N212 PATHOPHYSIOLOGY EXAM 2 (EASTWICK
COLLEGE) NEWEST 2026 ACTUAL EXAM| N212
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY EXAM 2 REVIEW WITH
COMPLETE REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
VERIFIED ANSWERS/ GRADED A+ (MOST RECENT!!)
You're listening to your patient's heart sounds. Using your stethoscope,
you place your diaphragm in the 2nd intercostal space on the left sternal
border. What sound can you hear the loudest in this location?
A. Aortic
B. Pulmonic
C. Tricuspid
D. Mitral
E. Erb's Point - Correct Answer - B. Pulmonic
You're listening to your patient's heart sounds. Using your stethoscope,
you place your diaphragm in the 2nd intercostal space at the right sternal
border. What sound can you hear the loudest in this location?
A. Aortic
B. Pulmonic
C. Tricuspid
D. Mitral
E. Erb's Point - Correct Answer - A. Aortic
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,You're listening to your patient's heart sounds. Using your stethoscope,
you place your diaphragm in the 3rd intercostal space at the left sternal
border. What sound can you hear the loudest in this location?
A. Aortic
B. Pulmonic
C. Tricuspid
D. Mitral
E. Erb's Point - Correct Answer - E. Erb's Point
You're listening to your patient's heart sounds. Using your stethoscope,
you place your diaphragm at the 4th intercostal space in the left sternal
border. What sound can you hear the loudest in this location?
A. Aortic
B. Pulmonic
C. Tricuspid
D. Mitral
E. Erb's Point - Correct Answer - C. Tricuspid
You're listening to your patient's heart sounds. Using your stethoscope,
you place your diaphragm at the 5th intercostal space along the left
midclavicular line. What sound can you hear the loudest in this location?
A. Aortic area
B. Pulmonic area
C. Tricuspid area
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,D. Mitral area
E. Erb's Point - Correct Answer - D. Mitral
Cardiovascular Assessment consists of which of the following? (Select
all that apply)
A. Inspection
B. Palpation
C. Percussion
D. Auscultation - Correct Answer - A, B, D
(Inspection, Palpation, Auscultation)
Peripheral Vascular Assessment consists of which of the following?
(Select all that apply)
A. Inspection
B. Palpation
C. Percussion
D. Auscultation - Correct Answer - A, B
(Inspection, Palpation)
S1 heart sound is produced by closure of which valves?
A. Aortic and pulmonic
B. Mitral and tricuspid
C. Tricuspid and pulmonic
pg. 3
, D. Aortic and mitral - Correct Answer - B. (Mitral & Tricuspid)
S2 heart sound is produced by closure of which valves?
A. Aortic and pulmonic
B. Mitral and tricuspid
C. Tricuspid and pulmonic
D. Aortic and mitral - Correct Answer - A. (Aortic & Pulmonic)
The nurse prepares to give a patient morphine IV for pain. Knowing the
adverse effects of morphine, she should monitor the patient for which of
the following? - ANSWER - Respiratory depression
A patient is about to start taking a sulfonylurea, sustained release
glipizide (Glucotrol) to treat type 2 diabetes mellitus. Which of the
following instructions should you include when talking with the patient
about taking this drug? - ANSWER - Take it once a day, 30 min before
selected meals.
When talking with a patient about self-administering regular insulin
(Humulin R), you should include which of the following instructions? -
ANSWER - Inject the insulin subcutaneously. (Make sure the patient
understands how to inject insulin subcutaneously. Tell him not to shake
the vial vigorously but to rotate it gently to disperse the particles. He
should not use insulin that appears cloudy or discolored. Tell him to
refrigerate unopened vials until their expiration date and to keep opened
vials at room temperature up to 1 month.)
pg. 4
COLLEGE) NEWEST 2026 ACTUAL EXAM| N212
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY EXAM 2 REVIEW WITH
COMPLETE REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
VERIFIED ANSWERS/ GRADED A+ (MOST RECENT!!)
You're listening to your patient's heart sounds. Using your stethoscope,
you place your diaphragm in the 2nd intercostal space on the left sternal
border. What sound can you hear the loudest in this location?
A. Aortic
B. Pulmonic
C. Tricuspid
D. Mitral
E. Erb's Point - Correct Answer - B. Pulmonic
You're listening to your patient's heart sounds. Using your stethoscope,
you place your diaphragm in the 2nd intercostal space at the right sternal
border. What sound can you hear the loudest in this location?
A. Aortic
B. Pulmonic
C. Tricuspid
D. Mitral
E. Erb's Point - Correct Answer - A. Aortic
pg. 1
,You're listening to your patient's heart sounds. Using your stethoscope,
you place your diaphragm in the 3rd intercostal space at the left sternal
border. What sound can you hear the loudest in this location?
A. Aortic
B. Pulmonic
C. Tricuspid
D. Mitral
E. Erb's Point - Correct Answer - E. Erb's Point
You're listening to your patient's heart sounds. Using your stethoscope,
you place your diaphragm at the 4th intercostal space in the left sternal
border. What sound can you hear the loudest in this location?
A. Aortic
B. Pulmonic
C. Tricuspid
D. Mitral
E. Erb's Point - Correct Answer - C. Tricuspid
You're listening to your patient's heart sounds. Using your stethoscope,
you place your diaphragm at the 5th intercostal space along the left
midclavicular line. What sound can you hear the loudest in this location?
A. Aortic area
B. Pulmonic area
C. Tricuspid area
pg. 2
,D. Mitral area
E. Erb's Point - Correct Answer - D. Mitral
Cardiovascular Assessment consists of which of the following? (Select
all that apply)
A. Inspection
B. Palpation
C. Percussion
D. Auscultation - Correct Answer - A, B, D
(Inspection, Palpation, Auscultation)
Peripheral Vascular Assessment consists of which of the following?
(Select all that apply)
A. Inspection
B. Palpation
C. Percussion
D. Auscultation - Correct Answer - A, B
(Inspection, Palpation)
S1 heart sound is produced by closure of which valves?
A. Aortic and pulmonic
B. Mitral and tricuspid
C. Tricuspid and pulmonic
pg. 3
, D. Aortic and mitral - Correct Answer - B. (Mitral & Tricuspid)
S2 heart sound is produced by closure of which valves?
A. Aortic and pulmonic
B. Mitral and tricuspid
C. Tricuspid and pulmonic
D. Aortic and mitral - Correct Answer - A. (Aortic & Pulmonic)
The nurse prepares to give a patient morphine IV for pain. Knowing the
adverse effects of morphine, she should monitor the patient for which of
the following? - ANSWER - Respiratory depression
A patient is about to start taking a sulfonylurea, sustained release
glipizide (Glucotrol) to treat type 2 diabetes mellitus. Which of the
following instructions should you include when talking with the patient
about taking this drug? - ANSWER - Take it once a day, 30 min before
selected meals.
When talking with a patient about self-administering regular insulin
(Humulin R), you should include which of the following instructions? -
ANSWER - Inject the insulin subcutaneously. (Make sure the patient
understands how to inject insulin subcutaneously. Tell him not to shake
the vial vigorously but to rotate it gently to disperse the particles. He
should not use insulin that appears cloudy or discolored. Tell him to
refrigerate unopened vials until their expiration date and to keep opened
vials at room temperature up to 1 month.)
pg. 4
