APEA QBank Practice Test Set 2 (Question Bank
Updated 2025) (Best Revision Material)
1. Question: What is the treatment of choice for community acquired, uncomplicated
pneumonia?
Right Answer <> amoxicillin
2. Question: Vitamin B12 deficiency anemia is a type of what anemia
Right Answer <> pernicious; macrocytic
3. Question: Prostate infection or inflammation can cause a sharp rise in PSA values. When
should this value go back down to normal levels and be checked after an acute
infection?
Right Answer <> 4 weeks
4. Question: The most common cause of atypical pneumonia in adults
Right answer <> mycoplasma pneumoniae
5. Question: An herbal supplement thought to help BPH
Right Answer <> saw palmetto
6. Question: A male patient presents to your clinic with a lump in his breast. How should
we work this up? Right Answer <> clinical breast exam, mammogram, AND ultrasound
7. Question: If a patient with strep comes back after 48 hours with no improvement on
antibiotics, what should you then prescribe? Right Answer <> a penicillin or
cephalosporin with beta lactamase coverage
, 8. Questions: How long must a tick be attached to the skin in order for Lyme disease to be
transferred? Right Answer <> 48 hours
9. Questions: When should kids be treated for hypertension?
Right Answer <> if they also have diabetes, are symptomatic, have hypertension > 95th
percentile, or when end organ damage is present
10. Question: ACEIs can cause what electrolyte abnormality?
Right answer <> hyperkalemia
11. Question: A positive "drop arm" test is a sign of what? Right Answer <> torn rotator
cuff
12. Question: The medical term for spoon shaped nails Right Answer <> koilonychia
13. Question: Koilonychia is a sign of what? Right Answer <> iron deficiency anemia
14. Question: How is influenza diagnosed? --------- Right Answer <> a nasal swab
15. Question: What finding would be most likely to differentiate gout from septic arthritis?
Right Answer <> fever would be indicative of septic arthritis
16. Question: Diphenhydramine has properties and is contraindicated in which patient
populations?
Right Answer <> anticholinergic; elderly and those with glaucoma
17 Question: The medical term for flat feet
Right Answer <> pes planus
18 How does plantar fasciitis usually present?
Right Answer <> as pain in the morning with resolution after several steps, but as it worsens
the patient will start to complain of heel pain throughout the day and with walking
Updated 2025) (Best Revision Material)
1. Question: What is the treatment of choice for community acquired, uncomplicated
pneumonia?
Right Answer <> amoxicillin
2. Question: Vitamin B12 deficiency anemia is a type of what anemia
Right Answer <> pernicious; macrocytic
3. Question: Prostate infection or inflammation can cause a sharp rise in PSA values. When
should this value go back down to normal levels and be checked after an acute
infection?
Right Answer <> 4 weeks
4. Question: The most common cause of atypical pneumonia in adults
Right answer <> mycoplasma pneumoniae
5. Question: An herbal supplement thought to help BPH
Right Answer <> saw palmetto
6. Question: A male patient presents to your clinic with a lump in his breast. How should
we work this up? Right Answer <> clinical breast exam, mammogram, AND ultrasound
7. Question: If a patient with strep comes back after 48 hours with no improvement on
antibiotics, what should you then prescribe? Right Answer <> a penicillin or
cephalosporin with beta lactamase coverage
, 8. Questions: How long must a tick be attached to the skin in order for Lyme disease to be
transferred? Right Answer <> 48 hours
9. Questions: When should kids be treated for hypertension?
Right Answer <> if they also have diabetes, are symptomatic, have hypertension > 95th
percentile, or when end organ damage is present
10. Question: ACEIs can cause what electrolyte abnormality?
Right answer <> hyperkalemia
11. Question: A positive "drop arm" test is a sign of what? Right Answer <> torn rotator
cuff
12. Question: The medical term for spoon shaped nails Right Answer <> koilonychia
13. Question: Koilonychia is a sign of what? Right Answer <> iron deficiency anemia
14. Question: How is influenza diagnosed? --------- Right Answer <> a nasal swab
15. Question: What finding would be most likely to differentiate gout from septic arthritis?
Right Answer <> fever would be indicative of septic arthritis
16. Question: Diphenhydramine has properties and is contraindicated in which patient
populations?
Right Answer <> anticholinergic; elderly and those with glaucoma
17 Question: The medical term for flat feet
Right Answer <> pes planus
18 How does plantar fasciitis usually present?
Right Answer <> as pain in the morning with resolution after several steps, but as it worsens
the patient will start to complain of heel pain throughout the day and with walking
