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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 would a deflection of the membrane potential to near zero indicate?






2. What antibodies are present in CREST? What is the most specific?






3. What are the three top bacterial causes of acute otitis media - sinusitis - and conjuctivitis?






4. what bursa is affected when on knees like a maid/gardner?






5. How do you treat gonococcal infection? chlymadia?






6. What is dobutamine? What is it used for?how it is it most helpful? What is bad about it?






7. what commonly happens in GI in response to acute physiologic stress?






8. hypertonicity and hyperreflexity are ________________ of hydrocephalus






9. What is the general compensatory mechanism to prevent edema is situations with increased central venous pressure?






10. What is a side effect of ACE inhibitor that is more worrisome in patients with renal failure?who else is it worrisome in?






11. What is the cause of fixed splitting of S2? why?






12. What can too much IgA in serum produces?






13. How do you calculate excretion rate of a substance? How do you calculate the filtration rate of a substance? clearance of what substance estimates the GFR?






14. How do you calculate RPF from urine PAH?






15. What three things can reduce the risk of non hereditary ovarian and endometrial cancer?






16. other than mycobacterim wha other bacteria is acid fast?






17. what drug causes aggression - nystagmus - ataxia - slurred speech - exaggerated gait and involuntary movements?






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






19. What is the Na/Ca exchange used for?






20. why does hypothyroidism cause increased CPK levels?






21. up to what level are ciliated cells present in the pulmonary system? mucus producing cells?






22. which type of glands produce an initially odorless secretion but can become malodorous secondary to bacterial decompisition on the skin surface? which glands are present throughout the skin except on lips and glans penis?






23. What is the only cranial nerve that comes out dorsally? What does this mean clinically?






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






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






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






27. What are pancreatic pseudocysts called pseudo rather than true cysts?






28. why does neutrophila occur with corticosteroids?






29. why are beta thal major patients asymptomatic at birth?






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






31. What are the two mcc of focal brain lesions in HIV positive patients?






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






33. how will ectopic pregnancy rupture present? What is key history question for diagnosis? what would a uterine biopsy show?






34. Which is slower AV node or ventricular muscle?






35. What is the inherited defect in LiFraumeni syndrome? What is the mode of inheritance?






36. What are the skin presentation in sarcoid?






37. what happens to capacitance with age?






38. which nucleus releases serotonin?






39. biotin is used By what in tissues responsible for gluconeogenesis






40. What is a keloid?






41. What is gardeners mydriasis? How is it treated?






42. what happens to sperm count and semineferous tubules in patient with cryptoorchidism? hormonal function? why do they need to be surgically descended?






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






44. When does dysplasia become a carcinoma - in other words When does it nonreversible? What is high grade dysplasia synonymous with?






45. on which chromosome is wilms tumor found?






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






47. What is acanthosis nigricans associated with?






48. What is epispadias caused by?






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






50. What is the mc malignancy in asbestosis?