FNP Exam Questions with Correct Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1: You are examining a 9-month-old
Answer: Correct Answer:
Question 2: infant who you suspect has cystic fibrosis. Which of the following would be inconsistent
with a diagnosis of
Answer: diarrhea
Question 3: cystic fibrosis in an infant?
Answer: These are all signs consistent with cystic fibrosis in an infant. Other signs include: chronic cough,
and
Question 4: abdominal distention recurrent URI diarrhea salty taste when kissed
Answer: persistent vomiting, especially with cough.
Question 5: Which of the following statements
Answer: Correct Answer:
Question 6: should the nurse practitioner consider
Answer: Everyone 6 months of age or older should get the
Question 7: correct regarding the use of influenza immunizations? The influenza immunization should
not be administered to patients over the
Answer: influenza immunization yearly.
Question 8: age of 70.
Answer: The nurse practitioner should know that everyone 6
Question 9: Everyone 6 months of age or older
Answer: months of age or older should get the influenza
Question 10: should get the influenza immunization
Answer: immunization yearly. The influenza immunization is
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,Question 11: yearly.
Answer: generally effective against the influenza virus within 2
Question 12: It is recommended that the influenza immunization not be administered to children under
the age of 5. The influenza immunization is generally effective against the influenza virus within 2 days
of administration.
Answer: weeks of administration.
Question 13: If the FNP is giving the Mini-mental
Answer: Correct Answer:
Question 14: exam (MME) to an elderly patient, which subject area is being tested when the FNP asks
the patient to spell
Answer: attention and calculation
Question 15: a word backwards?
Answer: The MME is a brief screening exam to assess for dementia. Five subject areas are tested. The area
Question 16: attention and calculation
Answer: tested by asking the patient to spell a word
Question 17: orientation recall sentence writing
Answer: backwards is attention and calculation.
Question 18: Which of the following should be done
Answer: Correct Answer:
Question 19: for diabetic patients with insulin
Answer: change to less immunogenic pork or human synthetic
Question 20: resistance requiring more than 200 units per day?
Answer: insulins
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,Question 21: change to less immunogenic pork or
Answer: Insulin resistance requiring more than 200 unites per
Question 22: human synthetic insulins
Answer: day is rare and even less common with increased use
Question 23: administer a higher dosage of insulin
Answer: of human inclines. The cause is overproduction of
Question 24: use purified insulin and inject directly
Answer: insulin binding immunoglobulins. Treatment is to
Question 25: into atrophic areas
Answer: change to less immunogenic pork or human synthetic
Question 26: use amylin analogs instead of insulin
Answer: insults. It may require glucocorticoid treatment; consultation required.
Question 27: What is the Catarrhal stage of Pertussis
Answer: Usually 7-10 days; range of 4-21 Characterized by: Coryza Low-grade fever Mild, occasional
cough (which gradually becomes more severe)
Question 28: What is the Paroxysmal stage of
Answer: Usually lasts 1-6 weeks, but may persist for up to 10
Question 29: Pertussis
Answer: weeks Characterized by: Paroxysms of numerous, rapid coughs due to difficulty expelling thick
mucus from the tracheobronchial tree Long inspiratory effort accompanied by a highpitched "whoop" at the
end of the paroxysms Cyanosis Vomiting and exhaustion Paroxysmal attacks: Occur frequently at night,
with an average of 15 attacks per 24 hours Increase in frequency during the first 1-2 weeks, remain at the
same frequency for 2-3 weeks, and then gradually decrease
Question 30: Your follow-up of a patient reveals
Answer: Correct Answer:
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, Question 31: Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction. This is a reaction that occurs in approximately 30% of
patients treated for which of
Answer: primary syphilis
Question 32: the following diseases?
Answer: Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction is a reaction that occurs in approximately 30% of patients treated for
primary
Question 33: hepatitis B
Answer: syphilis. It occurs in approximately 70% of those
Question 34: gonorrhea
Answer: treated for secondary syphilis within 24 hours of
Question 35: herpes simplex primary syphilis
Answer: treatment.
Question 36: You have a 59-year-old female patient
Answer: Correct Answer:
Question 37: with osteoporosis. Which of the following would you NOT expect to find in the
radiographic results of this
Answer: increased radiodensity
Question 38: patient?
Answer: You would not expect to find increased radiodensity; you would expect to find decreased
radiodensity.
Question 39: changes in vertebral body shape
Answer: Osteoporosis is a systemic skeletal disease
Question 40: increased radiodensity fractures generalized osteopenia
Answer: characterized by low bone mass.
