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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. what induces bronchial squamous metaplasia?






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






3. What is the mc outcome of a patient acutely infected with Hep C? 2nd mc?






4. What is a limiting factor when initiating ACE inhibitors? hwo do you prevent a really bad reaction?






5. What is used to compare means? categorical outcomes?






6. What causes curlings ulcers?






7. What is a common complication of acute pancreatitis? What is it?






8. What type of gene is bcl 2 ? On what chromosome is it? what chromosome is IgG heavy chain on?






9. which viruses require a protease?






10. in overweight individuals What is thought to contribute to insulin resistance?






11. What is a malignant pustule? What is it usually caused by? What type of capsule does it have?






12. How can renal blood flow be calculated from RPF?






13. What is the only catecholamine that is made in only one place? where? By what enzyme? controlled by what?






14. why should you not use ACE inhibitors with someone who had hereditary angioedema?






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






16. What is a cell surface marker seen in liver angiosarcoma?






17. after triglyceride metabolism - What is the fate of the glycerol? what enzyme is involved?






18. What can chronic vit A toxicity cause?






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






20. other than parvo B19 - what else is associated with red cell aplasia?






21. What is the most common cause of hydatid cysts in humans? What does spilling of cysts cause?






22. What is capsaicin? Where does it work?






23. which two drug types can cause orthostatic hypotension (think depression and BPH)?






24. How is dobutamine better than dopamine?






25. what virus causes pharyngoconjuctival fever?






26. What is the mcc of asymmetric inflammatory arthiritis of the lower extremities in young men? what HLA association?






27. what happens to the cell body of a neuron after the axon has been severed? What is this called? What is it second to?






28. What effects does cortisol have on catecholamines?






29. in B12 deficiency - what levels in blood rise very quickly and then drop?






30. What can cause aortic regurg? What is the heart sound you hear?






31. are strep pneumo bile sensitive or bile resistant? bile soluble or insoluble?






32. what locations of UC increase the risk of Colon cancer?






33. What is the triad seen in pre eclampsia?






34. What is Bortezomib and What is it used for?






35. What is usually teh last gene mutation in development of a carcinoma (from an adenoma for example)?






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






37. which congenital adrenal hyperplasia presents with ambiguous genitalia in females and salt retention?






38. What type of mutation does aflatoxin cause? what cancer does this increase for?






39. What type of endocarditis is cytoscopy induced?






40. 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?






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






42. do Class IC agents prolong the QT interval?






43. When does neovascularization granulation tissue begin to form after severe ischemia and MI? what happens in 12-24 hours? 2 weeks to 2 months? 1-5 days? 0-4 hours? when do you see edema - hemorrhage - wavy fibers?






44. What type of disease has selective proteinuria? What is found in urine? What is not?






45. What is the mutation type in thalassemias? what process is defective because of this?






46. how can HAV be inactivated?






47. which nerve is at risk when ligating the superior thyroid artery? Which is the only muscle this nerve innervates? what nerve innervates all the other laryngeal muscles?






48. What does L/S stand for in fetal lung maturity? When does maturity occur?






49. what would be a sign of absence of cardiogenic pulm edem?






50. What are the first line agents used in acute gouty arthritis? why not use colchicine? when would you use glucocorticoids?