NCCAOM Biomedicine board exam
Updated Questions with Correct
Solved Answers.
Warfarin - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅extrinsic pathway, inhibit synthesis of vit k, not
in pregnancy
Heparin - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅intrinsic pathway, activate antithrombin, used in
pregnancy also
advil side effect - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅renal problem, not before and after
surgery (anti platelet, so bleeding)
hypertensive urgency vs hypertensive emergency - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅emergency: end organ damage (kidney, bleeding, brain, pupil edema ,
EKG)
Urgency: headache, chest pain, no end organ damage)
confirm prostate cancer with ... - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅biopsy, not PSA
nerves related with eye movement - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅3, 4, 6 so (superior
oblique:4), lr (lateral rectus:6), 3 others
Brudzinski's Test - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅for meningitis, Severe neck stiffness
causes a patient's hips and knees to flex when the neck is flexed.
addison's sxs - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅dark pigmented skin, fatigue
cause of addison's - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅def. of adrenal's hormones
conn's syndrom - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅excessive aldestrone due to adrenal
tumor
kernig's sx - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅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 ANSWERS✅✅smoking
copd - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅emphysema, chronic bronchitis
,obstructive pulmonary disease vs restrictive pulmonary disease - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅obstructive like asthma, restrctive like sarcoidosis
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅not asthma
uterine bleeding post menopause - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅cancer
most risk factor for osteoporosis - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅smoking
smoking risk factor for - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅COPD, AAA, osteoprosis, htn,
atrovastatin side effect - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅myalgia
HMG coA reuctase inhibitor side effect - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅myalgia
HMG coA reuctase inhibitors - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅statins
fish oil - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅decrease triglyciride not ldl
how to increase hdl - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅exercise
when BP falls, kidney release .. - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅renin
menorrhagia vs metrohagia - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅menorhagia: excessive
menstruation can cause iron def anemia
metrohagia: irregular, frequent bleeding
sob on supine, edema of legs, fatigue - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅CHF
DVT can cause - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅PE
medication for high chlostrol - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅statins
muscle injury evaluated by ... - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅MRI
MRI for - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅soft tissues: spine, brain, joint
excessive licorice increase urinary excretion of - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅potasium
pre eclampsia+ seizure - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅eclampsa
tongue , what nerve - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅12, hyopglossal for control (move)
tongue
,taste 7 for 2/3
9 for post 1/3
conductive hearing loss vs sensory hearing loss - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅conductive: cerumen
sensory: presbycusis
most common site of epistaxis - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅ant
epistaxis ant vs post - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅ant visible
post not visible
most common cause of nose bleeding - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅external trauma
(nose picking)
kisselback's plexus
epistaxis tx - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅nasal packing\
silver nitrate (burning)
flat, less than 0.5 cm diameter - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅
flat - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅macul
patch
elevated, palpable - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅papul
plaque
elevated, fluid filled - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅vesicle
bullae
macul vs patch in size - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅macul less than 0.5 cm
patch more than 0.5 cm
papuls vs plaque size - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅papul less than 0.5
plaque more than پالک طال بزرگه
vesicle vs buallae size - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅vesicle less than 0.5
psoriasis - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅silvery scaly, extensors, artritis
extensor surface vs flexor surface - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅extensor (psoriasis)
vs flexor (atopic dermatitis=eczema)
detox for acetaminophen - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅NAC (N acetyl cystein)
, kayser fleischer ring - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅wilson (copper overload)
bronze pigmentation - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅adison's
hematochromasis
systemic lupus (SLE) - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅butterfly rash, artritis, ANA +
RA or OA - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅rhumatoid arthritis vs osteoarthritis
morning stifness : RA:60 min OA: <30 min
RA :autoimmune, symmetry
gout - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅uric acid
meat, alcohol
wernicke vs korsakof syndrom - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅wernicke reversible
korsakof irreversible
wernike korsakof due to - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅vit b1 (thiamin def)
due to alcohol abuse
medical emergency
tx: thiamin
wernike encephalopathy - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅ataxia, confusion,
Ophthalmoplegia( paralysis or weakness of the eye muscles)
korsakof psychosis (amnesia) - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅confabulation, impaired
short term memory
nerve 1 - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅olfactory (smell) sensory
nerve 12 - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅tongue (hypoglossal), movement
nerve 2 - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅optic, sensory
3, 4, 6 - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅pure motor
oculumotor - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅3
trochlear - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅nerve 4
nerve 5 how many branches
nerve 7 how many branches - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅5 3 branches
7 5 branches
Updated Questions with Correct
Solved Answers.
