The appropriateness of the National Board of Medical Examiners Part I examination was determined as an internal evaluation of second year students at a midwestern medical school. Review of the June 1974 examination by 37 faculty revealed that 85 percent of the items reflected the content of the second year curriculum with information necessary to answer 60 percent provided in the second year teaching. Two-thirds of the items were first year content-related and 50 percent could be answered on the basis of first year material. The school's faculty used the study data in making policy-changing decisions. (Author/RC)