Week 1 - Advanced Physical Assessment
Questions and Answers 2025
WhichAofAtheAfollowingAdataAshouldAbeAincludedAunderAtheAgeneralAstatementAwithAtheA
physicalAexaminationAfindings?A(SelectAAllAThatAApply)
A.AHeartAsounds
B.ALevelAofAdistress
C.AHeight
D.AChiefAcomplaintA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-Ans:ALevelAofAdistress;Aheight.
ObserveAtheApatient'sAgeneralAstateAofAhealth,Abuild,AandAsexualAdevelopment.AObtainAthe
Apatient'sAheightAandAweight.ANoteAposture,AmotorAactivity,AandAgait;Adress,Agrooming,Aand
ApersonalAhygiene;AandAanyAodorsAofAtheAbodyAorAbreath.AWatchAtheApatient'sAfacialAexpre
ssionsAandAnoteAmanner,Ademeanor,Aaffect,AandAreactionsAtoApeopleAandAtheAenvironmen
t.AListenAtoAtheApatient'sAspeechAandAnoteAtheAstateAofAawarenessAorAlevelAofAconsciousne
ssA(p.A126).
AccordingAtoAtheAlesson,AsubjectiveAdataAisAdetectableAbyAanAobserverAandAcanAbeAtestedA
againstAanAacceptableAstandard?
TrueAorAFalseA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-Ans:AFalse
SubjectiveAdataAisAapparentAonlyAtoApersonAaffected;AincludesAclient'sAperceptions,Afeeling
s,Athoughts,AandAexpectations.AItAcannotAbeAdirectlyAobservedAandAcanAbeAdiscoveredAonl
yAaskingAquestions.AObjectiveAdataAisAdetectableAbyAanAobserverAorAcanAbeAtestedAagainst
AanAacceptableAstandardAandAincludesAobservationAofAclientAbehavior,AmedicalArecords,Ala
bAandAdiagnosticAtests,AdataAcollectedAbyAphysicalAexam.
AccordingAtoAtheAlesson,ApartAofAapplyingAtheAdiagnosticAreasoningAprocessArequiresAthatA
dataAbeAprioritizedAbasedAonAtheAurgencyAofAtheAsignsAorAsymptoms.AOfAtheAfollowingApres
entingAcomplaints,AwhichAisAtheAhighestApriority?
A.AExtremeAthirst
B.AAcuteAonsetAofAblurryAvision
C.AShortnessAofAbreath
D.AFeverAofA102AdegreesAFA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-Ans:AShortnessAofAbreath
PartAofAapplyingAtheAdiagnosticAreasoningAprocessArequiresAthatAdataAbeAprioritizedAbased
AonAtheAurgencyAofAtheAsignsAorAsymptoms.AForAexample,AimmediateApriorityAmustAbeAgive
nAtoAsignsAorAsymptomsAthatAreflectAlife-
threateningAissues,AwhileAotherAsignsAandAsymptomsAmightAbeAassignedAaAsecondaryAprio
rityAevenAthoughAtheyAareAurgentAuntilAtheAemergentAissuesAareAaddressed.ATheAlowestAle
velApriorityAissuesAareAthoseAthatAdon'tAriskAlifeAandAdon'tAhaveAaAhighAlikelihoodAofAescalati
ngAinAseverity.
AccordingAtoAtheAlesson,AbasicAinterviewingAtechniquesAincludeAactiveAlisteningAandAempa
theticAresponses?
TrueAorAFalseA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-ANS:ATrue
ThereAareAaAvarietyAofAinterviewingAtechniquesAthatAcanAbeAeffective.AKnowingAwhenAtoAap
plyAeachAtechniqueAwillAresultAinAtheAmostAeffectiveAresponses.ATheseAskillsArequireApracti
ce.AOverAtimeAyouAwillAlearnAtoAselectAtheAtechniquesAbestAsuitedAtoAtheAever-
Questions and Answers 2025
WhichAofAtheAfollowingAdataAshouldAbeAincludedAunderAtheAgeneralAstatementAwithAtheA
physicalAexaminationAfindings?A(SelectAAllAThatAApply)
A.AHeartAsounds
B.ALevelAofAdistress
C.AHeight
D.AChiefAcomplaintA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-Ans:ALevelAofAdistress;Aheight.
