Test Bank for Advanced Assessment: Interpreting Findings
and Formulating Differential Diagnoses (6th Edition)
Mary Jo Goolsby & Laurie Grubbs | Complete Question Set
with Correct Answers
, Chapter 1: Assessment and Clinical Decision-Making: Overview
1. Which type of clinical decision-making is most reliable?
A) Intuitive
B) Analytical
C) Experiential
D) Augenblick
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Analytical decision-making is based on careful consideration and has greater
reliability with rare errors. Intuitive decision-making (similar to "Augenblick") is based on experience and
intuition and is less reliable, paired with fairly common errors -5-7.
2. Which of the following is FALSE? To obtain adequate history, healthcare providers must be:
A) Methodical and systematic
B) Attentive to the client's verbal and nonverbal language
C) Able to accurately interpret the client's responses
D) Adept at reading into the client's statements
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Providers should not "read into" client statements, as this introduces bias and
assumption. They must be methodical, attentive to verbal/nonverbal cues, and accurately interpret
responses without projecting their own interpretations -5-7.
, 3. Essential parts of a health history include all of the following EXCEPT:
A) Chief complaint
B) History of the present illness
C) Physical examination findings
D) Review of systems
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Vital signs and physical examination findings are part of the physical examination
portion of patient assessment, not part of the health history. The health history includes the chief
complaint, history of present illness, past medical history, family history, social history, and review of
systems -5.
4. While performing the physical examination, the examiner must be able to:
A) Differentiate between normal and abnormal findings
B) Recall knowledge of a range of conditions and their associated signs and symptoms
C) Recognize how certain conditions affect the response to other conditions
D) Foresee unpredictable findings
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: While examiners must be able to differentiate normal from abnormal findings, recall
knowledge of conditions and associated signs/symptoms, and recognize how conditions affect responses
to other conditions, they cannot foresee unpredictable findings -5.
and Formulating Differential Diagnoses (6th Edition)
Mary Jo Goolsby & Laurie Grubbs | Complete Question Set
with Correct Answers
, Chapter 1: Assessment and Clinical Decision-Making: Overview
1. Which type of clinical decision-making is most reliable?
A) Intuitive
B) Analytical
C) Experiential
D) Augenblick
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Analytical decision-making is based on careful consideration and has greater
reliability with rare errors. Intuitive decision-making (similar to "Augenblick") is based on experience and
intuition and is less reliable, paired with fairly common errors -5-7.
2. Which of the following is FALSE? To obtain adequate history, healthcare providers must be:
A) Methodical and systematic
B) Attentive to the client's verbal and nonverbal language
C) Able to accurately interpret the client's responses
D) Adept at reading into the client's statements
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Providers should not "read into" client statements, as this introduces bias and
assumption. They must be methodical, attentive to verbal/nonverbal cues, and accurately interpret
responses without projecting their own interpretations -5-7.
, 3. Essential parts of a health history include all of the following EXCEPT:
A) Chief complaint
B) History of the present illness
C) Physical examination findings
D) Review of systems
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Vital signs and physical examination findings are part of the physical examination
portion of patient assessment, not part of the health history. The health history includes the chief
complaint, history of present illness, past medical history, family history, social history, and review of
systems -5.
4. While performing the physical examination, the examiner must be able to:
A) Differentiate between normal and abnormal findings
B) Recall knowledge of a range of conditions and their associated signs and symptoms
C) Recognize how certain conditions affect the response to other conditions
D) Foresee unpredictable findings
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: While examiners must be able to differentiate normal from abnormal findings, recall
knowledge of conditions and associated signs/symptoms, and recognize how conditions affect responses
to other conditions, they cannot foresee unpredictable findings -5.
