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Sample Test Questions B
The purpose of this section is to provide a few sample test questions so that you can become familiar with the types of questions to be found on the exams and also practice to improve your test taking skills.
Directions: Using a pen or pencil on a separate sheet of paper number 1- 10 and record your answers to each question as you progress. When you have finished, then click on "Answers to Sample A" for a key to the correct answers.
1. All of the following statements about testicular cancer are true except
a. it accounts for about 1% of all male cancers
b .the administration of exogenous estrogen to the mother during pregnancy has been associates with an increased risk for developing the cancer later in life
c. the incidence is lowest in those males with cryptoid testes
d. the American Cancer Society recommends that all young adult males perform a testicular self exam at least once a month.
2. A leiomyoma is best defined as
a. a benign neoplasm of the smooth muscle of the uterus
b. the presence of endometrial glands and stroma within the myometrium of the uterus
c. the presence of functional endometrial tissue in ectopic sites
d. a type of placental tumor
3. Which statement below best describes infection with Neisseria gonorrhea?
a. appearance of a chancre at the site of infection, usually within three weeks
of exposure
b. appearance of small blisters at the site of the infection which become painful
to touch
c. appearance of cauliflower like warts on the penis, in the vaginal wall, cervix or
anal area
d. urethral pain with a creamy yellow, sometimes bloody disharge
4. Which of the following tests is an example of a specific serological test for syphillis?
a. FTA-ABS (fluoresent treponemal antibody absorption)
b. VDRL
c. Wasserman
d. RPR (rapid plasma reagin)
5. Sore throat, stomatitis, nausea, loss of appetite and the presence of condyloma lata
are symptoms which are most likely to accompany infection
a. during the secondary stage of syphillis
b. during the tertiary stage of syphillis
c. with chlamydia trachomatis
d. with hemophilus ducreyi
6. Which of the following hormones is necessary for the reflex that causes ejection of milk
from the nipples?
a. estrogen
b. progesterone
c. oxytocin
d. prolactin
7. The clinician is alerted to the possibility of placenta previa if bleeding occurs during
a. the first trimester
b. he second trimester
c. the third trimester
TRUE OR FALSE
8. Condyloma acuminatum is the fastest growing STD (sexually transmitted disease).
9.Menorhagia is bleeding between periods
10. Estrogen decreases the glycogen content of epithelial cells in the vagina.