SEIDELS GUIDE TO PHYSICAL EXAMINATION AN
INTERPROFESSIONAL APPROACH 10TH EDITION 100
CORRECT QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS 2026/2027 ||
COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH ASSESSMENT & CLINICAL
SKILLS || VERIFIED QUESTIONS & ACCURATE ANSWERS ||
HIGH-YIELD STUDY GUIDE || GRADED A+
100 CORRECT QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
Mr. L presents to the clinic with severe groin pain and a history of kidney stones.
Mr. L's son tells you that for religious reasons, his father wishes to keep any stone
that is passed into the urine filter that he has been using. What is your most
appropriate response?
a. "With your father's permission, we will examine the stone and request that it be
returned to him."
b. "The stone must be sent to the lab for examination and therefore cannot be
kept."
c. "We cannot let him keep his stone because it violates our infection control
policy."
d. "We don't know yet if your father has another kidney stone, so we must analyze
this one." - CORRECT ANSWER - a. "With your father's permission, we will
examine the stone and request that it be returned to him."
Mr. Sanchez is a 45-year-old gentleman who has presented to the office for a
physical examination to establish a new primary care health care provider. Which
of the following describes a physical, not a cultural, differentiator?
a. Race
b. Rite
c. Ritual
d. Norm - CORRECT ANSWER - a. Race
,Which statement is true regarding the relationship of physical characteristics and
culture?
a. Physical characteristics should be used to identify members of cultural groups.
b. There is a difference between distinguishing cultural characteristics and
distinguishing physical characteristics.
c. To be a member of a specific culture, an individual must have certain
identifiable physical characteristics.
d. Gender and race are the two essential physical characteristics used to identify
cultural groups. - CORRECT ANSWER - b. There is a difference between
distinguishing cultural characteristics and distinguishing physical characteristics
An image of any group that rejects its potential for originality or individuality is
known as a(n):
a. acculturation.
b. norm.
c. stereotype.
d. ethnos. - CORRECT ANSWER - c. stereotype
The motivation of the health care professional to "want to" engage in the process of
becoming culturally competent, not "have to," is called:
a. cultural knowledge.
b. cultural awareness
c. cultural desire
d. cultural skill. - CORRECT ANSWER - c. cultural desire
, Mr. Abdul is a 40-year-old Middle Eastern man who presents to the office for a
first visit with the complaint of new abdominal pain. You are concerned about
violating a cultural prohibition when you prepare to do his rectal examination. The
best tactic would be to:
a. forego the examination for fear of violating cultural norms.
b. ask a colleague from the same geographic area if this examination is acceptable.
c. inform the patient of the reason for the examination and ask if it is acceptable to
him.
d. refer the patient to a provider more knowledgeable about cultural differences. -
CORRECT ANSWER - c. inform the patient of the reason for the examination
and ask if it is acceptable to him.
Which statement is true regarding the impoverished?
a. The morbidity and mortality rates of the impoverished are similar to those of the
middle class.
b. The morbidity and mortality rates of the impoverished are higher than those of
the middle class.
c. The morbidity and mortality rates of the impoverished are lower than those of
the middle class.
d. No reliable statistics exist regarding the relationship of poverty to morbidity and
mortality. - CORRECT ANSWER - b. The morbidity and mortality rates of the
impoverished are higher than those of the middle class.
The root of social, political, and economic tragedy is often:
a. acceptance of acculturation.
INTERPROFESSIONAL APPROACH 10TH EDITION 100
CORRECT QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS 2026/2027 ||
COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH ASSESSMENT & CLINICAL
SKILLS || VERIFIED QUESTIONS & ACCURATE ANSWERS ||
HIGH-YIELD STUDY GUIDE || GRADED A+
100 CORRECT QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
Mr. L presents to the clinic with severe groin pain and a history of kidney stones.
Mr. L's son tells you that for religious reasons, his father wishes to keep any stone
that is passed into the urine filter that he has been using. What is your most
appropriate response?
a. "With your father's permission, we will examine the stone and request that it be
returned to him."
b. "The stone must be sent to the lab for examination and therefore cannot be
kept."
c. "We cannot let him keep his stone because it violates our infection control
policy."
d. "We don't know yet if your father has another kidney stone, so we must analyze
this one." - CORRECT ANSWER - a. "With your father's permission, we will
examine the stone and request that it be returned to him."
Mr. Sanchez is a 45-year-old gentleman who has presented to the office for a
physical examination to establish a new primary care health care provider. Which
of the following describes a physical, not a cultural, differentiator?
a. Race
b. Rite
c. Ritual
d. Norm - CORRECT ANSWER - a. Race
,Which statement is true regarding the relationship of physical characteristics and
culture?
a. Physical characteristics should be used to identify members of cultural groups.
b. There is a difference between distinguishing cultural characteristics and
distinguishing physical characteristics.
c. To be a member of a specific culture, an individual must have certain
identifiable physical characteristics.
d. Gender and race are the two essential physical characteristics used to identify
cultural groups. - CORRECT ANSWER - b. There is a difference between
distinguishing cultural characteristics and distinguishing physical characteristics
An image of any group that rejects its potential for originality or individuality is
known as a(n):
a. acculturation.
b. norm.
c. stereotype.
d. ethnos. - CORRECT ANSWER - c. stereotype
The motivation of the health care professional to "want to" engage in the process of
becoming culturally competent, not "have to," is called:
a. cultural knowledge.
b. cultural awareness
c. cultural desire
d. cultural skill. - CORRECT ANSWER - c. cultural desire
, Mr. Abdul is a 40-year-old Middle Eastern man who presents to the office for a
first visit with the complaint of new abdominal pain. You are concerned about
violating a cultural prohibition when you prepare to do his rectal examination. The
best tactic would be to:
a. forego the examination for fear of violating cultural norms.
b. ask a colleague from the same geographic area if this examination is acceptable.
c. inform the patient of the reason for the examination and ask if it is acceptable to
him.
d. refer the patient to a provider more knowledgeable about cultural differences. -
CORRECT ANSWER - c. inform the patient of the reason for the examination
and ask if it is acceptable to him.
Which statement is true regarding the impoverished?
a. The morbidity and mortality rates of the impoverished are similar to those of the
middle class.
b. The morbidity and mortality rates of the impoverished are higher than those of
the middle class.
c. The morbidity and mortality rates of the impoverished are lower than those of
the middle class.
d. No reliable statistics exist regarding the relationship of poverty to morbidity and
mortality. - CORRECT ANSWER - b. The morbidity and mortality rates of the
impoverished are higher than those of the middle class.
The root of social, political, and economic tragedy is often:
a. acceptance of acculturation.
