NURSG 125 EXAM 3 -HEALTH ASSESSMENT I
|ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS|BRAND NEW 2026-2027
UPDATE|GRADED A+
Question 1
The wife of a 65-year-old client tells the nurse that she is concerned because she has
noticed a change in her husband's personality and ability to understand. He also cries and
becomes angry very easily. The nurse recalls that the cerebral lobe responsible for these
behaviors is the _____ lobe.
A) frontal
B) parietal
C) occipital
D) temporal
CORRECT ANSWER
A
Question 2
A CLIENT WAS ADMITTED TO THE ED WITH SLURRED SPEECH. THE NURSE NOTES THAT
THIS COULD BE DUE TO DYSFUNCTION OF WHAT CRANIAL NERVE(S)?
A) Cranial Nerve I
B) Cranial Nerve V
C) Cranial Nerves IX and X
D) Cranial Nerve III
CORRECT ANSWER
1
, C
Question 3
The nurse is assessing a client who may have suffered a stroke. Which of these statements
is true concerning areas of the brain?
A) The cerebellum is the center for speech and emotions.
B) The hypothalamus controls temperature and regulates sleep.
C) The basal ganglia are responsible for controlling voluntary movements.
D) Motor pathways of the spinal cord and brainstem synapse in the thalamus.
CORRECT ANSWER
B
Question 4
The nurse is testing the function of cranial nerve XI. Which of these best describes the
response the nurse should expect if the nerve is intact? The client:
A) demonstrates ability to hear normal conversation.
B) sticks tongue out midline without tremors or deviation.
C) follows an object with both eyes without nystagmus or strabismus.
D) moves the head and shoulders against resistance with equal strength.
CORRECT ANSWER
D
Question 5
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,During the history, a client tells the nurse that "it feels like the room is spinning around
me." The nurse would document this as:
A) vertigo.
B) syncope.
C) dizziness.
D) seizure activity
CORRECT ANSWER
A
Question 6
A female client is in the clinic with weakness in her left arm and leg that she has noticed
for the past week. which type of neurologic examination would be most appropriate for
this client?
A) Glasgow Coma Scale
B) Neurologic Recheck Examination
C) Neurologic Screening Examination
D) Complete Neurologic Examination
CORRECT ANSWER
D
Question 7
During a neurological assessment, the nurse finds the following: asymmetry when the
client smiles or frowns, uneven lifting of eyebrows, sagging of the lower eyelids, and
escape of air from one side only when the nurse presses against the puffed cheeks. This
would indicate dysfunction of which of these cranial nerves?
3
, A) Motor component of IV
B) Motor component of VII
C) Motor and sensory components of XI
D) Motor component of X and sensory component of VII
CORRECT ANSWER
B
Question 8
A female client tells the nurse that she has been very unsteady and has had difficulty in
maintaining her balance. The nurse suspects this could be due to dysfunction of which
area of the brain?
A) Thalamus
B) Brainstem
C) Cerebellum
D) Extrapyramidal tract
CORRECT ANSWER
C
Question 9
During the assessment of THE Biceps reflexes, the nurse finds that a client's responses are
normal bilaterally. The Nurse would be Correct in documenting this finding As ____+
A) 3+
B) 1+
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|ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS|BRAND NEW 2026-2027
UPDATE|GRADED A+
Question 1
The wife of a 65-year-old client tells the nurse that she is concerned because she has
noticed a change in her husband's personality and ability to understand. He also cries and
becomes angry very easily. The nurse recalls that the cerebral lobe responsible for these
behaviors is the _____ lobe.
A) frontal
B) parietal
C) occipital
D) temporal
CORRECT ANSWER
A
Question 2
A CLIENT WAS ADMITTED TO THE ED WITH SLURRED SPEECH. THE NURSE NOTES THAT
THIS COULD BE DUE TO DYSFUNCTION OF WHAT CRANIAL NERVE(S)?
A) Cranial Nerve I
B) Cranial Nerve V
C) Cranial Nerves IX and X
D) Cranial Nerve III
CORRECT ANSWER
1
, C
Question 3
The nurse is assessing a client who may have suffered a stroke. Which of these statements
is true concerning areas of the brain?
A) The cerebellum is the center for speech and emotions.
B) The hypothalamus controls temperature and regulates sleep.
C) The basal ganglia are responsible for controlling voluntary movements.
D) Motor pathways of the spinal cord and brainstem synapse in the thalamus.
CORRECT ANSWER
B
Question 4
The nurse is testing the function of cranial nerve XI. Which of these best describes the
response the nurse should expect if the nerve is intact? The client:
A) demonstrates ability to hear normal conversation.
B) sticks tongue out midline without tremors or deviation.
C) follows an object with both eyes without nystagmus or strabismus.
D) moves the head and shoulders against resistance with equal strength.
CORRECT ANSWER
D
Question 5
2
,During the history, a client tells the nurse that "it feels like the room is spinning around
me." The nurse would document this as:
A) vertigo.
B) syncope.
C) dizziness.
D) seizure activity
CORRECT ANSWER
A
Question 6
A female client is in the clinic with weakness in her left arm and leg that she has noticed
for the past week. which type of neurologic examination would be most appropriate for
this client?
A) Glasgow Coma Scale
B) Neurologic Recheck Examination
C) Neurologic Screening Examination
D) Complete Neurologic Examination
CORRECT ANSWER
D
Question 7
During a neurological assessment, the nurse finds the following: asymmetry when the
client smiles or frowns, uneven lifting of eyebrows, sagging of the lower eyelids, and
escape of air from one side only when the nurse presses against the puffed cheeks. This
would indicate dysfunction of which of these cranial nerves?
3
, A) Motor component of IV
B) Motor component of VII
C) Motor and sensory components of XI
D) Motor component of X and sensory component of VII
CORRECT ANSWER
B
Question 8
A female client tells the nurse that she has been very unsteady and has had difficulty in
maintaining her balance. The nurse suspects this could be due to dysfunction of which
area of the brain?
A) Thalamus
B) Brainstem
C) Cerebellum
D) Extrapyramidal tract
CORRECT ANSWER
C
Question 9
During the assessment of THE Biceps reflexes, the nurse finds that a client's responses are
normal bilaterally. The Nurse would be Correct in documenting this finding As ____+
A) 3+
B) 1+
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