ObserveAtheApatient'sAgeneralAstateAofAhealth,Abuild,AandAsexualAdevelopment.AObtainAthe
Apatient'sAheightAandAweight.ANoteAposture,AmotorAactivity,AandAgait;Adress,Agrooming,Aand
ApersonalAhygiene;AandAanyAodorsAofAtheAbodyAorAbreath.AWatchAtheApatient'sAfacialAexpre
ssionsAandAnoteAmanner,Ademeanor,Aaffect,AandAreactionsAtoApeopleAandAtheAenvironmen
t.AListenAtoAtheApatient'sAspeechAandAnoteAtheAstateAofAawarenessAorAlevelAofAconsciousne
ssA(p.A126).
AccordingAtoAtheAlesson,AsubjectiveAdataAisAdetectableAbyAanAobserverAandAcanAbeAtestedA
againstAanAacceptableAstandard?
TrueAorAFalseA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-Ans:AFalse
SubjectiveAdataAisAapparentAonlyAtoApersonAaffected;AincludesAclient'sAperceptions,Afeeling
s,Athoughts,AandAexpectations.AItAcannotAbeAdirectlyAobservedAandAcanAbeAdiscoveredAonl
yAaskingAquestions.AObjectiveAdataAisAdetectableAbyAanAobserverAorAcanAbeAtestedAagainst
AanAacceptableAstandardAandAincludesAobservationAofAclientAbehavior,AmedicalArecords,Ala
bAandAdiagnosticAtests,AdataAcollectedAbyAphysicalAexam.
AccordingAtoAtheAlesson,ApartAofAapplyingAtheAdiagnosticAreasoningAprocessArequiresAthatA
dataAbeAprioritizedAbasedAonAtheAurgencyAofAtheAsignsAorAsymptoms.AOfAtheAfollowingApres
entingAcomplaints,AwhichAisAtheAhighestApriority?
A.AExtremeAthirst
B.AAcuteAonsetAofAblurryAvision
C.AShortnessAofAbreath
D.AFeverAofA102AdegreesAFA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-Ans:AShortnessAofAbreath
PartAofAapplyingAtheAdiagnosticAreasoningAprocessArequiresAthatAdataAbeAprioritizedAbased
AonAtheAurgencyAofAtheAsignsAorAsymptoms.AForAexample,AimmediateApriorityAmustAbeAgive
nAtoAsignsAorAsymptomsAthatAreflectAlife-
threateningAissues,AwhileAotherAsignsAandAsymptomsAmightAbeAassignedAaAsecondaryAprio
rityAevenAthoughAtheyAareAurgentAuntilAtheAemergentAissuesAareAaddressed.ATheAlowestAle
velApriorityAissuesAareAthoseAthatAdon'tAriskAlifeAandAdon'tAhaveAaAhighAlikelihoodAofAescalati
ngAinAseverity.
AccordingAtoAtheAlesson,AbasicAinterviewingAtechniquesAincludeAactiveAlisteningAandAempa
theticAresponses?
TrueAorAFalseA-ACORRECTAANSWERSA-ANS:ATrue
ThereAareAaAvarietyAofAinterviewingAtechniquesAthatAcanAbeAeffective.AKnowingAwhenAtoAap
plyAeachAtechniqueAwillAresultAinAtheAmostAeffectiveAresponses.ATheseAskillsArequireApracti
ce.AOverAtimeAyouAwillAlearnAtoAselectAtheAtechniquesAbestAsuitedAtoAtheAever-
