questions.All questions represent only the current USMLEStep ] formats. Each test is followedby comprehensive explanations of both the correct answer choices, as well as all the wronganswer choices (distractors). By reviewing why each distractor is incorrect, you learn more thanjust the answer to that one question; you learn the information needed to answer multiple similarquestions on the same topic. You’11 also appreciate how the exam is constructed, and you’11begin to feel a greater sense of control over the exam.The key to exam day success is controllingthe exam and not letting it control you!FirstBegin by reading the Test-Taking and Strategy Guide. Use the strategies and approaches outlinedas you work through the tests in this Qbook. Also reread the final sections of this guideas your exam approaches. This section gives you great advice on what to do during the weeksleading up to the exam, as well as on test day itself.After Completing Subject Area ReviewWe recommend that you wait until you complete your review of a subject area before takinga Qbook exam. There are two exams each in Anatomy, Behavioral Science, Biochemistry,Microbiology/Immunology, Pharmacology, and Physiology. Because of the increasinglyclinical nature of the exam, we have included five tests covering pathology and pathophysiology.Take each exam in the allotted one-hour time frame, and do not look at the answersuntil you’ve completed a test. (Note that standard lab values are given for easy reference atthe end of the book.)