DIAGNOSTICS EXAM
QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS UPDATED
2026
3BapproachesBtoBdiagnosis?B-BAnswerBdoBeverythingBmethodB(tabulaBrasa)
hypothetico-deductiveBreasoningBmethod
intuitiveBrecognitionBmethod
tabulaBrasa?B-BAnswerB-
BcollectBcompleteBbodyBofBdata,Bdon'tBanalyzeBuntilBinfoBisBcomplete
-BgenerateBlistBofBdifferentialBdiagnoses
hypothetico-deductiveBreasoningBmethod?B-
BAnswerBgenerateBdifferentialBdiagnosisBasBhistoryBandBphysicalBisBunderway
-BestimateBinitialBprobabilities
-BlookBforBspecificBadditionalBinformationBandBweighBpresenceBorBabsenceBofBfindings
whatBisBsensitivity?B-BAnswerBtheBdegreeBtoBwhichBaBfindingBisBpositiveBinBdisease
whatBisBspecificity?B-BAnswerBtheBdegreeBtoBwhichBaBfindingBisBnegativeBinBdisease
acronymBforBinductiveBreasoning?B-BAnswerBTIMVaDeTuCoNe
TIMVaDeTuCoNe?B-BAnswerBTrauma
, Inflammation
Metabolic
Vascular
Degenerative
Tumor
Congenital
Neurogenic/Psychogenic
+BMechanical
intuitiveBrecognitionBmethod?B-BAnswerBnon-analytic=Bexperiential
effortlessBrecognitionBthroughBpatternBrecognition
labBtesting:BCBC?B-
BAnswerBcompleteBbloodBcount=BinfoBregardingBsizeBandBnumberBofBvariousBbloodBc
ellsBinBperipheralBcirculation
WBC:BbacterialBinfectionBvsBviral?B-BAnswerBbacterial=Bneutrophils
viral=Blymphocytes
labBtesting:BMCV?B-
BAnswerBmeanBcorpuscularBvolume=BaverageBredBbloodBcellBsizeB(totalBvolumeBofBpa
ckedBredBbloodBcellBdividedBbyBtotalBnumberBofBRBCs)
MCVBisBclassificationBsystemBfor?B-BAnswerBanemia
CBCBnormalBvaluesBforBWBC?B-BAnswerB4,000-11,000/mm3
CBCBnormalBvaluesBforBRBC?B-BAnswerB4.1-5.3x10^6/mm3