NU 650 EXAM 3 | ADVANCED HEALTH
ASSESSMENT EXAM | QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS RATED A+ | LATEST
2025/2026 | REGIS
On visual confrontation testing, a stroke patient is unable to see your
fingers on his entire right side with either eye covered. Which of the
following terms would describe this finding?
A. Bitemporal hemianopsia
B. Right temporal hemianopsia
C. Right homonymous hemianopsia
D. Binasal hemianopsia - Correct Answer - C
A young woman undergoes cranial nerve testing. On touching the soft
palate, her uvula deviates to the left. Which of the following is likely?
A. CN IX lesion on the left
B. CN IX lesion on the right
C. CN X lesion on the left
D. CN X lesion on the right - Correct Answer - D
A patient is seen in the office for amenorrhea, for which you obtain a
urine pregnancy test in the office that returns negative. You would
,document this finding in which of the following sections of the
encounter?
A. HPI
B. CCC.
Subjective Data
D. Objective Data - Correct Answer - D
Restrictions of internal and external hip rotation are sensitive indicators
of a disease such as
- Correct Answer - Arthritis
The purpose in asking a patient who complains of neck or lower back
pain about bowel or bladder dysfunction is to assess for
- Correct Answer - Associated deficit indicating neurological involvement
When testing for carpal tunnel syndrome, numbness or tingling in the
distribution of the median nerve (palmar surface of thumb, index, middle
and medial 4th finger) when hands are pressed together in acute flexion
for 60 seconds is a positive
- Correct Answer - Phalen's sign
Which of the following areas of musculoskeletal examination tests joint
function and stability
,- Correct Answer - Range of motion
Which test is used to detect an injury or tear or the medial or lateral
collateral ligament
- Correct Answer - Stress test (abduction/adduction)
The area of the body surface innervated by a particular spinal nerve is
called a
- Correct Answer - dermatome
Two of the most common symptoms patients with neurologic disorders
describe are - Correct Answer - generalized weakness and pain
One way to test cranial nerves IX and X
- Correct Answer - assess gag reflex
Cranial nerves III, IV, and VI are all related to
- Correct Answer - ocular movement
One way to test cranial nerve XI is
- Correct Answer - Ask the patient to shrug shoulders against resistant
pressure of examiner's hands
, One way to test cranial nerve VIII is
- Correct Answer - weber test
The best test to assess cranial nerve II is
- Correct Answer - snellen chart and reading newspaper print
Cranial nerve VII assesses nerves associated with
- Correct Answer - the face, facial movement
One way to test cranial nerve XII
- Correct Answer - ask patient to stick out tongue
One way to test cranial nerve V is
- Correct Answer - check for facial sensation
The best test for assessing cranial nerve I is
- Correct Answer - Ask the patient to sniff vanilla
The ability to identify a number or letter written on the palm of your hand
- Correct Answer - graphesthesia
A test to evaluate position sense
ASSESSMENT EXAM | QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS RATED A+ | LATEST
2025/2026 | REGIS
On visual confrontation testing, a stroke patient is unable to see your
fingers on his entire right side with either eye covered. Which of the
following terms would describe this finding?
A. Bitemporal hemianopsia
B. Right temporal hemianopsia
C. Right homonymous hemianopsia
D. Binasal hemianopsia - Correct Answer - C
A young woman undergoes cranial nerve testing. On touching the soft
palate, her uvula deviates to the left. Which of the following is likely?
A. CN IX lesion on the left
B. CN IX lesion on the right
C. CN X lesion on the left
D. CN X lesion on the right - Correct Answer - D
A patient is seen in the office for amenorrhea, for which you obtain a
urine pregnancy test in the office that returns negative. You would
,document this finding in which of the following sections of the
encounter?
A. HPI
B. CCC.
Subjective Data
D. Objective Data - Correct Answer - D
Restrictions of internal and external hip rotation are sensitive indicators
of a disease such as
- Correct Answer - Arthritis
The purpose in asking a patient who complains of neck or lower back
pain about bowel or bladder dysfunction is to assess for
- Correct Answer - Associated deficit indicating neurological involvement
When testing for carpal tunnel syndrome, numbness or tingling in the
distribution of the median nerve (palmar surface of thumb, index, middle
and medial 4th finger) when hands are pressed together in acute flexion
for 60 seconds is a positive
- Correct Answer - Phalen's sign
Which of the following areas of musculoskeletal examination tests joint
function and stability
,- Correct Answer - Range of motion
Which test is used to detect an injury or tear or the medial or lateral
collateral ligament
- Correct Answer - Stress test (abduction/adduction)
The area of the body surface innervated by a particular spinal nerve is
called a
- Correct Answer - dermatome
Two of the most common symptoms patients with neurologic disorders
describe are - Correct Answer - generalized weakness and pain
One way to test cranial nerves IX and X
- Correct Answer - assess gag reflex
Cranial nerves III, IV, and VI are all related to
- Correct Answer - ocular movement
One way to test cranial nerve XI is
- Correct Answer - Ask the patient to shrug shoulders against resistant
pressure of examiner's hands
, One way to test cranial nerve VIII is
- Correct Answer - weber test
The best test to assess cranial nerve II is
- Correct Answer - snellen chart and reading newspaper print
Cranial nerve VII assesses nerves associated with
- Correct Answer - the face, facial movement
One way to test cranial nerve XII
- Correct Answer - ask patient to stick out tongue
One way to test cranial nerve V is
- Correct Answer - check for facial sensation
The best test for assessing cranial nerve I is
- Correct Answer - Ask the patient to sniff vanilla
The ability to identify a number or letter written on the palm of your hand
- Correct Answer - graphesthesia
A test to evaluate position sense
