Verified Questions & Correct Answers
(2025/2026)
1. Cerebral arteries during migraine - ANSWER They dilate
2. Patient evaluation for bipolar disorder - ANSWER Severe mood swings,
easily distracted, constantly corrects teachers
3. Symptom indicating high suspicion for bipolar disorder - ANSWER Blurts
out answers in class inappropriately
4. Risk factor associated with breast cancer - ANSWER Use of hormone
replacement therapy
5. Risk factor associated with breast cancer - ANSWER Personal or family
history of breast cancer
6. Risk factor associated with breast cancer - ANSWER Postmenopausal
obesity
7. Risk factor associated with breast cancer - ANSWER Low socioeconomic
status
8. Presentation of a woman with bulimia - ANSWER Very underweight
9. Medication for relieving acute wheezing in asthma - ANSWER Short acting
beta agonist
10.Medication responsible for incontinence and confusion in an 80 year old
patient - ANSWER Tagamet (cimetidine)
11.Symptom suggesting hyperandrogenism in an adolescent female - ANSWER
Hirsutism
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,12.Synovial joint - ANSWER Shoulder
13.Change accounting for decreased digoxin levels in a patient with atrial
fibrillation - ANSWER Regular use of an antacid
14.Medication contraindicated in a child with acute sinusitis - ANSWER Nasal
steroids
15.Lower extremity calf pain associated with peripheral artery disease -
ANSWER Dull aching or cramping
16.Jugular venous distention accompanied by chest pain - ANSWER Heart
failure
17.Immunization protecting against a virus transmitted through blood and body
fluids - ANSWER Hepatitis B
18.Likely diagnosis for a pediatric patient with scaling on the scalp and round
patches of hair loss - ANSWER Tinea capitis
19.Likely diagnosis for a 70 year old patient with a sore mouth preventing
eating and a beefy red, glossy smooth tongue - ANSWER Pernicious anemia
due to insufficient intrinsic factor
20.Likely diagnosis for a 62 year old male with leg pain and occasional
numbness worse with ambulation and improved with lumbar flexion -
ANSWER Spinal stenosis
21.Symptom associated with primary syphilis - ANSWER A single painless
genital lesion
22.First-line medication for benign positional vertigo - ANSWER Meclizine
23.Symptom most associated with testicular torsion - ANSWER Testicular pain
24.Location of palpation during a clinical breast exam - ANSWER Laterally
across the anterior axillary fold
25.Area that does not drain to the right lymph duct - ANSWER The right leg
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,26.Presentation most suspicious for penile cancer - ANSWER A nontender,
indurated penile nodule
27.Consideration before prescribing metronidazole for giardiasis - ANSWER
Whether the patient drinks alcohol
28.Condition contraindicating the use of triptans for migraine headaches -
ANSWER Hypertension
29.True statement about varicose veins - ANSWER They are due to congenital
valve deformities
30.Measurement of fundal height indicating fetal growth restriction - ANSWER
29 cm
31.Term for excess fluid in the pleural cavity - ANSWER Pleural effusion
32.Pathogen associated with common UTIs - ANSWER E coli
33.Medication inhibiting blood coagulation by blocking the active site of factor
X-a - ANSWER Eliquis (apixaban)
34.Contraindication for menopausal estrogen replacement therapy in a 55 year
old woman - ANSWER Prior breast or uterine carcinoma
35.Sound indicating ascitic fluid during abdominal exam - ANSWER Dullness
36.Finding suggestive of osteosarcoma in a pediatric patient - ANSWER
Pathologic fracture
37.Clinical manifestation suggesting primary syphilis - ANSWER A single
painless genital lesion
38.Medication used first line for a patient with transposition of the great arteries
- ANSWER To produce vasodilation and adequate oxygen saturation
39.Mechanism of action of 5-alpha reductase inhibitors in reducing BPH
symptoms - ANSWER Decrease the size of the prostate
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, 40.Type of incontinence most likely in a patient with Alzheimer's disease -
ANSWER Functional
41.GTPAL nomenclature for a patient with a history of an uncomplicated term
vaginal delivery, preterm delivery of liveborn twins, and an 8 week elective
abortion - ANSWER G5 T1 P2 A2 L2
42.Part of the circulatory system where the right lymphatic ducts drain -
ANSWER Venous
43.Most likely presenting symptom in a pediatric patient with croup -
ANSWER A barking cough
44.Medication targeting postprandial glucose by blocking its transport across
the intestine - ANSWER Acarbose (Precose)
45.Type of insulin that helps reduce nocturnal hypoglycemia - ANSWER Long-
acting
46.Symptoms suspicious for atypical community acquired pneumonia in a
college student living in a dorm - ANSWER Low grade fever, malaise, and
clear lung fields on auscultation
47.Lesions of condyloma accuminata in a male patient - ANSWER Multiple
papular lesions with a verrucous appearance
48.Historical finding predisposing a patient to testicular cancer - ANSWER
Cryptorchidism
49.Advice for a patient taking an oral glucocorticoid - ANSWER Take it with
food
50.Treatment for enuresis in a child - ANSWER Nasal desmopressin (DDAVP)
51.Medication not contraindicated in a patient with sulfa allergy - ANSWER
Celecoxib (Celebrex)
52.Characteristic elevated in a woman with polycystic ovarian syndrome -
ANSWER Insulin
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