Mosby's Review Questions for the NBCE Examination: Parts I and II (Pts. 1 & 2) [Paperback]

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Book Description

ISBN-10: 0323031722 | ISBN-13: 978-0323031721 | Publication Date: December 20, 2005

This valuable review tool features 1,000 multiple-choice questions with explanatory answers, organized by topic, according to Parts I and II of the NBCE boards. No other product on the market is as comprehensive and useful. It provides a Q&A review with rationale and quick reference tools to help users prepare for the boards. Updated references in each section direct students to supplemental reading for further information. Tables, boxes, and other quick-reference tools summarize content at a glance. The CD-ROM contains all the questions from the book plus approximately 500 additional questions, answers, and rationales, as well as automatically scored quizzes.

• Approximately 1,000 multiple-choice questions with explanatory answers are organized and formatted according to the national boards.
• Updated references in each section refer readers to supplemental resources, making it easier to investigate specific topics.
• CD-ROM with automatically scored quizzes enables students to practice and see their scores at the end of each test.
• Illustrations visually reinforce difficult topics and aid understanding.
• Tables, boxes, and other quick reference tools summarize the content at a glance.
• Approximately 500 additional questions are provided on CD-ROM with answers, and rationales.

Product Details

• Paperback: 696 pages
• Publisher: Mosby (December 20, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0323031722
• ISBN-13: 978-0323031721
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #415,348 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Needs some work, September 11, 2009

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DDS "DDS" (Iowa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mosby's Review Questions for the NBCE Examination: Parts I and II (Pts. 1 & 2) (Paperback)

I purchased this for parts 1 and 2 and used it quite a bit. Unfortunately the things the book emphasized were not really well represented on boards. I saw maybe a handful of questions that were remotely close. The book is well organized and written. However, the rationale for why the right answer is right is sometimes all you get. That is, only occassionally do you get a rationale for why the wrong answer is wrong. Sometimes you get a wonderfully detailed explanation of why this one is right or wrong, and other times you are left high and dry looking for supplemental information on Google.

Too, the software on the CD needs some work. Navigating from one subject to the next is clumsy, at best. Too, if you take one of the "practice exams," you can't just take a 110 question spinal exam for example, to simulate actual testing conditions. Instead, you get a 110-question exam that pulls from all 6 subjects. This of course isn't ideal for someone who wants to focus on one particular subject or to find out where they stand.

Finally, the book focuses a LOT on obscure things that you would think boards would like. For example, things like the Foramen of Winslow, the asymmetry of testicular venous drainage, and the arcades of the small intestines. Yet I didn't really find these random trivia facts very well represented on boards.

To summarize, I wouldn't buy this book again. At $60, I expect the software on the CD to be more refined, and more importantly, I expect the content the book covers to be a fairly good representation of what is on the test (which is was not).

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars excellent explanation of answers, November 6, 2007

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David A. Young (Port Orange, Fl) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mosby's Review Questions for the NBCE Examination: Parts I and II (Pts. 1 & 2) (Paperback)

There are tons of questions on every different subject matter and the explanations for the answers tell not only why the right answer is right, but why the wrong answers are wrong. Highly recomended as part of your board review library.

2.0 out of 5 stars Good Resource, OUTDATED SOFTWARE!!!, September 6, 2011

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Ann - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mosby's Review Questions for the NBCE Examination: Parts I and II (Pts. 1 & 2) (Paperback)

The program worked fine... until I upgraded my Mac to Lion. The review program is too old and uses Rosetta to run, which is no longer supported by Apple.