APEA PREDICTOR EXAM WITH
QUESTIONS AND WELL VERIFIED
ANSWERS[GRADED A+]
Cranial Nerve VIII - ANS✔✔---Acoustic (Hearing and balance)
Cranial nerve IX - ANS✔✔---Glossopharyngeal- swallowing
and rise of the palate, gag reflex
)
Deep tendon reflex - ANS✔✔---Ankle- S1 primarily
Knee- Lumbar 2,3,4
Supinator(brachioradialis)-C5,6
BicepTriceps-C6,7
Stroke risk scale - ANS✔✔---CHADS2
C-Congestive heart failure
,H-Hypertension
A-Age >75 years
D- Diabetes
S-prior Stroke/TIA
In the majority of children, the first permanent teeth start to erupt
at the age of 6 years. Which of the following are the first
permanent teeth to erupt in this time period?
A. First Molars
B. Second Molars
C. Lower or upper incisors
D. Canines - ANS✔✔---A. First Molars
Cranial Nerve XI - ANS✔✔---Spinal Accessory (upper trapezius
You note the following result on a routine urinalysis of a 37-year
old primigravida who is at 30 weeks gestation. Leukocyte=trace,
nitrite=negative, protein=2+, blood=negative. Her weight has
increased by 5 lbs during the past week. Which of the following is
most likely?
A.HELLP syndrome
B. Pregnancy-induced hypertension (pre-eclampsia)
C. Eclampsia of pregnancy
D. Primary hypertension - ANS✔✔---B. Pregnancy-induced
hypertension (pre-eclampsia). Classic triad of symptoms of
,preeclampsia include hypertension, edema (weight gain), and
proteinuria.
The mother of a 12 month old infant reports to the nurse
practitioner that her child had a high fever for several days, which
spontaneously resolved. After the fever resolved, the child
developed a maculopapular rash. Which of the following is the
most likely diagnosis?
A. Fifth Disease (erythema infectiosum)
B. Roseola infantum (exanthema subitum)
C. Varicella
D. Infantile maculopapular rashes - ANS✔✔---B. Roseola
Infantum (Exanthema subitum)
All of the following are classified as activities of daily living (ADLs)
except:
A. ability to feed self
B. Ability to manage bladder and bowel elimination
C. Personal hygiene and grooming
D. Grocery Shopping - ANS✔✔---D. Grocery shopping
A 70-year old male patient complains of a bright red-colored spot
in his left eye for 2 days. He denies eye pain, visual changes, or
, headaches. He has a new onset of cough from a recent viral
upper respiratory infection. The only medicine he is on Bayer
aspirin, 1 tablet a day. Which of the following is most likely?
A. Corneal abrasion
B. Acute bacterial conjunctivitis
C. Acute uveitis
D. Subconjunctival hemorrhage - ANS✔✔---D. Subconjunctival
hemorrhage. Bright red blood in a sharply defined area
surrounded by normal-appearing conjunctiva indicates
subconjunctival hemorrhage.
Symptoms of atrophic vaginitis include painful intercourse,
atrophic squamous epithelial cells, and a decrease in pH. Vaginal
atrophy is caused by lack of or imbalance of estrogen. Normal pH
of the vagina is 4.0-5.0 (acidic)
The most common type of skin malignancy is:
A. Squamous cell cancer
B. Basal skin cancer
C. Melanoma
D. Dysplastic nevi - ANS✔✔---B. Basal skin cancer. It is
several times more common that squamous cell skin cancer
according to the NIH.
Koplik's spots are associated with:
A. Poxvirius infections
B. Measles
C. Kawasaki's disease
QUESTIONS AND WELL VERIFIED
ANSWERS[GRADED A+]
Cranial Nerve VIII - ANS✔✔---Acoustic (Hearing and balance)
Cranial nerve IX - ANS✔✔---Glossopharyngeal- swallowing
and rise of the palate, gag reflex
)
Deep tendon reflex - ANS✔✔---Ankle- S1 primarily
Knee- Lumbar 2,3,4
Supinator(brachioradialis)-C5,6
BicepTriceps-C6,7
Stroke risk scale - ANS✔✔---CHADS2
C-Congestive heart failure
,H-Hypertension
A-Age >75 years
D- Diabetes
S-prior Stroke/TIA
In the majority of children, the first permanent teeth start to erupt
at the age of 6 years. Which of the following are the first
permanent teeth to erupt in this time period?
A. First Molars
B. Second Molars
C. Lower or upper incisors
D. Canines - ANS✔✔---A. First Molars
Cranial Nerve XI - ANS✔✔---Spinal Accessory (upper trapezius
You note the following result on a routine urinalysis of a 37-year
old primigravida who is at 30 weeks gestation. Leukocyte=trace,
nitrite=negative, protein=2+, blood=negative. Her weight has
increased by 5 lbs during the past week. Which of the following is
most likely?
A.HELLP syndrome
B. Pregnancy-induced hypertension (pre-eclampsia)
C. Eclampsia of pregnancy
D. Primary hypertension - ANS✔✔---B. Pregnancy-induced
hypertension (pre-eclampsia). Classic triad of symptoms of
,preeclampsia include hypertension, edema (weight gain), and
proteinuria.
The mother of a 12 month old infant reports to the nurse
practitioner that her child had a high fever for several days, which
spontaneously resolved. After the fever resolved, the child
developed a maculopapular rash. Which of the following is the
most likely diagnosis?
A. Fifth Disease (erythema infectiosum)
B. Roseola infantum (exanthema subitum)
C. Varicella
D. Infantile maculopapular rashes - ANS✔✔---B. Roseola
Infantum (Exanthema subitum)
All of the following are classified as activities of daily living (ADLs)
except:
A. ability to feed self
B. Ability to manage bladder and bowel elimination
C. Personal hygiene and grooming
D. Grocery Shopping - ANS✔✔---D. Grocery shopping
A 70-year old male patient complains of a bright red-colored spot
in his left eye for 2 days. He denies eye pain, visual changes, or
, headaches. He has a new onset of cough from a recent viral
upper respiratory infection. The only medicine he is on Bayer
aspirin, 1 tablet a day. Which of the following is most likely?
A. Corneal abrasion
B. Acute bacterial conjunctivitis
C. Acute uveitis
D. Subconjunctival hemorrhage - ANS✔✔---D. Subconjunctival
hemorrhage. Bright red blood in a sharply defined area
surrounded by normal-appearing conjunctiva indicates
subconjunctival hemorrhage.
Symptoms of atrophic vaginitis include painful intercourse,
atrophic squamous epithelial cells, and a decrease in pH. Vaginal
atrophy is caused by lack of or imbalance of estrogen. Normal pH
of the vagina is 4.0-5.0 (acidic)
The most common type of skin malignancy is:
A. Squamous cell cancer
B. Basal skin cancer
C. Melanoma
D. Dysplastic nevi - ANS✔✔---B. Basal skin cancer. It is
several times more common that squamous cell skin cancer
according to the NIH.
Koplik's spots are associated with:
A. Poxvirius infections
B. Measles
C. Kawasaki's disease
