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NCCAOM BIOMEDICINE BOARD EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025
Warfarin - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔extrinsic pathway,
inhibit synthesis of vit k, not in pregnancy
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
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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
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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
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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
NCCAOM BIOMEDICINE BOARD EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025
Warfarin - ...ANSWER... ✔ ✔extrinsic pathway,
inhibit synthesis of vit k, not in pregnancy
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
,2|Page
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
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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
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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
