MN 566 MIDTERM EXAM - COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND DETAILED
SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATE THIS YEAR JUST RELEASED
Question 1: Julie has relapsing-remitting muscular sclerosis. She
has not had a good response to interferon. Which medication might
help if given IV once a month?
A. Glatiramer Acetate
B. Natalizumab
C. Fingolimod
D. Glucocorticoids
Answer:
B. Natalizumab
Question 2: A score of 12 to 24 on this test indicates intermediate
Alzheimer's:
A. SLUMS
B. MoCA
C. FAST
D. MMSE
Answer:
D. MMSE
Question 3: IV thrombolytic therapy following an ischemic CVA
should be given within how many hours of symptom onset?
A. 1 hour
B. 3 hours
C. 6 hours
D. 12 Hours
,Answer:
B. 3 Hours
Question 4: Which of the following should be started promptly if
viral encephalitis is suspected?
A. Oral amoxicillin
B. IV acyclovir
C. IV ampicillin
D. Oral acyclovir
Answer:
B. IV acyclovir
Question 5: When a patient has a carotid bruit, which of the
following should the PCP gather from the patient history?
A. History of hemophilia
B. History of peripheral vascular occlusive disease
C. History of seizure disorder
D. History of sickle cell disease
Answer:
B. History of peripheral vascular occlusive disease
Question 6: Which patient is most likely to have myasthenia gravis
(MG)?
A. A 75 year-old Caucasian Woman
B. A 31 year-old Hispanic woman
C. A 55-year-old African American male
D. A 10-year-old Middle Eastern male
, Answer:
B. A 31-year-old Hispanic Woman
Question 7: Which patient is most likely to be diagnosed with
Guilllan-Barre Syndrome?
A. A 6-month-old infant
B. A 30-year-old man
C. A 72-year-old woman
D. A 50-year-old man
Answer:
C. A 72-year-old woman
Question 8: Which of the following persons fit the classic
description of a patient with multiple sclerosis (MS)?
A. A teenage male
B. A 65-year-old male
C. A 25-year-old female
D. A 60-year-old female
Answer:
C. A 25-year-old female
Question 9: Jolene has breast caner that has been staged as T1,
N0, M0. What might this mean?
A. The tumor size cannot be evaluated; the cancer has not spread to
the lymph nodes; and the distant spread cannot be evaluated.
B. The cancer is in situ; it is spreading into the lymph nodes but the
spread cannot be evaluated otherwise.
SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATE THIS YEAR JUST RELEASED
Question 1: Julie has relapsing-remitting muscular sclerosis. She
has not had a good response to interferon. Which medication might
help if given IV once a month?
A. Glatiramer Acetate
B. Natalizumab
C. Fingolimod
D. Glucocorticoids
Answer:
B. Natalizumab
Question 2: A score of 12 to 24 on this test indicates intermediate
Alzheimer's:
A. SLUMS
B. MoCA
C. FAST
D. MMSE
Answer:
D. MMSE
Question 3: IV thrombolytic therapy following an ischemic CVA
should be given within how many hours of symptom onset?
A. 1 hour
B. 3 hours
C. 6 hours
D. 12 Hours
,Answer:
B. 3 Hours
Question 4: Which of the following should be started promptly if
viral encephalitis is suspected?
A. Oral amoxicillin
B. IV acyclovir
C. IV ampicillin
D. Oral acyclovir
Answer:
B. IV acyclovir
Question 5: When a patient has a carotid bruit, which of the
following should the PCP gather from the patient history?
A. History of hemophilia
B. History of peripheral vascular occlusive disease
C. History of seizure disorder
D. History of sickle cell disease
Answer:
B. History of peripheral vascular occlusive disease
Question 6: Which patient is most likely to have myasthenia gravis
(MG)?
A. A 75 year-old Caucasian Woman
B. A 31 year-old Hispanic woman
C. A 55-year-old African American male
D. A 10-year-old Middle Eastern male
, Answer:
B. A 31-year-old Hispanic Woman
Question 7: Which patient is most likely to be diagnosed with
Guilllan-Barre Syndrome?
A. A 6-month-old infant
B. A 30-year-old man
C. A 72-year-old woman
D. A 50-year-old man
Answer:
C. A 72-year-old woman
Question 8: Which of the following persons fit the classic
description of a patient with multiple sclerosis (MS)?
A. A teenage male
B. A 65-year-old male
C. A 25-year-old female
D. A 60-year-old female
Answer:
C. A 25-year-old female
Question 9: Jolene has breast caner that has been staged as T1,
N0, M0. What might this mean?
A. The tumor size cannot be evaluated; the cancer has not spread to
the lymph nodes; and the distant spread cannot be evaluated.
B. The cancer is in situ; it is spreading into the lymph nodes but the
spread cannot be evaluated otherwise.
