This book has been composed for and targeted at surgical trainees preparing for the MRCS examination. The authors' aim was to provide a book that offers a comprehensive collection of questions that have been compiled whilst bearing in mind the changes in the new intercollegiate examination system. The book is exhaustive with 1,200 EMQs (extended matching questions) based on 279 themes covering the whole of general surgery. The text layout helps the trainee practise the questions systematically and the section on exam techniques allows the trainee to gain an insight into the exxential finer points of preparation that are crucial inpassing the MrCS exams. It has been written by four authors who have all taken the exam in the past 2 years, and thus are bext placed to provide an excellent representative sample of questions. Composed for and targeted at surgical trainees preparing for the MRCS examination, this book offers a comprehensive collection of questions that have been compiled whilst bearing in mind the changes in the intercollegiate examination system. It is exhaustive with 1,200 EMQs based on 279 themes covering the whole of general surgery.