FISDAP MEDICAL EXAM [2026] | UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS | A+ VERIFIED
ANSWERS |
• Transcient Ischemic Attack (TIA) -✓✓ANSWER: Minor stroke, where neurological
function os regained quickly with time
• Cerebrovascular accident (CVA) -✓✓ANSWER: disruption in the normal blood
supply to the brain; stroke
• Cincinnati Stroke Scale -✓✓ANSWER: a system used to diagnose a potential
stroke ; assesses:
---facial droop
---arm drift
---speech
• Clonic -✓✓ANSWER: pertaining to alternate contraction and relaxation of
muscles
• Seizure -✓✓ANSWER: a sudden surge of electrical activity in the brain that
affects how a person feels or acts for a short time
• Aura -✓✓ANSWER: An aura often occurs before a migraine or seizure. It may
consist of flashing lights, a gleam of light, blurred vision, an odor, the feeling of a
breeze, numbness, weakness, or difficulty in speaking.
• Syncope -✓✓ANSWER: "Passing out", loss of consciousness or fainting
, • tonic-clonic seizure -✓✓ANSWER: generalized seizure in which the patient loses
consciousness and has jerking movements of paired muscle groups
• migraine headache -✓✓ANSWER: paroxysmal (sudden, periodic) attacks of
mostly unilateral headache, often accompanied by disordered vision, nausea, or
vomiting, lasting hours or days and caused by dilation of arteries
• Headache -✓✓ANSWER: Pain in any region of the head
• Oral Glucose Contraindications -✓✓ANSWER: 1. Unconsciousness
2. Known diabetic who has not taken insulin for days
3. Unable to swallow
• Influenza -✓✓ANSWER: flu virus
• Upper GI bleed -✓✓ANSWER: Bleeding in the upper gastric tract consisting of
tarry stools and may be an indication for PUD or gastric cancers
• Lower GI bleed -✓✓ANSWER: Bleeding in the lower gastric tract consisting or
bright red or wine colored stool (hematachezia)
• Medical Identification -✓✓ANSWER: Apparel such as tags, bracelets etc in order
to identify the patient or their medical history
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS | A+ VERIFIED
ANSWERS |
• Transcient Ischemic Attack (TIA) -✓✓ANSWER: Minor stroke, where neurological
function os regained quickly with time
• Cerebrovascular accident (CVA) -✓✓ANSWER: disruption in the normal blood
supply to the brain; stroke
• Cincinnati Stroke Scale -✓✓ANSWER: a system used to diagnose a potential
stroke ; assesses:
---facial droop
---arm drift
---speech
• Clonic -✓✓ANSWER: pertaining to alternate contraction and relaxation of
muscles
• Seizure -✓✓ANSWER: a sudden surge of electrical activity in the brain that
affects how a person feels or acts for a short time
• Aura -✓✓ANSWER: An aura often occurs before a migraine or seizure. It may
consist of flashing lights, a gleam of light, blurred vision, an odor, the feeling of a
breeze, numbness, weakness, or difficulty in speaking.
• Syncope -✓✓ANSWER: "Passing out", loss of consciousness or fainting
, • tonic-clonic seizure -✓✓ANSWER: generalized seizure in which the patient loses
consciousness and has jerking movements of paired muscle groups
• migraine headache -✓✓ANSWER: paroxysmal (sudden, periodic) attacks of
mostly unilateral headache, often accompanied by disordered vision, nausea, or
vomiting, lasting hours or days and caused by dilation of arteries
• Headache -✓✓ANSWER: Pain in any region of the head
• Oral Glucose Contraindications -✓✓ANSWER: 1. Unconsciousness
2. Known diabetic who has not taken insulin for days
3. Unable to swallow
• Influenza -✓✓ANSWER: flu virus
• Upper GI bleed -✓✓ANSWER: Bleeding in the upper gastric tract consisting of
tarry stools and may be an indication for PUD or gastric cancers
• Lower GI bleed -✓✓ANSWER: Bleeding in the lower gastric tract consisting or
bright red or wine colored stool (hematachezia)
• Medical Identification -✓✓ANSWER: Apparel such as tags, bracelets etc in order
to identify the patient or their medical history