AMC MCQ Recalls – Key to Effective Exam Preparation
1. A 30-year-old man comes to the physician because of a painful, swollen knee for the past several weeks. He had several episodes of painful urination before the onset of his knee pain. Physical examination shows an edematous knee and bilateral conjunctivitis with mucopurulent discharge. #Rheumatology
A. Osteoarthritis
B. Rheumatoidarthritis
C. Osteochondritisdessicans
D. Pigmentedvillonodulartenosynovitis E. Gout
2. A 45-year-old man presents with Prostate cancer with invasion of the Seminal vesicles. On MRI, no metastasis was detected. His PSA is 55. What is the most appropriate treatment?
A. Externalbeamradiotherapy
B. Radicalprostatectomy
C. AndrogenDeprivationTherapy
3. 16 years old patient. No secondary sexual signs. What to ask?
A. FSHLH
B. Boneage(constitutionaldelay) C. Ultrasound
D. Estradiol
4. 6 yr-old boy with nausea, vomiting, headache. PE: normal except tanner stages 3-4 /5. Dx?
A. Glioblastoma(malignant,rareinyoungages)(Mostcommonastrocytoma) B. Ependymoma
C. Pinealoma(presentwithprecociouspuberty)
D. Craniopharyngioma(associatedwithdelayedpuberty)
5. Most accurate test for Guillain Barre Syndrome?
A. Nerveconduction
B. CSF STUDIES
6. Pregnancy UTI. Management?
A. Cephalexin
B. Augmentin C. Nitrofurantoin
7. Patient had abdominal pain and liver enzymes elevated. Diagnosed with pancreatitis and treated. Now she is normal. On USS, she had multiple gallstones and CBD is 10mm. Next step of management?
A. ERCP
B. MRCP
C. Electivecholecystectomyincurrentadmission
D. Electivecholecystectomyafter3months
8. 10 year old aboriginal boy. Discharge coming from both ears. Right tympanic membrane is dull and retracted. Also with yellowish greenish discharge from nostrils. What is the most likely sequelae of this diagnosis?
A. Cholesteatoma B. Sinusitis
C. Hearingloss*** D. Myringitis
9. Old man of 60 years brought by his wife for hearing loss. With a graph of his audiogram with increasing frequency showed lower hearing ability. He had wax removal from his ear every 5 years on examination. The right side had a small soft cerumen.
A. Agerelatedhearingloss
10. One was a primigravida woman in labor given syntocin but then 4 hrs later no progression with positive caput and molding. What to do next?
A. Waitfor6hr
B. Stopsyntoinfusion C. Assisteddelivery D. EmergencyLSCS
11. Another with meconium staining with CTG showing slow fetal heart rate. What to do next?
A. ContinueCTGmonitoring
B. Fetalbloodsampling(CTGabnormal) C. CS
15. A lot of old patients with fractures are admitted in the hospital and then have delirium scenarios. Asking what to give or what is the cause?
Causes of delirium:-
Hypoxia
?Alcohol withdrawal post admission post hospitalization ? Fat embolism, pulmonary embolism
Electrolyte imbalance, dehydration
16. One was a known chronic schizophrenic patient, not listening to our questions. What to give next?
A. IMhaloperidol?agitated:notlistening,non-cooperative
B. IVdiazepam(alcoholic+agitated)
17. A lot of digoxin questions as well. With the ECG given and asking what to do next?
A. Whethertostopdigoxin(next)
B. Givedigibandetc(best)
19. Patient with fatigue and tiredness for the last 1 month. Serum calcium high, PO4 normal, PTH normal. 24-hour urinary calcium normal. Diagnosis?
A. HYPERPARATHYROIDISMOFMALIGNANCY B. PRIMARYHYPERPARATHYROIDISM
C. SecondaryHyperparathyroidism
D. TertiaryHyperparathyroidism
20. An 18-year-old woman has maintained a body mass index (BMI) of 13 after years of food restriction and an obsessional daily exercise routine. She has attended the clinic coincidentally for management of a whiplash injury after a car accident. Which one of the following is most likely to be found on general physical examination of this young woman?
