Advanced Health Assessment Midterm Exam 2026 Prep Questions
and Answers
Question:
what is included in subjective information?
Answer:
CC, HPI, PMH, SH, FH, ROS
Question:
objective data includes:
Answer:
Heard, felt, seen, or smelled. Obtained by observation or physical examination
Question:
ROS includes
Answer:
Patient reported-not physical component
-constitutional (weight loss, fever, etc.)
-skin
-HEENT (head, ears, nose, throat)
-cardiovascular
-respiratory
-gastrointestinal
-genitourinary
-hematologic
-immunologic/ allergic
-musculoskeletal
-neurologic
,-endocrine
-psychiatric
Question:
OLD CART pneumonic stands for
Answer:
Onset
Location
Duration
Characteristics
Aggravating factors
Relieving factors
Treatment
Question:
Duke Activity Status Index
Answer:
measure's patient's functional capacity. Rough estimate of peak oxygen uptake. <15=transplant
candidate,
>20=none to mild impairment
Question:
Mini Mental State Exam
Answer:
Concentrates only on cognitive functioning, not on mood or thought processes
Standard set of 11 questions, requires only 5 to 10 minutes to administer
Useful for both initial and serial measurement, so worsening or improvement of cognition over
time and with treatment can be assessed
Good screening tool to detect dementia and delirium and to differentiate these from psychiatric
mental illness
,Normal mental status average 27; scores between 24 and 30 indicate no cognitive impairment
Question:
MMSE score of 20 or less
Answer:
dementia, delirium, schizophrenia or an affective disorder
Question:
Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA)
Answer:
screening for mild cognitive dysfunction; assesses different cognitive domains like attention,
visuconstructional, memory, etc. and scored up to 30 points
>26 = normal
Can weed of problems with people who score normally on MMSE.
Question:
mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a risk factor for
Answer:
dementia
Question:
Primary prevention
Answer:
Efforts to prevent an injury or illness from ever occurring.
ex. immunizations
Question:
secondary prevention
Answer:
Detecting and treating asymptomatic risk factors.
ex. health fair screening for HTN or testicular cancer
, Question:
Cranial Nerve 1: Olfactory
Answer:
sensory, smell
Question:
Cranial Nerve 2
Answer:
Optic
Question:
Cranial Nerve 3
Answer:
oculomotor nerve
Question:
Cranial Nerve 4
Answer:
Trochlear (eye movement)
Question:
Cranial Nerve 5
Answer:
trigeminal nerve-face sensation
Question:
facial symmetriy is controlled by which cranial nerve
Answer:
7
Question:
the neck is innervated by cranial nerve
and Answers
Question:
what is included in subjective information?
Answer:
CC, HPI, PMH, SH, FH, ROS
Question:
objective data includes:
Answer:
Heard, felt, seen, or smelled. Obtained by observation or physical examination
Question:
ROS includes
Answer:
Patient reported-not physical component
-constitutional (weight loss, fever, etc.)
-skin
-HEENT (head, ears, nose, throat)
-cardiovascular
-respiratory
-gastrointestinal
-genitourinary
-hematologic
-immunologic/ allergic
-musculoskeletal
-neurologic
,-endocrine
-psychiatric
Question:
OLD CART pneumonic stands for
Answer:
Onset
Location
Duration
Characteristics
Aggravating factors
Relieving factors
Treatment
Question:
Duke Activity Status Index
Answer:
measure's patient's functional capacity. Rough estimate of peak oxygen uptake. <15=transplant
candidate,
>20=none to mild impairment
Question:
Mini Mental State Exam
Answer:
Concentrates only on cognitive functioning, not on mood or thought processes
Standard set of 11 questions, requires only 5 to 10 minutes to administer
Useful for both initial and serial measurement, so worsening or improvement of cognition over
time and with treatment can be assessed
Good screening tool to detect dementia and delirium and to differentiate these from psychiatric
mental illness
,Normal mental status average 27; scores between 24 and 30 indicate no cognitive impairment
Question:
MMSE score of 20 or less
Answer:
dementia, delirium, schizophrenia or an affective disorder
Question:
Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA)
Answer:
screening for mild cognitive dysfunction; assesses different cognitive domains like attention,
visuconstructional, memory, etc. and scored up to 30 points
>26 = normal
Can weed of problems with people who score normally on MMSE.
Question:
mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a risk factor for
Answer:
dementia
Question:
Primary prevention
Answer:
Efforts to prevent an injury or illness from ever occurring.
ex. immunizations
Question:
secondary prevention
Answer:
Detecting and treating asymptomatic risk factors.
ex. health fair screening for HTN or testicular cancer
, Question:
Cranial Nerve 1: Olfactory
Answer:
sensory, smell
Question:
Cranial Nerve 2
Answer:
Optic
Question:
Cranial Nerve 3
Answer:
oculomotor nerve
Question:
Cranial Nerve 4
Answer:
Trochlear (eye movement)
Question:
Cranial Nerve 5
Answer:
trigeminal nerve-face sensation
Question:
facial symmetriy is controlled by which cranial nerve
Answer:
7
Question:
the neck is innervated by cranial nerve
