FM COMAT EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Which HPV vaccine do males get? - Correct Answers -Males get the quadrivalent
vaccine
*Females can get either the bi- or quadrivalent vaccine
What vaccines should a child between ages 11-12 get? - Correct Answers -1) HPV
Vaccine (Quadrivalent for males, and either quadrivalent or bivalent for females)
2) TDaP Booster
3) Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccine
What can cause a LOW HgA1c? (6) - Correct Answers -1) Sickle Cell (disease and trait)
2) Acute Blood Loss
3) Hemolytic Anemia
4) EPO Treatment
5) Chronic Renal Failure with Dialysis
6) B12, Iron, Folate Treatment
Initial step in child presenting with suspicion of epiglottitis with respiratory distress -
Correct Answers -Intubation
First-line treatment of Vaginal Candidiasis - Correct Answers -Topical Clotrimazole
*Oral Fluconazole = second-line
When should you x-ray ankle for potential fracture? - Correct Answers -Ottawa Foot and
Ankle Rules
1) Unable to bear weight for 4 steps
2) Tenderness along distal 6cm of Tibia or Fibula
3) Tenderness over Medial or Lateral Malleolus
4) Tenderness at base of 5th Metatarsal (suspicion for Jones fracture)
5) Tenderness over Navicular bone
What can cause HIGH HgA1c? (3) - Correct Answers -1) Anemia due to deficiency of
B12, Iron, or Folate
2) Chronic Renal Failure with elevated Urea
ANSWERS
Which HPV vaccine do males get? - Correct Answers -Males get the quadrivalent
vaccine
*Females can get either the bi- or quadrivalent vaccine
What vaccines should a child between ages 11-12 get? - Correct Answers -1) HPV
Vaccine (Quadrivalent for males, and either quadrivalent or bivalent for females)
2) TDaP Booster
3) Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccine
What can cause a LOW HgA1c? (6) - Correct Answers -1) Sickle Cell (disease and trait)
2) Acute Blood Loss
3) Hemolytic Anemia
4) EPO Treatment
5) Chronic Renal Failure with Dialysis
6) B12, Iron, Folate Treatment
Initial step in child presenting with suspicion of epiglottitis with respiratory distress -
Correct Answers -Intubation
First-line treatment of Vaginal Candidiasis - Correct Answers -Topical Clotrimazole
*Oral Fluconazole = second-line
When should you x-ray ankle for potential fracture? - Correct Answers -Ottawa Foot and
Ankle Rules
1) Unable to bear weight for 4 steps
2) Tenderness along distal 6cm of Tibia or Fibula
3) Tenderness over Medial or Lateral Malleolus
4) Tenderness at base of 5th Metatarsal (suspicion for Jones fracture)
5) Tenderness over Navicular bone
What can cause HIGH HgA1c? (3) - Correct Answers -1) Anemia due to deficiency of
B12, Iron, or Folate
2) Chronic Renal Failure with elevated Urea
