SOLVED QUESTIONS FULL SOLUTION
◉ When a patient has a carotid bruit, which of the following should
the PCP gather from the patient history?
A. History of hemophilia
B. History of peripheral vascular occlusive disease
C. History of seizure disorder
D. History of sickle cell disease. Answer: B. History of peripheral
vascular occlusive disease
◉ Which patient is most likely to have myasthenia gravis (MG)?
A. A 75 year-old Caucasian Woman
B. A 31 year-old Hispanic woman
C. A 55-year-old African American male
D. A 10-year-old Middle Eastern male. Answer: B. A 31-year-old
Hispanic Woman
◉ Which patient is most likely to be diagnosed with Guilllan-Barre
Syndrome?
,A. A 6-month-old infant
B. A 30-year-old man
C. A 72-year-old woman
D. A 50-year-old man. Answer: C. A 72-year-old woman
◉ Which of the following persons fit the classic description of a
patient with multiple sclerosis (MS)?
A. A teenage male
B. A 65-year-old male
C. A 25-year-old female
D. A 60-year-old female. Answer: C. A 25-year-old female
◉ Jolene has breast caner that has been staged as T1, N0, M0. What
might this mean?
A. The tumor size cannot be evaluated; the cancer has not spread to
the lymph nodes; and the distant spread cannot be evaluated.
B. The cancer is in situ; it is spreading into the lymph nodes but the
spread cannot be evaluated otherwise.
C. The cancer is less than 3cm in size and has not spread to the
lymph nodes or other parts of the body.
, D. The cancer is about 5cm in size; nearby lymph nodes cannot be
evaluated; and there is no evidence of distant spreading.. Answer: C.
The cancer is less than 3cm in size and has not spread to the lymph
nodes or other parts of the body.
◉ Which of the following conditions is associate with cigarette
smoking?
A. Glaucoma
B. Increased sperm quality
C. Bladder Cancer
D. Eczema. Answer: C. Bladder Cancer
◉ The barrel-chest characteristics of emphysema is a result of:
A. Chronic Coughing
B. Hyperinflation
C. Polycythemia
D. Pulmonary Hypertension. Answer: B. Hyperinflation
◉ Your patient is on theophylline for his asthma. You want to
maintain his serum levels between: