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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. Identify key organisms causing diarrhea:






2. Mortality rate?






3. Causes of drug - induced SLE.






4. Characteristics favoring carcinoma in an isolated pulmonary nodule.






5. Medical options for endometriosis.






6. Cause of neonatal RDS.






7. Classic ECG findings in pericarditis.






8. Treatment for bacterial vaginosis.






9. Name the defense mechanism:






10. AML subtype associated with DIC.






11. Waxy casts in urine sediment and Maltese crosses (seen with lipiduria).






12. Name the organism:






13. Identify key organisms causing diarrhea:






14. The most common type of skin cancer; the lesion is a pearly- colored papule with a translucent surface and telangiectasias.






15. A man has repeated - intense urges to rub his body against unsuspecting passengers on a bus.






16. Treatment of SIADH?






17. Tanner stage 3 in a six-year - old female.






18. 'Cradle cap.'






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






20. Treatment for acute coronary syndrome.






21. Appropriate diagnostic test?






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






23. RTA associated with abnormal HCO3 - and rickets.






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






25. Treatment for neuroleptic malignant syndrome.






26. First - line treatment for otitis media.






27. Cohort study






28. Normalizing PCO2 in a patient having an asthma exacerbation may indicate?






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






30. Precipitants of hemolytic crisis in patients with G6PD deficiency.






31. A 16-year - old presents with an annular patch of alopecia with broken - off - stubby hairs.






32. Medical treatment for hepatic encephalopathy.






33. Meningitis in infants. Causes? Treatment?






34. Peaked T waves and widened QRS.






35. Goal hemoglobin A1c for a patient with DM.






36. PFT showing ? FEV1/FVC.






37. Aplastic crisis in sickle cell disease.






38. Not contraindications to vaccination.






39. Name the organism:






40. Treatment for DTs.






41. Diagnostic modality used when ultrasound is equivocal for cholecystitis.






42. Hematuria - hypertension - and oliguria.






43. The most common cause of hypertension in young men.






44. Drugs that slow AV node transmission.






45. Cold agglutinins.






46. Lung cancer highly related to cigarette exposure.






47. Hypercholesterolemia treatment that ? flushing and pruritus.






48. The number of bacterial culture on a clean - catch specimen to diagnose a UTI.






49. A patient presents with pain on passive movement - pallor - poikilothermia - paresthesias - paralysis - and pulselessness. Treatment?






50. Complication of overly rapid correction of hyponatremia.