FNP PREDICTOR STUDY QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
A=32=year=old=man=has=acute=bronchitis.=He=is=a=non=smoker=and=is=otherwise=health
y.=How=should=he=be=managed?
A.=Treat=symptoms=only
B.=Prescribe=a=macrolide=antibiotic.
C.=Prescribe=an=an=antitussive.
D.=Prescribe=an=antibiotic=and=antitussive.=-=ans-✔✔A.=Treat=symptoms=only
An=84=year=old=male=has=acute=bronchitis.=Which=of=the=following=tests=would=you=per
form=as=the=Nurse=Practitioner?
A.=Sputum=culture
B.=Chest=X-ray
C.=Chest=CT
D.=Chest=MRI=-=ans-✔✔B.=Chest=X-ray
A=58=year=old=male=has=acute=bronchitis.=He=is=a=heavy=smoker,=but=is=otherwise=hea
lthy.=What=is=the=most=likely=etiology?
A.=Viral=infection
B.=S.=pneumoniae
C.=B.=Pertussis
D.=Haemophilus=influenzae=-=ans-✔✔D.=Haemophilus=influenzae
A=76=year=old=man=has=acute=productive=cough,=fever=100-101=F=for=the=past=3-
4=days.=He=is=a=non=smoker=and=is=otherwise=healthy.=Which=likely=diagnosis=should=
be=included=in=your=differential?
A.=Acute=bronchitis
B.=Pneumonitis=
C.=Pneumonia
D.=COPD
E.=Bronchiectasis
F.=Pertussis=-=ans-✔✔C.=Pneumonia
Which=of=the=following=warrant=a=chest=x-ray=when=an=acute=cough=is=present?
A.=Temp=100.4
B.=HR=86
C.=Rales,=consolidation
D.=>65=years=of=age
, E.=RR=26=-=ans-✔✔A.=C.=E.
Abnormal=vital=signs=(increased=RR=or=HR,=temp=>100.4)
Rales,=consolidation
>75=years=of=age=with=cough
A=76=year=old=male=has=a=chest=x-
ray=that=shows=infiltrates.=Which=of=the=following=medication=is=first-line=treatment?
A.=Amoxicillin=1=gram=TID
B.=Doxycycline=100=mg=BID
C.=Azithromycin=500=mg=on=first=day,=then=250=mg=daily=
D.=Clarithromycin=500=mg=BID=-=ans-✔✔A.=Amoxicillin=1=gram=TID
A=76=year=old=male=with=a=he=of=COPD,=diabetes=mellitus,=and=alcoholism=has=a=che
st=x-
ray=that=shows=infiltrates.=Which=of=the=following=medications=is=first=line=treatment?
A.=Amoxicillin
B.=Levofloxacin=
C.=Azithromycin
D.=Doxycycline=-=ans-✔✔B.=Levofloxacin
A=76=year=old=male=with=a=he=of=COPD,=diabetes=mellitus,=and=alcoholism=has=a=che
st=x-ray=that=shows=infiltrates.=Which=of=the=following=is=the=most=likely=pathogen?
A.=H.=flu
B.=S.=Pneumoniae
C.=B.=Pertussis
D.=Viral=infection=-=ans-✔✔A.=H.=flu.
A=56=year=old=male=has=suspected=COPD.=Which=of=the=following=symptoms=are=indi
cative=of=COPD?
A.=Progressive=dyspnea
B.=Acute=cough
C.=Sputum=productive=over=the=past=2=months
D.=FEV1/FVC=ratio=>0.70
E.=Alpha-1=antitrypsin=deficiency=-=ans-✔✔A.=C.=E.
Chronic=cough=>8=weeks=and=FEV1/FVC=ration=<0.70.
A=56=year=old=male=has=been=diagnosed=with=COPD.=Which=of=the=follow=medication
s=is=considered=first-line?
A.=SABAs=(albuterol)
B.=LABAs=(salmeterol)
C.=Inhaled=anticholinergics=(ipratropium)
D.=LAAC=(aclindinium)=-=ans-✔✔A.=SABAs=(albuterol)=is=first-line
Which=of=the=following=diagnoses=decrease=Hgb=over=time?
