ADVANCED HEALTH ASSESSMENT AND
CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS IN PRIMARY CARE
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM 2026 FULL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
ALREADY
◉ What information is necessary when obtaining sexual health
information?
Answer: number of partners, concerns, birth control, protection
from STI's
◉ What kind of information is obtained for the ROS component of
the patient history?
Answer: those that identify presence or absence of health related
issues in each body system
◉ What is subjective data?
Answer: it is information collected during the patient interview with
the patient or significant other. it is their words. It can include
symptoms, sensations, feelings, perceptions, desires, preferences,
beliefs, ideas, values, personal information, ROS, complete health
history
,◉ What is objective data?
Answer: it is the information that can be physically seen by the
provider and tested against. It can include the physical exam, lab
analysis, x rays, and professional consults.
◉ How do you approach sensitive issues when interviewing a
patient?
Answer: Provide privacy, be direct and firm, don't ask leading
questions, use open-ended questions, don't apologize for asking
questions, don't preach, avoid confrontation, use understandable
language, watch medical jargon, document carefully using the
patient's words.
◉ What does it mean to be culturally aware?
Answer: It is the deliberate self-examination and in depth
exploration of one's own biases, stereotypes, prejudices,
assumptions that one holds about people different than them.
◉ What does it mean to be culturally competent?
Answer: It requires the provider to be sensitive to a patient's
heritage, sexual orientation, socioeconomic situation, ethnicity, and
cultural background
◉ What are examples of questions that explore the patient's culture?
Answer: "what do you call your problem?"
,"What do you think caused it?"
"What does your sickness do to you?"
"Why do you think it started when it did?"
"What should be done to get rid of it?"
"Who else or what else might help you get better?"
◉ What are the components of a cultural response to a patient?
Answer: the response should include modes of communication to
include speech, space, and body language, awareness of the the
patients health beliefs, diet and nutritional practice, and the nature
of relationships with their family
◉ How do you measure visual acuity and test CN II
Answer: by measuring distance, near vision , and peripheral vision
◉ What is CN II?
Answer: optic nerve
◉ How do you measure distance vision for visual acuity?
Answer: by using a snellen chart and having the patient cover one
eye and read the lowest line that he can see clearly and then
alternate eyes
, ◉ How do you document distance vision?
Answer: the numerator is 20 and the denominator is the distance at
which the average eye can read the line.
◉ How do you measure near vision?
Answer: by using a rosenbaum pocket screener and have the patient
hold it about 14 inches from eyes and read the smallest line possible
with one eye and then the other
◉ How do you measure peripheral vision?
Answer: by using the confrontation test. Have the patient sit directly
across from you and look directly at you. Have them cover their left
eye and your cover your right eye. Then test nasal, temporal,
superior, and inferior fields. Have the patient tell you as soon as they
see your finger in each of those fields.
◉ What may be some causes of abnormal results from the
confrontation test?
Answer: stroke, retinal detachment, optic neuropathy, pituitary
tumor, central retinal vascular occlusion
◉ How would you perform an external examination of the eyes?
Answer: Systematically beginning with appendages and move
inward
CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS IN PRIMARY CARE
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM 2026 FULL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
ALREADY
◉ What information is necessary when obtaining sexual health
information?
Answer: number of partners, concerns, birth control, protection
from STI's
◉ What kind of information is obtained for the ROS component of
the patient history?
Answer: those that identify presence or absence of health related
issues in each body system
◉ What is subjective data?
Answer: it is information collected during the patient interview with
the patient or significant other. it is their words. It can include
symptoms, sensations, feelings, perceptions, desires, preferences,
beliefs, ideas, values, personal information, ROS, complete health
history
,◉ What is objective data?
Answer: it is the information that can be physically seen by the
provider and tested against. It can include the physical exam, lab
analysis, x rays, and professional consults.
◉ How do you approach sensitive issues when interviewing a
patient?
Answer: Provide privacy, be direct and firm, don't ask leading
questions, use open-ended questions, don't apologize for asking
questions, don't preach, avoid confrontation, use understandable
language, watch medical jargon, document carefully using the
patient's words.
◉ What does it mean to be culturally aware?
Answer: It is the deliberate self-examination and in depth
exploration of one's own biases, stereotypes, prejudices,
assumptions that one holds about people different than them.
◉ What does it mean to be culturally competent?
Answer: It requires the provider to be sensitive to a patient's
heritage, sexual orientation, socioeconomic situation, ethnicity, and
cultural background
◉ What are examples of questions that explore the patient's culture?
Answer: "what do you call your problem?"
,"What do you think caused it?"
"What does your sickness do to you?"
"Why do you think it started when it did?"
"What should be done to get rid of it?"
"Who else or what else might help you get better?"
◉ What are the components of a cultural response to a patient?
Answer: the response should include modes of communication to
include speech, space, and body language, awareness of the the
patients health beliefs, diet and nutritional practice, and the nature
of relationships with their family
◉ How do you measure visual acuity and test CN II
Answer: by measuring distance, near vision , and peripheral vision
◉ What is CN II?
Answer: optic nerve
◉ How do you measure distance vision for visual acuity?
Answer: by using a snellen chart and having the patient cover one
eye and read the lowest line that he can see clearly and then
alternate eyes
, ◉ How do you document distance vision?
Answer: the numerator is 20 and the denominator is the distance at
which the average eye can read the line.
◉ How do you measure near vision?
Answer: by using a rosenbaum pocket screener and have the patient
hold it about 14 inches from eyes and read the smallest line possible
with one eye and then the other
◉ How do you measure peripheral vision?
Answer: by using the confrontation test. Have the patient sit directly
across from you and look directly at you. Have them cover their left
eye and your cover your right eye. Then test nasal, temporal,
superior, and inferior fields. Have the patient tell you as soon as they
see your finger in each of those fields.
◉ What may be some causes of abnormal results from the
confrontation test?
Answer: stroke, retinal detachment, optic neuropathy, pituitary
tumor, central retinal vascular occlusion
◉ How would you perform an external examination of the eyes?
Answer: Systematically beginning with appendages and move
inward
