3P HIGH STAKES STANDARD EXAMS ANSWERS AND
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Peripheral artery disease - ✔✔The ankle-brachial index is a screening test used to
assess risk for:
✔✔Symptoms of peripheral artery disease (PAD) - ✔✔intermittent claudication,
ischemia muscle pain precipitated by predictable amount of exercise & relieved by rest,
pale cool skin, cyanosis, audible bruits, diminished or absent pulses & thickened &
opaque nails.
✔✔Ventricular septal defect, overriding aorta, pulmonary stenosis & right ventricular
hypertrophy - ✔✔The four classic signs of Tetrology of Fallot:
✔✔Costochondritis - ✔✔Chest pain described as stabbing, sticking or dull and aching is
characteristic of:
✔✔Pericarditis & pleuritic pain - ✔✔Chest pain described as persistent, sharp, knife-like
is characteristic of:
✔✔Neurogenic claudication - ✔✔pain with walking or prolonged standing, radiating from
the spinal area into the buttocks, thighs, lower legs, or feet
✔✔Kawasaki disease - ✔✔unexplained fever for 5 days along with 4 out of 5 of the
following symptoms:
bilateral non-purulent conjunctivitis, cervical lymphadenopathy, edema of the hands &/or
feet, strawberry tongue & macular rash.
✔✔Endocarditis - ✔✔fever, lethargy, petechiae, neurological involvement, Janeway
lesions & Osler's nodes are symptoms of:
, ✔✔Physiologic murmur - ✔✔A murmur arising from physiologic changes in body
metabolism, temporary & resolves when condition resolves (hyperthyroidism, fever,
pregnancy)
✔✔Pathologic murmur - ✔✔abnormal heart sounds caused by a heart defect or
acquired damage
✔✔coarctation of the aorta (CoA) - ✔✔a disparity of pulses between the brachial &
femoral pulses in a 4-month old could indicate:
✔✔Chronic renal disease - ✔✔Pallor, xerosis, pruritus, hyperpigmentation, uremic frost,
calciphylaxis, "half & half" nails are skin conditions found in patients with
✔✔A Chancre - ✔✔A painless ulceration formed during primary stages of syphilis are
called:
✔✔Furuncles (Boils) - ✔✔large, tender, swollen areas caused by a staphylococcal
infection around hair follicles or sebaceous glands
✔✔Ecchymosis - ✔✔Irregular shaped purplish blue lesions, does not blanch, no
pulsatility.
✔✔Conductive hearing loss - ✔✔Rinne hearing tests is used to screen for:
✔✔Inflammation, as in hepatitis or venous congestion (right-sided HF) - ✔✔An enlarged
liver with smooth, tender edge suggests:
✔✔Cirrhosis, hemochromatosis or lymphoma - ✔✔An enlarged liver with firm, non-
tender edge suggests:
✔✔vomiting undigested food, weight loss, erratic glucose levels & gastroesophageal
reflux - ✔✔S/S associated with diabetic gastroparesis include:
✔✔Hepatitis A - ✔✔Traveling internationally to endemic areas, eating food or drinking
contaminated water, male-male partners & persons with chronic liver disease are risk
factors for:
✔✔Gastroesophageal reflux - ✔✔Dyspepsia, frequent belching with sour taste, chest
pain after eating or lying down, straining or lifting, increased salivation & history of high
stress levels are symptoms of:
✔✔Hepatitis B - ✔✔having multiple sex partners, body piercings wit unclean equipment,
being incarcerated, sharing needles, exposure to needle sticks or an infected mother to
baby during childbirth are risk factors for:
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Peripheral artery disease - ✔✔The ankle-brachial index is a screening test used to
assess risk for:
✔✔Symptoms of peripheral artery disease (PAD) - ✔✔intermittent claudication,
ischemia muscle pain precipitated by predictable amount of exercise & relieved by rest,
pale cool skin, cyanosis, audible bruits, diminished or absent pulses & thickened &
opaque nails.
✔✔Ventricular septal defect, overriding aorta, pulmonary stenosis & right ventricular
hypertrophy - ✔✔The four classic signs of Tetrology of Fallot:
✔✔Costochondritis - ✔✔Chest pain described as stabbing, sticking or dull and aching is
characteristic of:
✔✔Pericarditis & pleuritic pain - ✔✔Chest pain described as persistent, sharp, knife-like
is characteristic of:
✔✔Neurogenic claudication - ✔✔pain with walking or prolonged standing, radiating from
the spinal area into the buttocks, thighs, lower legs, or feet
✔✔Kawasaki disease - ✔✔unexplained fever for 5 days along with 4 out of 5 of the
following symptoms:
bilateral non-purulent conjunctivitis, cervical lymphadenopathy, edema of the hands &/or
feet, strawberry tongue & macular rash.
✔✔Endocarditis - ✔✔fever, lethargy, petechiae, neurological involvement, Janeway
lesions & Osler's nodes are symptoms of:
, ✔✔Physiologic murmur - ✔✔A murmur arising from physiologic changes in body
metabolism, temporary & resolves when condition resolves (hyperthyroidism, fever,
pregnancy)
✔✔Pathologic murmur - ✔✔abnormal heart sounds caused by a heart defect or
acquired damage
✔✔coarctation of the aorta (CoA) - ✔✔a disparity of pulses between the brachial &
femoral pulses in a 4-month old could indicate:
✔✔Chronic renal disease - ✔✔Pallor, xerosis, pruritus, hyperpigmentation, uremic frost,
calciphylaxis, "half & half" nails are skin conditions found in patients with
✔✔A Chancre - ✔✔A painless ulceration formed during primary stages of syphilis are
called:
✔✔Furuncles (Boils) - ✔✔large, tender, swollen areas caused by a staphylococcal
infection around hair follicles or sebaceous glands
✔✔Ecchymosis - ✔✔Irregular shaped purplish blue lesions, does not blanch, no
pulsatility.
✔✔Conductive hearing loss - ✔✔Rinne hearing tests is used to screen for:
✔✔Inflammation, as in hepatitis or venous congestion (right-sided HF) - ✔✔An enlarged
liver with smooth, tender edge suggests:
✔✔Cirrhosis, hemochromatosis or lymphoma - ✔✔An enlarged liver with firm, non-
tender edge suggests:
✔✔vomiting undigested food, weight loss, erratic glucose levels & gastroesophageal
reflux - ✔✔S/S associated with diabetic gastroparesis include:
✔✔Hepatitis A - ✔✔Traveling internationally to endemic areas, eating food or drinking
contaminated water, male-male partners & persons with chronic liver disease are risk
factors for:
✔✔Gastroesophageal reflux - ✔✔Dyspepsia, frequent belching with sour taste, chest
pain after eating or lying down, straining or lifting, increased salivation & history of high
stress levels are symptoms of:
✔✔Hepatitis B - ✔✔having multiple sex partners, body piercings wit unclean equipment,
being incarcerated, sharing needles, exposure to needle sticks or an infected mother to
baby during childbirth are risk factors for:
