NM717 FINAL COMPREHENSIVE EXAM 2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ What is used in differential diagnosis of thyroid disorders and
associated with autoimmune disease? Answer: TPO
◉ What can positive thyroid antibodies indicate? Answer: (1)
grave's disease (2) hashimoto (3) thyoiditis
◉ Who is the universal blood donor? Answer: O-
◉ Who is the universal blood recipient? Answer: AB positive
◉ When may there be a false positive PPD test? Answer: Prior
immunization with BCG
◉ What is the preferred method of TB testing in person who had
BCG vaccination? Answer: Interferon-gamma release assay
◉ What is considered positive test for sickle cell? Answer: Hgb S
present
,◉ If sickle cell screening test is positive, what is the test performed
that would indicate diagnosis? Answer: Hgb electrophoresis
◉ What is normal ALT value? Answer: 4-36
◉ What is normal AST value? Answer: 0-35
◉ What test can be used as part of diagnostic workup for SLE,
scleroderma, rheumatoid arthristis, and Sjorgen's syndrome?
Answer: ANA
◉ How much calcium should women take between 19 to 50 years
old? Answer: 1000 mg/day
◉ How much calcium should women take after 51 years old?
Answer: 1200 mg/day
◉ What is the amount of folic acid that women of childbearing age
should be getting each day? Answer: 0.4 mg
◉ What are dietary sources of folic acid? Answer: (1) dried beans
(2) leafy greens (3) citrus fruits and veggies (4) fortified cereals
,◉ What dietary deficiencies could vegetarians have? Answer: (1)
protein (2) calcium (3) iron (4) vitamin b12 (5) vitamin D
◉ When do you recommend starting colonoscopies? Answer: Age 50
(45 for Black women)
◉ What BMI would warrant diabetes testing? Answer: Greater than
35
◉ What safety questions should you ask in well-women visits?
Answer: (1) seat belts (2) helmets (3) smoke alarms (4)
occupational safety
◉ What should be integrated into well-woman visits for all women
of reproductive age? Answer: Preconception care
◉ What are the iron requirements for nonpregnant women 14 to 18
years of age? Answer: 15
◉ What are the iron requirements for nonpregnant women 19 to 50
years of age? Answer: 18
, ◉ What are sources of dietary iron? Answer: (1) meat (2) fish (3)
poultry (4) fortified cereals (5) dried fruits (6) dark green
vegetables (7) supplements
◉ How much exercise should you encourage daily? Answer: 150
minutes moderate activity or 75 minutes vigorous activity
◉ What cranial nerve is both sensory and motor? Answer: CN V
◉ How do you test for CN I? Answer: Odors
◉ How do you test for CN II? Answer: Visual acuity
◉ How do you test for CN III, IV, VI? Answer: PERRLA, EOM function,
and ptosis
◉ How do you test CN VII? Answer: Smile (observe any weakness,
asymmetry, or abnormal movements of face)
◉ How big is liver span? Answer: 6-12
◉ How big should you palpate aorta? Answer: Less than 3cm
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ What is used in differential diagnosis of thyroid disorders and
associated with autoimmune disease? Answer: TPO
◉ What can positive thyroid antibodies indicate? Answer: (1)
grave's disease (2) hashimoto (3) thyoiditis
◉ Who is the universal blood donor? Answer: O-
◉ Who is the universal blood recipient? Answer: AB positive
◉ When may there be a false positive PPD test? Answer: Prior
immunization with BCG
◉ What is the preferred method of TB testing in person who had
BCG vaccination? Answer: Interferon-gamma release assay
◉ What is considered positive test for sickle cell? Answer: Hgb S
present
,◉ If sickle cell screening test is positive, what is the test performed
that would indicate diagnosis? Answer: Hgb electrophoresis
◉ What is normal ALT value? Answer: 4-36
◉ What is normal AST value? Answer: 0-35
◉ What test can be used as part of diagnostic workup for SLE,
scleroderma, rheumatoid arthristis, and Sjorgen's syndrome?
Answer: ANA
◉ How much calcium should women take between 19 to 50 years
old? Answer: 1000 mg/day
◉ How much calcium should women take after 51 years old?
Answer: 1200 mg/day
◉ What is the amount of folic acid that women of childbearing age
should be getting each day? Answer: 0.4 mg
◉ What are dietary sources of folic acid? Answer: (1) dried beans
(2) leafy greens (3) citrus fruits and veggies (4) fortified cereals
,◉ What dietary deficiencies could vegetarians have? Answer: (1)
protein (2) calcium (3) iron (4) vitamin b12 (5) vitamin D
◉ When do you recommend starting colonoscopies? Answer: Age 50
(45 for Black women)
◉ What BMI would warrant diabetes testing? Answer: Greater than
35
◉ What safety questions should you ask in well-women visits?
Answer: (1) seat belts (2) helmets (3) smoke alarms (4)
occupational safety
◉ What should be integrated into well-woman visits for all women
of reproductive age? Answer: Preconception care
◉ What are the iron requirements for nonpregnant women 14 to 18
years of age? Answer: 15
◉ What are the iron requirements for nonpregnant women 19 to 50
years of age? Answer: 18
, ◉ What are sources of dietary iron? Answer: (1) meat (2) fish (3)
poultry (4) fortified cereals (5) dried fruits (6) dark green
vegetables (7) supplements
◉ How much exercise should you encourage daily? Answer: 150
minutes moderate activity or 75 minutes vigorous activity
◉ What cranial nerve is both sensory and motor? Answer: CN V
◉ How do you test for CN I? Answer: Odors
◉ How do you test for CN II? Answer: Visual acuity
◉ How do you test for CN III, IV, VI? Answer: PERRLA, EOM function,
and ptosis
◉ How do you test CN VII? Answer: Smile (observe any weakness,
asymmetry, or abnormal movements of face)
◉ How big is liver span? Answer: 6-12
◉ How big should you palpate aorta? Answer: Less than 3cm
