NCE PRACTICE EXAM 2
1. 2. Convalescence following surgery*Answer√√ 1.1) An elderly woman fell at home and has a
fracture of the neck of her right femur. She was admitted to the hospital and had a bipolar hip replacement. After
ten days, she was transferred to a rehab hospital for continuing ambulation therapy. What is the main diagnosis at
the rehab facility?
1. Admission for physical therapy
2. Convalescence following surgery
3. Fracture of femoral neck
4. Hip replacement
2. 3. hirsutism
*Answer√√ 1.2) An abnormal condition of excess androgen secretion, observed primarily in women,
characterized by the presence of excessive body and facial hair in a male pattern is
1. acromegaly
2. gynecomastia
3. hirsutism
,4. myxedema
3. 3. The strategy formation stage, where the initial ideas around what the
strategy should be are developed
*Answer√√ 1.3) You are the newly appointed Director of an HIM Department. You have discovered that,
while there is a strategic plan for your department, there is no formal planning process and the setting of the
strategic directions was historically done by the CEO and the VP Finance. You would like to create a formal strategic
planning process that is more inclusive, and is a meaningful guide to the actions of your managers and their statt.
At what stage of the strategic planning process should you involve your managers?
1. After the point of receiving approval to develop your strategy further from your CEO
2. The strategy evaluation stage, where you formulate the strategy, put it in place, and call upon your executives six
months later to comment on its ettectiveness
3. The strategy formation stage, where the initial ideas around what the strategy should be are developed
4. The strategy implementation stage, where you present your strategy and seek assistance in implementing it
4. 3. Oil glands
*Answer√√ 1.4) Which of the following structures found in the skin helps prevent water loss and inhibits bacterial
,growth on the surface of the skin?
1. Arrector pili
2. Hair follicles
3. Oil glands
4. Sweat glands
5. 3. the assumption that all body fluids from all individuals are possible
sources of infection
*Answer√√ 1.5) The principle of Universal Precautions is based on
, 1. not touching any open or bleeding lesions
2. sterilizing all instruments and equipment after each use
3. the assumption that all body fluids from all individuals are possible sources of infection
4. using disinfectants at all times to eliminate cross-infections
6. 1. a condition that is present on admission or develops subsequently and
meets the criteria for significance
*Answer√√ 1.6) A comorbidity is
1. a condition that is present on admission or develops subsequently and meets the criteria for significance
2. a diagnosis that may or may not receive treatment and does not meet the criteria for significance
3. two or more codes that relate to one another
4. various conditions not associated with the reason for admission
7. 2. involve a defect on a chromosome
*Answer√√ 1.7) Sex linked genetic diseases
1. are transmitted during sex
2. involve a defect on a chromosome
1. 2. Convalescence following surgery*Answer√√ 1.1) An elderly woman fell at home and has a
fracture of the neck of her right femur. She was admitted to the hospital and had a bipolar hip replacement. After
ten days, she was transferred to a rehab hospital for continuing ambulation therapy. What is the main diagnosis at
the rehab facility?
1. Admission for physical therapy
2. Convalescence following surgery
3. Fracture of femoral neck
4. Hip replacement
2. 3. hirsutism
*Answer√√ 1.2) An abnormal condition of excess androgen secretion, observed primarily in women,
characterized by the presence of excessive body and facial hair in a male pattern is
1. acromegaly
2. gynecomastia
3. hirsutism
,4. myxedema
3. 3. The strategy formation stage, where the initial ideas around what the
strategy should be are developed
*Answer√√ 1.3) You are the newly appointed Director of an HIM Department. You have discovered that,
while there is a strategic plan for your department, there is no formal planning process and the setting of the
strategic directions was historically done by the CEO and the VP Finance. You would like to create a formal strategic
planning process that is more inclusive, and is a meaningful guide to the actions of your managers and their statt.
At what stage of the strategic planning process should you involve your managers?
1. After the point of receiving approval to develop your strategy further from your CEO
2. The strategy evaluation stage, where you formulate the strategy, put it in place, and call upon your executives six
months later to comment on its ettectiveness
3. The strategy formation stage, where the initial ideas around what the strategy should be are developed
4. The strategy implementation stage, where you present your strategy and seek assistance in implementing it
4. 3. Oil glands
*Answer√√ 1.4) Which of the following structures found in the skin helps prevent water loss and inhibits bacterial
,growth on the surface of the skin?
1. Arrector pili
2. Hair follicles
3. Oil glands
4. Sweat glands
5. 3. the assumption that all body fluids from all individuals are possible
sources of infection
*Answer√√ 1.5) The principle of Universal Precautions is based on
, 1. not touching any open or bleeding lesions
2. sterilizing all instruments and equipment after each use
3. the assumption that all body fluids from all individuals are possible sources of infection
4. using disinfectants at all times to eliminate cross-infections
6. 1. a condition that is present on admission or develops subsequently and
meets the criteria for significance
*Answer√√ 1.6) A comorbidity is
1. a condition that is present on admission or develops subsequently and meets the criteria for significance
2. a diagnosis that may or may not receive treatment and does not meet the criteria for significance
3. two or more codes that relate to one another
4. various conditions not associated with the reason for admission
7. 2. involve a defect on a chromosome
*Answer√√ 1.7) Sex linked genetic diseases
1. are transmitted during sex
2. involve a defect on a chromosome
