ABSITE Practice UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
All non-functioning adrenal incidentalomas should be resected at which size? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 6cm
Initial treatment for attack of TTP? - CORRECT ANSWER - Plasmapheresis
Most common benign tumor of salivary gland? - CORRECT ANSWER - Pleomorphic
Adenoma
Most frequent trace mineral deficiency in a patient receiving TPN? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Zinc
Where does fat absorption primarily occur? - CORRECT ANSWER - Jejunum
Most abundant free amino acid in body? - CORRECT ANSWER - Glutamine
Anesthetic agent not cleared by liver or kidney that is associated with histamine release -
CORRECT ANSWER - Atracurium
Pancuronium is known for its ____________________ effects - CORRECT ANSWER -
Vagolytic
Malignant hyperthermia is most commonly associated with? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Succinylcholine
How many ATP are produced from 1 glucose molecule in Krebs Cycle? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 38
, Cytochrome P450 is stimulated by all except:
Dilantin
Coumadin
Theophylline
INH - CORRECT ANSWER - INH
Coagulation factor not made by liver? - CORRECT ANSWER - Factor VII
Source of histamine release in the blood? - CORRECT ANSWER - Basophil
Wound infection presenting within hours of surgery is most likely caused by? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Clostridium
Symptoms of zinc deficiency? - CORRECT ANSWER - Perioral rash, Hair loss, change in
taste
All are actions of prostacyclin (PGY12) except:
Decreases platelet aggregation
Bronchial smooth muscle relaxation
Vasodilation
Increased coagulation - CORRECT ANSWER - Increased coagulation
Best pre-operative test for patient on NSAIDs/ASA? - CORRECT ANSWER - Bleeding
time
Which bodily fluid has the highest K+ concentration? - CORRECT ANSWER - Saliva
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
All non-functioning adrenal incidentalomas should be resected at which size? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 6cm
Initial treatment for attack of TTP? - CORRECT ANSWER - Plasmapheresis
Most common benign tumor of salivary gland? - CORRECT ANSWER - Pleomorphic
Adenoma
Most frequent trace mineral deficiency in a patient receiving TPN? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Zinc
Where does fat absorption primarily occur? - CORRECT ANSWER - Jejunum
Most abundant free amino acid in body? - CORRECT ANSWER - Glutamine
Anesthetic agent not cleared by liver or kidney that is associated with histamine release -
CORRECT ANSWER - Atracurium
Pancuronium is known for its ____________________ effects - CORRECT ANSWER -
Vagolytic
Malignant hyperthermia is most commonly associated with? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Succinylcholine
How many ATP are produced from 1 glucose molecule in Krebs Cycle? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 38
, Cytochrome P450 is stimulated by all except:
Dilantin
Coumadin
Theophylline
INH - CORRECT ANSWER - INH
Coagulation factor not made by liver? - CORRECT ANSWER - Factor VII
Source of histamine release in the blood? - CORRECT ANSWER - Basophil
Wound infection presenting within hours of surgery is most likely caused by? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Clostridium
Symptoms of zinc deficiency? - CORRECT ANSWER - Perioral rash, Hair loss, change in
taste
All are actions of prostacyclin (PGY12) except:
Decreases platelet aggregation
Bronchial smooth muscle relaxation
Vasodilation
Increased coagulation - CORRECT ANSWER - Increased coagulation
Best pre-operative test for patient on NSAIDs/ASA? - CORRECT ANSWER - Bleeding
time
Which bodily fluid has the highest K+ concentration? - CORRECT ANSWER - Saliva
