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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. Inflammatory disease of the colon with ? risk of colon cancer.






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






3. First - line medication for status epilepticus.






4. A 55-year - old patient presents with acute 'broken speech.' What type of aphasia? What lobe and vascular distribution?

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5. A young child presents with proximal muscle weakness - waddling gait - and pronounced calf muscles.






6. PFT showing ? FEV1/FVC.






7. Key side effects of atypical antipsychotics.






8. Presents with a herald patch - Christmas - tree pattern.






9. Treatment of central DI.






10. Bone is fractured in fall on outstretched hand.

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11. Exophthalmos - pretibial myxedema - and ? TSH.

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12. Radiographic indications for surgery in patients with acute abdomen.






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






14. Beck's triad for cardiac tamponade.






15. Cannon 'a' waves.






16. Treatment of DKA.






17. A four -year - old child presents with oliguria - petechiae - and jaundice following an illness with bloody diarrhea. Most likely diagnosis and cause?






18. Signs of air embolism.






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






20. A patient hasn't slept for days - lost $20 -000 gambling - is agitated - and has pressured speech. Diagnosis? Treatment?






21. Peaked T waves and widened QRS.






22. The most common cause of seizures in children (2-10 years).






23. Initially presents with a pruritic papule with regional lymphadenopathy and evolves into a black eschar after 7-10 days. Treatment?






24. A patient with a history of lithium use presents with copious amounts of dilute urine.






25. RTA associated with aldosterone defect.






26. A 24-year - old male presents with soft white plaques on his tongue and the back of his throat. Diagnosis? Workup? Treatment?






27. Hematuria - hypertension - and oliguria.






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






29. Difference between Mallory- Weiss and Boerhaave tears.






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






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






32. Name the organism:






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






34. ? CO - ? PCWP - ? PVR.






35. Vaccinations at a six- month well - child visit.






36. Treatment for benzodiazepine overdose.






37. Hip and back pain along with stiffness that improves with activity over the course of the day and worsens at rest. Diagnostic test?






38. Name the defense mechanism:






39. Characteristics of 2

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40. Birth rate?






41. Hyperphagia - hypersexuality - hyperorality - and hyperdocility.






42. Elevated erythropoietin level - elevated hematocrit - and normal O2 saturation suggest?






43. A 50-year - old woman leaks urine when laughing or coughing. Nonsurgical options?






44. Treatment of septic shock.






45. May be seen in children who are accused of inattention in class and confused with ADHD.






46. Antidepressants associated with hypertensive crisis.






47. Gout - self - mutilation - and choreoathetosis.






48. Rigidity and stiffness with resting tremor and masked facies.

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49. Neonatal mortality?






50. Number needed to treat?