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USMLE Step 2

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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.
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2. A 13-year - old male has a history of theft - vandalism - and violence toward family pets.






3. Evaluation of a pulsatile abdominal mass and bruit.






4. Treatment for malignant hypertension.






5. Postnatal mortality?






6. Four signs and symptoms of streptococcal pharyngitis.






7. Four causes of microcytic anemia.






8. Confusion - confabulation - ophthalmoplegia - ataxia.

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9. Cold water is flushed into a patient's ear - and the fast phase of the nystagmus is toward the opposite side. Normal or pathological?






10. Treatment for neuroleptic malignant syndrome.






11. Classic ultrasound and gross appearance of complete hydatidiform mole.

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12. Lab values suggestive of menopause.






13. After a minor fender bender - a man wears a neck brace and requests permanent disability.






14. A homeless child is small for his age and has peeling skin and a swollen belly.






15. Three systemic diseases ? nephrotic syndrome.






16. Gout - self - mutilation - and choreoathetosis.






17. True or false: Once patients sign a statement giving consent - they must continue treatment.






18. Signs suggesting radial nerve damage with humeral fracture.






19. Hematuria - flank pain - and palpable flank mass.






20. The number of true positives divided by the number of patients with the disease is _____.






21. Exophytic nodules on the skin with varying degrees of scaling or ulceration; the second most common type of skin cancer.






22. If you want to know if race affects infant mortality rate but most of the variation in infant mortality is predicted by socioeconomic status - then socioeconomic status is a _____.






23. Bilious emesis within hours after the first feeding.






24. Which healthy population is susceptible to UTIs?






25. AML subtype associated with DIC.






26. Treatment of hypovolemic shock.






27. A 24-year - old male presents with soft white plaques on his tongue and the back of his throat. Diagnosis? Workup? Treatment?






28. Sensitive tests have few false negatives and are used to rule _____ a disease.






29. Name the organism:






30. Dermatomal distribution.






31. Meningitis in neonates. Causes? Treatment?






32. The percentage of cases within one SD of the mean? Two SDs? Three SDs?






33. Medication used to induce ovulation.






34. The mainstay of Parkinson's therapy.






35. Appropriate diagnostic test?






36. Perinatal mortality?

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37. Treatment for idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) in children.






38. Virus associated with aplastic anemia in patients with sickle cell anemia.






39. Causes of transudative effusion.






40. Appropriate diagnostic test?






41. A patient presents with weakness - nausea - vomiting - weight loss - and new skin pigmentation. Labs show hyponatremia and hyperkalemia. Treatment?






42. Nonpainful chancre.






43. The most common histology of bladder cancer.






44. RTA associated with abnormal HCO3 - and rickets.






45. Uterine bleeding at 18 weeks' gestation; no products expelled; membranes ruptured; cervical os open.






46. Classic causes of drug - induced hepatitis.






47. A patient fails to lactate after an emergency C- section with marked blood loss.

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48. Describe a test that consistently gives identical results - but the results are wrong.






49. The most common cause of seizures in children (2-10 years).






50. A neonate has meconium ileus.

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