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Question 1: You are examining a 9-month-old
Answer: Correct Answer:
Question 2: infant who you suspect has cystic fibrosis. Which of the following would be inconsistent
with a diagnosis of
Answer: diarrhea
Question 3: cystic fibrosis in an infant?
Answer: These are all signs consistent with cystic fibrosis in an infant. Other signs include: chronic cough,
and
Question 4: abdominal distention recurrent URI diarrhea salty taste when kissed
Answer: persistent vomiting, especially with cough.
Question 5: Which of the following statements
Answer: Correct Answer:
Question 6: should the nurse practitioner consider
Answer: Everyone 6 months of age or older should get the
Question 7: correct regarding the use of influenza immunizations? The influenza immunization should
not be administered to patients over the
Answer: influenza immunization yearly.
Question 8: age of 70.
Answer: The nurse practitioner should know that everyone 6
Question 9: Everyone 6 months of age or older
Answer: months of age or older should get the influenza
Question 10: should get the influenza immunization
Answer: immunization yearly. The influenza immunization is
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,Question 11: yearly.
Answer: generally effective against the influenza virus within 2
Question 12: It is recommended that the influenza immunization not be administered to children under
the age of 5. The influenza immunization is generally effective against the influenza virus within 2 days
of administration.
Answer: weeks of administration.
Question 13: If the FNP is giving the Mini-mental
Answer: Correct Answer:
Question 14: exam (MME) to an elderly patient, which subject area is being tested when the FNP asks
the patient to spell
Answer: attention and calculation
Question 15: a word backwards?
Answer: The MME is a brief screening exam to assess for dementia. Five subject areas are tested. The area
Question 16: attention and calculation
Answer: tested by asking the patient to spell a word
Question 17: orientation recall sentence writing
Answer: backwards is attention and calculation.
Question 18: Which of the following should be done
Answer: Correct Answer:
Question 19: for diabetic patients with insulin
Answer: change to less immunogenic pork or human synthetic
Question 20: resistance requiring more than 200 units per day?
Answer: insulins
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,Question 21: change to less immunogenic pork or
Answer: Insulin resistance requiring more than 200 unites per
Question 22: human synthetic insulins
Answer: day is rare and even less common with increased use
Question 23: administer a higher dosage of insulin
Answer: of human inclines. The cause is overproduction of
Question 24: use purified insulin and inject directly
Answer: insulin binding immunoglobulins. Treatment is to
Question 25: into atrophic areas
Answer: change to less immunogenic pork or human synthetic
Question 26: use amylin analogs instead of insulin
Answer: insults. It may require glucocorticoid treatment; consultation required.
Question 27: What is the Catarrhal stage of Pertussis
Answer: Usually 7-10 days; range of 4-21 Characterized by: Coryza Low-grade fever Mild, occasional
cough (which gradually becomes more severe)
Question 28: What is the Paroxysmal stage of
Answer: Usually lasts 1-6 weeks, but may persist for up to 10
Question 29: Pertussis
Answer: weeks Characterized by: Paroxysms of numerous, rapid coughs due to difficulty expelling thick
mucus from the tracheobronchial tree Long inspiratory effort accompanied by a highpitched "whoop" at the
end of the paroxysms Cyanosis Vomiting and exhaustion Paroxysmal attacks: Occur frequently at night,
with an average of 15 attacks per 24 hours Increase in frequency during the first 1-2 weeks, remain at the
same frequency for 2-3 weeks, and then gradually decrease
Question 30: Your follow-up of a patient reveals
Answer: Correct Answer:
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, Question 31: Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction. This is a reaction that occurs in approximately 30% of
patients treated for which of
Answer: primary syphilis
Question 32: the following diseases?
Answer: Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction is a reaction that occurs in approximately 30% of patients treated for
primary
Question 33: hepatitis B
Answer: syphilis. It occurs in approximately 70% of those
Question 34: gonorrhea
Answer: treated for secondary syphilis within 24 hours of
Question 35: herpes simplex primary syphilis
Answer: treatment.
Question 36: You have a 59-year-old female patient
Answer: Correct Answer:
Question 37: with osteoporosis. Which of the following would you NOT expect to find in the
radiographic results of this
Answer: increased radiodensity
Question 38: patient?
Answer: You would not expect to find increased radiodensity; you would expect to find decreased
radiodensity.
Question 39: changes in vertebral body shape
Answer: Osteoporosis is a systemic skeletal disease
Question 40: increased radiodensity fractures generalized osteopenia
Answer: characterized by low bone mass.
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