Questions and CORRECT Answers
The clinician is assessing a patient complaining of hearing loss. The clinician places a tuning
fork over the patient's mastoid process, and when the sound fades away, the fork is placed
without restriking it over the external auditory meatus. The patient is asked to let the clinical
know when the sound fades away. This is an example of which type of test?
a. Weber Test
b. Schwabach Test
c. Rinne Test
d. Auditory brainstem response (ABR) test - CORRECT ANSWER - c. Rinne Test
Fluctuations and reductions in estrogen may be a contributing factor in which type of rhinitis?
a. Vasomotor Rhinitis
b. Rhinitis medicamentosa
c. Atrophic Rhinitis
d. Viral Rhinitis - CORRECT ANSWER - a. Vasomotor Rhinitis
You have a patient who is a positive for strep on rapid antigen testing (rapid strep test). You
order amoxicillin after checking for drug allergies (patient is negative) but he returns 3 days
later, reporting that his temperature has gone up, not down (101.5F in office). You also note
significant lymphadenopathy, most notably in the posterior and anterior cervical chains, some
heptosplenomegaly, and a diffuse rash. You decide:
a. To refer the patient
b. That he is having an allergic response and needs to be changed to a macrolide antibiotic
c. That his antibiotic dosage is not sufficient and should be changed
d. That he possibly has mononucleosis concurrent with his strep infection - CORRECT
ANSWER - d. That he possibly has mononucleosis concurrent with his strep infection
, A patient present with nonvesicular lesions that are 2 to 10mm, symmetrical, and scattered on the
oropharynx and mouth. What is their most likely diagnosis?
a. Corynebacterium diphtheriae
b. Primary Syphilis
c. Candida infection
d. Secondary syphilis - CORRECT ANSWER - b. Secondary Syphilis
Jean has acute otitis externa with fluid that is black and malodorous. Which of the following is
responsible for the infection?
a. Fungal Infection
b. Staphylococcus Infection
c. Pseudomonas Infection
d. Allergic Reaction - CORRECT ANSWER - a. Fungal Infection
Which of the following medications for temporomandibular disorder has the warning that
patients should NOT drive while taking it?
a. Flexeril
b. Naprosyn
c. Tylenol
d. Elavil - CORRECT ANSWER - a. Flexeril
Which type of stomatitis is caused by continual exposure to chewing tobacco?
a. Aphthous stomatitis
b. Herpetic stomatitis