MSRA Basic MSRA Practice 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which specialty recruitment commonly uses the MSRA as part of selection?
- GP Specialty Training (Correct answer)
- Consultant appointments
- Medical school admission
- Foundation Year 1 entry
Correct answer: GP Specialty Training
GP training has used the MSRA for selection, alongside several other specialties.
Question 2: In Clinical Problem Solving, a question describes typical symptoms then asks for the most likely diagnosis. What should you do?
- Choose the single best fit for the whole presentation (Correct answer)
- Pick the rarest option
- Always select the first option
- Choose two answers
Correct answer: Choose the single best fit for the whole presentation
Best-of-five items require the single most likely answer for the full clinical picture.
Question 3: A patient asks you to keep a diagnosis secret from their family. What governs your response?
- Patient confidentiality and capacity (Correct answer)
- Family preference
- Hospital marketing
- Your personal opinion
Correct answer: Patient confidentiality and capacity
Competent adults' confidentiality must be respected unless an override applies.
Question 4: Extended matching questions in CPS require you to:
- Match a stem to the best option from a longer list (Correct answer)
- Write a paragraph
- Rank all options
- Choose true/false
Correct answer: Match a stem to the best option from a longer list
EMQs provide a themed option list and you select the best match for each stem.
Question 5: Time management is critical in the MSRA mainly because:
- There are many questions in a limited time (Correct answer)
- Answers are negatively marked heavily
- You must handwrite essays
- Each question is timed individually
Correct answer: There are many questions in a limited time
The volume of questions relative to time makes pacing essential.
Question 6: You witness a colleague making a prescribing error that has not yet reached the patient. What is best?
- Intervene to correct it before harm occurs (Correct answer)
- Wait to see what happens
- Document it but say nothing
- Blame the pharmacist
Correct answer: Intervene to correct it before harm occurs
Preventing harm takes priority, so you should act to correct the error.
Question 7: The Professional Dilemmas paper question types typically include:
- Ranking and multiple-best-response items (Correct answer)
- Essays only
- Diagram labelling
- Spoken responses
Correct answer: Ranking and multiple-best-response items
It uses ranking scenarios and select-the-three-best-actions formats.
MSRA Basic MSRA Practice 3
Which specialty recruitment commonly uses the MSRA as part of selection?