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  Q2: The following are more suggestive of chronic than acute renal failure:
b)

Oliguria

True - WRONG.
Reduced urine output may be a presenting feature of acute renal failure. A reduction in urine output does not usually occur in chronic renal failure until after patients have been established on long-term dialysis.

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