NCCAOM Biomedicine Board Exam – Questions With
Analytical Solutions
Warfarin Correct Answer - extrinsic pathway, inhibit synthesis of vit k,
not in pregnancy
Heparin Correct Answer - intrinsic pathway, activate antithrombin, used
in pregnancy also
Advil side effect Correct Answer - renal problem, not before and after
surgery (anti platelet, so bleeding)
Hypertensive urgency vs hypertensive emergency Correct Answer -
emergency: end organ damage (kidney, bleeding, brain, pupil edema , EKG)
Urgency: headache, chest pain, no end organ damage)
Confirm prostate cancer with ... Correct Answer - biopsy, not PSA
Nerves related with eye movement Correct Answer - 3, 4, 6 so (superior
oblique:4), lr (lateral rectus:6), 3 others
Brudzinski's Test Correct Answer - for meningitis, Severe neck stiffness
causes a patient's hips and knees to flex when the neck is flexed.
Addison’s sxs Correct Answer - dark pigmented skin, fatigue
Cause of addison's Correct Answer - def. of adrenal's hormones
conn's syndrom Correct Answer - excessive aldestrone due to adrenal
tumor
kernig's sx Correct Answer - positive when the thigh is flexed at the hip
and knee at 90 degree angles, and subsequent extension in the knee is painful
(leading to resistance). meningitis test
risk factor of COPD Correct Answer - smoking
copd Correct Answer - emphysema, chronic bronchitis
,obstructive pulmonary disease vs restrictive pulmonary disease Correct
Answer - obstructive like asthma, restrctive like sarcoidosis
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Correct Answer - not asthma
uterine bleeding post menopause Correct Answer - cancer
most risk factor for osteoporosis Correct Answer - smoking
smoking risk factor for Correct Answer - COPD, AAA, osteoprosis, htn,
atrovastatin side effect Correct Answer - myalgia
HMG coA reuctase inhibitor side effect Correct Answer - myalgia
HMG coA reuctase inhibitors Correct Answer - statins
fish oil Correct Answer - decrease triglyciride not ldl
how to increase hdl Correct Answer - exercise
when BP falls, kidney release .. Correct Answer - renin
menorrhagia vs metrohagia Correct Answer - menorhagia: excessive
menstruation can cause iron def anemia
metrohagia: irregular, frequent bleeding
sob on supine, edema of legs, fatigue Correct Answer - CHF
DVT can cause Correct Answer - PE
medication for high chlostrol Correct Answer - statins
muscle injury evaluated by ... Correct Answer - MRI
MRI for Correct Answer - soft tissues: spine, brain, joint
,excessive licorice increase urinary excretion of Correct Answer -
potasium
pre eclampsia+ seizure Correct Answer - eclampsa
tongue , what nerve Correct Answer - 12, hyopglossal for control (move)
tongue
taste 7 for 2/3
9 for post 1/3
conductive hearing loss vs sensory hearing loss Correct Answer -
conductive: cerumen
sensory: presbycusis
most common site of epistaxis Correct Answer - ant
epistaxis ant vs post Correct Answer - ant visible
post not visible
most common cause of nose bleeding Correct Answer - external trauma
(nose picking)
kisselback's plexus
epistaxis tx Correct Answer - nasal packing\
silver nitrate (burning)
flat, less than 0.5 cm diameter Correct Answer -
flat Correct Answer - macul
patch
elevated, palpable Correct Answer - papul
plaque
elevated, fluid filled Correct Answer - vesicle
bullae
macul vs patch in size Correct Answer - macul less than 0.5 cm
patch more than 0.5 cm
, papuls vs plaque size Correct Answer - papul less than 0.5
plaque more than پالک طال بزرگه
vesicle vs buallae size Correct Answer - vesicle less than 0.5
psoriasis Correct Answer - silvery scaly, extensors, artritis
extensor surface vs flexor surface Correct Answer - extensor (psoriasis)
vs flexor (atopic dermatitis=eczema)
detox for acetaminophen Correct Answer - NAC (N acetyl cystein)
kayser fleischer ring Correct Answer - wilson (copper overload)
bronze pigmentation Correct Answer - adison's
hematochromasis
systemic lupus (SLE) Correct Answer - butterfly rash, artritis, ANA +
RA or OA Correct Answer - rhumatoid arthritis vs osteoarthritis
morning stifness : RA:60 min OA: <30 min
RA :autoimmune, symmetry
gout Correct Answer - uric acid
meat, alcohol
wernicke vs korsakof syndrom Correct Answer - wernicke reversible
korsakof irreversible
wernike korsakof due to Correct Answer - vit b1 (thiamin def)
due to alcohol abuse
medical emergency
tx: thiamin
wernike encephalopathy Correct Answer - ataxia, confusion,
Ophthalmoplegia( paralysis or weakness of the eye muscles)
Analytical Solutions
Warfarin Correct Answer - extrinsic pathway, inhibit synthesis of vit k,
not in pregnancy
Heparin Correct Answer - intrinsic pathway, activate antithrombin, used
in pregnancy also
Advil side effect Correct Answer - renal problem, not before and after
surgery (anti platelet, so bleeding)
Hypertensive urgency vs hypertensive emergency Correct Answer -
emergency: end organ damage (kidney, bleeding, brain, pupil edema , EKG)
Urgency: headache, chest pain, no end organ damage)
Confirm prostate cancer with ... Correct Answer - biopsy, not PSA
Nerves related with eye movement Correct Answer - 3, 4, 6 so (superior
oblique:4), lr (lateral rectus:6), 3 others
Brudzinski's Test Correct Answer - for meningitis, Severe neck stiffness
causes a patient's hips and knees to flex when the neck is flexed.
