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Question 1 of 5

The following are components of the open disclosure of medical error, except:

Correct Answer: C

Rationale: A best guess as to why the error occurred is not a required component of open disclosure.

Question 2 of 5

What is the appropriate prophylactic medication for an 18-year-old woman with a past medical history of migraine headaches?

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: Propranolol is commonly prescribed for migraine prophylaxis in young adults.

Question 3 of 5

An 85-year-old man with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease presents to your office with his daughter with the complaint of new onset chest pain, shortness of breath, and cough. He is clearly tachypneic and has tactile fremitus and egophony and crackles heard at the right lung base. His daughter just wants you to give him an antibiotic pill so that she can take him home. You are concerned that he might need to be hospitalized and require IV antibiotics. What statement is true?

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: Pneumonia management in older adults is influenced by severity and comorbidities.

Question 4 of 5

A 79-year-old woman with a 1.5-cm breast cancer underwent lumpectomy. Pathology revealed ductal carcinoma that is hormone receptor negative (estrogen receptor 0%, progesterone receptor 1%) and HER2/neu negative. Surgical margins were adequate and uninvolved with cancer. Sentinel lymph node sampling was negative for lymph node involvement. She has good performance status and no activities of daily living (ADL) or instrumental (IADL) dependencies. What treatment would you recommend?

Correct Answer: E

Rationale: No further treatment is necessary given the patient's good prognosis and lack of lymph node involvement or metastasis.

Question 5 of 5

The American Psychiatric Association�s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders defines Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy as:

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: Munchausen syndrome by proxy involves caregivers causing or faking illness in others to gain attention.

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