BPT CLINICAL; INTERNAL MEDICINE
RHEUMATOLOGY EXAM 2026 QUESTIONS
AND 100% CORRECT AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS
• 1
REU - 1
Which symptom is NOT typical to lower leg nerve root
compression?
A) Positive Lasegue-sign
B) Tenderness at the Valleix points
C) Positive femoral sign
D) Loss of the Achilles tendon reflex
E) Patellar ballottement
E) Patellar ballottement
Patellar ballottement is typical to knee joint fluid, the four other
symptoms could be the sign of nerve route compression.
• 2
REU - 3
What medicine is NOT used to treat rheumatoid arthritis?
A) Methotrexate
,B) Leflunomide
C) Methylprednisolone
D) Diclofenac
E) Colchicine
E) Colchicine
Colchicine is used to treat gout attack; the listed base (first-line)
therapeutic agents, corticosteroids and non-steroidal anti-
inflammatory agents are all used for treating rheumatoid
arthritis.
• 3
REU - 4
Which of the following is an interleukin-6 R-inhibitor
biological drug?
A) Etanercept
B) Adalimumab
C) Tocilizumab
D) Infliximab
E) Rituximab
C) Tocilizumab
Tocilizumab is an IL-6R inhibitor, etanercept, adalimumab and
infliximab are TNF-α inhibitors, and rituximab is a B cell inhibitor.
• 4
, REU - 5
Which clinical symptom is NOT characteristic of
rheumatoid arthritis?
A) Early morning stiffness in the hands
B) Symmetrical small joint inflammation of the hands
C) Small joint erosions on X-ray
D) Anti-CCP positivity
E) Early low back pain with sacroiliitis
E) Early low back pain with sacroiliitis
The first four symptoms are specific to RA, early low back pain
with sacroiliitis is a typical symptom of seronegative
spondyloarthritis.
• 5
REU - 6
Which symptom is NOT characteristic of Felty syndrome?
A) Inflammatory arthritis
B) High titer rheumatoid factor positivity
C) Splenomegaly
D) Pneumoconiosis
E) Granulocytopenia
D) Pneumoconiosis
RHEUMATOLOGY EXAM 2026 QUESTIONS
AND 100% CORRECT AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS
• 1
REU - 1
Which symptom is NOT typical to lower leg nerve root
compression?
A) Positive Lasegue-sign
B) Tenderness at the Valleix points
C) Positive femoral sign
D) Loss of the Achilles tendon reflex
E) Patellar ballottement
E) Patellar ballottement
Patellar ballottement is typical to knee joint fluid, the four other
symptoms could be the sign of nerve route compression.
• 2
REU - 3
What medicine is NOT used to treat rheumatoid arthritis?
A) Methotrexate
,B) Leflunomide
C) Methylprednisolone
D) Diclofenac
E) Colchicine
E) Colchicine
Colchicine is used to treat gout attack; the listed base (first-line)
therapeutic agents, corticosteroids and non-steroidal anti-
inflammatory agents are all used for treating rheumatoid
arthritis.
• 3
REU - 4
Which of the following is an interleukin-6 R-inhibitor
biological drug?
A) Etanercept
B) Adalimumab
C) Tocilizumab
D) Infliximab
E) Rituximab
C) Tocilizumab
Tocilizumab is an IL-6R inhibitor, etanercept, adalimumab and
infliximab are TNF-α inhibitors, and rituximab is a B cell inhibitor.
• 4
, REU - 5
Which clinical symptom is NOT characteristic of
rheumatoid arthritis?
A) Early morning stiffness in the hands
B) Symmetrical small joint inflammation of the hands
C) Small joint erosions on X-ray
D) Anti-CCP positivity
E) Early low back pain with sacroiliitis
E) Early low back pain with sacroiliitis
The first four symptoms are specific to RA, early low back pain
with sacroiliitis is a typical symptom of seronegative
spondyloarthritis.
• 5
REU - 6
Which symptom is NOT characteristic of Felty syndrome?
A) Inflammatory arthritis
B) High titer rheumatoid factor positivity
C) Splenomegaly
D) Pneumoconiosis
E) Granulocytopenia
D) Pneumoconiosis
