NM717 INTRAPARTUM ACTUAL TEST PAPER
2026 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED
A+
◉ What are possible presentations? Answer: (1) cephalic (2) breech
(3) shoulder
◉ Flexion of the fetal head results in presentation of what? Answer:
Smallest diameter
◉ The degree of flexion or extension? Answer: Attitude
◉ Untwisting of the neck after the birth of the head? Answer:
Restitution
◉ An inlet with a short anteroposterior diameter and a wide
transverse diameter is characteristic of which pelvic type? Answer:
Platypelloid
◉ What are the positional changes the fetus undergoes to
accommodate itself to the maternal pelvis? Answer: Mechanism of
labor
,◉ The lowest level of the presenting part has reached the level of the
ischial spines? Answer: Engagement
◉ Biparietal diameter has reached the inlet? Answer: Engagement
◉ The sagittal suture of the fetal head lies between? Answer:
Parietal bones
◉ How do you determine the position of the fetus? Answer: Sagittal
suture
◉ Identify the cephalic prominence? Answer: Attitude of the fetus
◉ Palpate the ischial spines? Answer: Determine the station of the
fetus
◉ Attitude refers to the degree of flexion or extension of? Answer:
Fetal head
◉ The part of the fetus that lies over the pelvic inlet? Answer:
Presentation
◉ 3 possibilities of presentation? Answer: (1) cephalic (2) breech
(3) shoulder
, ◉ The most dependent part of the fetus? Answer: Presenting part
◉ The area between the posterior and anterior fontanelles? Answer:
Vertex
◉ The back of the fetal head? Answer: Occiput
◉ What is the way in which the fetus adapts itself to and passes
through the maternal pelvis? Answer: Cardinal movements
◉ Cardinal movements happen because of? Answer: Force from
above and resistance from belowThe
◉ The downward passage of the presenting part through the bony
pelvis, occurs throughout labor; often begins before labor, results
from downward pressure caused by ctx and maternal bearing down
efforts? Answer: Descent
◉ Is the natural attitude of the fetus, as the head descends it
naturally does this more? Answer: Flexion
◉ When the BPD has passed through the inlet? Answer: Engagement
2026 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED
A+
◉ What are possible presentations? Answer: (1) cephalic (2) breech
(3) shoulder
◉ Flexion of the fetal head results in presentation of what? Answer:
Smallest diameter
◉ The degree of flexion or extension? Answer: Attitude
◉ Untwisting of the neck after the birth of the head? Answer:
Restitution
◉ An inlet with a short anteroposterior diameter and a wide
transverse diameter is characteristic of which pelvic type? Answer:
Platypelloid
◉ What are the positional changes the fetus undergoes to
accommodate itself to the maternal pelvis? Answer: Mechanism of
labor
,◉ The lowest level of the presenting part has reached the level of the
ischial spines? Answer: Engagement
◉ Biparietal diameter has reached the inlet? Answer: Engagement
◉ The sagittal suture of the fetal head lies between? Answer:
Parietal bones
◉ How do you determine the position of the fetus? Answer: Sagittal
suture
◉ Identify the cephalic prominence? Answer: Attitude of the fetus
◉ Palpate the ischial spines? Answer: Determine the station of the
fetus
◉ Attitude refers to the degree of flexion or extension of? Answer:
Fetal head
◉ The part of the fetus that lies over the pelvic inlet? Answer:
Presentation
◉ 3 possibilities of presentation? Answer: (1) cephalic (2) breech
(3) shoulder
, ◉ The most dependent part of the fetus? Answer: Presenting part
◉ The area between the posterior and anterior fontanelles? Answer:
Vertex
◉ The back of the fetal head? Answer: Occiput
◉ What is the way in which the fetus adapts itself to and passes
through the maternal pelvis? Answer: Cardinal movements
◉ Cardinal movements happen because of? Answer: Force from
above and resistance from belowThe
◉ The downward passage of the presenting part through the bony
pelvis, occurs throughout labor; often begins before labor, results
from downward pressure caused by ctx and maternal bearing down
efforts? Answer: Descent
◉ Is the natural attitude of the fetus, as the head descends it
naturally does this more? Answer: Flexion
◉ When the BPD has passed through the inlet? Answer: Engagement