Addison’s sxs Correct Answer - dark pigmented skin, fatigue
Cause of addison's Correct Answer - def. of adrenal's hormones
conn's syndrom Correct Answer - excessive aldestrone due to adrenal
tumor
kernig's sx Correct Answer - positive when the thigh is flexed at the hip
and knee at 90 degree angles, and subsequent extension in the knee is painful
(leading to resistance). meningitis test
risk factor of COPD Correct Answer - smoking
copd Correct Answer - emphysema, chronic bronchitis
,obstructive pulmonary disease vs restrictive pulmonary disease Correct
Answer - obstructive like asthma, restrctive like sarcoidosis
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Correct Answer - not asthma
uterine bleeding post menopause Correct Answer - cancer
most risk factor for osteoporosis Correct Answer - smoking
smoking risk factor for Correct Answer - COPD, AAA, osteoprosis, htn,
atrovastatin side effect Correct Answer - myalgia
HMG coA reuctase inhibitor side effect Correct Answer - myalgia
HMG coA reuctase inhibitors Correct Answer - statins
fish oil Correct Answer - decrease triglyciride not ldl
how to increase hdl Correct Answer - exercise
when BP falls, kidney release .. Correct Answer - renin
menorrhagia vs metrohagia Correct Answer - menorhagia: excessive
menstruation can cause iron def anemia
metrohagia: irregular, frequent bleeding
sob on supine, edema of legs, fatigue Correct Answer - CHF
DVT can cause Correct Answer - PE
medication for high chlostrol Correct Answer - statins
muscle injury evaluated by ... Correct Answer - MRI
MRI for Correct Answer - soft tissues: spine, brain, joint
,excessive licorice increase urinary excretion of Correct Answer -
potasium
pre eclampsia+ seizure Correct Answer - eclampsa
tongue , what nerve Correct Answer - 12, hyopglossal for control (move)
tongue
taste 7 for 2/3
9 for post 1/3
conductive hearing loss vs sensory hearing loss Correct Answer -
conductive: cerumen
sensory: presbycusis
most common site of epistaxis Correct Answer - ant
epistaxis ant vs post Correct Answer - ant visible
post not visible
most common cause of nose bleeding Correct Answer - external trauma
(nose picking)
kisselback's plexus
epistaxis tx Correct Answer - nasal packing\
silver nitrate (burning)
flat, less than 0.5 cm diameter Correct Answer -
flat Correct Answer - macul
patch
elevated, palpable Correct Answer - papul
plaque
elevated, fluid filled Correct Answer - vesicle
bullae
macul vs patch in size Correct Answer - macul less than 0.5 cm
patch more than 0.5 cm
, papuls vs plaque size Correct Answer - papul less than 0.5
plaque more than پالک طال بزرگه
vesicle vs buallae size Correct Answer - vesicle less than 0.5
psoriasis Correct Answer - silvery scaly, extensors, artritis
extensor surface vs flexor surface Correct Answer - extensor (psoriasis)
vs flexor (atopic dermatitis=eczema)
detox for acetaminophen Correct Answer - NAC (N acetyl cystein)
kayser fleischer ring Correct Answer - wilson (copper overload)
bronze pigmentation Correct Answer - adison's
hematochromasis
systemic lupus (SLE) Correct Answer - butterfly rash, artritis, ANA +
RA or OA Correct Answer - rhumatoid arthritis vs osteoarthritis
morning stifness : RA:60 min OA: <30 min
RA :autoimmune, symmetry
gout Correct Answer - uric acid
meat, alcohol
wernicke vs korsakof syndrom Correct Answer - wernicke reversible
korsakof irreversible
wernike korsakof due to Correct Answer - vit b1 (thiamin def)
due to alcohol abuse
medical emergency
tx: thiamin
wernike encephalopathy Correct Answer - ataxia, confusion,
Ophthalmoplegia( paralysis or weakness of the eye muscles)
