Which of the following diagnoses should be on the provider’s differential list in an adult patient with complaints of weight gain?

A 21-year-old engineering student comes to your office, complaining of leg and back pain and of tripping when he walks. He states this started 3 months ago with back and buttock pain but has since progressed to feeling weak in his left leg. He denies any bowel or bladder symptoms. He can think of no specific traumatic incidences but he was a defensive lineman in high school and junior college. His past medical history is unremarkable. He denies tobacco use or alcohol or drug abuse. His parents are both healthy. On examination he is tender over the lumbar spine and he has a positive straight-leg raise on the left. His Achilles tendon deep reflex is decreased on the left. While watching his gait you notice he has to pick his left foot up high in order not to trip.What abnormality of gait does he most likely have?

Which of the following diagnoses is important to consider in the diagnostic evaluation of fatigue?

A 7-year-old child is brought to your clinic by her mother. The mother states that her daughter is doing poorly in school because she has some kind of “ADD” (attention deficit disorder). You ask the mother what makes her think the child has ADD. The mother tells you that both at home and at school her daughter will just zone out for several seconds and lick her lips. She states it happens at least four to six times an hour. She says this has been happening for about a year. After several seconds of lip-licking her daughter seems normal again. She states her daughter has been generally healthy with just normal childhood colds and ear infections. The patient’s parents are both healthy and no other family members have had these symptoms.What type of seizure disorder is she most likely to have?

If you were given the following instructions, what is the correct way to start? “Write a g# minor scale, ascending and descending In the bass clef, in quarter notes, using a key signature.”

If you were given the following instructions, what is the correct way to start? “In the treble clef, write the minor scale, harmonic form that has F as the mediant.  Write the scale descending only, using accidentals, instead of a key signature.”

In g# minor melodic scale, an F# is the:

Write a B major scale, ascending In the treble clef, using a key signature.

In the key of B major, what note is F?

When you invert this interval, what will the new interval be called?