PNCB PNP-PC MASTER CERTIFICATION
EVALUATION 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
PRACTICE SOLUTION GRADED A+
◉ UTI Treatment Answer: Bactrim (if > 2 months)
Amoxicillin
◉ Cryptorchidism - Testicles should descend by - gestation, if not by
- Answer: 28 - 36 gestation; most descend by 6 months of life
◉ Cryptorchidism - when is orchiopexy recommended? Answer: at
12 - 18 months
◉ Gonorrhea treatment Answer: Ceftriaxone
◉ Chlamydia Treatment Answer: Azithromycin or Erythromycin
(children < 12 y/o)
◉ Syphilis treatment Answer: Penicillin G
◉ Herpes Simplex Virus treatment Answer: Acyclovir
,◉ Trichomoniasis treatment Answer: Metronidazole (Flagyl)
◉ Bacterial vaginosis treatment Answer: Metronidazole
Clindamycin
◉ Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease treatment Answer: Aggressive
treatment if: over 8 years old or greater than 1/2 femoral head
involvement
◉ Osgood-Schlatter treatment Answer: Stretching, bracing, NSAIDs,
Ice
Do NOT avoid sports / activity
◉ Scoliosis treatment Answer: Bracing at > 20 degrees, Surgery > 40
degrees
◉ Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis treatment Answer: Immediate
referral; avoid ambulation
◉ Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy outcome Answer: affects LE, then
UE, then chest wall, then heart;
Becomes evident at 3 - 5 years old
Wheelchair dependent by 10 - 12 years old
,◉ Developmental Hip Dysplasia treatment Answer: < 6 months:
Pavlik harness
> 6 months: surgery
◉ Genu Varum is normal until what age? Answer: 3 years old
◉ Genu Valgum normal age range? Answer: 2 years - 8 years
◉ Septicemia organisms Answer: Newborn: GBS or E. coli
Neonate (< 28 days): S. aureus
◉ Diphtheria treatment Answer: Erythromycin / Penicillin
◉ What is diphtheria? Answer: Contagious acute URTI that can lead
to cutaneous disease, cardiac dysfunction, neuro toxicity, renal
failure
◉ What is the treatment for Cytomegalovirus? Answer: IV
ganciclovir
◉ Pertussis treatment Answer: Erythromycin or Azithromycin
, ◉ Rubella rash: Answer: Starts on forehead/face, spreads to
trunk/extremities within first day; usually fades and is gone by day
3
◉ What causes Rubella Answer: RNA virus - Rubivirus
◉ Rubeola (measles) symptoms & rash: Answer: 3 C's: Coryza,
Cough, Conjunctivitis
Koplik spots
Rash that turns brownish after 3 - 4 days
◉ What causes Rubeola (measles)? Answer: RNA virus -
Morbillivirus
◉ Roseola Infantum symptoms Answer: Abrupt fever 3 - 5 days
followed by rash (starts on trunk, spreads to extremities)
◉ What causes Roseola Infantum? Answer: Human Herpes Virus 6
(HHV-6)
◉ Fifth Disease (Erythema Infectiosum) cause: Answer: Parvovirus
B19
EVALUATION 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
PRACTICE SOLUTION GRADED A+
◉ UTI Treatment Answer: Bactrim (if > 2 months)
Amoxicillin
◉ Cryptorchidism - Testicles should descend by - gestation, if not by
- Answer: 28 - 36 gestation; most descend by 6 months of life
◉ Cryptorchidism - when is orchiopexy recommended? Answer: at
12 - 18 months
◉ Gonorrhea treatment Answer: Ceftriaxone
◉ Chlamydia Treatment Answer: Azithromycin or Erythromycin
(children < 12 y/o)
◉ Syphilis treatment Answer: Penicillin G
◉ Herpes Simplex Virus treatment Answer: Acyclovir
,◉ Trichomoniasis treatment Answer: Metronidazole (Flagyl)
◉ Bacterial vaginosis treatment Answer: Metronidazole
Clindamycin
◉ Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease treatment Answer: Aggressive
treatment if: over 8 years old or greater than 1/2 femoral head
involvement
◉ Osgood-Schlatter treatment Answer: Stretching, bracing, NSAIDs,
Ice
Do NOT avoid sports / activity
◉ Scoliosis treatment Answer: Bracing at > 20 degrees, Surgery > 40
degrees
◉ Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis treatment Answer: Immediate
referral; avoid ambulation
◉ Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy outcome Answer: affects LE, then
UE, then chest wall, then heart;
Becomes evident at 3 - 5 years old
Wheelchair dependent by 10 - 12 years old
,◉ Developmental Hip Dysplasia treatment Answer: < 6 months:
Pavlik harness
> 6 months: surgery
◉ Genu Varum is normal until what age? Answer: 3 years old
◉ Genu Valgum normal age range? Answer: 2 years - 8 years
◉ Septicemia organisms Answer: Newborn: GBS or E. coli
Neonate (< 28 days): S. aureus
◉ Diphtheria treatment Answer: Erythromycin / Penicillin
◉ What is diphtheria? Answer: Contagious acute URTI that can lead
to cutaneous disease, cardiac dysfunction, neuro toxicity, renal
failure
◉ What is the treatment for Cytomegalovirus? Answer: IV
ganciclovir
◉ Pertussis treatment Answer: Erythromycin or Azithromycin
, ◉ Rubella rash: Answer: Starts on forehead/face, spreads to
trunk/extremities within first day; usually fades and is gone by day
3
◉ What causes Rubella Answer: RNA virus - Rubivirus
◉ Rubeola (measles) symptoms & rash: Answer: 3 C's: Coryza,
Cough, Conjunctivitis
Koplik spots
Rash that turns brownish after 3 - 4 days
◉ What causes Rubeola (measles)? Answer: RNA virus -
Morbillivirus
◉ Roseola Infantum symptoms Answer: Abrupt fever 3 - 5 days
followed by rash (starts on trunk, spreads to extremities)
◉ What causes Roseola Infantum? Answer: Human Herpes Virus 6
(HHV-6)
◉ Fifth Disease (Erythema Infectiosum) cause: Answer: Parvovirus
B19
