NCCAOM BIOMEDICINE CERTIFICATION EXAM
SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◉ Heparin. Answer: intrinsic pathway, activate antithrombin, used in
pregnancy also
◉ advil side effect. Answer: renal problem, not before and after surgery
(anti platelet, so bleeding)
◉ hypertensive urgency vs hypertensive emergency. Answer:
emergency: end organ damage (kidney, bleeding, brain, pupil edema ,
EKG)
Urgency: headache, chest pain, no end organ damage)
◉ confirm prostate cancer with .... Answer: biopsy, not PSA
◉ nerves related with eye movement. Answer: 3, 4, 6 so (superior
oblique:4), lr (lateral rectus:6), 3 others
,◉ Brudzinski's Test. Answer: for meningitis, Severe neck stiffness
causes a patient's hips and knees to flex when the neck is flexed.
◉ addison's sxs. Answer: dark pigmented skin, fatigue
◉ cause of addison's. Answer: def. of adrenal's hormones
◉ conn's syndrom. Answer: excessive aldestrone due to adrenal tumor
◉ kernig's sx. Answer: positive when the thigh is flexed at the hip and
knee at 90 degree angles, and subsequent extension in the knee is painful
(leading to resistance). meningitis test
◉ risk factor of COPD. Answer: smoking
◉ copd. Answer: emphysema, chronic bronchitis
◉ obstructive pulmonary disease vs restrictive pulmonary disease.
Answer: obstructive like asthma, restrctive like sarcoidosis
◉ chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Answer: not asthma
◉ uterine bleeding post menopause. Answer: cancer
,◉ most risk factor for osteoporosis. Answer: smoking
◉ smoking risk factor for. Answer: COPD, AAA, osteoprosis, htn,
◉ atrovastatin side effect. Answer: myalgia
◉ HMG coA reuctase inhibitor side effect. Answer: myalgia
◉ HMG coA reuctase inhibitors. Answer: statins
◉ fish oil. Answer: decrease triglyciride not ldl
◉ how to increase hdl. Answer: exercise
◉ when BP falls, kidney release ... Answer: renin
◉ menorrhagia vs metrohagia. Answer: menorhagia: excessive
menstruation can cause iron def anemia
metrohagia: irregular, frequent bleeding
◉ sob on supine, edema of legs, fatigue. Answer: CHF
, ◉ DVT can cause. Answer: PE
◉ medication for high chlostrol. Answer: statins
◉ muscle injury evaluated by .... Answer: MRI
◉ MRI for. Answer: soft tissues: spine, brain, joint
◉ excessive licorice increase urinary excretion of. Answer: potasium
◉ pre eclampsia+ seizure. Answer: eclampsa
◉ tongue , what nerve. Answer: 12, hyopglossal for control (move)
tongue
taste 7 for 2/3
9 for post 1/3
◉ conductive hearing loss vs sensory hearing loss. Answer: conductive:
cerumen
sensory: presbycusis
SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◉ Heparin. Answer: intrinsic pathway, activate antithrombin, used in
pregnancy also
◉ advil side effect. Answer: renal problem, not before and after surgery
(anti platelet, so bleeding)
◉ hypertensive urgency vs hypertensive emergency. Answer:
emergency: end organ damage (kidney, bleeding, brain, pupil edema ,
EKG)
Urgency: headache, chest pain, no end organ damage)
◉ confirm prostate cancer with .... Answer: biopsy, not PSA
◉ nerves related with eye movement. Answer: 3, 4, 6 so (superior
oblique:4), lr (lateral rectus:6), 3 others
,◉ Brudzinski's Test. Answer: for meningitis, Severe neck stiffness
causes a patient's hips and knees to flex when the neck is flexed.
◉ addison's sxs. Answer: dark pigmented skin, fatigue
◉ cause of addison's. Answer: def. of adrenal's hormones
◉ conn's syndrom. Answer: excessive aldestrone due to adrenal tumor
◉ kernig's sx. Answer: positive when the thigh is flexed at the hip and
knee at 90 degree angles, and subsequent extension in the knee is painful
(leading to resistance). meningitis test
◉ risk factor of COPD. Answer: smoking
◉ copd. Answer: emphysema, chronic bronchitis
◉ obstructive pulmonary disease vs restrictive pulmonary disease.
Answer: obstructive like asthma, restrctive like sarcoidosis
◉ chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Answer: not asthma
◉ uterine bleeding post menopause. Answer: cancer
,◉ most risk factor for osteoporosis. Answer: smoking
◉ smoking risk factor for. Answer: COPD, AAA, osteoprosis, htn,
◉ atrovastatin side effect. Answer: myalgia
◉ HMG coA reuctase inhibitor side effect. Answer: myalgia
◉ HMG coA reuctase inhibitors. Answer: statins
◉ fish oil. Answer: decrease triglyciride not ldl
◉ how to increase hdl. Answer: exercise
◉ when BP falls, kidney release ... Answer: renin
◉ menorrhagia vs metrohagia. Answer: menorhagia: excessive
menstruation can cause iron def anemia
metrohagia: irregular, frequent bleeding
◉ sob on supine, edema of legs, fatigue. Answer: CHF
, ◉ DVT can cause. Answer: PE
◉ medication for high chlostrol. Answer: statins
◉ muscle injury evaluated by .... Answer: MRI
◉ MRI for. Answer: soft tissues: spine, brain, joint
◉ excessive licorice increase urinary excretion of. Answer: potasium
◉ pre eclampsia+ seizure. Answer: eclampsa
◉ tongue , what nerve. Answer: 12, hyopglossal for control (move)
tongue
taste 7 for 2/3
9 for post 1/3
◉ conductive hearing loss vs sensory hearing loss. Answer: conductive:
cerumen
sensory: presbycusis
