Example TFMCQ Question and Answers
Example XML for True or False Multiple Choice Questions (TFMCQs) section.
For clarity, only the id attributes necessary for linking together questions with their answers are included. Other required attributes (e.g. listType) are omitted. Questions and answers are shown in the same section, but that is not always the case.
TFMCQ Question in Print
TFMCQ Answer in Print
Example XML
<div1>
<titleGroup><title>
<p>Questions and Answers</p></title>
</titleGroup>
<div2 role="Q"><titleGroup>
<title>
<p>Questions</p>
</title></titleGroup><div3 role="TFMCQ-question">
<p role="question">
<enumerator>13.</enumerator> Administration of the following may
decrease renal blood flow:</p>
<p>
<list>
<list1>
<item1 role="option" id="prod-9780191234567-chapter-2-item1-9991">
<p>
<enumerator>a</enumerator> Theophylline</p>
</item1>
<item1 role="option" id="prod-9780191234567-chapter-2-item1-9992">
<p>
<enumerator>b</enumerator> Ephedrine</p>
</item1>
<item1 role="option" id="prod-9780191234567-chapter-2-item1-9993">
<p>
<enumerator>c</enumerator> Cyclopropane</p>
</item1>
<item1 role="option" id="prod-9780191234567-chapter-2-item1-9994">
<p>
<enumerator>d</enumerator> Isoprenaline</p>
</item1>
<item1 role="option" id="prod-9780191234567-chapter-2-item1-9995">
<p>
<enumerator>e</enumerator> Dobutamine</p>
</item1>
</list1>
</list>
</p></div3><div3 role="TFMCQ-question">
<p role="question">
<enumerator>14.</enumerator> Remifentanil:</p>
<p>
<list>
<list1>
<item1 role="option" id="prod-9780191234567-chapter-2-item1-9996">
<p>
<enumerator>a</enumerator> Is an ultra-short-acting opioid</p>
</item1>
<item1 role="option" id="prod-9780191234567-chapter-2-item1-9997">
<p>
<enumerator>b</enumerator> Is hydrolysed by pseudocholine esterase</p>
</item1>
<item1 role="option" id="prod-9780191234567-chapter-2-item1-9998">
<p>
<enumerator>c</enumerator> Effects last for 15-20 minutes</p>
</item1>
<item1 role="option" id="prod-9780191234567-chapter-2-item1-9999">
<p>
<enumerator>d</enumerator> Causes muscle rigidity</p>
</item1>
<item1 role="option" id="prod-9780191234567-chapter-2-item1-10000">
<p>
<enumerator>e</enumerator> Can be used in patient-controlled analgesia (PCA)
regimen in labour</p>
</item1>
</list1>
</list>
</p></div3><!-- Other questions, in more div3 elements, would go here -->
</div2>
<div2 role="A"><titleGroup>
<title>
<p>Answers</p>
</title></titleGroup><div3 role="TFMCQ-answer">
<p>
<enumerator>13.</enumerator> Administration of the following may decrease renal blood
flow:</p>
<p>
<list>
<list1>
<item1 id="med-9780199694389-chapter-1-item1-1">
<p role="explanation">
<enumerator>a</enumerator>
<xrefGrp role="answer">
<xref ref="prod-9780191234567-chapter-2-item1-9991">False</xref>
</xrefGrp>
Xanthines have a diuretic effect due to a direct action on renal tubules but
do not reduce blood flow</p>
</item1>
<item1 id="med-9780199694389-chapter-1-item1-2">
<p role="explanation">
<enumerator>b</enumerator>
<xrefGrp role="answer">
<xref ref="prod-9780191234567-chapter-2-item1-9992">False</xref>
</xrefGrp>
Ephedrine has both alpha and beta activity but is not potent enough to affect
renal blood flow.</p>
</item1>
<item1 id="med-9780199694389-chapter-1-item1-3">
<p role="explanation">
<enumerator>c</enumerator>
<xrefGrp role="answer">
<xref ref="prod-9780191234567-chapter-2-item1-9993">True</xref>
</xrefGrp> This
inhalation agent is no longer used; it actively stimulated ADH secretion and
reduced hepatic and renal blood flow.</p>
</item1>
<item1 id="med-9780199694389-chapter-1-item1-4">
<p role="explanation">
<enumerator>d</enumerator>
<xrefGrp role="answer">
<xref ref="prod-9780191234567-chapter-2-item1-9994">False</xref>
</xrefGrp>
Isoprenaline is pure beta stimulant and does not interfere with renal blood
flow.</p>
</item1>
<item1 id="med-9780199694389-chapter-1-item1-5">
<p role="explanation">
<enumerator>e</enumerator>
<xrefGrp role="answer">
<xref ref="prod-9780191234567-chapter-2-item1-9995">False</xref>
</xrefGrp>
Dobutamine actively increases urinary output by improving cardiac output, but
does not alter renal blood flow.</p>
</item1>
</list1>
</list>
</p>
<p>
<bibItem author="Peck T, Hill S, and Williams M" title="Pharmacology for Anaesthesia and Intensive Care" class="book" place="Cambridge" publisher="Cambridge University Press" date="2004" edition="2">
Peck T, Hill S, and Williams M (2004) Pharmacology for Anaesthesia and Intensive
Care, 2nd edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.</bibItem>
</p></div3><div3 role="TFMCQ-answer">
<p>
<enumerator>14.</enumerator> Remifentanil:</p>
<p>
<list>
<list1>
<item1 id="med-9780199694389-chapter-1-item1-6">
<p role="explanation">
<enumerator>a</enumerator>
<xrefGrp role="answer">
<xref ref="prod-9780191234567-chapter-2-item1-9996">True</xref>
</xrefGrp> It
acts rapidly and the action is terminated quickly after discontinuation of the
infusion.</p>
</item1>
<item1 id="med-9780199694389-chapter-1-item1-7">
<p role="explanation">
<enumerator>b</enumerator>
<xrefGrp role="answer">
<xref ref="prod-9780191234567-chapter-2-item1-9997">False</xref>
</xrefGrp> It is
hydrolysed by non-specific esterases.</p>
</item1>
<item1 id="med-9780199694389-chapter-1-item1-8">
<p role="explanation">
<enumerator>c</enumerator>
<xrefGrp role="answer">
<xref ref="prod-9780191234567-chapter-2-item1-9998">False</xref>
</xrefGrp> The
effect lasts for 5-10 minutes.</p>
</item1>
<item1 id="med-9780199694389-chapter-1-item1-9">
<p role="explanation">
<enumerator>d</enumerator>
<xrefGrp role="answer">
<xref ref="prod-9780191234567-chapter-2-item1-9999">True</xref>
</xrefGrp> Like
all other synthetic opioids, remifentanil can induce muscle rigidity.</p>
</item1>
<item1 id="med-9780199694389-chapter-1-item1-10">
<p role="explanation">
<enumerator>e</enumerator>
<xrefGrp role="answer">
<xref ref="prod-9780191234567-chapter-2-item1-10000">True</xref>
</xrefGrp>
Remifentanil has been used for analgesia in labour, however, a high incidence
of respiratory depression limits its widespread use.</p>
</item1>
</list1>
</list>
</p>
<p>
<bibItem author="Allman K and Wilson I" title="Oxford Handbook of Anaesthesia" class="book" place="Oxford" publisher="Oxford University Press" date="2006" edition="2"> Allman K and Wilson I (2006) Oxford Handbook of Anaesthesia, 2nd
edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press.</bibItem>
</p></div3><!-- The answers to the rest of the questions, in more div3 elements, would go here -->
</div2>
</div1>