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NURS 5220 ADVANCED PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT
EXAM 2 NEWEST 2025 ACTUAL EXAM
COMPLETE 300 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+
With an infant lying supine on the examining table, both knees
flexed, feet flat on table, and femurs aligned, you note that one
knee is higher than the other. Which would be a correct
documentation of this finding?
A. Negative Neer test
B. Positive Allis sign
C. Negative Gower sign
D. Positive McMurray test - ANSWER-B: Correct
Rationale; The test for the Allis sign is used to detect hip
dislocation or a shortened femur. When one knee appears
lower than the other, the Allis sign is positive.
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Which of the following questions asked by the examiner would
be most helpful in understanding a patient complaining of acute
back pain?
A. "What medications do you currently take?"
B. "Was there any activity or injury that occurred before the
onset of the pain?"
C. "Were you born with any congenital deformities of the
spine?"
D. "Have you recently lost weight?" - ANSWER-B: Correct
Rationale; When a patient presents with a complaint of back
pain, it is important to ask about any associated event, such
as trauma, lifting of heavy weights, long-distance driving,
sports activities, change in posture, or deformity.
Mr. McKnight, a 72-year-old patient, presents to your office for
a routine office visit. Which finding on examination would be
considered normal?
A. Meningocele
B. Myelomeningocele
C. Kyphosis
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D. Scoliosis - ANSWER-C; Correct
Rationale; Kyphosis may be observed in aging adults.
Which item from a patient's history indicates an increased risk
of osteomyelitis?
A. Difficult to control gout
B. Rheumatoid arthritis
C. Severe osteoporosis
D. Open fracture of the radius - ANSWER-D; Correct
Rationale; Osteomyelitis, an infection in the bone, usually
results from an open wound or systemic infection.
Mr. Bartlet is a 24-year-old patient who presents to your office
with a complaint of knee pain. On examination, what degree of
knee flexion is considered a normal finding?
A. 15 degrees
B. 90 degrees
C. 130 degrees
D. 160 degrees - ANSWER-C: Correct
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Rationale; Bend each knee. Expect 130 degrees of flexion.
Which of the following is considered a normal finding for a
woman in her eighth month of pregnancy?
A. Stronger ligaments and spinal joints
B. Hypercalcemia
C. 25% loss of muscle strength
D. Lordosis - ANSWER-D: Correct
Rationale; The growing fetus shifts the woman's center of
gravity forward, leading to increased lordosis and a
compensatory forward cervical flexion.
Which factor can cause excessive hyperextension of the knee
with weight bearing?
A. Parrot beak tear of the medial meniscus
B. Weakness of the quadriceps
C. Displacement of the patells
D. Presence of a Baker cyst - ANSWER-B: Correct
NURS 5220 ADVANCED PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT
EXAM 2 NEWEST 2025 ACTUAL EXAM
COMPLETE 300 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+
With an infant lying supine on the examining table, both knees
flexed, feet flat on table, and femurs aligned, you note that one
knee is higher than the other. Which would be a correct
documentation of this finding?
A. Negative Neer test
B. Positive Allis sign
C. Negative Gower sign
D. Positive McMurray test - ANSWER-B: Correct
Rationale; The test for the Allis sign is used to detect hip
dislocation or a shortened femur. When one knee appears
lower than the other, the Allis sign is positive.
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Which of the following questions asked by the examiner would
be most helpful in understanding a patient complaining of acute
back pain?
A. "What medications do you currently take?"
B. "Was there any activity or injury that occurred before the
onset of the pain?"
C. "Were you born with any congenital deformities of the
spine?"
D. "Have you recently lost weight?" - ANSWER-B: Correct
Rationale; When a patient presents with a complaint of back
pain, it is important to ask about any associated event, such
as trauma, lifting of heavy weights, long-distance driving,
sports activities, change in posture, or deformity.
Mr. McKnight, a 72-year-old patient, presents to your office for
a routine office visit. Which finding on examination would be
considered normal?
A. Meningocele
B. Myelomeningocele
C. Kyphosis
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D. Scoliosis - ANSWER-C; Correct
Rationale; Kyphosis may be observed in aging adults.
Which item from a patient's history indicates an increased risk
of osteomyelitis?
A. Difficult to control gout
B. Rheumatoid arthritis
C. Severe osteoporosis
D. Open fracture of the radius - ANSWER-D; Correct
Rationale; Osteomyelitis, an infection in the bone, usually
results from an open wound or systemic infection.
Mr. Bartlet is a 24-year-old patient who presents to your office
with a complaint of knee pain. On examination, what degree of
knee flexion is considered a normal finding?
A. 15 degrees
B. 90 degrees
C. 130 degrees
D. 160 degrees - ANSWER-C: Correct
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Rationale; Bend each knee. Expect 130 degrees of flexion.
Which of the following is considered a normal finding for a
woman in her eighth month of pregnancy?
A. Stronger ligaments and spinal joints
B. Hypercalcemia
C. 25% loss of muscle strength
D. Lordosis - ANSWER-D: Correct
Rationale; The growing fetus shifts the woman's center of
gravity forward, leading to increased lordosis and a
compensatory forward cervical flexion.
Which factor can cause excessive hyperextension of the knee
with weight bearing?
A. Parrot beak tear of the medial meniscus
B. Weakness of the quadriceps
C. Displacement of the patells
D. Presence of a Baker cyst - ANSWER-B: Correct
