CMS100 FINAL | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 2026
UPDATE | WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION
A naturopathic doctor has just obtained some initial information from a patient
about her main concern. What is the next step?
a. Ask more questions
b. Take action immediately
c. Perform physical exams
d. Consider what information is still needed Answer - d. Consider what
information is still needed
If a practitioner is seeking to obtain valuable medical information while
exposing the patient to minimal harm, discomfort or inconvenience, what
aspect of the diagnostic process will they engage in?
a. Medical imaging (e.g. CT scan, MRI)
b. Physical examination
c. History taking
d. Blood tests Answer - c. History taking
In what section of a medical chart would we be most likely to include
information about symptoms?
a. Subjective
b. Assessment
c. Plan
,d. Objective Answer - a. Subjective
What term is used to describe a mental summary of a practitioner's knowledge
of a disease?
a. Method of loci
b. Illness script
c. Prognosis
d. Diagnosis Answer - b. Illness script
What single attribute of a test will best help a practitioner determine its value
as evidence as it relates to a particular condition?
a. Specificity
b. Sensitivity
c. Positive predictive value (PPV)
d. Likelihood ratio Answer - d. Likelihood ratio
How might illness scripts most help in creating a differential diagnosis?
a. A table of illness scripts with at least 5 columns or rows would be necessary
to create a sufficient differential diagnosis
b. The current patient's illness script is compared with previous patients' illness
scripts
c. A patient's illness script is compared with different disease illness scripts
d. Two or more disease illness scripts are compared with each other Answer -
c. A patient's illness script is compared with different disease illness scripts
When comparing disease illness scripts, which of the following should you do?
a. Put illness scripts in a table and ensure you fill in every cell
, b. Organize your comparison around a particular pathophysiological
mechanism
c. Create a table with illness scripts in adjacent columns or rows
d. Create a table that includes at least four different conditions Answer - c.
Create a table with illness scripts in adjacent columns or rows
Obsessive compulsive disorder typically begins before age 25. This information
is part of what illness script component?
a. Mechanism
b. Signs and symptoms
c. Epidemiology
d. Time course Answer - c. Epidemiology
A patient complains of a headache that started this morning and has been
getting worse over the course of the day. How would the timing best be
described?
a. Acute, progressive
b. Just as the patient described it: "started this morning and has been getting
worse"
c. Hyperacute, waxing and waning
d. Hyperacute, evanescent Answer - a. Acute, progressive
A portion of a syndrome statement in a patient illness scripts reads as follows:
"unilateral headaches with phonophobia". What might the patient have
indicated during the intake?
a. Their head hurts on the left side and they find that sounds make it worse
b. The headaches tend to occur over the occipital lobe and they are afraid of
sound
UPDATE | WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION
A naturopathic doctor has just obtained some initial information from a patient
about her main concern. What is the next step?
a. Ask more questions
b. Take action immediately
c. Perform physical exams
d. Consider what information is still needed Answer - d. Consider what
information is still needed
If a practitioner is seeking to obtain valuable medical information while
exposing the patient to minimal harm, discomfort or inconvenience, what
aspect of the diagnostic process will they engage in?
a. Medical imaging (e.g. CT scan, MRI)
b. Physical examination
c. History taking
d. Blood tests Answer - c. History taking
In what section of a medical chart would we be most likely to include
information about symptoms?
a. Subjective
b. Assessment
c. Plan
,d. Objective Answer - a. Subjective
What term is used to describe a mental summary of a practitioner's knowledge
of a disease?
a. Method of loci
b. Illness script
c. Prognosis
d. Diagnosis Answer - b. Illness script
What single attribute of a test will best help a practitioner determine its value
as evidence as it relates to a particular condition?
a. Specificity
b. Sensitivity
c. Positive predictive value (PPV)
d. Likelihood ratio Answer - d. Likelihood ratio
How might illness scripts most help in creating a differential diagnosis?
a. A table of illness scripts with at least 5 columns or rows would be necessary
to create a sufficient differential diagnosis
b. The current patient's illness script is compared with previous patients' illness
scripts
c. A patient's illness script is compared with different disease illness scripts
d. Two or more disease illness scripts are compared with each other Answer -
c. A patient's illness script is compared with different disease illness scripts
When comparing disease illness scripts, which of the following should you do?
a. Put illness scripts in a table and ensure you fill in every cell
, b. Organize your comparison around a particular pathophysiological
mechanism
c. Create a table with illness scripts in adjacent columns or rows
d. Create a table that includes at least four different conditions Answer - c.
Create a table with illness scripts in adjacent columns or rows
Obsessive compulsive disorder typically begins before age 25. This information
is part of what illness script component?
a. Mechanism
b. Signs and symptoms
c. Epidemiology
d. Time course Answer - c. Epidemiology
A patient complains of a headache that started this morning and has been
getting worse over the course of the day. How would the timing best be
described?
a. Acute, progressive
b. Just as the patient described it: "started this morning and has been getting
worse"
c. Hyperacute, waxing and waning
d. Hyperacute, evanescent Answer - a. Acute, progressive
A portion of a syndrome statement in a patient illness scripts reads as follows:
"unilateral headaches with phonophobia". What might the patient have
indicated during the intake?
a. Their head hurts on the left side and they find that sounds make it worse
b. The headaches tend to occur over the occipital lobe and they are afraid of
sound
