Midwifery Exam Practice Questions and Answers
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Hypothyroidism - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -A condition of a deficient thyroid
Tachypnea - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -Fast breathing
Apnea - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -not breathing
Antepartum - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -before birth
Postpartum - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -after birth
Intrapartum - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -between birth
Dystocia - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -Condition of a difficult/abnormal childbirth
Lymphoma - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -lymphatic tumor
Bradycardia - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -slow heart
Primigravida - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -a women who is pregnant for the first time
Appendectomy - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -surgical removal of the appendix
Hysterectomy - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -surgical removal of the uterus
Anesthesia - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -without feeling
Multipara - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -a woman that has had more than one offspring
,Hypothermia - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -low temperature
Perianal - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -around the rectum
Sublingual - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -pertaining to under the tongue
Dysuria - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -condition of painful urination
Suprapubic - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -above the pubis
Pelvimetry - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -measurement of the pelvis
A fast heart rate - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -tachycardia
A condition of decreased urine - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -cystitis
Bladder inflammation - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -Uritis
An inflamed vein caused by a clot - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -thrombophlebitis
condition of having high blood sugar - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -hyperglycemia
Destruction of blood - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -hemolysis
An abnormal condition of appearing blue - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -cyanosis
excessive vomiting - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -peremesis
Disease of the nerves - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -neuropathy
Difficulty breathing - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -dyspnea
,A woman who has never given birth - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -nulliparous
A woman who has given birth once - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -primiparous
white blood cells - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -leukocytes
A condition of having a lack of clotting cells (platelets) - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -
thrombopenia
Having too much water from the amnion - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -polyhydramnios
You have been having chronic pains in your upper abdomen and your physician refers you to a
specialist in diseases of the digestive tract called a - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -
Gastroenterologist
Your mother is having her uterus surgically removed along with her ovaries. Removal of ovaries
is called - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -hysterectomy
A woman has become sterile due to chronic inflammation of her uterine tubes from frequent
infection with sexually transmitted diseases. This tubal inflammation is called - CORRECT
ANSWER ✔️✔️ -salpingitis
A female patient has a special X-ray procedure of the breasts performed the X-ray image is
called a - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -mammogram
Inflammation of the veins is termed - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -phlebitis
The medical technician who draws blood from a vein for laboratory tests is called a - CORRECT
ANSWER ✔️✔️ -phlebotomist
, A hemangioma means - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -A tumor of blood vessels
Meningitis refers to - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -inflammation of the membranes around the
brain
A baby is born without a brain. The diagnosis would be - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -
anencephalic
Surgical removal of an inflamed gallbladder containing stones is termed - CORRECT ANSWER
✔️✔️ -cholecystectomy
A gravid woman is having genetic testing done. The physician will puncture the uterus to
withdraw amniotic fluid to be used for testing. This procedure is called - CORRECT ANSWER
✔️✔️ -amniocentesis
A newborn with meconium aspiration pneumonia often finds it difficult or painful to breath. The
term for this is - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -dyspnea
Pregnant women frequently complain of the need to urinate frequently during the night. The term
for this is - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -nocturia
A lab report comes back to documenting numerous erythrocytes in the urine specimen. The term
for this is - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -hematuria
Oligomenorrhea refers to - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -scanty, less than normal menstrual flow
Total arrest and cessation of breathing is termed - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -apnea
Orchiditis is the term for inflammation of a/an - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -testis
Correctly Answered Graded 100% Pass
Hypothyroidism - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -A condition of a deficient thyroid
Tachypnea - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -Fast breathing
Apnea - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -not breathing
Antepartum - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -before birth
Postpartum - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -after birth
Intrapartum - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -between birth
Dystocia - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -Condition of a difficult/abnormal childbirth
Lymphoma - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -lymphatic tumor
Bradycardia - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -slow heart
Primigravida - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -a women who is pregnant for the first time
Appendectomy - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -surgical removal of the appendix
Hysterectomy - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -surgical removal of the uterus
Anesthesia - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -without feeling
Multipara - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -a woman that has had more than one offspring
,Hypothermia - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -low temperature
Perianal - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -around the rectum
Sublingual - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -pertaining to under the tongue
Dysuria - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -condition of painful urination
Suprapubic - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -above the pubis
Pelvimetry - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -measurement of the pelvis
A fast heart rate - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -tachycardia
A condition of decreased urine - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -cystitis
Bladder inflammation - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -Uritis
An inflamed vein caused by a clot - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -thrombophlebitis
condition of having high blood sugar - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -hyperglycemia
Destruction of blood - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -hemolysis
An abnormal condition of appearing blue - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -cyanosis
excessive vomiting - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -peremesis
Disease of the nerves - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -neuropathy
Difficulty breathing - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -dyspnea
,A woman who has never given birth - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -nulliparous
A woman who has given birth once - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -primiparous
white blood cells - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -leukocytes
A condition of having a lack of clotting cells (platelets) - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -
thrombopenia
Having too much water from the amnion - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -polyhydramnios
You have been having chronic pains in your upper abdomen and your physician refers you to a
specialist in diseases of the digestive tract called a - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -
Gastroenterologist
Your mother is having her uterus surgically removed along with her ovaries. Removal of ovaries
is called - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -hysterectomy
A woman has become sterile due to chronic inflammation of her uterine tubes from frequent
infection with sexually transmitted diseases. This tubal inflammation is called - CORRECT
ANSWER ✔️✔️ -salpingitis
A female patient has a special X-ray procedure of the breasts performed the X-ray image is
called a - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -mammogram
Inflammation of the veins is termed - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -phlebitis
The medical technician who draws blood from a vein for laboratory tests is called a - CORRECT
ANSWER ✔️✔️ -phlebotomist
, A hemangioma means - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -A tumor of blood vessels
Meningitis refers to - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -inflammation of the membranes around the
brain
A baby is born without a brain. The diagnosis would be - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -
anencephalic
Surgical removal of an inflamed gallbladder containing stones is termed - CORRECT ANSWER
✔️✔️ -cholecystectomy
A gravid woman is having genetic testing done. The physician will puncture the uterus to
withdraw amniotic fluid to be used for testing. This procedure is called - CORRECT ANSWER
✔️✔️ -amniocentesis
A newborn with meconium aspiration pneumonia often finds it difficult or painful to breath. The
term for this is - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -dyspnea
Pregnant women frequently complain of the need to urinate frequently during the night. The term
for this is - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -nocturia
A lab report comes back to documenting numerous erythrocytes in the urine specimen. The term
for this is - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -hematuria
Oligomenorrhea refers to - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -scanty, less than normal menstrual flow
Total arrest and cessation of breathing is termed - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -apnea
Orchiditis is the term for inflammation of a/an - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -testis
