Health Assessment Practice Questions and answers with latest updated test.

Health Assessment Practice Questions and answers with latest updated test. Which is not a skills requisite? A: Inspection B: Palpation C: Vital signs D: Percussion - correct answer.C: Vital Signs What are some things you are looking for during palpation? - correct answer.Temperature, Moisture, Texture, Lumps Over what tissue would you expect to hear resonance? A: Stomach B: Lungs C: Brain D: Bones - correct answer.B: Lungs Over what tissue would you expect to hear tympany? A: Lungs B: Bone C: Brain D: Stomach - correct answer.D: Stomach Over what tissue would you expect to hear a dull sound? A: Stomach B: Bone C: Liver D: Lungs - correct answer.C: Liver Over what tissue would you expect to hear a flat sound? A: Lung B: Bone C: Muscle D: Stomach E: B&C - correct answer.E: Bone & Muscle When is NOT best to use the diaphragm of the stethoscope? A: Heart murmur B: Breathing C: Bowl sounds D: High-pitched - correct answer.A: Heart murmer How should you listen to heart and lung sounds? A: Over a gown B: Touching the skin - correct answer.B: Touching the skin What position is correct for inserting a rectal suppository? A: Lithotomy B: Sims C: Dorsal Recumbent D: Supine - correct answer.B: Sims Taking an axillary temperature on an adult will result in a temperature reading that is: A: One degree lower B: Accurate C: One degree higher D: Same as Oral - correct answer.A: One degree lower What is a full & bounding pulse force? A: 3+ B: 2+ C: 1+ D: 0 - correct answer.A: 3+ What is inversely related to blood pressure? A: Cardiac output B: Viscosity C: Elasticity D: Peripheral vascular resistance - correct answer.C: Elasticity What category of blood pressure is 142/95? A: Normal B: Prehypertension C: Hypertension I D: Hypertension II - correct answer.C: Hypertension I Which describes orthostatic blood pressure? A: A rise in systolic pressure by 10 mmHg B: A drop in Diastolic pressure by 10 mmHg C: A drop in systolic pressure by 10 mmHg D: A drop in diastolic pressure by 5 mmHg - correct answer.B: A drop in diastolic pressure by 10 mmHg My blood pressure is 116/62. What is my pulse pressure? A: 20 B: 32 C: 63 D: 54 - correct answer.D: 54 What is my cardiac output if my heart rate is 60bpm and my blood pressure is 120/72? A: 5.7L B: 6.1L C: 4.8L D: 5.0L - correct answer.A: 5.7L At what phase would you hear muffling in Korotkoffs? A: Phase I B: Phase II C: Phase III D: Phase IV - correct answer.D: Phase IV Which would not higher blood pressure? A: Anxiety B: Small cuff size C: Large cuff size