. Headache
d. Coughs
ANSWER: B
6. Bambusa vulgaris can be used to treat
a. Respiratory diseases
b. Mental sickness
c. Coughs
d. Septic boil
ANSWER: A
7. Ocimum gratissimum is called-------------- in English language
a. Bitter leaf
b. Tea bush
c. Sweet leaf
d. Sour leaf
 ANSWER: B
8. The English name for Bambusa vulgaris is
a. Vulgar bush plant
b. Bamboo
c. Sugarcane
d. Stem plant
ANSWER: B
9. Medicinal herbs can also be used as
a. Food
b. Antipyretic
c. Antimalaria
d. All of the above
ANSWER: D
10. Pawpaw leaves can be used to treat
a. Gonorrhoea
b. Syphilis
c. All of the above
d. None of the above
ANSWER: C
11. Chewing of medicinal herbs for treatment is also practiced
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: A
12. All plants that can be used as food by wild animals can be consumed by humans
a. False
b. True
ANSWER: A
13. Proper identification of plants is not necessary in the use of traditional herbs
a. False
b. True
c. Some of the time
ANSWER: A
14. --------------- is one of the challenges in the usage of traditional herbs
a. Misidentification of herbs
b. Lack of Plant collection kits
c. Presence of big forests
d. All of the above
ANSWER: A
15. ------------------- can be used as a traditional herb
a. Baby powder
b. Vaseline
c. Ginger
d. Paracetamol
ANSWER: C
16. ------------------ can be used to improve the usage of medicinal herbs
a. Tissue culture
b. Agrobacterium tumafasciens
c. Botanical gardens
d. All of the above
ANSWER: D
17. The use of medicinal herbs and orthodox medicine are complementary
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: A
18. It is a --------- that traditional herbs are very effective
a. Myth
b. Fallacy
c. Fact
d. None of the above
ANSWER: C
19. Medicinal herbs can involve the killing of animals
a. True
b. False
c. None of the above
ANSWER: B
20. Use of traditional plants by infusion involves
a. applying the whole plant
b. Extracting the active components by steeping in water
c. Fusion of the plant with another
d. All of the above
ANSWER: B