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Bio-Medicine NCCAOM Board Exam
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A patient says he's going to commit suicide, what should do?
Ans: Have Pt. Sign a "No Self-Harm" contract and refer to
primary care phsician on a semi-urgent basis.
Young man had very high energy, and didn't have to sleep much just a
couple days ago, now feeling exhausted and sad. Diagnosis:
Ans: Bipolar disorder
65 years male is living in nursing house after 6 months of post stroke,
he doesn't like talk to anyone, social withdraw; doesn't like to move
and like to lie down in the bed; he rather thinks him little and forget
him. What do you suspect?
Ans: Depression
Which one is example of abuse?
Ans: Retinal hemorrhage in infant (baby shaking)
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Child abuse reporting process, what type of law?
Ans: Varies state by state
Mom brought a kid to clinic, kid has ear infection, during intake mom
told you the kid don't like to talk to other people and don't like to play
with other people, what is your diagnosis for kid?
Ans: Child Abuse
Confused elderly suspects someone in his health care steals his money,
and patient said don't tell anybody. Your response?
Ans: Call social worker
Domestic violence
Ans: Encourage patient seeking for legal consultant and
consider keep away form abusive partner.
McBurney sign
Ans: Tender point in right lower abdomen of a patient with
appendicitis.
Patient with lower right quadrant abdominal pain
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Ans: Appendicitis
Diverticulitis case study, it asked about what test would you use to
diagnose it:
Ans: CT scan
Patient has abdominal pain is aggravated when defecting?
Ans: Aortic aneurysm
Patient has diarrhea and constipation, stools show mucus and blood,
why is the diagnosis:
Ans: Ulcerative Colitis
Which drug category will you select if you want to reduced gastric acid
in the stomach?
Ans: Antacids
What is the test for Drug and Herb metabolism? (In liver is involved in
drug metabolism)
Ans: Cytochrome
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Benzodiazepines are used for what?
Ans: Anti-anxiety, relax muscle, help insomnia, muscles
spasms, seizure. = BZD (-zepam)
Tardive dyskinesia and extrapyramidal syndrome are side effect of
what kind of medications?
Ans: Antipsychotic
What disease is the most common causing renal failure in US?
Ans: Type I diabetes
Group A B-hemolytic streptococcus infection is responsible for?
Ans: Glomerulonephritis
Erectile dysfunction is due to
Ans: Organic or psychosomatic
Adverse effects from drugs that treat ED?
Ans: Hypotension
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Bio-Medicine NCCAOM Board Exam
Questions and Correct Answers/ Latest
Update / Already Graded
A patient says he's going to commit suicide, what should do?
Ans: Have Pt. Sign a "No Self-Harm" contract and refer to
primary care phsician on a semi-urgent basis.
Young man had very high energy, and didn't have to sleep much just a
couple days ago, now feeling exhausted and sad. Diagnosis:
Ans: Bipolar disorder
65 years male is living in nursing house after 6 months of post stroke,
he doesn't like talk to anyone, social withdraw; doesn't like to move
and like to lie down in the bed; he rather thinks him little and forget
him. What do you suspect?
Ans: Depression
Which one is example of abuse?
Ans: Retinal hemorrhage in infant (baby shaking)
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Child abuse reporting process, what type of law?
Ans: Varies state by state
Mom brought a kid to clinic, kid has ear infection, during intake mom
told you the kid don't like to talk to other people and don't like to play
with other people, what is your diagnosis for kid?
Ans: Child Abuse
Confused elderly suspects someone in his health care steals his money,
and patient said don't tell anybody. Your response?
Ans: Call social worker
Domestic violence
Ans: Encourage patient seeking for legal consultant and
consider keep away form abusive partner.
McBurney sign
Ans: Tender point in right lower abdomen of a patient with
appendicitis.
Patient with lower right quadrant abdominal pain
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Ans: Appendicitis
Diverticulitis case study, it asked about what test would you use to
diagnose it:
Ans: CT scan
Patient has abdominal pain is aggravated when defecting?
Ans: Aortic aneurysm
Patient has diarrhea and constipation, stools show mucus and blood,
why is the diagnosis:
Ans: Ulcerative Colitis
Which drug category will you select if you want to reduced gastric acid
in the stomach?
Ans: Antacids
What is the test for Drug and Herb metabolism? (In liver is involved in
drug metabolism)
Ans: Cytochrome
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Benzodiazepines are used for what?
Ans: Anti-anxiety, relax muscle, help insomnia, muscles
spasms, seizure. = BZD (-zepam)
Tardive dyskinesia and extrapyramidal syndrome are side effect of
what kind of medications?
Ans: Antipsychotic
What disease is the most common causing renal failure in US?
Ans: Type I diabetes
Group A B-hemolytic streptococcus infection is responsible for?
Ans: Glomerulonephritis
Erectile dysfunction is due to
Ans: Organic or psychosomatic
Adverse effects from drugs that treat ED?
Ans: Hypotension
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