MN 568 FINAL EXAM 2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED CORRECT SOLUTIONS || 100% GUARANTEED PASS BRAND NEW VERSION

MN 568 FINAL EXAM 2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED CORRECT SOLUTIONS || 100% GUARANTEED PASS BRAND NEW VERSION 1. Which of the following characteristics differentiates peripheral vertigo from central vertigo? Question options: a) The duration of central vertigo is shorter than that of peripheral vertigo. b) There is an auditory-associated symptom with peripheral vertigo and a visual-associated symptom with central vertigo. c) Central vertigo is positional, and peripheral vertigo is not. d) The onset of central vertigo is more sudden than that of peripheral vertigo. - ANSWER b) There is an auditory-associated symptom with peripheral vertigo and a visual-associated symptom with central vertigo. 2. Carotid endarterectomy should be considered only for symptomatic patients with greater than what percentage of stenosis? Question options: a) Greater than 25% b) Greater than 50% c) Greater than 75% d) Only for 100% occlusion - ANSWER b) Greater than 50% 3. What antiplatelet agent is most widely used for secondary prevention of stroke? Question options: a) Aspirin b) Ticlopidine c) Clopidogrel d) Aspirin and clopidogrel - ANSWER a) Aspirin 4. Which adjunctive diagnostic test should be used in the work-up of a patient with suspected Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease or transient epileptic amnesia? Question options: a) MRI b) CT c) Cerebrospinal fluid analysis d) EEG - ANSWER d) EEG 5. Which herbal preparation may cause delirium and should be avoided in an elderly patient? Question options: a) Sam-e b) Saint John's Wort c) Melatonin d) Saw Palmetto - ANSWER b) Saint John's Wort 6. Which of the following activities is part of the functional activities questionnaire? Question options: a) Asking the patient to unravel a Rubik's cube b) Determining if the patient can drive on the highway c) Asking the patient about a news event from the current week d) Seeing if the patient can keep his or her home clean - ANSWER d) Seeing if the patient can keep his or her home clean 7. About 90% of all headaches are? Question options: a) Tension b) Migraine c) Cluster d) Without pathological cause - ANSWER d) Without pathological cause 8. Which statement is true regarding driving and patients with a seizure disorder? Question options: a) Once diagnosed with a seizure disorder, patients must never drive again. b) After being seizure free for 6 months, patients may drive. c) Each state has different laws governing driving for individuals with a seizure disorder. d) These persons may drive but never alone. - ANSWER c) Each state has different laws governing driving for individuals with a seizure disorder. 9. Julie has relapsing-remitting muscular sclerosis. She has not had a good response to interferon. Which medication might help given intravenously once a month? Question options: a) Glatiramer acetate b) Natalizumab c) Fingolimod d) Glucocorticoids - ANSWER b) Natalizumab 10. The 'freezing phenomenon' is a cardinal feature of? Question options: a) Parkinson's disease b) Alzheimer's disease c) A CVA d) Bell's palsy - ANSWER a) Parkinson's disease 11. You are doing a cerumen extraction and touch the external meatus of your pt's ear. He winces and starts coughing. What is the name of this reflex? - ANSWER Arnold Reflex 12. Sam, age 78, presents to the clinic w/respiratory symptoms. His PFTs are as follows: normal total lung capacity, decreased PaO2, increased PaCO2. On assessment, you auscultate course crackles and forced expiratory wheezes. What is your dx? - ANSWER Chronic Bronchitis 13. George has COPD and an 80% forced expiratory volume in 1 second. How would you classify the severity of his COPD? - ANSWER Stage 1 mild COPD 14. African American pt's seems to have a negative reaction to which of the following asthma meds? - ANSWER Long-term beta-agonist bronchodilators 15. You are using the CURB-65 clinical prediction tool to decide whether Mabel, whom you have diagnosed with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), should be hospitalized or treated at home. Her score is 3. What should you do? - ANSWER Hospitalize and consider admitting her to the ICU 16. Why do you suspect that your pt may have a decreased response to the TB test? - ANSWER She has been on long-term corticosteroid therapy 17. Marci has been started on a TB regimen. Because isoniazid (INH) may cause peripheral neuropathy, you consider ordering which of the following drugs prophilactically? - ANSWER Pyroxidine 18. Jolene has breast cancer that has been staged as T1, N0, M0. What might this mean? A. The tumor size cannot be evaluated; the cancer has not spread to the lymph nodes; and the distant spread cannot be evaluated. B. The cancer is in situ; it is spreading into the lymph nodes but the spread cannot be evaluated otherwise. C. The cancer is less than 3 cm in size and has not spread to the lymph nodes or other parts of the body. D. The cancer is about 5 cm in size; nearby lymph nodes cannot be evaluated; and there is no evidence of distant spreading. - ANSWER The cancer is less than 3cm in size and has not spread to the lymph nodes or other parts of the body 19. A patient is seen with dark-colored urine, and the urine dipstick reveals a high level of bilirubin. Which of the following could be a cause of this problem? Question options: a) Increased breakdown of red blood cells b) Inadequate hepatocyte function c) Biliary obstruction d) All of the above - ANSWER d) All of the above 20. A 28-year-old patient is seen with complaints of diarrhea. Which of the following responses to the history questions would help the primary care physician (PCP) establish the diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome? Question options: a) Feels relief after a bowel movement b) Sometimes is constipated c) Does not defecate in the middle of the night d) All of the above - ANSWER d) All of the above 21. On further questioning, the 21-year-old patient with complaints of fatigue, headache, anorexia, and a runny nose explains that she is sexually active only with her boyfriend, does not use injectable drugs, and works as an aide in a day-care center. Which of the following tests would be most helpful in confirming your diagnosis? Question options: a) Hepatitis A virus (HAV) IgM b) HAV IgG c) Anti-HAcAg d) Anti-HAsAg - ANSWER a) Hepatitis A virus (HAV) IgM 22. A patient has acute pancreatitis with seven of the diagnostic criteria from Ranson's criteria. In order to plan care, the NP must understand that this criteria score has which of the following meanings? Question options: a) A high mortality rate b) An increased chance of recurrence c) A 7% chance of the disease becoming chronic d) All of the above - ANSWER a) A high mortality rate