CMN 577 PRACTICE TEST PAPER 2026
PRECISE SOLUTIONS INCLUDED
◍ What condition is likely in a 40-year-old with RUQ pain after fatty
meals? Answer: Cholelithiasis
◍ What is the diagnosis for a child with honey-colored crusts around
the mouth? Answer: Impetigo
◍ What condition is indicated by a hypertensive patient with
hypokalemia? Answer: Primary hyperaldosteronism
◍ What is the diagnosis for a patient with unilateral facial drooping
that spares the forehead? Answer: Stroke
◍ What is the best test to confirm iron deficiency anemia? Answer:
Ferritin
◍ What condition does a 6-year-old with fever, stridor, and tripod
position likely have? Answer: Epiglottitis
◍ What is the diagnosis for a patient with a cough lasting more than
3 weeks after a viral illness? Answer: Post-viral cough
,◍ What is the first-line medication for absence seizures? Answer:
Ethosuximide
◍ What is the cause of macrocytic anemia in a patient with alcohol
use disorder? Answer: Folate deficiency
◍ What condition is likely in a smoker with chronic cough and barrel
chest? Answer: Emphysema
◍ What should a patient with a painless thyroid nodule and
hoarseness undergo? Answer: Ultrasound
◍ What is the diagnosis for a patient describing the worst headache
of their life with stiff neck? Answer: Subarachnoid hemorrhage
◍ What condition does a 4-year-old with itchy scalp and scaling
likely have? Answer: Tinea capitis
◍ What should a patient with elevated LDL begin? Answer: Statin
therapy
◍ What condition is indicated by a woman with pelvic pain and
cervical motion tenderness? Answer: PID
◍ What is the diagnosis for a patient with fever, cough, pleuritic
pain, and lobar infiltrate? Answer: Pneumonia
, ◍ What is the diagnosis for a patient with sudden severe unilateral
eye pain and halos around lights? Answer: Acute angle-closure
glaucoma
◍ What is the diagnosis for a teen with knee pain worsened by
running and a positive patellar grind test? Answer: Patellofemoral
pain syndrome
◍ What should you suspect in a patient with COPD presenting with
clubbing? Answer: Lung cancer
◍ What is the diagnosis for a patient with vesicles on an
erythematous base on the lip? Answer: HSV-1
◍ What condition does a 5-year-old with barking cough and mild
fever likely have? Answer: Croup
◍ What is the diagnosis for a patient with tremor, weight loss, heat
intolerance, and tachycardia? Answer: Hyperthyroidism
◍ What is the most sensitive test for diagnosing diabetes? Answer:
Hemoglobin A1c
◍ What is the diagnosis for a patient with LLQ pain, fever, and
leukocytosis? Answer: Diverticulitis
PRECISE SOLUTIONS INCLUDED
◍ What condition is likely in a 40-year-old with RUQ pain after fatty
meals? Answer: Cholelithiasis
◍ What is the diagnosis for a child with honey-colored crusts around
the mouth? Answer: Impetigo
◍ What condition is indicated by a hypertensive patient with
hypokalemia? Answer: Primary hyperaldosteronism
◍ What is the diagnosis for a patient with unilateral facial drooping
that spares the forehead? Answer: Stroke
◍ What is the best test to confirm iron deficiency anemia? Answer:
Ferritin
◍ What condition does a 6-year-old with fever, stridor, and tripod
position likely have? Answer: Epiglottitis
◍ What is the diagnosis for a patient with a cough lasting more than
3 weeks after a viral illness? Answer: Post-viral cough
,◍ What is the first-line medication for absence seizures? Answer:
Ethosuximide
◍ What is the cause of macrocytic anemia in a patient with alcohol
use disorder? Answer: Folate deficiency
◍ What condition is likely in a smoker with chronic cough and barrel
chest? Answer: Emphysema
◍ What should a patient with a painless thyroid nodule and
hoarseness undergo? Answer: Ultrasound
◍ What is the diagnosis for a patient describing the worst headache
of their life with stiff neck? Answer: Subarachnoid hemorrhage
◍ What condition does a 4-year-old with itchy scalp and scaling
likely have? Answer: Tinea capitis
◍ What should a patient with elevated LDL begin? Answer: Statin
therapy
◍ What condition is indicated by a woman with pelvic pain and
cervical motion tenderness? Answer: PID
◍ What is the diagnosis for a patient with fever, cough, pleuritic
pain, and lobar infiltrate? Answer: Pneumonia
, ◍ What is the diagnosis for a patient with sudden severe unilateral
eye pain and halos around lights? Answer: Acute angle-closure
glaucoma
◍ What is the diagnosis for a teen with knee pain worsened by
running and a positive patellar grind test? Answer: Patellofemoral
pain syndrome
◍ What should you suspect in a patient with COPD presenting with
clubbing? Answer: Lung cancer
◍ What is the diagnosis for a patient with vesicles on an
erythematous base on the lip? Answer: HSV-1
◍ What condition does a 5-year-old with barking cough and mild
fever likely have? Answer: Croup
◍ What is the diagnosis for a patient with tremor, weight loss, heat
intolerance, and tachycardia? Answer: Hyperthyroidism
◍ What is the most sensitive test for diagnosing diabetes? Answer:
Hemoglobin A1c
◍ What is the diagnosis for a patient with LLQ pain, fever, and
leukocytosis? Answer: Diverticulitis
