CALE Question Bank-Practice Exam
Incubation period for Hep C
A. 15-50 days
B. 15-60 days
C. 20-90 days or 14-180 days
D. 50-180 days or 45-160 days ANS: C
Family goes out for dinner, the next day they are all sick. What is the cause?
A. Bacteria
B. Virus
C. Parasite ANS: B
Diabetes symptoms include:
A. Sweet odor and ketoacidosis
B. Sweet odor and hypoglycemia
C. Anxiety and ketoacidosis
D. Anxiety and hypoglycemia ANS: A
What nerve is associated with taste?
A. XII
B. V
C. VII
D. IX ANS: C
What nerve is involved with Bell's Palsy?
,A. III
B. VII
C. V
D. XII ANS: B
Patient reaches out to her back seat in her car and feels pain, which muscles are affected and test would
you use?
A. Rotator cuff, empty can test
B. Rotator cuff, tinel's sign
C. Carpal Tunnel, Phalen's test
D. Carpal Tunnel, Finkelstein test ANS: A
Which test is the following description and what are you testing for? While patient is in supine position,
grasp the knee and place one hand over the top of the knee with thumb over one joint line and index
and middle finger over the opposite joint line. Begin with knee in full flexion and then laterally rotate the
tibia and extend the knee beyond 90 degrees. Audible click is a positive test.
A. Straight Leg Test
B. McMurray's Test, lateral meniscal tear
C. McMurray's Test, medial meniscal tear
D. Apley' Distraction test ANS: C
Gan Mai Da Zao Tang can be substituted for which prescription drug?
A. Lasix
B. Digoxin
C. Lipitor
D. Paxil ANS: D
,Which herb has the same action as Lasix?
A. Bai Guo
B. Ma Huang
C. Fu Ling
D. Dang Gui ANS: C
Which herb has the same action as NSAID?
A. Bai Guo
B. Ma Huang
C. Fu Ling
D. Dang Gui ANS: A
Which herb has the same action as Coumadin?
A. Bai Guo
B. Ma Huang
C. Fu Ling
D. Dang Gui ANS: D
Which herb has the same action as Digoxin?
A. Bai Guo
B. Ma Huang
C. Fu Ling
D. Dang Gui ANS: B
Shan Zha and Jue Ming Zi has the same action for which prescription drug?
, A. Paxil
B. Lasix
C. Lipitor
D. Coumadin ANS: C
SJ5 has which of the following action?
A. Release exterior and relax the tendons
B. Release wind-heat
C. Subdue Liver yang rising and stop convulsions
D. Benefit the ear and open the intestines ANS: B
Which Sea of Qi benefits shortness of breath?
A. ST9
B. Du14
C. Du16
D. Ren 17 ANS: D
Old man comes in with weak voice for a month. He also complains for dry cough. His tongue is red and
pulse is superficial and rapid. What is your diagnosis?
A. Lung Qi deficiency
B. Wind heat
C. Wind cold
D. Yin deficiency ANS: A
What is the prescription used for mumps?
A. ST6, SJ17, SJ5, Li11, Li4
Incubation period for Hep C
A. 15-50 days
B. 15-60 days
C. 20-90 days or 14-180 days
D. 50-180 days or 45-160 days ANS: C
Family goes out for dinner, the next day they are all sick. What is the cause?
A. Bacteria
B. Virus
C. Parasite ANS: B
Diabetes symptoms include:
A. Sweet odor and ketoacidosis
B. Sweet odor and hypoglycemia
C. Anxiety and ketoacidosis
D. Anxiety and hypoglycemia ANS: A
What nerve is associated with taste?
A. XII
B. V
C. VII
D. IX ANS: C
What nerve is involved with Bell's Palsy?
,A. III
B. VII
C. V
D. XII ANS: B
Patient reaches out to her back seat in her car and feels pain, which muscles are affected and test would
you use?
A. Rotator cuff, empty can test
B. Rotator cuff, tinel's sign
C. Carpal Tunnel, Phalen's test
D. Carpal Tunnel, Finkelstein test ANS: A
Which test is the following description and what are you testing for? While patient is in supine position,
grasp the knee and place one hand over the top of the knee with thumb over one joint line and index
and middle finger over the opposite joint line. Begin with knee in full flexion and then laterally rotate the
tibia and extend the knee beyond 90 degrees. Audible click is a positive test.
A. Straight Leg Test
B. McMurray's Test, lateral meniscal tear
C. McMurray's Test, medial meniscal tear
D. Apley' Distraction test ANS: C
Gan Mai Da Zao Tang can be substituted for which prescription drug?
A. Lasix
B. Digoxin
C. Lipitor
D. Paxil ANS: D
,Which herb has the same action as Lasix?
A. Bai Guo
B. Ma Huang
C. Fu Ling
D. Dang Gui ANS: C
Which herb has the same action as NSAID?
A. Bai Guo
B. Ma Huang
C. Fu Ling
D. Dang Gui ANS: A
Which herb has the same action as Coumadin?
A. Bai Guo
B. Ma Huang
C. Fu Ling
D. Dang Gui ANS: D
Which herb has the same action as Digoxin?
A. Bai Guo
B. Ma Huang
C. Fu Ling
D. Dang Gui ANS: B
Shan Zha and Jue Ming Zi has the same action for which prescription drug?
, A. Paxil
B. Lasix
C. Lipitor
D. Coumadin ANS: C
SJ5 has which of the following action?
A. Release exterior and relax the tendons
B. Release wind-heat
C. Subdue Liver yang rising and stop convulsions
D. Benefit the ear and open the intestines ANS: B
Which Sea of Qi benefits shortness of breath?
A. ST9
B. Du14
C. Du16
D. Ren 17 ANS: D
Old man comes in with weak voice for a month. He also complains for dry cough. His tongue is red and
pulse is superficial and rapid. What is your diagnosis?
A. Lung Qi deficiency
B. Wind heat
C. Wind cold
D. Yin deficiency ANS: A
What is the prescription used for mumps?
A. ST6, SJ17, SJ5, Li11, Li4
