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USMLE Prep 2

Subjects : health-sciences, usmle
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. eukaryotes are often polycistronic (multiple genes per mRNA) so ____________ is linked






2. Would alpha 1 agonists cause flushing? muscarinic antagonist?






3. what happens to PaO2 - % sat - and O2 content in: Anemia - polycythemia - CO poisoning?






4. What does hypocapnia cause in teh brain? What is hypocapnia?






5. What is Tzanck smear used to detect?






6. Which nerve lies in close proximity to the inferior thyroid artery?






7. metabolism of 1 gram of protein produces How many calories? carb? fat?






8. What is the immune deficinecy seen in ataxia telangactasia?






9. when arrested in prophase of meiosis I - What are primary oocytes chrom number? What about the secondary oocytes that are stuck in metaphase of Meiosis II?






10. what enzymes is lipoic acid a cofactor for? What does a mutation in it result in?






11. Which is slower AV node or ventricular muscle?






12. what defines hypoxemia?






13. What are the two coagulase negative staphylococci? How do you distinguish them?






14. What is the presentation of angioedema? Where is most commonly affected?






15. Where does glycolsylation occur of alpha procollagen chains occur? disulfide bond formation at the C terminus?






16. What are ulcers arising in the proximal duodenum in association with severe trauma or burns called?






17. Acyl coA synthetase is not...






18. What test would be best to determine if a gene is being transcribed? translated?






19. How do you calculate atributable risk percent?






20. What is the primary histologic finding in patients with eczematous dermatitis?






21. which virus inactivates both Rb and p53?






22. what drug is useful for secretory diarrhea?






23. which artery provides the majority of the blood supply to the head and neck of the femur? what happens in fracture of neck?






24. in a positively skewed distribution is the mean greater than or equal to the median or the mode?






25. Is there edema in primary Conns? secondary hyperaldosteronism? why?






26. what happens to capacitance with age?






27. which nerve provides innervation for plantar flexion and inversion?






28. What is cataplexy and When is it seen?






29. What is hypospadias caused by?






30. What is capacitance inversely proportional to?






31. Metronidizaole does not cover...






32. What is a major risk factor for progression ARDS? What is the pathology seen in ARDS- d/t what?






33. which nucleus releases serotonin?






34. carnitine deficiency impairs production of What and how?






35. on which chromosome is wilms tumor found?






36. What is medullary sponge kidney disease and how does it present? What does it lead to?






37. a patient fearing all white coats is a phenomenon of what?






38. What is the diagnosis in delayed puberty plus anosmia?






39. in the fluid running along the PT - what happens to PAH - inulin - urea - creatinine? how about glucose - aa - bicarb?






40. Increase in lung cancer incidence and mortality has been observed in _____ over last four decades






41. what drugs causes the red man syndrome? how does it occur?






42. How do you treat gonococcal infection? chlymadia?






43. Where does conjugation of bilirubin take place?






44. What does sustained hand grip do to the C/V system?






45. name three pathological states that present with large tongues.






46. what makes bruits?






47. hypertonicity and hyperreflexity are ________________ of hydrocephalus






48. What causes congenital QT prolongation syndrome? What is death caused by? in one of the syndromes - What is a common other symptom?






49. What does Rb protein do? what chrom is it on?






50. which headaches are seen mostly in men - are severe - unilateral - periorbital - episodic (around same time every day) - temporal pain - with lacrimation - nasal congestion and ptosis?