Warfarin - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅extrinsic pathway, inhibit synthesis of vit k, not
in pregnancy
Heparin - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅intrinsic pathway, activate antithrombin, used in
pregnancy also
advil side effect - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅renal problem, not before and after
surgery (anti platelet, so bleeding)
hypertensive urgency vs hypertensive emergency - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅emergency: end organ damage (kidney, bleeding, brain, pupil edema ,
EKG)
Urgency: headache, chest pain, no end organ damage)
confirm prostate cancer with ... - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅biopsy, not PSA
nerves related with eye movement - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅3, 4, 6 so (superior
oblique:4), lr (lateral rectus:6), 3 others
Brudzinski's Test - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅for meningitis, Severe neck stiffness
causes a patient's hips and knees to flex when the neck is flexed.
addison's sxs - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅dark pigmented skin, fatigue
cause of addison's - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅def. of adrenal's hormones
conn's syndrom - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅excessive aldestrone due to adrenal
tumor
kernig's sx - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅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 ANSWERS✅✅smoking
copd - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅emphysema, chronic bronchitis
,obstructive pulmonary disease vs restrictive pulmonary disease - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅obstructive like asthma, restrctive like sarcoidosis
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅not asthma
uterine bleeding post menopause - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅cancer
most risk factor for osteoporosis - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅smoking
smoking risk factor for - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅COPD, AAA, osteoprosis, htn,
atrovastatin side effect - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅myalgia
HMG coA reuctase inhibitor side effect - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅myalgia
HMG coA reuctase inhibitors - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅statins
fish oil - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅decrease triglyciride not ldl
how to increase hdl - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅exercise
when BP falls, kidney release .. - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅renin
menorrhagia vs metrohagia - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅menorhagia: excessive
menstruation can cause iron def anemia
metrohagia: irregular, frequent bleeding
sob on supine, edema of legs, fatigue - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅CHF
DVT can cause - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅PE
medication for high chlostrol - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅statins
muscle injury evaluated by ... - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅MRI
MRI for - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅soft tissues: spine, brain, joint
excessive licorice increase urinary excretion of - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅potasium
pre eclampsia+ seizure - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅eclampsa
tongue , what nerve - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅12, hyopglossal for control (move)
tongue
,taste 7 for 2/3
9 for post 1/3
conductive hearing loss vs sensory hearing loss - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅conductive: cerumen
sensory: presbycusis
most common site of epistaxis - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅ant
epistaxis ant vs post - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅ant visible
post not visible
most common cause of nose bleeding - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅external trauma
(nose picking)
kisselback's plexus
epistaxis tx - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅nasal packing\
silver nitrate (burning)
flat, less than 0.5 cm diameter - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅
flat - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅macul
patch
elevated, palpable - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅papul
plaque
elevated, fluid filled - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅vesicle
bullae
macul vs patch in size - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅macul less than 0.5 cm
patch more than 0.5 cm
papuls vs plaque size - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅papul less than 0.5
plaque more than پالک طال بزرگه
vesicle vs buallae size - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅vesicle less than 0.5
psoriasis - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅silvery scaly, extensors, artritis
extensor surface vs flexor surface - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅extensor (psoriasis)
vs flexor (atopic dermatitis=eczema)
detox for acetaminophen - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅NAC (N acetyl cystein)
, kayser fleischer ring - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅wilson (copper overload)
bronze pigmentation - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅adison's
hematochromasis
systemic lupus (SLE) - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅butterfly rash, artritis, ANA +
RA or OA - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅rhumatoid arthritis vs osteoarthritis
morning stifness : RA:60 min OA: <30 min
RA :autoimmune, symmetry
gout - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅uric acid
meat, alcohol
wernicke vs korsakof syndrom - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅wernicke reversible
korsakof irreversible
wernike korsakof due to - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅vit b1 (thiamin def)
due to alcohol abuse
medical emergency
tx: thiamin
wernike encephalopathy - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅ataxia, confusion,
Ophthalmoplegia( paralysis or weakness of the eye muscles)
korsakof psychosis (amnesia) - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅confabulation, impaired
short term memory
nerve 1 - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅olfactory (smell) sensory
nerve 12 - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅tongue (hypoglossal), movement
nerve 2 - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅optic, sensory
3, 4, 6 - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅pure motor
oculumotor - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅3
trochlear - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅nerve 4
nerve 5 how many branches
nerve 7 how many branches - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅5 3 branches
7 5 branches
