Vaccines: ABFM practice questions

25 board-style questions on vaccines in the PulseMD family medicine question bank, written against current guidelines with the reference cited on each question. Two free samples below; the full set with answers, explanations, and spaced review is free to start.

Sample question 1

A 22-year-old woman presents for a pre-employment physical. She reports receiving all childhood vaccinations but has not seen a doctor since age 16. She has no chronic medical conditions and is not pregnant. Her records confirm she completed the primary vaccine series for DTaP, IPV, MMR, varicella, and hepatitis B in childhood, but she has not received any vaccines since age 12. Which vaccine should be administered at this visit?

  1. MMR booster
  2. Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV20)
  3. Tdap booster
  4. Hepatitis A vaccine

Sample question 2

A 66-year-old man with well-controlled type 2 diabetes and hypertension presents for a wellness visit. He received PPSV23 at age 65. He has never received a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) or the recombinant zoster vaccine. According to current ACIP recommendations, which vaccines should be offered at this visit?

  1. Repeat PPSV23 in 5 years; RZV only if immunocompromised
  2. No additional pneumococcal vaccine needed; RZV series only
  3. PCV20 now (at least 1 year after PPSV23) and recombinant zoster vaccine (RZV) series
  4. PCV15 now and PPSV23 booster at age 70; defer RZV

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