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

An 18-year-old woman presents to the Emergency Department with a 3-day history of vomiting and right upper quadrant pain. She is alert but appears unwell and jaundiced. She was previously healthy and has not travelled recently. She has no risk factors for blood-borne pathogens. She denies hematemesis or hematochezia. On further history, she reports that she took a full bottle of pills that she found in her parents' medicine cabinet several hours before she started vomiting. Without intervention, which one of the following is the most likely outcome?

A 69-year-old woman with long-standing hypertension presents to the emergency department with a 2-hour history of persistent chest and back pain. A posteroanterior chest radiograph shows suspicious widening of the mediastinal shadow. Which one of the following is most likely to yield a clinical diagnosis?

An 18-year-old woman comes to the office because of fatigue. She tells you she is struggling in her first year of university. She mentions that she spends much of her time rewriting her notes and filing and organizing her study materials. She is doing all the work in her group assignments because she feels others cannot do the work to a high enough standard. She has abandoned all enjoyable activities and seems to be constantly working and worrying about her grades. Which one of the following is the most likely diagnosis?

A previously well 4-year-old boy is brought to your office by his mother. She is concerned by his behaviour.
Shortly after falling asleep, he awakens, screams loudly and cries. He appears frightened and does not respond to his mother's efforts to calm him. During these episodes, he appears agitated and flushed. After 15-20 minutes, he settles back to sleep. Physical examination is unremarkable. Which one of the following is the most likely diagnosis?

A 14-year-old girl, accompanied by her mother, presents to your office with a 3-month history of feeling " dizzy. " After you take an initial history, which one of the following is the most appropriate next step?

A 38-year-old woman presents with diffuse nodularity in the outer upper quadrant of her right breast. There is no obvious dominant mass, nipple discharge, or skin dimpling. There are no palpable lymph nodes. Which one of the following is the most likely diagnosis?

A 72-year-old woman is brought to the Emergency Department by her daughter because of significant functional decline and progressive shortness of breath. She has widespread metastatic breast cancer and recently stopped chemotherapy due to progression and intolerance. She has been bedridden for 4 weeks. On examination:
BP: 100/70 mm Hg with pulsus paradoxus of 20 mm Hg
HR: 99/min
Temp: 36.5°C
SpO#: 94% room air
JVP: elevated
Heart sounds: muffled
Chest X-ray: large globular heart
Labs:
Hemoglobin: 90 g/L
Sodium: 118 mmol/L
Creatinine: 94 µmol/L
Which one of the following is the best next step?

A 46-year-old woman with a palpable breast lump underwent diagnostic mammography that revealed a suspicious mass in her right breast. The radiologist recommended a breast biopsy. The referring physician did not see the mammogram report or the recommendation for biopsy. One year later, invasive breast cancer is diagnosed in the patient. Which one of the following is most likely to prevent this issue from happening again?

A 37-year-old woman presents to your clinic with frequent palpitations. She has no other symptoms and is quite active. Physical examination and resting electrocardiogram findings are normal. Which one of the following is the best next step?