Health Assessment Quiz 1 Practice Questions
and answers 2025/2026
For which of the following patients would a comprehensive health history be appropriate?
A) A new patient with the chief complaint of "I sprained my ankle"
B) An established patient with the chief complaint of "I have an upper respiratory infection"
C) A new patient with the chief complaint of "I am here to establish care"
D) A new patient with the chief complaint of "I cut my hand" - answerC) A new patient with the chief
complaint of "I am here to establish care"
The components of the health history include all of the following except which one?
A) Review of systems
B) Thorax and lungs
C) Present illness
D) Personal and social items - answerB) Thorax and lungs
Is the following information subjective or objective?Mr. M. has shortness of breath that has persisted
for the past 10 days; it is worse with activity and relieved by rest.
A) Subjective
B) Objective - answerA) Subjective
Is the following information subjective or objective? Mr. M. has a respiratory rate of 32 and a pulse rate
of 120.
A) Subjective
B) Objective - answerB) Objective
,The following information is recorded in the health history: "The patient has had abdominal pain for 1
week. The pain lasts for 30 minutes at a time; it comes and goes. The severity is 7 to 9 on a scale of 1 to
10. It is accompanied by nausea and vomiting. It is located in the mid- epigastric area."
Which of these categories does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems - answerB) Present illness
The following information is recorded in the health history: "The patient completed 8th grade. He
currently lives with his wife and two children. He works on old cars on the weekend. He works in a glass
factory during the week."
Which category does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems - answerC) Personal and social history
The following information is recorded in the health history: "I feel really tired." Which category does it
belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems - answerA) Chief complaint
The following information is recorded in the health history: "Patient denies chest pain, palpitations,
orthopnea, and paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea."Which category does it belong to?
,A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems - answerD) Review of systems
The following information is best placed in which category? "The patient has had three cesarean
sections."
A) Adult illnesses
B) Surgeries
C) Obstetrics/gynecology
D) Psychiatric - answerB) Surgeries
The following information is best placed in which category?"The patient had a stent placed in the left
anterior descending artery (LAD) in 1999."
A) Adult illnesses
B) Surgeries
C) Obstetrics/gynecology
D) Psychiatric - answerA) Adult illnesses
The following information is best placed in which category?"The patient was treated for an asthma
exacerbation in the hospital last year; the patient has never been intubated."
A) Adult illnesses
B) Surgeries
C) Obstetrics/gynecology
D) Psychiatric - answerA) Adult illnesses
1When performing a physical assessment, the first technique the nurse will always use is:
, a. Palpation.
b. Inspection.
c. Percussion.
d. Auscultation. - answerb. Inspection.
The nurse is preparing to perform a physical assessment. Which statement is true about the physical
assessment? The inspection phase:
A)Usually yields little information.
B)Takes time and reveals a surprising amount of information.
C)May be somewhat uncomfortable for the expert practitioner.
D) Requires a quick glance at the patients body systems before proceeding with palpation. -
answerB)Takes time and reveals a surprising amount of information.
The nurse is assessing a patients skin during an office visit. What part of the hand and technique should
be used to best assess the patients skin temperature?
A) Fingertips; they are more sensitive to small changes in temperature.
B) Dorsal surface of the hand; the skin is thinner on this surface than on the palms.
C) Ulnar portion of the hand; increased blood supply in this area enhances temperature sensitivity.
D)Palmar surface of the hand; this surface is the most sensitive to temperature variations because of its
increased nerve supply in this area. - answerB) Dorsal surface of the hand; the skin is thinner on this
surface than on the palms.
4. Which of these techniques uses the sense of touch to assess texture, temperature, moisture, and
swelling when the nurse is assessing a patient?
a. Palpation
b. Inspection
c. Percussion
and answers 2025/2026
For which of the following patients would a comprehensive health history be appropriate?
A) A new patient with the chief complaint of "I sprained my ankle"
B) An established patient with the chief complaint of "I have an upper respiratory infection"
C) A new patient with the chief complaint of "I am here to establish care"
D) A new patient with the chief complaint of "I cut my hand" - answerC) A new patient with the chief
complaint of "I am here to establish care"
The components of the health history include all of the following except which one?
A) Review of systems
B) Thorax and lungs
C) Present illness
D) Personal and social items - answerB) Thorax and lungs
Is the following information subjective or objective?Mr. M. has shortness of breath that has persisted
for the past 10 days; it is worse with activity and relieved by rest.
A) Subjective
B) Objective - answerA) Subjective
Is the following information subjective or objective? Mr. M. has a respiratory rate of 32 and a pulse rate
of 120.
A) Subjective
B) Objective - answerB) Objective
,The following information is recorded in the health history: "The patient has had abdominal pain for 1
week. The pain lasts for 30 minutes at a time; it comes and goes. The severity is 7 to 9 on a scale of 1 to
10. It is accompanied by nausea and vomiting. It is located in the mid- epigastric area."
Which of these categories does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems - answerB) Present illness
The following information is recorded in the health history: "The patient completed 8th grade. He
currently lives with his wife and two children. He works on old cars on the weekend. He works in a glass
factory during the week."
Which category does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems - answerC) Personal and social history
The following information is recorded in the health history: "I feel really tired." Which category does it
belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems - answerA) Chief complaint
The following information is recorded in the health history: "Patient denies chest pain, palpitations,
orthopnea, and paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea."Which category does it belong to?
,A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems - answerD) Review of systems
The following information is best placed in which category? "The patient has had three cesarean
sections."
A) Adult illnesses
B) Surgeries
C) Obstetrics/gynecology
D) Psychiatric - answerB) Surgeries
The following information is best placed in which category?"The patient had a stent placed in the left
anterior descending artery (LAD) in 1999."
A) Adult illnesses
B) Surgeries
C) Obstetrics/gynecology
D) Psychiatric - answerA) Adult illnesses
The following information is best placed in which category?"The patient was treated for an asthma
exacerbation in the hospital last year; the patient has never been intubated."
A) Adult illnesses
B) Surgeries
C) Obstetrics/gynecology
D) Psychiatric - answerA) Adult illnesses
1When performing a physical assessment, the first technique the nurse will always use is:
, a. Palpation.
b. Inspection.
c. Percussion.
d. Auscultation. - answerb. Inspection.
The nurse is preparing to perform a physical assessment. Which statement is true about the physical
assessment? The inspection phase:
A)Usually yields little information.
B)Takes time and reveals a surprising amount of information.
C)May be somewhat uncomfortable for the expert practitioner.
D) Requires a quick glance at the patients body systems before proceeding with palpation. -
answerB)Takes time and reveals a surprising amount of information.
The nurse is assessing a patients skin during an office visit. What part of the hand and technique should
be used to best assess the patients skin temperature?
A) Fingertips; they are more sensitive to small changes in temperature.
B) Dorsal surface of the hand; the skin is thinner on this surface than on the palms.
C) Ulnar portion of the hand; increased blood supply in this area enhances temperature sensitivity.
D)Palmar surface of the hand; this surface is the most sensitive to temperature variations because of its
increased nerve supply in this area. - answerB) Dorsal surface of the hand; the skin is thinner on this
surface than on the palms.
4. Which of these techniques uses the sense of touch to assess texture, temperature, moisture, and
swelling when the nurse is assessing a patient?
a. Palpation
b. Inspection
c. Percussion
