MDS Test Bank Chapter 7 – Practice Questions & Answers Study Guide 2026/2027

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Chapter 07: Pain Assessment and Management


OpenStax Medical-Surgical Nursing Test
Bank
Chapter 07: Pain Assessment and Management

Review Questions
Multiple Choice
1. A thermal nociceptor is activated by ________.
A. capsaicin chemicals
B. extreme temperatures *
C. physical stimuli
D. pain transmission

LO: 07.1.1
Difficulty: Moderate
Blooms: Understanding
AACN: 1.1a

2. Which nociceptor is activated by excess pressure?
A. A-delta
B. chemical
C. mechanical *
D. thermal

LO: 07.1.1
Difficulty: Moderate
Blooms: Understanding
AACN: 1.1a

3. An example of normal pain would be ________.
A. fibromyalgia pain
B. labor pain *
C. neuropathic pain
D. back pain

LO: 07.1.2
Difficulty: Moderate
Blooms: Remember; Understand
AACN: 1.1a

4. Pain that lasts longer than six months is called ________?
A. acute pain

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Chapter 07: Pain Assessment and Management
B. chronic pain *
C. neuropathic pain
D. breakthrough pain

LO: 07.1.2
Difficulty: Easy
Blooms: Remember
AACN: 1.1a

5. Which is a biological factor that affects the perception of pain?
A. coping
B. culture
C. fear
D. illness *

LO: 07.2.2
Difficulty: Easy
Blooms: Understand; Apply
AACN: 1.1b

6. Which is categorized as a social factor that affects the perception of pain?
A. attitude
B. education *
C. hormones
D. memory

LO: 07.2.2
Difficulty: Easy
Blooms: Remembering
AACN: 1.1b

7. ________ pain often occurs after an amputation of a limb.
A. Acute
B. Breakthrough
C. Chronic
D. Phantom *

LO: 07.1.2
Difficulty: Easy
Blooms: Remember
AACN: 1.1a

8. ________ pain arises from damage to the nervous system and is characterized as a
shooting or stabbing-like sensation

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