APEA PRACTICE EXAM WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
2025
A liability policy that pays claims even after the policy is no longer
active
a) Claims-made
is termed:
b) Tail
policy
c) Liability
coverage
d) "all-protect" ( correct answers )
protection
B
A patient you are caring for in your clinic has Medicare Part B. What does
thisThe
a) mean?
federal government will pay for his visit to your
clinic
b) Histoday
Medicare benefit covers outpatient
c) He will have to pay a copay for his
services
visit
d) His
today
prescriptions will be partly paid for today ( correct
answers ) B
Certificatio
a) Is required in all 50
n
states
b) Validates
competence
c) Is recognized by all 50
states
d) Provides for title protection ( correct
answers ) B
A liability policy that pays claims only during the period that the
policy is active is
terme
d:
a) Claims-made
b) Tail
policy
c) Liability
coverage
d) Bobtail coverage
protection ( correct
answers ) A
The Medicaid health
program
a) Fundedis:with premiums from
b) Covers an unlimited number of
participants
adult
c) Funded
visitsby both state and federal
d) Basically the same from state to state ( correct
governments
answers ) C
Licensure
a) Used to establish a designated level of professional
is:
b) Contigent on
competence
c) Intended to limit entry in the
certification
d) Necessary for reimbursement
profession ( correct
answers ) A
, Prescriptive
a) Is a right of every practicing nurse
authority:
b) Varies from state to
practitioner
c) Is not part of the consensus
state
d) Is dependent on certification
model ( correct answers ) B
An FNP has agreed to participate in the Medicare health insurance
program.
pays 80%Medicare
of the charges billed for a clinic visit. What can be done about
the other
that is 20%
a: The NP can bill the patient for a percentage of the
owed?
b: The NP is prohibited from billing the
remainder
c: The NP can collect 90% if billed incident
patient
to The
d: the MD
NP can resubmit the bill for additional payment ( correct answers
) A
this
A patient you are examining in the clinic states he has Medicare Part A
only.
mean?
a: What
Your visitdoes
will be reimbursed by the federal
government
b: Your visit will be reimbursed if you bill incident to the
physician
c: Only hospital visits are
covered
d: He desires cost-effective medication ( correct
answers ) C
An NP gives a patient a 2-week sample of medications that will be taken
oncepatient.
the daily byThe sample medications are packaged by the drug
manufacturer.
actions are an The NP's
example
a: of:
Prescriptive
rights
b: Prescriptive
authority
c:
Dispensing
d: Administering ( correct answers ) C
A sexually active adolescent has a warty growth on the shaft of his penis. It
is painless.
It is
a:
likely:
b:
Trichomonas
c:
Syphilis
d: Human papillomavirus
Herpes ( correct answers ) D
A 31yo female presents with fever (101F), fatigue, and worsening
unilateral
pain for the
lowpast
back5 days. Her pain is 5/10 on the pain scale. Ibuprofen
has not
She denies
helped.
abdominal pain but is nauseated and anorexic. She
denies vaginal
discharge. UA demonstrates hematuria, the presence of WBC casts,
leukocytes,
nitrates. andshould be included in the differential
What
diagnosis?
a: Pelvic inflammatory
disease
b: Renal
stone
c:
Pyelonephritis
CORRECT ANSWERS
2025
A liability policy that pays claims even after the policy is no longer
active
a) Claims-made
is termed:
b) Tail
policy
c) Liability
coverage
d) "all-protect" ( correct answers )
protection
B
A patient you are caring for in your clinic has Medicare Part B. What does
thisThe
a) mean?
federal government will pay for his visit to your
clinic
b) Histoday
Medicare benefit covers outpatient
c) He will have to pay a copay for his
services
visit
d) His
today
prescriptions will be partly paid for today ( correct
answers ) B
Certificatio
a) Is required in all 50
n
states
b) Validates
competence
c) Is recognized by all 50
states
d) Provides for title protection ( correct
answers ) B
A liability policy that pays claims only during the period that the
policy is active is
terme
d:
a) Claims-made
b) Tail
policy
c) Liability
coverage
d) Bobtail coverage
protection ( correct
answers ) A
The Medicaid health
program
a) Fundedis:with premiums from
b) Covers an unlimited number of
participants
adult
c) Funded
visitsby both state and federal
d) Basically the same from state to state ( correct
governments
answers ) C
Licensure
a) Used to establish a designated level of professional
is:
b) Contigent on
competence
c) Intended to limit entry in the
certification
d) Necessary for reimbursement
profession ( correct
answers ) A
, Prescriptive
a) Is a right of every practicing nurse
authority:
b) Varies from state to
practitioner
c) Is not part of the consensus
state
d) Is dependent on certification
model ( correct answers ) B
An FNP has agreed to participate in the Medicare health insurance
program.
pays 80%Medicare
of the charges billed for a clinic visit. What can be done about
the other
that is 20%
a: The NP can bill the patient for a percentage of the
owed?
b: The NP is prohibited from billing the
remainder
c: The NP can collect 90% if billed incident
patient
to The
d: the MD
NP can resubmit the bill for additional payment ( correct answers
) A
this
A patient you are examining in the clinic states he has Medicare Part A
only.
mean?
a: What
Your visitdoes
will be reimbursed by the federal
government
b: Your visit will be reimbursed if you bill incident to the
physician
c: Only hospital visits are
covered
d: He desires cost-effective medication ( correct
answers ) C
An NP gives a patient a 2-week sample of medications that will be taken
oncepatient.
the daily byThe sample medications are packaged by the drug
manufacturer.
actions are an The NP's
example
a: of:
Prescriptive
rights
b: Prescriptive
authority
c:
Dispensing
d: Administering ( correct answers ) C
A sexually active adolescent has a warty growth on the shaft of his penis. It
is painless.
It is
a:
likely:
b:
Trichomonas
c:
Syphilis
d: Human papillomavirus
Herpes ( correct answers ) D
A 31yo female presents with fever (101F), fatigue, and worsening
unilateral
pain for the
lowpast
back5 days. Her pain is 5/10 on the pain scale. Ibuprofen
has not
She denies
helped.
abdominal pain but is nauseated and anorexic. She
denies vaginal
discharge. UA demonstrates hematuria, the presence of WBC casts,
leukocytes,
nitrates. andshould be included in the differential
What
diagnosis?
a: Pelvic inflammatory
disease
b: Renal
stone
c:
Pyelonephritis
