Most Repeated FCPS Part 1 Surgery MCQs: High-Yield Subjects

The subjects that carry the most weight in FCPS Part 1 Surgery — Anatomy, Pathology and General Surgery principles — with sample MCQs for each.

Like FCPS Part 1 Medicine, the Surgery paper leans heavily on Anatomy and Pathology before General Surgery principles — the two largest subjects by question count in the bank. Below is a sample across the highest-weight areas.

Anatomy

1. The appendix is classically located at:

A) Murphy's point
B) McBurney's point ✅
C) Charcot's triangle
D) Traube's space

Physiology / Wound Healing

2. The three overlapping phases of normal wound healing, in order, are:

A) Proliferative, inflammatory, remodeling
B) Inflammatory, proliferative, remodeling ✅
C) Remodeling, inflammatory, proliferative
D) Inflammatory, remodeling, proliferative

General Surgery Principles

3. Local anesthetics produce their effect primarily by blocking:

A) Potassium channels
B) Calcium channels
C) Sodium channels ✅
D) Chloride channels

Pathology

4. Dry gangrene of a limb is an example of which type of necrosis?

A) Liquefactive
B) Caseous
C) Coagulative ✅
D) Fat necrosis

Microbiology

5. The most common organism isolated in surgical site infections is:

A) Escherichia coli
B) Staphylococcus aureus ✅
C) Pseudomonas aeruginosa
D) Streptococcus pyogenes

Biochemistry

6. The primary source of immediate energy for skeletal muscle contraction is:

A) Glucose
B) Glycogen
C) ATP ✅
D) Fatty acids

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HighYield's FCPS Part 1 Surgery bank covers Anatomy, Pathology, Pharmacology, Physiology, Biochemistry and General Surgery, every question explained. Try the first 20 questions free, no sign-in required, from the FCPS Part 1 Surgery question bank page.