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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.
1. Name the defense mechanism:






2. Complication of scaphoid fracture.






3. A nurse presents with severe hypoglycemia; blood analysis reveals no elevation in C peptide.






4. Inspiratory arrest during palpation of the RUQ.

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5. Identify key organisms causing diarrhea:






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






7. Dermatomal distribution.






8. A man unexpectedly flies across the country - takes a new name - and has no memory of his prior life.






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






10. What % lesion is an indication for carotid endarterectomy?






11. Premalignant lesion from sun exposure that can ? squamous cell carcinoma.






12. Identify key organisms causing diarrhea:






13. 'Stones - bones - groans - psychiatric overtones.'






14. Hyperphagia - hypersexuality - hyperorality - and hyperdocility.






15. Treatment for acetaminophen overdose.






16. First step in the management of a patient with acute GI bleed.






17. An 80-year - old man presents with fatigue - lymphadenopathy - splenomegaly - and isolated lymphocytosis. Suspected diagnosis?






18. Symptoms of placenta previa.






19. A febrile patient with a history of diabetes presents with a red - swollen - painful lower extremity.






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






21. Honeycomb pattern on CXR. Diagnosis? Treatment?






22. A violent patient has vertical and horizontal nystagmus.






23. Proteinuria - hypoalbuminemia - hyperlipidemia - hyperlipiduria - edema.






24. A crescent - shaped hyperdensity on CT that does not cross the midline.






25. Microcytic anemia with ? serum iron - ? ferritin - and ? TIBC.






26. Identify key organisms causing diarrhea:






27. A 55-year - old man has sudden - excruciating first MTP joint pain after a night of drinking red wine. Diagnosis - workup - and chronic treatment?






28. Caf






29. The most common inherited hemolytic anemia.






30. Exophthalmos - pretibial myxedema - and ? TSH.

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31. Bias introduced when screening detects a disease earlier and thus lengthens the time from diagnosis to death.






32. Unilateral - severe periorbital headache with tearing and conjunctival erythema.






33. The first test to perform when a woman presents with amenorrhea.






34. A patient develops endocarditis three weeks after receiving a prosthetic heart valve. What organism is suspected?






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

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36. Sudden onset of mental status changes - emesis - and liver dysfunction after taking aspirin.

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37. Cross - sectional survey






38. Name the organism:






39. A six-year - old girl presents with a port - wine stain in the V2 distribution as well as with mental retardation - seizures - and leptomeningeal angioma.






40. The most common cause of hypothyroidism.

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41. ? CO - ? pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) - ? peripheral vascular resistance (PVR).






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






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






44. Asplenic patients are particularly susceptible to these organisms.






45. Treatment of tension pneumothorax.






46. Cohort study






47. IV drug use with JVD and holosystolic murmur at the left sternal border. Treatment?






48. A 10-year - old child presents in status epilepticus - but her parents refuse treatment on religious grounds.

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49. Drowsiness - asterixis - nausea - and a pericardial friction rub.






50. Characteristics of 2

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