DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS EXAM 1
2026/2027 WITH 150 QUESTIONS AND
EXPERT-VERIFIED CORRECT
ANSWERS | ALREADY GRADED A+ |
GUARANTEED PASS |
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS EXAM
_______________ is a type of reasoning that occurs when a clinician generates a
hypothesis the tries to acquire data to support it. (common error of novice clinicians).
Backward reasoning
____________ is a type of reasoning that uses data items or sets to generate a hypothesis. This
depends on a solid knowledge of symptomology.
Forward reasoning
_______________ is a type of knowledge that can be described, measured, and taught.
Explicit knowledge
,_______________ is a type of knowledge that is possessed without conscious awareness that is
built from quantitative and qualitative clinical experience. It is acquired through association of
other people.
Tacit Knowledge (intuitive)
_____________ is a type of reasoning that occurs based on the cause and effect of a relationship
between clinical data.
Example- CHF is a cause for pedal edema
Causal reasoning
____________________ is a type of reasoning that occurs depending on knowledge that exists
as unambiguous rules utilizing diagnostic algorthims.
Deterministic reasoning
_______________ is a type of reasoning that occurs when the clinician is able to recall the
patterns, signs and symptoms for a disease and distinguish between manifestations of that disease
and another.
Pattern recognition
______________ is a type of knowledge that is known as the rules of thumb or mental strategies
that provide shortcuts but can lead to errors.
Heuristics
What are guiding principles used by experts?
, Maxims
__________________ is regarding pattern recognition and involves simultaneous ability to recall
pattern of signs and symptoms of a disease and the ability to distinguish one disease from
another.
Occam's razor
_________________ counters Occam's Razor because its often statistically possible that a
patient has multiple common diseases rather than a rare disease that explains everything.
(Comorbidities)
Hiccums Dictum
_______________ is the probability that a patient has a disease before the result is known.
Pretest probability
________________ is the probability that a patient has the disease after the results are known.
Posttest probability
_________________ are those who have the disease will have a abnormal (positive) result. This
is a true positive rate and will confirm presence of the disease and is good for screenings?
Sensitivity
____________________ are those who DO NOT have the disease will have a normal (negative)
result. This is a true negative, confirm the absence of disease, and are good for diagnostic
screenings.
2026/2027 WITH 150 QUESTIONS AND
EXPERT-VERIFIED CORRECT
ANSWERS | ALREADY GRADED A+ |
GUARANTEED PASS |
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS EXAM
_______________ is a type of reasoning that occurs when a clinician generates a
hypothesis the tries to acquire data to support it. (common error of novice clinicians).
Backward reasoning
____________ is a type of reasoning that uses data items or sets to generate a hypothesis. This
depends on a solid knowledge of symptomology.
Forward reasoning
_______________ is a type of knowledge that can be described, measured, and taught.
Explicit knowledge
,_______________ is a type of knowledge that is possessed without conscious awareness that is
built from quantitative and qualitative clinical experience. It is acquired through association of
other people.
Tacit Knowledge (intuitive)
_____________ is a type of reasoning that occurs based on the cause and effect of a relationship
between clinical data.
Example- CHF is a cause for pedal edema
Causal reasoning
____________________ is a type of reasoning that occurs depending on knowledge that exists
as unambiguous rules utilizing diagnostic algorthims.
Deterministic reasoning
_______________ is a type of reasoning that occurs when the clinician is able to recall the
patterns, signs and symptoms for a disease and distinguish between manifestations of that disease
and another.
Pattern recognition
______________ is a type of knowledge that is known as the rules of thumb or mental strategies
that provide shortcuts but can lead to errors.
Heuristics
What are guiding principles used by experts?
, Maxims
__________________ is regarding pattern recognition and involves simultaneous ability to recall
pattern of signs and symptoms of a disease and the ability to distinguish one disease from
another.
Occam's razor
_________________ counters Occam's Razor because its often statistically possible that a
patient has multiple common diseases rather than a rare disease that explains everything.
(Comorbidities)
Hiccums Dictum
_______________ is the probability that a patient has a disease before the result is known.
Pretest probability
________________ is the probability that a patient has the disease after the results are known.
Posttest probability
_________________ are those who have the disease will have a abnormal (positive) result. This
is a true positive rate and will confirm presence of the disease and is good for screenings?
Sensitivity
____________________ are those who DO NOT have the disease will have a normal (negative)
result. This is a true negative, confirm the absence of disease, and are good for diagnostic
screenings.
