PHARM EENT, DERM EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED GRADED A++
A darkfield examination is used to cutaneously diagnose which disease?
A. Syphilis
B. Viral blisters
C. Scabies
D. Candidiasis
A. Syphilis
Debbie, age 29, has a high fever and red, warm, sharply marginated plaques on
the right side of her face that are indurated and painful. You diagnose erysipelas.
What treatment do you begin?
A. Systemic steroids
B. Topical steroids
C. Systemic antibiotics
D. NSAIDs
C. Systemic antibiotics
- Erysipelas is caused by Streptococcus hemolyticus and must be treated with
appropriate antibiotics
In a burn trauma, which blood measurement rises as a secondary result of
hemoconcentration when fluid shifts from the intravascular compartment?
,A. Hemoglobin
B. Sodium
C. Hematocrit
D. Blood urea nitrogen (BUN)
C. Hematocrit
Silas, age 82, comes to your office with a failry new colostomy. Around the stoma
he has a papular rash with satellite lesions. What does this indicate?
A. A fungal infection, usually candida albicans
B. An allergic reaction to the appliance
C. A normal reaction to fecal drainage
D. A fluid volume deficit
A. A fungal infection, usually Candida albicans
- May be a consequence of persistent skin moisture or an adverse effect of antibiotic
therapy
What is an excessive amount of collagen that develops during scar formation
called?
A. A keloid
B. A skin tag
C. An angioma
D. A keratosis
A. A keloid
Which treatment would you order for anogenital pruritus?
A. Suppositories for pain
,B. Antifungal cream for itching
C. A high-fiber diet for constipation
D. Zinc oxide ointment
C. A high-fiber diet for constipation
- Most cases of anogenital pruritus have no obvious cause and chiefly cause nocturnal
itching without pain. Although the condition is benign, it may be persistent and recurrent
Your 24 year old client, whose varicella rash just erupted yesterday, asks you
when she can go back to work. What do you tell her?
A. "Once all the vesicles are crusted over."
B. "When the rash is entirely gone."
C. "Once you have been on medication for at least 48 hours."
D. "Now, as long as you stay away from children and pregnant women."
A. "Once all the vesicles are crusted over."
Which type of hemangioma in a newborn occurs on the nape fo the neck and is
usually not noticeable when it becomes covered by hair?
A. Nevus flammeus (port-wine stain)
B. Stork's beak mark
C. Strawberry hemangioma
D. Cavernous hemangioma
B. Stork's beak mark
Jennifer, age 32, has genital warts (condylomata) and would like to have them
treated. All of the following could be applied except
A. Benzoyl peroxide
, B. Podophyllin
C. Trichloroacetic acid
D. Liquid nitorgen
A. Benzoyl peroxide
- Used for acne
All of the following are treatments for psoriasis except
A. Topical antifungals
B. Systemic medications
C. Phototherapy
D. Topical corticosteroids
A. Topical antifungals
- Most common form of treatment is topical corticosteroids
Susie asks you about the blackheads on her face. You tell her these are referred
to as
A. Open comedones
B. Closed comedones
C. Papules
D. Pustules
A. Open comedone
In burn trauma, silver sulfadiazine (Silvadene), a sulfonamide, is the most
commonly used topical agent. What is its mechanism of action?
A. It is a synthetic antibiotic that appears to interfere with the metabolism of
bacterial cells
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED GRADED A++
A darkfield examination is used to cutaneously diagnose which disease?
A. Syphilis
B. Viral blisters
C. Scabies
D. Candidiasis
A. Syphilis
Debbie, age 29, has a high fever and red, warm, sharply marginated plaques on
the right side of her face that are indurated and painful. You diagnose erysipelas.
What treatment do you begin?
A. Systemic steroids
B. Topical steroids
C. Systemic antibiotics
D. NSAIDs
C. Systemic antibiotics
- Erysipelas is caused by Streptococcus hemolyticus and must be treated with
appropriate antibiotics
In a burn trauma, which blood measurement rises as a secondary result of
hemoconcentration when fluid shifts from the intravascular compartment?
,A. Hemoglobin
B. Sodium
C. Hematocrit
D. Blood urea nitrogen (BUN)
C. Hematocrit
Silas, age 82, comes to your office with a failry new colostomy. Around the stoma
he has a papular rash with satellite lesions. What does this indicate?
A. A fungal infection, usually candida albicans
B. An allergic reaction to the appliance
C. A normal reaction to fecal drainage
D. A fluid volume deficit
A. A fungal infection, usually Candida albicans
- May be a consequence of persistent skin moisture or an adverse effect of antibiotic
therapy
What is an excessive amount of collagen that develops during scar formation
called?
A. A keloid
B. A skin tag
C. An angioma
D. A keratosis
A. A keloid
Which treatment would you order for anogenital pruritus?
A. Suppositories for pain
,B. Antifungal cream for itching
C. A high-fiber diet for constipation
D. Zinc oxide ointment
C. A high-fiber diet for constipation
- Most cases of anogenital pruritus have no obvious cause and chiefly cause nocturnal
itching without pain. Although the condition is benign, it may be persistent and recurrent
Your 24 year old client, whose varicella rash just erupted yesterday, asks you
when she can go back to work. What do you tell her?
A. "Once all the vesicles are crusted over."
B. "When the rash is entirely gone."
C. "Once you have been on medication for at least 48 hours."
D. "Now, as long as you stay away from children and pregnant women."
A. "Once all the vesicles are crusted over."
Which type of hemangioma in a newborn occurs on the nape fo the neck and is
usually not noticeable when it becomes covered by hair?
A. Nevus flammeus (port-wine stain)
B. Stork's beak mark
C. Strawberry hemangioma
D. Cavernous hemangioma
B. Stork's beak mark
Jennifer, age 32, has genital warts (condylomata) and would like to have them
treated. All of the following could be applied except
A. Benzoyl peroxide
, B. Podophyllin
C. Trichloroacetic acid
D. Liquid nitorgen
A. Benzoyl peroxide
- Used for acne
All of the following are treatments for psoriasis except
A. Topical antifungals
B. Systemic medications
C. Phototherapy
D. Topical corticosteroids
A. Topical antifungals
- Most common form of treatment is topical corticosteroids
Susie asks you about the blackheads on her face. You tell her these are referred
to as
A. Open comedones
B. Closed comedones
C. Papules
D. Pustules
A. Open comedone
In burn trauma, silver sulfadiazine (Silvadene), a sulfonamide, is the most
commonly used topical agent. What is its mechanism of action?
A. It is a synthetic antibiotic that appears to interfere with the metabolism of
bacterial cells
