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USMLE Step 2

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  • 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. A patient presents with signs of hypocalcemia - high phosphorus - and low PTH.






2. Risk factors for pyelonephritis.






3. Name the defense mechanism:






4. Prophylactic treatment for migraine.






5. A 50-year - old male presents with early satiety - splenomegaly - and bleeding. Cytogenetics show t(9 -22). Diagnosis?






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






7. A late - life - threatening complication of chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML).






8. Neutropenic nadir postchemotherapy.






9. T- wave flattening and U waves.






10. Odds ratio?






11. Patient presents with sudden onset of severe - diffuse abdominal pain. Exam reveals peritoneal signs and AXR reveals free air under the diaphragm. Management?






12. Glomerulonephritis with deafness.

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13. The most common cause of Cushing's syndrome.

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14. Medication used to induce ovulation.






15. Dyspnea - lateral hilar lymphodenopathy on CXR - noncaseating granulomas - increased ACE - and hypercalcemia.






16. Acid - base disturbance commonly seen in pregnant women.






17. Treatment for atrial fibrillation.






18. Nonpainful chancre.






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






20. The most common type of nephrolithiasis.






21. A 17-year - old female has left arm paralysis after her boyfriend dies in a car crash. No medical cause is found.






22. Uterine bleeding at 18 weeks' gestation; no products expelled; cervical os closed.






23. Anemia associated with absent radii and thumbs - diffuse hyperpigmentation - caf

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24. Charcot's triad.






25. Name the organism:






26. What is the immunodeficiency?

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27. Supportive treatment for ARDS.






28. Identify key organisms causing diarrhea:






29. Causes of drug - induced SLE.






30. What is the metabolic syndrome?






31. Typical antibiotics for group B streptococcus (GBS) prophylaxis.






32. A painful - recurrent vesicular eruption of mucocutaneous surfaces.






33. Treatment of AF.






34. A 25-year - old Jewish male presents with pain and watery diarrhea after meals. Exam shows fistulas between the bowel and skin and nodular lesions on his tibias.

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35. Characteristics of 2

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36. Erythema migrans.






37. Peaked T waves and widened QRS.






38. Attributable risk?






39. A patient has ? vaginal discharge and petechial patches in the upper vagina and cervix.






40. A 21-year - old male has three months of social withdrawal - worsening grades - flattened affect - and concrete thinking.






41. An 11-year - old obese - African - American boy presents with sudden onset of limp. Diagnosis? Workup?






42. The most frequent presentation of intracranial neoplasm.






43. Identify key organisms causing diarrhea:






44. Low urine specific gravity in the presence of high serum osmolality.






45. 1






46. Causes of hypoxemia.






47. Albuminocytologic dissociation.






48. Asplenic patients are particularly susceptible to these organisms.






49. Lab values suggestive of menopause.






50. A patient continues to use cocaine after being in jail - losing his job - and not paying child support.