DO COMLEX-USA Board Examination 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which subject area carries the greatest content weight on COMLEX Level 2-CE?
- Osteopathic manipulative medicine
- Internal medicine (Correct answer)
- Obstetrics and gynecology
- Pharmacology
Correct answer: Internal medicine
Internal medicine has the highest content weight on COMLEX Level 2-CE due to its broad clinical scope during rotations.
Question 2: What is the maximum number of attempts allowed for each level of COMLEX-USA?
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 6 (Correct answer)
Correct answer: 6
The NBOME allows up to 6 total attempts per level of COMLEX-USA, with mandatory waiting periods between attempts.
Question 3: A DO student applying to a highly competitive ACGME residency should consider which additional examination?
- PLEX
- USMLE (Correct answer)
- MCAT
- NCLEX
Correct answer: USMLE
Many competitive ACGME programs request USMLE scores in addition to COMLEX scores when evaluating DO applicants.
Question 4: COMLEX-USA Level 1 is administered in approximately how much total testing time?
- 4 hours
- 6 hours
- 8 hours (Correct answer)
- 12 hours
Correct answer: 8 hours
COMLEX Level 1 is a single-day examination with approximately 8 hours of total testing time including scheduled breaks.
Question 5: Which statement about COMLEX and USMLE scores is most accurate?
- They are directly interchangeable on a 1:1 basis
- COMLEX scores can be precisely converted to USMLE equivalents by a published formula
- They measure overlapping but distinct competencies and cannot be directly compared (Correct answer)
- USMLE scores are always numerically higher than COMLEX scores
Correct answer: They measure overlapping but distinct competencies and cannot be directly compared
COMLEX and USMLE use different scales and test partially different competency domains, making direct numerical comparison invalid.
Question 6: The COMLEX-USA examination series is philosophically built around which framework unique to osteopathic medicine?
- The biomedical model
- The four tenets of osteopathic medicine (Correct answer)
- Evidence-based medicine hierarchy
- The biopsychosocial model
Correct answer: The four tenets of osteopathic medicine
COMLEX content is organized around A.T. Still's four tenets: body unity, self-healing, structure-function relationship, and rational treatment.
DO COMLEX-USA Board Examination 2
Which subject area carries the greatest content weight on COMLEX Level 2-CE?