UMAT Practice – Sec II

(Question 1)

Camping is the best place where a child can learn self dependence along with team spirit. However, Catherine is against the idea of letting her child go to the scouts’ camp. She is worried that something bad might happen and she won’t be there by the side of her child. Suppose that you are the class teacher of her son. You try and explain to Catherine that all the children in the class are going and that you and the school will take good care of all the children including her son.

Why do think Catherine is unwilling to let her son to the camp?

(Question 2)

What is the best way to describe Catherine’s attitude?

Questions 3 to 5

(Question 3)

You are a doctor in a children’s clinic. The nurse in your clinic, who is otherwise competent, seems easily irritated by the antics of the children who come to the clinic. She is often impertinent with them. You have noticed this for some time and decide that it is high time to act.

What should you do?

(Question 4)

What is the best way to start a conversation with the nurse to explain to her that she should modify her behavior?

(Question 5)

Suppose that you explain to her that she should be more patient and polite with the children, what do you think will be her response?

Questions 6 to 10 (Question 6)

A patient has arrived at his doctor's clinic to receive his test results.

Dr: We have found that the lung patch we had checked out isn't an infection after all. It appears to be a cancerous growth.

Patient: I have cancer? Is this the end for me?

Dr: Is this what cancer means to you? That it is the end for you?

Patient: Well it's cancer

Doctor: Not necessarily. Different people view cancer in different ways. How do you understand it?

Patient: Cancer means lots of pain and to add to that there will be the constant fear of death.

Doctor: We can deal with the pain

Patient: You mean through pain killers?

Doctors: Not really. We have medications to cure it.

Patient: You can take care of the pain but not my impending death. I’ll surely die.

Doctor: No you can’t say that. Cancer is of different types and has different stages. All cancer is not fatal.

Patient: You mean that there is still hope?

Doctor: There is hope surely. And to ascertain the extent of possible remedy we will have to do some more tests. I hope you will cooperate with us

In his response, the doctor has

(Question 7)

What is the patient’s main concern?

The correct answer is b. because the patient’s idea about cancer is that it means certain death and he feels afraid

(Question 9)

The comment, ‘You mean that there is still hope’, suggests that the patient

(Question 10)

What do think will be the patient’s response after the doctor’s last statement?