OB Exam 1 Galen College of Nursing
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Rebounding of the floating fetus against the examiners finger. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Ballottement
Absence of menstration for 3 or more months in a women who have established menstral
cycles. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Amenorrhea
first fetal movement felt by mother, noticed at 18-20 weeks - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Quickening
Number of Pregnancy regardless of duration or outcome - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Gravida
Development of organs - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Organogenesis
Subjective symptoms suggesting pregnancy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Presumptive signs
Movement of the presenting parts of the fetus into the true pelvis - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Lightening
Objective information of pregnancy that can be documented by physical exam and are signs
that are most often characteristic of pregnancy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Probable signs
Intermittant painless contractions of the uterus observed throughout pregnancy - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Braxton hicks contraction
Pinkish or darkened streak resulting from stretching of the skin during pregnancy that occur
on breast and abdomen - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Striae Gravidarum
, Physical finding that can establish a diagnosis of pregnancy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Positive signs
Dark lines of pigmentation that extends from the symphysis pubis to the umbilicus -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Linea Nigra
Established date of confinement or "due date" - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- EDC
Brownish pigment of the face commonly called "mask of pregnancy" - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Chloasma
Pregnancy that reaches 37 weeks gestation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- term pregnancy
Pregnancy before 37 weeks gestation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Preterm pregnancy
Number of births after 20 weeks' gestationm whether live or stillborn - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Para
Condition of reduced blood flow to the right atrium when the pregnant women lies in a
supine position - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Supine hypotension
Umbilical cord consists of - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 2 arteries and 1 vein
Naegele's rule - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A method used to determine date of birth taking
the first day of the last menstrual period (LMP), subtracting 3 months, and adding 7 days
Goodell's sign - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Softening of the cervix during pregnancy.
Chadwick's sign - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A purplish-blue color of the cervix and vagina
caused by the increased vascularity are both noted at about 8 wks.
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Rebounding of the floating fetus against the examiners finger. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Ballottement
Absence of menstration for 3 or more months in a women who have established menstral
cycles. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Amenorrhea
first fetal movement felt by mother, noticed at 18-20 weeks - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Quickening
Number of Pregnancy regardless of duration or outcome - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Gravida
Development of organs - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Organogenesis
Subjective symptoms suggesting pregnancy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Presumptive signs
Movement of the presenting parts of the fetus into the true pelvis - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Lightening
Objective information of pregnancy that can be documented by physical exam and are signs
that are most often characteristic of pregnancy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Probable signs
Intermittant painless contractions of the uterus observed throughout pregnancy - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Braxton hicks contraction
Pinkish or darkened streak resulting from stretching of the skin during pregnancy that occur
on breast and abdomen - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Striae Gravidarum
, Physical finding that can establish a diagnosis of pregnancy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Positive signs
Dark lines of pigmentation that extends from the symphysis pubis to the umbilicus -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Linea Nigra
Established date of confinement or "due date" - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- EDC
Brownish pigment of the face commonly called "mask of pregnancy" - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Chloasma
Pregnancy that reaches 37 weeks gestation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- term pregnancy
Pregnancy before 37 weeks gestation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Preterm pregnancy
Number of births after 20 weeks' gestationm whether live or stillborn - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Para
Condition of reduced blood flow to the right atrium when the pregnant women lies in a
supine position - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Supine hypotension
Umbilical cord consists of - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 2 arteries and 1 vein
Naegele's rule - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A method used to determine date of birth taking
the first day of the last menstrual period (LMP), subtracting 3 months, and adding 7 days
Goodell's sign - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Softening of the cervix during pregnancy.
Chadwick's sign - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A purplish-blue color of the cervix and vagina
caused by the increased vascularity are both noted at about 8 wks.
