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*Spend just enough time on answer explanations to get a '''hunch''' of what makes the right choice most likely, because that's basically all you need to choose that right answer if it would appear in the actual exam. Don't memorize every clue and every detail in answer explanations. For example, for a picture of a hairy cell and a question about mutations, your brain probably just needs to associate it with for example "barf 600 something", rather than knowing that suspected hairy cell leukemia is confirmed by genetic testing for the BRAF V600E mutation (and in everyday practice this can timely and conveniently be looked up when you need it). Likewise, in presentations that include a myriad of test results, the brain usually only needs to recognize a few of them to indicate the most likely disease. To check if you have remembered a question sufficiently, you may for example review the correct answers for a test until you almost immediately find them to be '''reasonable''' rather than unfamiliar, and repeat the question later if you have the time, since repetition generally is more efficient than lingering on the answer explanation.
*If the Qbank shows the average percentage of test takers who got a question right, put somewhat more effort on learning and repeating questions that you got wrong but has a '''high percentage''', since you generally have more of an expectation of knowing those.
*Statement Any statement that a disease would '''never''' have a certain feature can generally be regarded as false, since even exam makers cannot exclude that such a feature may at some point occur somewhere in the world.
*If you don't know the answer directly, try to put yourself in the '''mind of the creator''' of the question, who often wants to prove a certain point, often something unexpected, and favor answers that conform to such an intention.
*If something is '''hard''' to memorize, and it is not memorization-worthy besides for exams, skip it, and aim for passing the exam based on things that are easier to remember, such as questions that you can use reasoning to answer correctly. On the other hand, if something is hard to memorize, it will likely be forgotten relatively fast as well, potentially even before the exam. Examples of look-up information that are generally hard to remember and quickly forgotten include chromosome numbers for various mutations, lists of immunohistochemistry and genetic results for diseases, and most large tables.
