APEA 3P Exam Review Questions with Verified Answers
2025\2026 update
1. Treatment of scabies involves which of the following. medications?
a. lindane
b. permethrin cream and malathion lotion
c. hydrocortisone
d. mayonnaise
- answer permethrin cream and malathion lotion
2. Infection of the hair, skin, and nails is known as?
a. a bad day
b. dermatophytosis
c. tinea corporis
d. paronychia
- answer dermatophytosis
3. Scaly, silver plaques on the elbows and knees are likely?
a. tinea pedis
b. tinea cruris
c. keratosis
d. psoriasis
- answer psoriasis
,4. treatment of mild to moderate acne involves which of the following meds?
(select all that apply)
a. benzoyl peroxide
b. erythromycin
c. keflex
d. metrondiazole
- answer benzoyl peroxide
b. erythromycin
5. Carol reports a cough since starting a medication for her blood pressure.
Which medication is she likely taking?
A. CCB
B. ACE inhibitor
C. beta blockers
D. diuretics
- answer ACE inhibitor
6. Janeway lesions are a skin manifestation of which disease?
a. hypertension
b. peripheral artery disease
c. endocarditis
d. multiple sclerosis
- answer endocarditis
7. Which of the following med(s) are contraindicated for the treatment of
hyperkalemia? (select all that apply)
, - answer ACE inhibitors
D. angiotensin receptor blockers
8. treatment of rosacea is best with?
a. topical metronidazole
b. keflex
c. doxycycline
d. benzoyl peroxide
- answer topical metronidazole
9. acute sinusitis that lasts >7-10 days is usually treated with?
a. high-dose amoxicillin or amoxicillin clavulanate
b. keflex
c. levaquin
d. bactrim DS
- answer high-dose amoxicillin or amoxicillin clavulanate
10. Ototoxicity is a side effect of aminoglycoside and macrolide ABX, salicy- lates
and loop diuretics to name a few. (True or false)
- answer : True
11. Patients with a long history of HTN that is not well controlled will have what
findings on an eye exam?
a. cotton wool spots
b. flame hemmorhages
c. papilledema
, 12. blood sugar lowering medications that can cause hypoglycemia include?
a. glucatrol (sulfonylureas)
b. metformin
c. SGLT2 inhibitors
d. insulin
- answer glucatrol (sulfonylureas)
c. SGLT2 inhibitors
D. insulin
13. myxedema is a dermatologic change that is generally related to severe
hypothyroidism? (True or false)
- answer : True
14. assessment findings in PCOS include hirsutism and obesity due to in-
creased androgen activity? (True or false)
- answer : True
15. PCOS is a syndrome that include which of the following?
a. signs of androgen excess
b. unopposed estrogen
c. insulin resistance
d. all of the above
- answer all of the above
16. oligomenorrhea, amenorrhea, decreased
libido, infertility, and decreased bone
mass are all findings in?
2025\2026 update
1. Treatment of scabies involves which of the following. medications?
a. lindane
b. permethrin cream and malathion lotion
c. hydrocortisone
d. mayonnaise
- answer permethrin cream and malathion lotion
2. Infection of the hair, skin, and nails is known as?
a. a bad day
b. dermatophytosis
c. tinea corporis
d. paronychia
- answer dermatophytosis
3. Scaly, silver plaques on the elbows and knees are likely?
a. tinea pedis
b. tinea cruris
c. keratosis
d. psoriasis
- answer psoriasis
,4. treatment of mild to moderate acne involves which of the following meds?
(select all that apply)
a. benzoyl peroxide
b. erythromycin
c. keflex
d. metrondiazole
- answer benzoyl peroxide
b. erythromycin
5. Carol reports a cough since starting a medication for her blood pressure.
Which medication is she likely taking?
A. CCB
B. ACE inhibitor
C. beta blockers
D. diuretics
- answer ACE inhibitor
6. Janeway lesions are a skin manifestation of which disease?
a. hypertension
b. peripheral artery disease
c. endocarditis
d. multiple sclerosis
- answer endocarditis
7. Which of the following med(s) are contraindicated for the treatment of
hyperkalemia? (select all that apply)
, - answer ACE inhibitors
D. angiotensin receptor blockers
8. treatment of rosacea is best with?
a. topical metronidazole
b. keflex
c. doxycycline
d. benzoyl peroxide
- answer topical metronidazole
9. acute sinusitis that lasts >7-10 days is usually treated with?
a. high-dose amoxicillin or amoxicillin clavulanate
b. keflex
c. levaquin
d. bactrim DS
- answer high-dose amoxicillin or amoxicillin clavulanate
10. Ototoxicity is a side effect of aminoglycoside and macrolide ABX, salicy- lates
and loop diuretics to name a few. (True or false)
- answer : True
11. Patients with a long history of HTN that is not well controlled will have what
findings on an eye exam?
a. cotton wool spots
b. flame hemmorhages
c. papilledema
, 12. blood sugar lowering medications that can cause hypoglycemia include?
a. glucatrol (sulfonylureas)
b. metformin
c. SGLT2 inhibitors
d. insulin
- answer glucatrol (sulfonylureas)
c. SGLT2 inhibitors
D. insulin
13. myxedema is a dermatologic change that is generally related to severe
hypothyroidism? (True or false)
- answer : True
14. assessment findings in PCOS include hirsutism and obesity due to in-
creased androgen activity? (True or false)
- answer : True
15. PCOS is a syndrome that include which of the following?
a. signs of androgen excess
b. unopposed estrogen
c. insulin resistance
d. all of the above
- answer all of the above
16. oligomenorrhea, amenorrhea, decreased
libido, infertility, and decreased bone
mass are all findings in?
