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Type A questions have solitary one correct answer and may have four or five choices. Here is a typical exemplar A question:

Q1 principally allergic reactions to foods are:

[ ] A. proper to IgA deficiency.

[ ] B owed to IgG and IgM antibodies.

[check ] C IgE-mediated.

[ ] D fit to enzyme deficiencies.

[ ] E owing to toxins.

impressed sign X questions may have the same or more correct answers. They are multiple true-false questions with four options. Here is a typical original X question:

Q2 Causes of varicosities in pregnancy include:

[ ] A. Hormonal changes.

[ ] B Venous compression.

[ ] C Familial tendency

[ ] D postponeed sitting and standing.

Clinical Quiz questions are written from the associate and assistant editors of AFP.

prototype A Questions Each question has alone one correct answer.

Articles

Acute Bacterial Rhinosinusitis in Adults: Part II. Treatment (p 1697)

Q1 Which common of the following is the best first-line antibiotic for the treatment of acute bacterial rhinosinusitis in patients without physic allergy?

[ ] A. Azithromycin (Zithromax).

[ ] B Clarithromycin (Biaxin).

[ ] C Amoxicillin.

[ ] D Amoxicillin-clavulanate potassium (Augmentin).

Q2 In acute bacterial rhinosinusitis, in patients with moderate disease or disease that fails to reply to first-line antibiotics, which individual of the following regimen choices is a righteous treatment option?

[ ] A. Amoxicillin-clavulanate potassium or cephalexin (Keflex)

[ ] B Amoxicillin-clavulanate potassium or erythromycin.

[ ] C A fluoroquinolone or cefprozil (Cefzil).

[ ] D Amoxicillin-clavulanate potassium or a fluoroquinolone.

Tympanometry (p 1713)

Q3 Which the same of the following statements about tympanometry is correct?

[ ] A. High static admittance can inference from middle ears with ossicular fixation.

[ ] B Increased stiffness of the eardrum, tympanosclerosis, cholesteatoma, and middle ear tumor are all potential causes of a exemplar B tracing.