Test your basic knowledge |

USMLE Step 1 Prep

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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. Name these immature defense mechanisms: x Inability to remember a known fact (aware of forgetting)






2. What is the most common one? - Site of a cerebral infarct






3. What type of correlation compares two ordinal variables?






4. Name the most common type or cause - Urethritis in a young - newly sexually active individual






5. Is it acceptable to lie - even if it protects a colleague from malpractice?






6. What are the pharmacologic effects seen sexually with x Serotonin?






7. All primary oocytes in females are formed By What age?






8. What hormone acts on Granulosa cells?






9. Takes place in both the cytoplasm and the mitochondria.






10. Name three opsonins.






11. What water - soluble - vitamin deficiency is associated with cheilosis and magenta tongue?






12. What area of the limbic system is responsible for attaching emotional significance to a stimulus?






13. What artery turns into the dorsalis pedis when it crosses the extensor retinaculum?






14. What is the most common one? - Location of ependymomas in children






15. Fluoroquinolones are...






16. All Proteus species are...






17. Name the stages of sleep with these EEG patterns: x Sawtooth waves - random low voltage pattern






18. The DSM- IV- TR is scored on the basis of five axes of diagnosis. In What axis would you place x Clinical disorders (e.g. - schizophrenia)?






19. What equals the total tension on a muscle minus the preload?






20. What happens to the following during skeletal muscle contraction? - H zone






21. What is the name of the B cell - rich area of the spleen?






22. What disorder is due to a deficiency in the enzyme glucocerebrosidase?






23. Name the most common cause - A cold in the winter and summer






24. Which of the following characteristics accurately describe fungi - bacteria - viruses - or parasites? - Eukaryotic cell; 3 to 10 microns; 80S ribosomes; chitinous cell wall; ergosterol in cell membrane; replicate via cytokinesis with mitosis and meio






25. Multiple pregnancies - early age of intercourse - multiple sexual partners - OCP use - smoking - HIV - and STDs.






26. Objective tests that base the result of the examination on a preset standard use what form of reference?






27. What immunosuppressive agent is converted to 6- mercaptopurine?






28. With an increase in arterial systolic pressure - what happens to x Stroke volume?






29. Which B- cell neoplasm has the following cell surface markers: CD19 - CD20 - CD5 (T- cell marker) - CD23; and are CD10- negative?






30. Regarding muscle mechanics - How is passive tension produced?






31. Which of the following characteristics accurately describe fungi - bacteria - viruses - or parasites? - Eukaryotic cell - 15 to 25 microns - 80S ribosomes - no cell walls - replicates via cytokinesis with mitosis and meiosis






32. What mineral is associated with hypothyroidism?






33. What determines the rate of reaction?






34. What type of membrane is characterized as being permeable to water only?






35. What is the most stressful event as determined by the Holmes and Rahe scale?






36. What form of immunity is responsible for removal of intracellular infections?






37. Schiller - Duval bodies






38. Which potassium - sparing drug is an aldosterone receptor antagonist ?






39. Name the antidote - Iron






40. IgE- mediated mast cell release - C3a and C5a - and IL-1 all trigger the release of what vasoactive amine?






41. Where in the GI tract does the reabsorption of bile salts take place?






42. What is the name for the following RBC indices? - The coefficient of variation of the RBC volume






43. RBCs anaerobically use glucose in both the __________ states.






44. What small gram - negative aerobic rod requires Regan - Lowe or Bordet - Gengou medium for growth?






45. What type of hemostasis in an intravascular space consists of fibrin - platelets - RBCs - and WBCs?






46. What is the term for pelvic inflammatory disease of the fallopian tubes?






47. What toxicities are caused by the following agents? - Occupational nitrous oxide exposure






48. What is the main factor determining GFR?






49. Stimulate hair cells at the base of the cochlea.






50. What is the epithelial cell lining the nasopharynx?







Sorry!:) No result found.

Can you answer 50 questions in 15 minutes?


Let me suggest you:



Major Subjects



Tests & Exams


AP
CLEP
DSST
GRE
SAT
GMAT

Most popular tests