A. Tachycardia.
B. Lowgradepyrexia.
C. Delayedrelaxationphaseoftheanklejerk. D. Shiveringinacoolenvironment..
E. Lossofbreastdevelopment
22. Also a man going to gym, Doesn’t like his shoulders,always measuring, looking at mirror
A body dysmorphic disorder
23. And another ecg, I think digoxin toxicity. Mx
24. Were given ecg pic ( AF) Mx
26. Child fell from bicycle ( helmet was on) Bruises on face. Otherwise ok. Mx?
27. Given a stem with delusional disorder. Asking about which exactly type. Given 5 different options if delusional disorder
28. 6 mo child umbilical hernia ( 1 cm) Mx
29. Boy 7yo got bitten by a bat . Mx?
1. -nothing
2. -ab
3. -tetanus
31. A man with pain in the forearm and elbow. Very clear it was lateral epicondylitis in examination (weakness in extension and tenderness on palpation on the extensors) What investigation to do next?
A. Xray
B. Nothing more
C. MRI
32. A 30 something woman decrease in visual acuity especially on upper temporal parts of the field .Prolactin was very high. MRI was normal. It was mentioned he was digging in the garden.
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Small Pituitary adenoma
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Some more I cant remember
Dx: quadrantanopia?
Compression > superior vision loss V commonly seen in stroke?
33 A 40 yo woman taking risperidone since her twenties had children. Now coming with amenorrhea, milky discharge from nipples Asked what was the cause? ?hyperprolactinemia due to risperidone?
34. Post menopausal woman taking denosumab came with Colles fracture. Did more investigations and found sacral joint t score -2.5 and femoral joint -1.5. What to do next?
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Start alendronate
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Calcitonin
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Start HRT
35. Man with recurrent pilonidal abscess. What advice to give?
A. SitzBath
B. Avoidtightunderwear C. Shaveoften
36. Woman with previous history of preterm labor, child with late neonatal sepsis. Now again pregnant. What to do this time?
A. Highvaginalswabat28weeks
B. Weeklyfibronectintestat20weeks
C. Vaginalexamstocheckcervicaldilation
37. 6 week baby increased the work of breathing when breastfeeding. What to do next? A. Referraltocardio
B. Refertospeechpathologist
C. Reassure
38. Question with CT scan of abdomen after stem of right upper quadrant pain which resolved itself in a few hours. What is the diagnosis?
A. Leftnephrectomy
B. Hydatidcyst
C. Hematomaofsuprarenal(GradeI-V)(1-3conservative)(4-5surgery) D. Gallstones
39. Question with CT scan of abdomen after stem of right upper quadrant pain which resolved itself in a few hours. What to do next?
A. Percutaneousdrainage
B. ERCP
C. MRCP
40. A question with swelling on the angle of the mandible in an old man with a history of partial gastrectomy after gastric tumor. Asking dx?
? Lymphoma
? metastatic gastric adenocarcinoma
Gastric tumor metastasis -Liver, Peritoneum lung, bone
41. Acute pain due to 2 hemorrhoids. What to do next? A. I/D
B. Analgesics
42. A 68 y old man developed right-left confusion, apraxia, He cannot write and add or subtract. Where would be the likely lesion?
A. Rtparietalglioblastoma
B. Leftparietalglioblastoma.(Dominant) C. Righttemporal
D. Lefttemporal
43. Patient on Alendronate for osteoporosis, had a motor vehicular accident. No pain or deficits initially but suddenly developed pain at the cervical area the next day. Limited ROM, unable to extend neck. What is the main indication for imaging?
A. Osteoporosis
B. LimitedROM
44. A cyanotic baby question with pansystolic murmur. What was the cause?
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TOF
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AVSD
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Coarctation
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TGA
45. Murmur question with crescendo-decrescendo murmur. What’s the cause?
A. AorticStenosis
46. 7 year old boy bitten by bat. Father worried. What to do?
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Monitorandtxaccordingly
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Antibioti3
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Tetanus 4
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Postexposurerabies 5
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of the aorta
47. Another irritable infant (how many months?) with umbilical hernia. What to do next? A. Refertosurgery
B. SendtoED48. Mother found a swelling on one side of the baby’s neck while bathing him. It was hard but painless Head tilted towards the swelling. What’s the dx?
A. Cystic Hygroma (Opposite side)
B. SCMtumor(sternocleidomastoidtumor)
C. Thyroglossalcyst D. EctopicThyroid
49. Another child swelling of scrotum. Not painful. Scrotum could be felt separately. Went til penis and perineum. What’s the dx?
