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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. Flat - topped papules.






2. The most common type of tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF). Diagnosis?






3. Complication of scaphoid fracture.






4. An eight -year - old child is in a serious accident. She requires emergent transfusion - but her parents are not present.






5. PFT showing ? FEV1/FVC.






6. Name the organism:






7. Annual screening for women with a strong family history of ovarian cancer.






8. Infant mortality?






9. Identify key organisms causing diarrhea:






10. Blood in the urethral meatus or high - riding prostate.






11. In which patients do you initiate colorectal cancer screening early?






12. ? CO - ? PCWP - ? PVR.






13. CSF findings with SAH.






14. The diagnostic test for pulmonary embolism.






15. Drugs that slow AV node transmission.






16. A son asks that his mother not be told about her recently discovered cancer.

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17. Classic causes of drug - induced hepatitis.






18. Name the defense mechanism:






19. A 20-year - old man presents with a palpable flank mass and hematuria. Ultrasound shows bilateral enlarged kidneys with cysts. Associated brain anomaly?






20. Indications for surgical repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm.






21. Microcytic anemia with ? serum iron - ? total iron - binding capacity (TIBC) - and normal or ? ferritin.






22. Treatment of tension pneumothorax.






23. Acute - phase treatment for Kawasaki disease.






24. Bilious emesis within hours after the first feeding.






25. Administer to a symptomatic patient to diagnose myasthenia gravis.






26. The most common causes of dementia.

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27. The three most common causes of fever of unknown origin (FUO).






28. Classic physical findings for endocarditis.

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29. Laparoscopic findings in endometriosis.

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30. Defect in an X- linked syndrome with mental retardation -






31. The most likely cause of acute lower GI bleed in patients > 40 years old.






32. Begin Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) prophylaxis in an HIV- positive patient At what CD4 count? Mycobacterium avium - intracellulare (MAI) prophylaxis?






33. Postnatal mortality?






34. 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.






35. Name the organism:






36. Definition of unstable angina.






37. Breast malignancy presenting as itching - burning - and erosion of the nipple.

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38. What should always be done prior to LP?






39. Causes of hypoxemia.






40. AML subtype associated with DIC.






41. Risk factors for cholelithiasis.






42. Antibiotics with teratogenic effects.






43. Asplenic patients are particularly susceptible to these organisms.






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






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






46. Peaked T waves and widened QRS.






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






48. Glomerulonephritis with deafness.

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49. Name the organism:






50. T- wave flattening and U waves.