A.=COPD=Stage=3
B.=DM=with=A1C=13.8
AND ANSWERS
A=32=year=old=man=has=acute=bronchitis.=He=is=a=non=smoker=and=is=otherwise=health
y.=How=should=he=be=managed?
A.=Treat=symptoms=only
B.=Prescribe=a=macrolide=antibiotic.
C.=Prescribe=an=an=antitussive.
D.=Prescribe=an=antibiotic=and=antitussive.=-=ans-✔✔A.=Treat=symptoms=only
An=84=year=old=male=has=acute=bronchitis.=Which=of=the=following=tests=would=you=per
form=as=the=Nurse=Practitioner?
A.=Sputum=culture
B.=Chest=X-ray
C.=Chest=CT
D.=Chest=MRI=-=ans-✔✔B.=Chest=X-ray
A=58=year=old=male=has=acute=bronchitis.=He=is=a=heavy=smoker,=but=is=otherwise=hea
lthy.=What=is=the=most=likely=etiology?
A.=Viral=infection
B.=S.=pneumoniae
C.=B.=Pertussis
D.=Haemophilus=influenzae=-=ans-✔✔D.=Haemophilus=influenzae
A=76=year=old=man=has=acute=productive=cough,=fever=100-101=F=for=the=past=3-
4=days.=He=is=a=non=smoker=and=is=otherwise=healthy.=Which=likely=diagnosis=should=
be=included=in=your=differential?
A.=Acute=bronchitis
B.=Pneumonitis=
C.=Pneumonia
D.=COPD
E.=Bronchiectasis
F.=Pertussis=-=ans-✔✔C.=Pneumonia
Which=of=the=following=warrant=a=chest=x-ray=when=an=acute=cough=is=present?
A.=Temp=100.4
B.=HR=86
C.=Rales,=consolidation
D.=>65=years=of=age
, E.=RR=26=-=ans-✔✔A.=C.=E.
Abnormal=vital=signs=(increased=RR=or=HR,=temp=>100.4)
Rales,=consolidation
>75=years=of=age=with=cough
A=76=year=old=male=has=a=chest=x-
ray=that=shows=infiltrates.=Which=of=the=following=medication=is=first-line=treatment?
A.=Amoxicillin=1=gram=TID
B.=Doxycycline=100=mg=BID
C.=Azithromycin=500=mg=on=first=day,=then=250=mg=daily=
D.=Clarithromycin=500=mg=BID=-=ans-✔✔A.=Amoxicillin=1=gram=TID
A=76=year=old=male=with=a=he=of=COPD,=diabetes=mellitus,=and=alcoholism=has=a=che
st=x-
ray=that=shows=infiltrates.=Which=of=the=following=medications=is=first=line=treatment?
A.=Amoxicillin
B.=Levofloxacin=
C.=Azithromycin
D.=Doxycycline=-=ans-✔✔B.=Levofloxacin
A=76=year=old=male=with=a=he=of=COPD,=diabetes=mellitus,=and=alcoholism=has=a=che
st=x-ray=that=shows=infiltrates.=Which=of=the=following=is=the=most=likely=pathogen?
A.=H.=flu
B.=S.=Pneumoniae
C.=B.=Pertussis
D.=Viral=infection=-=ans-✔✔A.=H.=flu.
A=56=year=old=male=has=suspected=COPD.=Which=of=the=following=symptoms=are=indi
cative=of=COPD?
A.=Progressive=dyspnea
B.=Acute=cough
C.=Sputum=productive=over=the=past=2=months
D.=FEV1/FVC=ratio=>0.70
E.=Alpha-1=antitrypsin=deficiency=-=ans-✔✔A.=C.=E.
Chronic=cough=>8=weeks=and=FEV1/FVC=ration=<0.70.
A=56=year=old=male=has=been=diagnosed=with=COPD.=Which=of=the=follow=medication
s=is=considered=first-line?
A.=SABAs=(albuterol)
B.=LABAs=(salmeterol)
C.=Inhaled=anticholinergics=(ipratropium)
D.=LAAC=(aclindinium)=-=ans-✔✔A.=SABAs=(albuterol)=is=first-line
Which=of=the=following=diagnoses=decrease=Hgb=over=time?
A.=COPD=Stage=3
B.=DM=with=A1C=13.8
