CMT1 Written Exam Sample Paper 9
Part 1, 20 Short Answer Questions, 40% of marks (2% per question)

Note: These questions have short answers. Long or complex answers are not required and may lose marks.

1. What relationships exist between metal and wood? (name 3)
2. Which are the key organs concerned with qi production?
3. What is ying qi? (NOT how is it produced)
4. Taiyin is one of the six divisions. Which two organs are involved and which part of the body does this relate to?
5. What is the zhi (will)?
6. What are the main functions of the liver?
7. What aspects of the tongue do we inspect in tongue diagnosis? (name 4)
8. What season is represented by earth and how can this be experienced in the body? (name 3 possibilities)
9. List the basic functions of blood in the body.
10. Give two reasons why shaoyin is said to pivot.
11. What are the main functions of the stomach?
12. What is a normal pulse in terms of speed?
13. What characteristics of a balanced metal might you see in a person (name 4)?
14. What is the meaning of luo (vessel)?
15. List the characteristics of the second great circuit (name 3).
16. Name three of the extraordinary fu?
17. Which organ does the qing (emotion) nu (anger) belong to?
18. How would you define the meaning of blood in the body?
19. What characteristics of an out of balance water might you see in a person? (name 4)
20. How do yin and yang relate to each other? (name 3 ways)

CMT1 Written Exam, Paper 1 January 2006
Part 1, 20 Short Answer Questions, 40% of marks (2% per question)
Part 2, Compulsory Question, 60% of marksPart 1 should be answered on the question sheet and part 2 on a separate sheet of paper.

PART 1, SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS
Note: These questions have short answers. Long or complex answers are not required and may lose marks.

1. What relationships exist between fire and earth? (name 2)
Fire is mother of earth, earth is child of fire – sheng cycle
The qi moves around the ziwu cycle from earth (spleen 9-11am) to fire (heart 11-1pm)

2. How do yin and yang relate to each other? (name 3 ways)
Oppose but depend on each other for definition
Consume each other
Transform into each other

3. What is yuan qi? (NOT how is it produced)
Source/original qi. Jing-essence in the form of qi.
Constitutional inherited qi, associated with the kidneys, transported via the san jiao.

4. Taiyang is one of the six divisions. Which two organs are involved and which other parts of the body (not organs) can it relate to? (name 1 part)
Bladder & Small Intestine.
Relates to the back, especially the upper back and shoulders, and the spinal area from the neck down to the sacrum.

5. What is the yi (purpose, intent)?
The shen (spirit) of the spleen.
The intention or focusing of the awareness of the doctor in practice. The synthesis of the intuition with knowledge.

6. What are the main functions of the pericardium? (name 2)
Communicates as minister between the heart as emperor and the rest of the body.
Protects the heart from external pathogens.
Connects with the liver as jueyin.
Connects with the san jiao for the communication of ministerial fire between the heart and the kidneys.

7. What are the four basic things we feel for on a pulse? (name all 4)
Speed, depth, regularity and force.

8. What season is represented by metal? What can typically happen to the body in this season? (name 3 possibilities)
Autumn.
Sadness, nostalgia, oppression in the chest, a sense of loss, coughs and colds, lung conditions.

9. List the five basic functions of qi? (name all 5)
Defense, transformation, warming, activation, holding.

10. Why is the yangming said to close? (give 1 reason)
It is full of qi and blood and prone to heat, so is yang, but is on the front of the body, which is yin. The yang allows the rotting and ripening of food and fluids for the spleen to transform and transport, which is a concentrating or closing action.

11. What are the main functions of the gallbladder? (name 2)
Controls the smooth flow (free coursing) of qi.
Stores the bile.

12. What is a normal pulse in terms of speed?
Between 60 & 90 for an adult, although 80+ already indicates slightly fast.

13. What characteristics of a balanced water might you see in a person? (name 4)
Creative, thinks a lot about things, deep, interesting

14. What are the key organs concerned with qi production in the body? (name 4)
Stomach rots & ripens food
Spleen creates gu qi from that.
Lungs create da qi from air
Kidney yuan qi supports all qi hua (transformations)

15. What are the characteristics of the second great circuit (name 2).
Consolidation. The heart and kidney form the shaoyin axis which is the central strength of the interior of the body.
Defense. The SI & Bladder form the taiyang, which protects the exterior from external pathogens.

16. What "manifests in the nails"?
The liver

17. Which organ does the qing (emotion) kong (fear) belong to?
Kidney

18. What aspects of the tongue do we inspect in tongue diagnosis? (name 5)
Shape, moisture, texture/flaccidity, colour, coating, cracks, spots.

19. What characteristics of an out of balance wood might you see in a person (name 4)?
Anger, frustration, authoritarian, dogmatic, wants his own way, tense body, tight muscles, signs of qi stagnation

20 . What are the relationships between qi and blood? (name 2)
Qi is the commander of blood, blood is the mother of qi