Free Medical Council of Canada MCCQE Practice Test & Real Exam Questions

A 42-year-old woman is admitted to the Intensive Care Unit with a massive pulmonary embolism. Her condition is stabilized with intubation, hydration, inotropic support, and intravenous administration of heparin. Her partner provides you with a list of her medications. A combination oral contraceptive pill was recently prescribed. She smokes tobacco cigarettes, and her BMI is 36. Which one of the following is the best next step?

A mumps outbreak is occurring in your community, with higher attack rates among post-secondary students.
Which one of the following is the most effective intervention?

You are examining a full-term baby girl in the nursery. You notice that her left forefoot is adducted and supinated relative to the contralateral foot, which makes her left foot appear C-shaped. Which one of the following findings is most instrumental in deciding on the management of this issue?

A patient ' s mother comes to you with a prospective cohort study linking autism to the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine. After reviewing the study carefully, you question the results because of problems with the study design and execution. Which one of the following sources of error would be most important in the study design or execution?

You are providing medical care to a 78-year-old man and notice a skin lesion which you suspect is malignant melanoma. He has been living in a long-term care facility for 2 years because of incontinence, mobility and vision problems. He is well-liked by facility staff and residents, manages his own affairs and communicates clearly. He has designated his daughter to be his substitute decision-maker and has signed a Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) order. Which one of the following is the best next step in providing care to this patient for his skin lesion?

An 8-year-old boy is brought to the Emergency Department because he is experiencing sudden respiratory distress. You suspect that he has a spontaneous tension pneumothorax. On physical examination, which one of the following best supports this diagnosis?

A young man and woman who are in a relationship present to the office for prenatal counselling. During the visit, you observe that the man ' s lips appear as shown in the referenced photo.

[Image shows grouped vesicular lesions on erythematous base affecting the lips-classic for herpes labialis (HSV-1).] Which one of the following is the best advice?

The parents of a 12-year-old boy present to your clinic to discuss their son's submersion injury. The patient was seen in hospital for 6 months after being pulled unresponsive from a lake at his friend's house; he had been submerged for an estimated 20 minutes. After extended resuscitation and a 2-month stay in the intensive care unit, he remains in a persistent vegetative state but needs no respiratory or cardiac support. When evaluating the discharge from hospital, which one of the following is most appropriate?

An otherwise healthy 43-year-old woman presents to your clinic for a left breast mass. Six months ago, she underwent a bilateral breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) after watching a television program on breast cancer prevention. An ultrasound-guided biopsy of a 1.5 cm mass confirmed, at the time, that she had fibroadenoma. The follow-up ultrasound now reveals a mass measuring 1.7 cm. Which one of the following is the best next step in the management of this patient?