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CEA EXAM QUESTION BANK AND PRACTICE EXAM
2025/2026 ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) ALL ANSWERED {500 Q & A} ALREADY
GRADE A+/ CEA EXAM PREP: FULL PRACTICE EXAM
| BRAND NEW!
A 43-year-old male with past medical history significant for
GERD, smoking, and obesity presents to your clinic for worsening
GERD symptoms, he has been taking Protonix 40mg daily with no
improvement. He had an EGD done with biopsy. Which findings
would diagnose the patient with Barret's esophagus?
*Intestinal dysplasia with goblet cells
*Erosion of esophagus, and inflammatory findings on biopsy
*Smooth muscularis mucosae
*Intestinal metaplasia with goblet cells
Intestinal metaplasia with goblet cells
Rationale:
Histologic examination of biopsy specimens from that columnar
epithelium must reveal intestinal metaplasia characterized with
goblet cells. This would be significant of change to diagnose a
patient with Barrett's esophagus
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A mother brings her 8-week-old to the clinic who has been
inconsolably crying for the last 4 days. The physical exam shows
normal findings. Which of the following diagnostic tests should
the nurse practitioner order next?
*CMP
*MRI
*Urinalysis
*Blood cultures
Urinalysis
Rationale:
Newborn irritability can be a sign of various underlying
conditions, including infections, metabolic disturbances, and
other medical issues. A urinalysis is a valuable diagnostic tool
that can help identify or rule out urinary tract infections (UTIs)
and other metabolic disorders that might be contributing to the
infant's symptoms.
A 34-year-old male presents with choledocholithiasis, which is
suspected after an MRCP shows a potential stone is the cystic
duct. Which procedure would provide diagnostic and intervention
potential for this patient?
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*EUS
*ERCP
*EGD
*Colonoscopy
ERCP
Rationale:
An ERCP allows for direct visualization with contrast and
imagining of potential stones, it also allows for direct
intervention of dilation and removal of stones.
Your irate patient on involuntary hold due to risk of harm to
themself or others says they are going to "kill you when you
leave work after they get discharged". This statement is an
example of which of the following?
*None of these options
*Emotional battery
*Verbal battery
*Verbal assault
Verbal assault
Rationale:
Assault refers to the risk of a harm to others, whereas battery
refers to the actual act of that harm.
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Which of the following is not a common mechanism of neutrophil
expenditure and resultant neutropenia?
*Decreased neutrophil production in the bone marrow
*Loss of circulating neutrophils in acute blood loss
*Redistribution of neutrophils to the spleen or vascular
endothelium
*Immune destruction
Loss of circulating neutrophils in acute blood loss
Rationale:
Neutropenia can result from three basic mechanisms: decreased
production in the bone marrow, redistribution, or immune
destruction.
Patients presenting with globe rupture should be sent to
immediate surgery due to which of the following reasons?
*Loss of vision is worse if surgery is immediate
*Delay in surgery can increase incidence of choroidal
hemorrhage
CEA EXAM QUESTION BANK AND PRACTICE EXAM
2025/2026 ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) ALL ANSWERED {500 Q & A} ALREADY
GRADE A+/ CEA EXAM PREP: FULL PRACTICE EXAM
| BRAND NEW!
A 43-year-old male with past medical history significant for
GERD, smoking, and obesity presents to your clinic for worsening
GERD symptoms, he has been taking Protonix 40mg daily with no
improvement. He had an EGD done with biopsy. Which findings
would diagnose the patient with Barret's esophagus?
*Intestinal dysplasia with goblet cells
*Erosion of esophagus, and inflammatory findings on biopsy
*Smooth muscularis mucosae
*Intestinal metaplasia with goblet cells
Intestinal metaplasia with goblet cells
Rationale:
Histologic examination of biopsy specimens from that columnar
epithelium must reveal intestinal metaplasia characterized with
goblet cells. This would be significant of change to diagnose a
patient with Barrett's esophagus
,2|Page
A mother brings her 8-week-old to the clinic who has been
inconsolably crying for the last 4 days. The physical exam shows
normal findings. Which of the following diagnostic tests should
the nurse practitioner order next?
*CMP
*MRI
*Urinalysis
*Blood cultures
Urinalysis
Rationale:
Newborn irritability can be a sign of various underlying
conditions, including infections, metabolic disturbances, and
other medical issues. A urinalysis is a valuable diagnostic tool
that can help identify or rule out urinary tract infections (UTIs)
and other metabolic disorders that might be contributing to the
infant's symptoms.
A 34-year-old male presents with choledocholithiasis, which is
suspected after an MRCP shows a potential stone is the cystic
duct. Which procedure would provide diagnostic and intervention
potential for this patient?
,3|Page
*EUS
*ERCP
*EGD
*Colonoscopy
ERCP
Rationale:
An ERCP allows for direct visualization with contrast and
imagining of potential stones, it also allows for direct
intervention of dilation and removal of stones.
Your irate patient on involuntary hold due to risk of harm to
themself or others says they are going to "kill you when you
leave work after they get discharged". This statement is an
example of which of the following?
*None of these options
*Emotional battery
*Verbal battery
*Verbal assault
Verbal assault
Rationale:
Assault refers to the risk of a harm to others, whereas battery
refers to the actual act of that harm.
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Which of the following is not a common mechanism of neutrophil
expenditure and resultant neutropenia?
*Decreased neutrophil production in the bone marrow
*Loss of circulating neutrophils in acute blood loss
*Redistribution of neutrophils to the spleen or vascular
endothelium
*Immune destruction
Loss of circulating neutrophils in acute blood loss
Rationale:
Neutropenia can result from three basic mechanisms: decreased
production in the bone marrow, redistribution, or immune
destruction.
Patients presenting with globe rupture should be sent to
immediate surgery due to which of the following reasons?
*Loss of vision is worse if surgery is immediate
*Delay in surgery can increase incidence of choroidal
hemorrhage
