APE FINAL EXAM
(2024)
QUESTIONS
WITH LATEST
ANSWERS!!
Evatee 10/13/24 APE
,APE FINAL EXAM (2024) QUESTIONS WITH
LATEST ANSWERS!!
The components of the health history include all of the following except which
one?
A) Review of systems
B) Thorax
C) History of present illness
D) Social history Answer - B
The following information is recorded in the health history: "The patient has
had abdominal pain for 1 week. The pain lasts for 30 minutes at a time; it
comes and goes. The severity is 7 to 9 on a scale of 1 to 10. It is accompanied
by nausea and vomiting. It is located in the mid-epigastric area."
Which of these categories does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) History of present illness
C) Social history
D) Review of systems Answer - B
The following information is recorded in the health history: "I feel really tired."
Which category does it belong to?
,A) Chief complaint
B) History present illness
C) Social history
D) Review of systems Answer - A
A 37-year-old nurse comes for evaluation of colicky right upper quadrant
abdominal pain. The pain is associated with nausea and vomiting and occurs 1
to 2 hours after eating greasy foods. Which one of the following physical
examination descriptions would be most consistent with the diagnosis of
cholecystitis?
A) Abdomen is soft, nontender, and nondistended, without
hepatosplenomegaly or masses.
B) Abdomen is soft and tender to palpation in the right lower quadrant,
without rebound or guarding.
C) Abdomen is soft and tender to palpation in the right upper quadrant with
inspiration, to the point of stopping inspiration, and there is no rebound or
guarding.
D) Abdomen is soft and tender to palpation in the mid-epigastric area, without
rebound or guarding. Answer - C
Mr. Larson is a 42-year-old widowed father of two children, ages 4 and 11. He
works in a sales office to support his family. Recently he has injured his back
and you are thinking he would benefit from physical therapy, three times a
week, for an hour per session. What would be your next step?
A) Write the physical therapy prescription.
B) Have your office staff explain directions to the physical therapy center.
C) Discuss the plan with Mr. Larson.
, D) Tell Mr. Larson that he will be going to physical therapy three times a week.
Answer - C
You are growing fatigued of performing a maneuver on examination because
you have never found a positive and are usually pressed for time. How should
you next approach this maneuver?
A) Use this test when you have a higher suspicion for the correlating condition.
B) Omit this test from future examinations.
C) Continue doing the test, but rely more heavily on laboratory work and
diagnostics.
D) Continue performing it on all future examinations. Answer - A
You have recently returned from a medical missions trip to sub-Saharan Africa,
where you learned a great deal about malaria. You decide to use some of the
same questions and maneuvers in your "routine" when examining patients in
the midwestern United States. You are disappointed to find that despite getting
some positive answers and findings, on further workup, none of your patients
has malaria except one, who recently emigrated from Ghana. How should you
next approach these questions and maneuvers?
A) Continue asking these questions in a more selective way.
B) Stop asking these questions, because they are low yield.
C) Question the validity of the questions.
D) Ask these questions of all your patients. Answer - A
You are interviewing an elderly woman in the ambulatory setting and trying to
get more information about her urinary symptoms. Which of the following
techniques is not a component of adaptive questioning?
(2024)
QUESTIONS
WITH LATEST
ANSWERS!!
Evatee 10/13/24 APE
,APE FINAL EXAM (2024) QUESTIONS WITH
LATEST ANSWERS!!
The components of the health history include all of the following except which
one?
A) Review of systems
B) Thorax
C) History of present illness
D) Social history Answer - B
The following information is recorded in the health history: "The patient has
had abdominal pain for 1 week. The pain lasts for 30 minutes at a time; it
comes and goes. The severity is 7 to 9 on a scale of 1 to 10. It is accompanied
by nausea and vomiting. It is located in the mid-epigastric area."
Which of these categories does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) History of present illness
C) Social history
D) Review of systems Answer - B
The following information is recorded in the health history: "I feel really tired."
Which category does it belong to?
,A) Chief complaint
B) History present illness
C) Social history
D) Review of systems Answer - A
A 37-year-old nurse comes for evaluation of colicky right upper quadrant
abdominal pain. The pain is associated with nausea and vomiting and occurs 1
to 2 hours after eating greasy foods. Which one of the following physical
examination descriptions would be most consistent with the diagnosis of
cholecystitis?
A) Abdomen is soft, nontender, and nondistended, without
hepatosplenomegaly or masses.
B) Abdomen is soft and tender to palpation in the right lower quadrant,
without rebound or guarding.
C) Abdomen is soft and tender to palpation in the right upper quadrant with
inspiration, to the point of stopping inspiration, and there is no rebound or
guarding.
D) Abdomen is soft and tender to palpation in the mid-epigastric area, without
rebound or guarding. Answer - C
Mr. Larson is a 42-year-old widowed father of two children, ages 4 and 11. He
works in a sales office to support his family. Recently he has injured his back
and you are thinking he would benefit from physical therapy, three times a
week, for an hour per session. What would be your next step?
A) Write the physical therapy prescription.
B) Have your office staff explain directions to the physical therapy center.
C) Discuss the plan with Mr. Larson.
, D) Tell Mr. Larson that he will be going to physical therapy three times a week.
Answer - C
You are growing fatigued of performing a maneuver on examination because
you have never found a positive and are usually pressed for time. How should
you next approach this maneuver?
A) Use this test when you have a higher suspicion for the correlating condition.
B) Omit this test from future examinations.
C) Continue doing the test, but rely more heavily on laboratory work and
diagnostics.
D) Continue performing it on all future examinations. Answer - A
You have recently returned from a medical missions trip to sub-Saharan Africa,
where you learned a great deal about malaria. You decide to use some of the
same questions and maneuvers in your "routine" when examining patients in
the midwestern United States. You are disappointed to find that despite getting
some positive answers and findings, on further workup, none of your patients
has malaria except one, who recently emigrated from Ghana. How should you
next approach these questions and maneuvers?
A) Continue asking these questions in a more selective way.
B) Stop asking these questions, because they are low yield.
C) Question the validity of the questions.
D) Ask these questions of all your patients. Answer - A
You are interviewing an elderly woman in the ambulatory setting and trying to
get more information about her urinary symptoms. Which of the following
techniques is not a component of adaptive questioning?
