National Practising Veterinarian Qualification Examination (全国执业兽医资格考试) · China · Examination committee under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA)
Original practice questions written to the published syllabus · not past papersTraditional and complementary animal medicine: ethno-veterinary practice, Ayurveda for animals, homeopathy and traditional Chinese veterinary medicine, and how to judge their evidence and regulation.
In the exams: China national exam: TCVM is 15 of 100 marks on the clinical paper; proposed MSVE revision (not yet notified) adds an Integrative Veterinary Medicine course
China National Practising Veterinarian Qualification Examination (clinical paper)
TCVM is 15 of 100 clinical marks: yin-yang, five-phase generating and controlling cycles and organ associations, zang-fu, qi, blood and body fluids, the four diagnostic methods, eight principles and six pathogenic factors, acupuncture techniques, herb natures and flavours, and formula roles (monarch, minister, assistant, envoy).
How our questions for National Practising Veterinarian Qualification Examination spread across the units of Integrative and Ethno-Veterinary Medicine. Difficulty: 10 easy, 4 medium, 2 hard.
| Traditional Chinese veterinary medicine | 15 | |
| Integrative medicine in veterinary curricula and exams | 1 |
Choose an answer, then open the working. Each explanation says why the right answer is right and why the others are not.
In the generating (sheng) cycle of the five phases, wood generates which phase?
D. Fire
The generating cycle runs wood → fire → earth → metal → water → wood. Wood controls earth in the ke cycle, which is the usual confusion.
In the controlling (ke) cycle of the five phases, water controls which phase?
B. Fire
The controlling cycle runs wood → earth → water → fire → metal → wood, so water controls fire. Water generates wood in the sheng cycle, which is the common slip.
Which of these organs is a fu (hollow, yang) organ in TCVM?
A. Gallbladder
The fu organs are the gallbladder, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, urinary bladder and triple burner. Liver, kidney and spleen are zang (solid, yin) organs.
The eight principles (ba gang) of TCVM pattern diagnosis are four pairs. Which pair is NOT one of them?
D. Wind and dampness
The eight principles are yin and yang, exterior and interior, cold and heat, and deficiency and excess. Wind and dampness are two of the six external pathogenic factors.
Which of the following is NOT one of the four diagnostic methods of TCVM?
D. Radiography
The four methods are inspection, listening and smelling, inquiry and palpation (including pulse). Radiography is a conventional imaging method.
In the structure of a Chinese herbal formula, what is the role of the monarch (jun) herb?
D. It addresses the main pattern or principal complaint
The monarch addresses the main pattern; the minister (chen) supports it; the assistant (zuo) treats secondary signs or reduces toxicity; the envoy (shi) harmonises or guides.
The Yuan Heng Liao Ma Ji, the best-known classical Chinese veterinary text, is chiefly a treatise on which animal, and from which dynasty?
A. Horses; Ming dynasty, published 1608
The Yuan Heng Liao Ma Ji was compiled by the brothers Yu Benyuan and Yu Benheng and published in 1608 in the Ming dynasty; it deals mainly with horses, with sections on cattle and camels added later.
Further reading: Histories of Chinese veterinary medicine
Chinese herbs are classified by their 'nature'. Which list gives these natures?
B. Cold, cool, neutral, warm and hot
Nature (sometimes called the four qi, with neutral added) describes cold, cool, neutral, warm and hot. Pungent, sweet, sour, bitter and salty are the five flavours; wood to water are the five phases; wind to fire are pathogenic factors.
How much of China's national practising veterinarian examination is devoted to traditional Chinese veterinary medicine, according to published section weights?
C. 15 of 100 marks on the clinical paper
The clinical paper allocates clinical diagnosis 20, internal medicine 20, surgery 30, obstetrics 15 and TCVM 15 marks (weights from a third-party preparation site; the format is from MARA). TCVM is not on the basic or preventive papers.
Further reading: MARA notice; med66 section weights
In TCVM, which statement about zang-fu organs is correct?
D. They are functional systems and do not map exactly onto anatomical organs of the same name
TCVM organs are functional systems; the 'spleen', for example, describes digestive and transformation functions rather than the anatomical spleen alone. The fu organs are part of the theory, and pulse and tongue are used in animals.
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