NCCAOM Biomedicine board exam Questions and Answers Verified by Expert
Question : Warfarin
Correct answer: extrinsic pathway, inhibit synthesis of vit k,
not in pregnancy
Question : Heparin
Correct answer: intrinsic pathway, activate antithrombin, used
in pregnancy also
Question : advil side effect
Correct answer: renal problem, not before and after surgery
(anti platelet, so bleeding)
Question : hypertensive urgency vs hypertensive emergency
Correct answer: emergency: end organ damage (kidney,
bleeding, brain, pupil edema , EKG) Urgency: headache,
chest pain, no end organ damage)
Question : confirm prostate cancer with ...
Correct answer: biopsy, not PSA
Question : nerves related with eye movement
Correct answer: 3, 4, 6 so (superior oblique:4), lr (lateral
rectus:6), 3 others
Question : Brudzinski's Test
Correct answer: for meningitis, Severe neck stiffness causes a
patient's hips and knees to flex when the neck is flexed.
Question : addison's sxs
Correct answer: dark pigmented skin, fatigue
Question : cause of addison's
Correct answer: def. of adrenal's hormones
Question : conn's syndrom
Correct answer: excessive aldestrone due to adrenal tumor
Question : kernig's sx
Correct 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
Question : risk factor of COPD
Correct answer: smoking
Question : copd
Correct answer: emphysema, chronic bronchitis
Question : obstructive pulmonary disease vs restrictive
pulmonary disease
Correct answer: obstructive like asthma, restrctive like
sarcoidosis