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Edema
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Epididymitis
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Testiculartorsion
50. Bat Bite. Patient stable. Next step?
A. RabiesVaccine
B. ObservechildinERfirstanysymptomsdeveloping51. Clinical scenario of HOCM what will you do next all stable now A. Referpatienttocardiology
B. Admitandobserve
C. Dischargewithnoreferrals52. ECG given. Looked like 2 PVCs in couplet ECG.
53. CXR of chest showing pneumonia in the left middle lobe – CXR was to identify the diagnosis.
54. Pt comes with right iliac fossa pain. USG done and stone of 5 mm seen at the junction. What to do next?
55. ER doctor was drinking till morning. What will you do? A. InformAHPRA
B. InformERhead56. Girl came to get a prescription for her boyfriend. What to do? Verbal consent over the phone?
57. Internal hemorrhoids (Given a picture). Management?
58. Pregnant 36 weeks with her child. Got chicken pox. Lady doesn’t remember if she is immune. Management?
A. Checkserology
59. One question with a woman all history of TB, chest x ray and sputum culture done. What more?
A. Sputumcytology
B. Mantoux
C. Interferongammareleaseassay D. Isolate60. Another with pleural effusion and 6 months symptoms of difficulty breathing. What next?
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Bronchoscopytoo
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needlethoracocentesis
CA Lung?
Needle thoracentesis —– pleural fluid examination with Light criteria
61. Primi in active labour for 12 hours, caput + moulding + Station +1, active pushing for 1 hour, contractions reduced. Next step?
A. Oxytocin
B. Assisteddelivery(iffullydilated)(forcepsnotventouse)C. LSCS
62. A 55-year-old man has been on warfarin for AF for the past 3 months. He presented with an incarcerated inguinal hernia and was booked for emergent surgery. Warfarin was stopped and fresh frozen plasma was given. Which one of the following is the time to resume warfarin therapy?
A. 12hourspost-op(within24hours)
B. 48hourspost-op
C. Immediatelyafterrecoveryfromanesthesia D. 5dayspost-op64.Old man hearing progressive deterioration.Given the audiogram .Asking for which type of deafness?
65.AF ECG was given ,Management?
66.Another ECG given .Digoxin toxicity.Management?
67.A man with a pin in the forearm and elbow, weakness on extension and tenderness on palpation on the extensors. What investigation should you do next.
X ray
Nothing moreMRI
Poly pharmacy.68. Old man with Alzheimer presents with urinary incontinence.
69. Pre orbital (Periorbital?) cellulitis can not open the eye and thin yellow discharge and fever. What ab is needed?
70. 18 month old child presented with a tonic clonic seizure which was controlled with lorazepam. Temp 39, tachy, confused, 3 days ago. Diarrhea and vomiting preceded investigation showing sodium 119, K 4, Cl 85 and bicarb 18. Asking what to do to confirm dx
1. LP
2.Blood culture 3.stool exam 4.CXR71. A long scenario about a patient on warfarin, previously URTI receiving multiple AB treatments now ( dont remember for what) on CT abdomen large mass appeared in anterior abdomen. No fever just abdominal pain.
1.psoas abscess2.rectus sheath hematoma (?h/o URTI, cough reflex) 3.ureteral stone
72. A man with RTA GCS 6/15 has long heavy bearded bp 100/75 RR9 SaO 88, asking initial step to do
1.shaving beard to ensure mask ventilation
2.100% O2 mask venti immediately3.CT 4.IV fluid
73. A 7 day baby presented with bilious vomiting feeding intermittently no fever vitals stable asking what to do initially?
1.USS abdomen
2.Ba enema and follow through3. Xray abdomen
74. An elderly female 80yr urine exam shows 20wbc and culture e coli but no symptoms what to do?
1.Discharge with po trimethoprim
2.nothing3.IV ceftriaxone
75. A 33 wk pregnant lady presented with vaginal bleeding and abdominal pain, abdomen tender moderately, her BP 145/90 urine dipstick with ++protein, ++RBC she has previous hx of preterm labor due to PEC. asking which one precludes (make impossible) tocolysis?
1.PEC
2.vaginal bleeding
3.UTI76. A case of skin mass excise dwith clear margin so f2mm then biopsy returned back with melanoma of 0.6mm thickness. What to do
1. Further excision
2.routine follow up77.A young pregnant lady 8wk comes to you concerned about thrombosis risk. Her mother has PE history and her sister also has repeated DVT history. Which one is mostly to use for screening her?
1.screening thrombophilia2. Lupus anticoagulants test 3. Doppler USS of legs
78. Patient with poker playing (gambling?) asking what about appropriate initial treatment
1.insight psychotherapy 2.CBT
3.supportive psychotherapy 4.sertraline -