The USMLE Step 1 exam tests the Basic Sciences. Designed for US Medical Student’s in their second year of Medical School, before their Clinical Rotations, International Medical Graduates will often struggle with going back to basics, and thinking like a pre-clinical student, rather than a qualified Physician. Try these USMLE Step 1 Anatomy questions and find out what you face on exam day!
Directions: Look at the sample USMLE questions below and explore the sorts of questions you’ll face on the exam. The USMLE Step 1 exam questions are in Clinical Vignette format, meaning that you will be asked to pull on information from a number of different disciplines and organ systems and that you will be required to make a number of conclusions based on the limited information provided.
This means if you do not have enough knowledge to make numerous conclusions on a topic then you’re likely to get the question wrong.
You will see below a number of USMLE questions with multiple choice answers. There is one best answer and no negative marking on the USMLE exam, so we recommend you guess if you are unsure or running out of test time.
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Question:
A middle-aged man presents to the emergency department complaining of pain near his solar plexus. He reports that the pain started an hour before he came to the hospital and that he has not experienced this before today. He reports that his last meal was an Italian dish that had a lot of garlic. The attending physician suspects gastric reflux und gives the patient cimetidine which of the following effects would be expected from this drug?
A. Increase in somatostatin secretion
B. Inhibition of gastrin activity
C. Inhibition of gastrin- and vagal-mediated hydrochloric acid (HCI) secretion
D. Inhibition of histamine secretion
E. Stimulation of gastrin secretion
