NCCAOM BIOMEDICINE BOARD EXAM
ACTUAL TEST 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS
◉ Older man with lower back pain during bowel movement and
pulsating mass near umbilicus, what is the cause? Answer:
Abdominal aortic aneurysm
◉ Patient has abdominal pain (my said low back pain) and is
aggravated when defecating? Answer: Herniated lumbar disc
◉ Beta-adrenergic Blockers treat what? Answer: Thyroid storm
◉ Which drug can relax smooth muscle and vessel resistance "-a-
Blocker" Answer: Cause vessel dilation
◉ Calcium channel blockers: relax vessels Answer: CCB for:
hypertension, arrhythmia, angina
CCB side effect: hypotension, AV block, headache, constipation,
nausea, heel edema
◉ Public health and safety cares most about? Answer: Occupation
and travel
,◉ Evaluation and management are based on? Answer: CPT Codes
◉ What is the element in PHI (Protect Health Information)? Answer:
Patient email address
◉ Speak with cardiologist of a patient without patient consent. Is
there any recourse for complaint filled? Answer: Yes - patient can -
no we cant counter file
◉ The patient was treated by practitioner lack of skills of the
profession for which the individual has been certified? Answer:
Incompetence
◉ Female young, high fever, productive cough, headache, pain in
chest, worse with deep breaths, what do you do? Answer:
Emergency room
◉ Patient has chronic eczema, dry red lesions are all over the body
trunk and arms, what should you do during the treatment? Answer:
Refer to primary physician
◉ Endometrial polyps found by Answer: Hysteroscopy
,◉ Colposcopy is applied to visualize which structure(s) Answer:
Vagina and Cervix
◉ Pregnancy confirmed by Answer: hCG hormone (human chorionic
gonadotropin)
◉ Sympathetic nervous system B receptors cause all of the following
except the following physiological response = pupil contriction
Answer: Opioid
◉ A young man has anxiety, nausea/vommiting, "goose bump" with
dilated pupils, what subtance(s) did the patient used? Answer:
Opiates
◉ 26 year old man with headache, nausea and Photo-sensitivity.
Most likely type of headache: Answer: Migraine (vascular)
◉ Patient has right hemisphere cerebral vascular accident (CVA),
which area is affected? Answer: Left Face/Left Body
◉ Discriminative nerve findings: Left arm 1+ right 2+, left arm
muscle weakness, (during discrimination point find 2 better
discrimination points on R arm), which side is lesion on: Answer:
Right cerebral cortex
, ◉ Spinal cord lesion between L4 and L5 affects which spinal nerve?
Answer: L4 (L4 symptoms are seen)
◉ Which nerve root corresponds to the top of the foot? (only single
answer options, not pairs) Answer: L5
◉ Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) may be obtained from? Answer:
Subarachnoid Space (via Lumbar Puncture [Spinal Tap])
◉ Lesion in which part of brain causes Alzheimers? Answer:
Hippocampus, Amygdala, Cortex
◉ Which mineral is antioxidant? Answer: Selenium
◉ What causes elevated ketone bodies? Answer: High fat/low carb
diet (Atkin diet)
◉ Motor part enters muscle fiber,most electrically excitabel part of
muscle? Answer: Motor point
◉ Ankylosing spondylitis is linked to which specific HLA Antigen:
Answer: HLA-B27 (human leukocyte antigen)
ACTUAL TEST 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS
◉ Older man with lower back pain during bowel movement and
pulsating mass near umbilicus, what is the cause? Answer:
Abdominal aortic aneurysm
◉ Patient has abdominal pain (my said low back pain) and is
aggravated when defecating? Answer: Herniated lumbar disc
◉ Beta-adrenergic Blockers treat what? Answer: Thyroid storm
◉ Which drug can relax smooth muscle and vessel resistance "-a-
Blocker" Answer: Cause vessel dilation
◉ Calcium channel blockers: relax vessels Answer: CCB for:
hypertension, arrhythmia, angina
CCB side effect: hypotension, AV block, headache, constipation,
nausea, heel edema
◉ Public health and safety cares most about? Answer: Occupation
and travel
,◉ Evaluation and management are based on? Answer: CPT Codes
◉ What is the element in PHI (Protect Health Information)? Answer:
Patient email address
◉ Speak with cardiologist of a patient without patient consent. Is
there any recourse for complaint filled? Answer: Yes - patient can -
no we cant counter file
◉ The patient was treated by practitioner lack of skills of the
profession for which the individual has been certified? Answer:
Incompetence
◉ Female young, high fever, productive cough, headache, pain in
chest, worse with deep breaths, what do you do? Answer:
Emergency room
◉ Patient has chronic eczema, dry red lesions are all over the body
trunk and arms, what should you do during the treatment? Answer:
Refer to primary physician
◉ Endometrial polyps found by Answer: Hysteroscopy
,◉ Colposcopy is applied to visualize which structure(s) Answer:
Vagina and Cervix
◉ Pregnancy confirmed by Answer: hCG hormone (human chorionic
gonadotropin)
◉ Sympathetic nervous system B receptors cause all of the following
except the following physiological response = pupil contriction
Answer: Opioid
◉ A young man has anxiety, nausea/vommiting, "goose bump" with
dilated pupils, what subtance(s) did the patient used? Answer:
Opiates
◉ 26 year old man with headache, nausea and Photo-sensitivity.
Most likely type of headache: Answer: Migraine (vascular)
◉ Patient has right hemisphere cerebral vascular accident (CVA),
which area is affected? Answer: Left Face/Left Body
◉ Discriminative nerve findings: Left arm 1+ right 2+, left arm
muscle weakness, (during discrimination point find 2 better
discrimination points on R arm), which side is lesion on: Answer:
Right cerebral cortex
, ◉ Spinal cord lesion between L4 and L5 affects which spinal nerve?
Answer: L4 (L4 symptoms are seen)
◉ Which nerve root corresponds to the top of the foot? (only single
answer options, not pairs) Answer: L5
◉ Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) may be obtained from? Answer:
Subarachnoid Space (via Lumbar Puncture [Spinal Tap])
◉ Lesion in which part of brain causes Alzheimers? Answer:
Hippocampus, Amygdala, Cortex
◉ Which mineral is antioxidant? Answer: Selenium
◉ What causes elevated ketone bodies? Answer: High fat/low carb
diet (Atkin diet)
◉ Motor part enters muscle fiber,most electrically excitabel part of
muscle? Answer: Motor point
◉ Ankylosing spondylitis is linked to which specific HLA Antigen:
Answer: HLA-B27 (human leukocyte antigen)
