ABIM Internal Medicine Board Review - General IM exam questions with correct answers.

ABIM Internal Medicine Board Review -
General IM exam questions with correct
answers
Study designs - cross-section - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅Risk factor and outcome measured at the same
time



Study designs - retrospective (case control) - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅Subjects divided by outcome,
then retrospectively assessing frequency of risk factors



Study designs - prospective (cohort) - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅Subjects divided by risk factor, then
prospectively followed for outcome



Study designs - randomized controlled trial - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅Subjective randomly divided and
one group receives intervention



Positive likelihood ratio (LR+) - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅Sensitivity/(1-Specificity)



Negative likelihood ratio (LR-) - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅(1-Sensitivity)/Specificity



Vaccines - needed every pregnancy - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅Tdap and influenza



Vaccines - MMR not indicated for adults born before ___ - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅1957



Vaccines - pneumococcal vaccines (PCV13 and PPSV23) indicated in these groups - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔✅Immunocompetent age >65

Functional or anatomic asplenia

Immunocompromised

CSF leaks or cochlear implants