COMLEX LEVEL 2 EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Vault hold finger positioning - Correct Answers -Index: g wing of sphenoid
Middle: preauricular part of temporal bone
Ring: mastoid
Little: squamous portion of occiput
VSR for head and neck - Correct Answers -T1-T4
VSR for heart - Correct Answers -T1-T5
hypokalemia on EKG - Correct Answers -u wave that directly follows t wave, flat or
inverted t waves
treatment of patient from burning home without signs of airway compromise - Correct
Answers -100% oxygen via non-rebreather mask
pancreatic adenocarcinoma symptoms - Correct Answers -succussion splash, weight
loss, early satiety, new unexplained hyperglycemia
Burn on head - Correct Answers -9%
Burn on chest or back - Correct Answers -18%
Burn on arms - Correct Answers -18% total (9% each, anterior and posterior)
Burn on legs - Correct Answers -36% total (18% each)
Burn on genitals - Correct Answers -1%
Parkland formula - Correct Answers -%TBSA x weight (kg) x 4 mL/kg
1/2 given in first 8 hours, rest given over 16 hours
treatment for nosocomial pseudomonal (gram neg aerobic) PNA in ICU patient - Correct
Answers -anti-pseudomonal B lactam combined with B lactamase inhibitor AND
aminoglycoside ex. amikacin & pip-tazo
cryoprecipitate - Correct Answers -factors VIII & XIII, fibrinogen, and vWF
, -use when indication for FFP present, but pt is volume overloaded or if fibrinogen
deficient
Whipple procedure - Correct Answers -head of pancreas, duodenum, GB, CBD; prox
jejunum, distal stomach
prenatal visit frequency - Correct Answers -every 4 weeks from weeks 0-28
every 2-3 weeks from weeks 28-36
every week until delivery
CML - Correct Answers -sx: splenomegaly (epigastric pain & satiety)
labs: leukocytosis, myeloblasts, basophilia, granulocytosis, neutrophils, bands, &
segmented mature cells
CLL - Correct Answers -most common after 50 y/o
dx: lymphocytosis w/ predom mature small lymphocytes
myelodysplastic syndrome - Correct Answers -dysplastic neutrophils, pancytopenia,
hypercellular bone marrow
Nocardia - Correct Answers -gram positive branching bacilli
cause of hydrocele - Correct Answers -patent processus vaginalis
sarcoidosis treatment - Correct Answers -corticosteroids
ankylosing spondylitis imaging results - Correct Answers -squaring of L-spine vertebral
bodies, complete fusion of vertebral column, diffuse sclerosis, syndesmophytes
tx w/ NSAIDs & PT
MEN 1 - Correct Answers -pituitary adenoma (vision changes), parathyroid hyperplasia
(hyperCa), pancreatic islet cell tumor (gastrinoma)
teratoma - Correct Answers -nonseminomatous germ cell tumor, heterogenous w/
calcifications and cystic areas, hyperechoic
negative AFP, B-hCG, & estradiol
yolk sac tumor (endodermal sinus) - Correct Answers -most common testicular malig in
prepubertal males, painless testicular mass
-incr AFP w/ negative B-hCG & estradiol
AND ANSWERS
Vault hold finger positioning - Correct Answers -Index: g wing of sphenoid
Middle: preauricular part of temporal bone
Ring: mastoid
Little: squamous portion of occiput
VSR for head and neck - Correct Answers -T1-T4
VSR for heart - Correct Answers -T1-T5
hypokalemia on EKG - Correct Answers -u wave that directly follows t wave, flat or
inverted t waves
treatment of patient from burning home without signs of airway compromise - Correct
Answers -100% oxygen via non-rebreather mask
pancreatic adenocarcinoma symptoms - Correct Answers -succussion splash, weight
loss, early satiety, new unexplained hyperglycemia
Burn on head - Correct Answers -9%
Burn on chest or back - Correct Answers -18%
Burn on arms - Correct Answers -18% total (9% each, anterior and posterior)
Burn on legs - Correct Answers -36% total (18% each)
Burn on genitals - Correct Answers -1%
Parkland formula - Correct Answers -%TBSA x weight (kg) x 4 mL/kg
1/2 given in first 8 hours, rest given over 16 hours
treatment for nosocomial pseudomonal (gram neg aerobic) PNA in ICU patient - Correct
Answers -anti-pseudomonal B lactam combined with B lactamase inhibitor AND
aminoglycoside ex. amikacin & pip-tazo
cryoprecipitate - Correct Answers -factors VIII & XIII, fibrinogen, and vWF
, -use when indication for FFP present, but pt is volume overloaded or if fibrinogen
deficient
Whipple procedure - Correct Answers -head of pancreas, duodenum, GB, CBD; prox
jejunum, distal stomach
prenatal visit frequency - Correct Answers -every 4 weeks from weeks 0-28
every 2-3 weeks from weeks 28-36
every week until delivery
CML - Correct Answers -sx: splenomegaly (epigastric pain & satiety)
labs: leukocytosis, myeloblasts, basophilia, granulocytosis, neutrophils, bands, &
segmented mature cells
CLL - Correct Answers -most common after 50 y/o
dx: lymphocytosis w/ predom mature small lymphocytes
myelodysplastic syndrome - Correct Answers -dysplastic neutrophils, pancytopenia,
hypercellular bone marrow
Nocardia - Correct Answers -gram positive branching bacilli
cause of hydrocele - Correct Answers -patent processus vaginalis
sarcoidosis treatment - Correct Answers -corticosteroids
ankylosing spondylitis imaging results - Correct Answers -squaring of L-spine vertebral
bodies, complete fusion of vertebral column, diffuse sclerosis, syndesmophytes
tx w/ NSAIDs & PT
MEN 1 - Correct Answers -pituitary adenoma (vision changes), parathyroid hyperplasia
(hyperCa), pancreatic islet cell tumor (gastrinoma)
teratoma - Correct Answers -nonseminomatous germ cell tumor, heterogenous w/
calcifications and cystic areas, hyperechoic
negative AFP, B-hCG, & estradiol
yolk sac tumor (endodermal sinus) - Correct Answers -most common testicular malig in
prepubertal males, painless testicular mass
-incr AFP w/ negative B-hCG & estradiol
