Occupational health: practice question

A PSM question in the style of the NEET PG paper. Answer it first, then read why the right option is right and why each of the others is wrong.

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PSM · Occupational health

Sample item

What is the purpose of pre-placement medical assessment?

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The answer and the reasoning

A. Match job demands with health and identify needed protections

Pre-placement assessment identifies relevant health limitations and accommodations while emphasizing that employers must also control workplace hazards at source.

Option by option

  • A. Match job demands with health and identify needed protections (correct)

    Correct: it supports safe job placement and adjustments.

  • B. Diagnose all future work injuries

    It cannot predict all future injury.

  • C. Replace workplace hazard control

    Hazard control remains the employer's duty.

  • D. Exclude every worker with any medical condition

    Blanket exclusion is discriminatory and inappropriate.

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What is the answer to this PSM question?

The best answer is A, Match job demands with health and identify needed protections. Pre-placement assessment identifies relevant health limitations and accommodations while emphasizing that employers must also control workplace hazards at source.

Why is "Diagnose all future work injuries" not the answer?

It cannot predict all future injury.

Why is "Replace workplace hazard control" not the answer?

Hazard control remains the employer's duty.

Why is "Exclude every worker with any medical condition" not the answer?

Blanket exclusion is discriminatory and inappropriate.

What concept does this question test?

It tests Occupational health in PSM. The correct option holds because: Correct: it supports safe job placement and adjustments.

How hard is this question?

We tag it as an application question: it asks you to use a fact on a patient or a finding. The tag is our own editorial judgement, not an official difficulty rating, so read the reason for every option, not only the answer.

How should I study Occupational health?

Practise biostatistics with small calculations until sensitivity, predictive values and risk measures are automatic. Then use the flashcards and the other PSM questions on this site to test what stuck.

Is this a real NEET PG question?

No. It is an original practice item (editorial status: sample, version 1). NextPrep does not publish recalled or leaked questions, and independent faculty review of this item has not been completed yet, so confirm important facts in a standard textbook.