NARM UPDATED SET QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
SET A+
✔✔What is essential in the intrauterine development of the bones, brain and nervous
system, teeth and gums, as well as proper blood circulation? - ✔✔calcium
✔✔The fetal stage is defined as - ✔✔9-40 weeks
✔✔The function of the placenta is - ✔✔1) provide somewhat of a barrier against certain
infections
3) provide nutrients and hormones needed by the fetus
4) act as an organ of exchange and transfer
✔✔A probable sign of pregnancy - ✔✔Goodell's Sign
✔✔______ is true about the umbilical cord - ✔✔The cord is wrapped around the baby's
neck out 1/3 births
✔✔Using Naegel's formula, the EDD for a woman who reports her LMP as May 12
would be: - ✔✔February 19
✔✔Chadwick's sign is: - ✔✔blue or purple coloration of the cervix and vulva
✔✔____________ is not a normal newborn finding in the first 24 hours - ✔✔jaundice
✔✔The midwife could best help a new mother learn parenting skills by: - ✔✔helping the
parents by hands on helping them with an individual task
✔✔The heart begins beating in the embryo during which week from conception - ✔✔4
weeks
, ✔✔A risk factor that may appear as a pre-existing medical disorder would be - ✔✔active
sexually transmitted infection
✔✔normal adult blood pressure for a pregnant person is - ✔✔90/50-140/90
✔✔in pregnancy blood volume expands by: - ✔✔40%-45%
✔✔Purpose of Leopold's Maneuvers - ✔✔Determine what is in the pelvis
✔✔Marked tachycardia in a fetus is defined as - ✔✔heart rate above 180
✔✔The three classic signs of pre E are: - ✔✔1) Elevated blood pressure
2) Generalied edema
3) proteinuria
✔✔a woman suffering from eclampsia may experience: - ✔✔oliguria
✔✔oliguria is - ✔✔low urine output
✔✔According to the Brewer Diet and Anne Frye, pregnant women should ideally
consume how many grams of protein a day? - ✔✔80-100 grams
✔✔softening of the cervix is a sign of pregnancy called - ✔✔Goodell's sign
✔✔___________ is not associated with SGA babies. - ✔✔hydrocephalus
✔✔The chorion layer of the amniotic sac: - ✔✔directly encircles the amnion layer of the
amniotic sac
✔✔A typical human gestation from LMP is how many days? - ✔✔280
✔✔The vaginal portion of the cervix that dilates during labor is called: - ✔✔external os
✔✔Profuse bleeding from the uterus, especially between periods, is called -
✔✔metrorrhagia
✔✔The relation of the occiput (in a vertex presentation) to the 8 areas of the pelvic brim
is called the fetal: - ✔✔position
✔✔A rubella titer of <1:10 indicates: - ✔✔non-immunity
✔✔What is the normal range of pulse in an adult? - ✔✔60-80bpm
SET A+
✔✔What is essential in the intrauterine development of the bones, brain and nervous
system, teeth and gums, as well as proper blood circulation? - ✔✔calcium
✔✔The fetal stage is defined as - ✔✔9-40 weeks
✔✔The function of the placenta is - ✔✔1) provide somewhat of a barrier against certain
infections
3) provide nutrients and hormones needed by the fetus
4) act as an organ of exchange and transfer
✔✔A probable sign of pregnancy - ✔✔Goodell's Sign
✔✔______ is true about the umbilical cord - ✔✔The cord is wrapped around the baby's
neck out 1/3 births
✔✔Using Naegel's formula, the EDD for a woman who reports her LMP as May 12
would be: - ✔✔February 19
✔✔Chadwick's sign is: - ✔✔blue or purple coloration of the cervix and vulva
✔✔____________ is not a normal newborn finding in the first 24 hours - ✔✔jaundice
✔✔The midwife could best help a new mother learn parenting skills by: - ✔✔helping the
parents by hands on helping them with an individual task
✔✔The heart begins beating in the embryo during which week from conception - ✔✔4
weeks
, ✔✔A risk factor that may appear as a pre-existing medical disorder would be - ✔✔active
sexually transmitted infection
✔✔normal adult blood pressure for a pregnant person is - ✔✔90/50-140/90
✔✔in pregnancy blood volume expands by: - ✔✔40%-45%
✔✔Purpose of Leopold's Maneuvers - ✔✔Determine what is in the pelvis
✔✔Marked tachycardia in a fetus is defined as - ✔✔heart rate above 180
✔✔The three classic signs of pre E are: - ✔✔1) Elevated blood pressure
2) Generalied edema
3) proteinuria
✔✔a woman suffering from eclampsia may experience: - ✔✔oliguria
✔✔oliguria is - ✔✔low urine output
✔✔According to the Brewer Diet and Anne Frye, pregnant women should ideally
consume how many grams of protein a day? - ✔✔80-100 grams
✔✔softening of the cervix is a sign of pregnancy called - ✔✔Goodell's sign
✔✔___________ is not associated with SGA babies. - ✔✔hydrocephalus
✔✔The chorion layer of the amniotic sac: - ✔✔directly encircles the amnion layer of the
amniotic sac
✔✔A typical human gestation from LMP is how many days? - ✔✔280
✔✔The vaginal portion of the cervix that dilates during labor is called: - ✔✔external os
✔✔Profuse bleeding from the uterus, especially between periods, is called -
✔✔metrorrhagia
✔✔The relation of the occiput (in a vertex presentation) to the 8 areas of the pelvic brim
is called the fetal: - ✔✔position
✔✔A rubella titer of <1:10 indicates: - ✔✔non-immunity
✔✔What is the normal range of pulse in an adult? - ✔✔60-80bpm
