ANESTHESIA HQ

ONLINE EXAM USER GUIDE

“AHQ BANK” FOR ANESTHESIA BOARD PREPARATION

After purchasing your online subscription, you may sign in to your account usingyour email address and password on the Anesthesia HQ homepage.Upon successful login you will enter the “my AnesthesiaHQ” page. This will be the control center for all ofyour online test preparation.

1 Edit Proﬁle

From this link you may

update your account information

including username/email address andpassword; this is also where you may go to

renew your subscription.

2 Account Summary

Displays the time remaining in your subscription, the percentage of AHQ Bank questions you haveanswered, and the number of exams that you have started but not yet completed (active/suspended).

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3 Create an Exam

You have the choice of two exam styles:custom or complete

Complete Exam:

A simulation of test conditions, 125 randomly selected questions with a time limit of 140 minutes.

Custom Exam:

Allows

you to select content and style ofexam you would like to take.

Exam Style

Timed

: imposes a total time limit equal to90 seconds per question

Tutor

: allows answers and explanations tobe viewed during the exam.

Question Reuse Mode

Select whether you would like the customexam to display only unansweredquestions, questions that were answeredincorrectly or all questions. By selecting‘All’ you may encounter repeat questions.

Exam Content

Select as many or as few disciplines as youdesire. The maximum number of questionsfor a single exam is 125. The number ofquestions can be less depending on thenumber and type of categories selected.

Taking the Exam

Q Sets:

Each exam has a maximum of 125 questions; the question grid on the upper left provides a visual guide to yourprogress during the exam. Questions 1 through 60 are displayed in QSet 1, 61 through 120 in QSet 2, etc. Youmay use the grid to jump to any question at anytime during the exam.The grid uses colors to depict question status:

blue

: current question

gray

: question has been viewed, but not answered

gray with number crossed out

: question has been answered

green F

: question has been ﬂagged, so that you may return to it easily

red E

: (only in tutor mode) no answer was selected because the answer and explanation were viewed

Answering Questions:

To answer the question, click anywhere on your selected answer. The test will automatically progress to the nextunanswered question.Click

Flag & Skip

if you would like to mark the question and return to it at a later time; the question will bemarked with a green F in the question grid.Click

Explain (I give up - tell me)

if you would like to view the answer and explanation. You will not be allowedto answer the question after viewing the explanation; it will be displayed as a red E in the question grid.Questions may be left unanswered.

Suspending the Exam:

If you would like to stop an exam at any point, select

Exit Exam

. The exam will be suspended and may bereturned to at a later time by going to the “Previous Exams” page.

Completing the Exam:

When you have ﬁnished the exam, select

Complete

. Your exam will be scored, and you may review answersand explanations. To view explanations, click

Details

from the Exam Summary page.