ADVANCED HEALTH ASSESSMENT EXAM 2 QUESTIONS AND
Advanced Health Assessment Exam 2
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1. Obesity contributes to which of the following chronic D. All of the above
conditions?
A. Cardiovascular disease
B. Cancer
C. Mental Illness
D. All of the above
2. When palpating the abdomen of a 20-year-old col- C. Spleen
lege student who has been experiencing fatigue, the
clinician notes the presence of tenderness in the left
upper quadrant with deep palpation. Which anatomic
structure is most likely to be the cause of tenderness?
A. Appendix
B. Liver
C. Spleen
D. Thymus
3. Villi Increase digestive surface
of the intestines
4. Ileum third part of the small in-
testine
5. Ileocecal valve Controls flow of chyme to
the large intestines
6. Large intestines Composed of seven seg-
ments; it absorbs wa-
ter and electrolytes from
the chyme and facilitates
undigested food
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7. Liver Filters blood, detoxifies
chemicals and metabo-
lizes drugs
8. Pancreas Produces digestive en-
zymes and insulin
9. Spleen Immune system organ
that fights infections, fil-
ters blood, removes RBCs
and platelets, stores lym-
phocytes and returns RBC
breakdown products to
the bone marrow
10. Asking the patient to take a deep breath and hold it C. Lower the diaphragm
during inspection of the abdomen helps to: (select all and move the abdominal
that apply) organs downward
D. More easily assess
A. Relax the abdominal muscles bulges and masses
B. Contract the abdominal muscles
C. Lower the diaphragm and move the abdominal or-
gans downward
D. More easily assess bulges and masses
11. Grey Turner's sign and Cullen's sign are common find- False
ings that strongly equate to accurate pancreatitis or
ectopic pregnancy.
True
False
12. A. Appendicitis
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Rebound tenderness at McBurney's point would alert
you to:
A. Appendicitis
B. Peritonitis
C. A spleen injury
D. IBS
13. Hyperactive bowel sounds (borborygmi) are present B. Laxative use
in which of the following conditions?
A. Cirrhosis
B. Laxative use
C. Late mechanical bowel obstruction
D. Pancreatic cancer
14. Why is the right kidney lower than the left kidney? The liver pushes the right
kidney downward
A. The spleen pushes the left kidney upward
B. The liver pushes the right kidney downward
C. The diaphragm displaces the left kidney
D. The right kidney is structurally larger than the left
kidney
15. All of the following tests can help in diagnosing appen- D. Murphy's sign
dicitis except:
A. Psoas test
B. Rosving's sign
C. Rebound tenderness
D. Murphy's sign
16. E. All of the above
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Elderly patients with dementia are often times never
diagnosed or treated due to:
A. Reliance on family
B. Early symptom presentation is subtle
C. Low priority given by providers
D. Practice obstacles
E. All of the above
17. The most common type of depression is vascular de- False
mentias
True
False
18. All of the following are risk factors for developing B. Male gender
cholelithiasis EXCEPT?
A. Rapid weight loss
B. Male gender
C. Obesity
D. Native American
19. Irritable bowel syndrome is a functional motility disor- True
der that has multiple subtypes
True
False
20. All are symptoms of peripheral neuropathy EXCEPT: C. Muscle cramping due
to spasticity
A. Numbness, tingling and shooting pain
B. Distal muscle weakness
Advanced Health Assessment Exam 2
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADED A+) LATEST UPDATE
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2024/2025
1. Obesity contributes to which of the following chronic D. All of the above
conditions?
A. Cardiovascular disease
B. Cancer
C. Mental Illness
D. All of the above
2. When palpating the abdomen of a 20-year-old col- C. Spleen
lege student who has been experiencing fatigue, the
clinician notes the presence of tenderness in the left
upper quadrant with deep palpation. Which anatomic
structure is most likely to be the cause of tenderness?
A. Appendix
B. Liver
C. Spleen
D. Thymus
3. Villi Increase digestive surface
of the intestines
4. Ileum third part of the small in-
testine
5. Ileocecal valve Controls flow of chyme to
the large intestines
6. Large intestines Composed of seven seg-
ments; it absorbs wa-
ter and electrolytes from
the chyme and facilitates
undigested food
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7. Liver Filters blood, detoxifies
chemicals and metabo-
lizes drugs
8. Pancreas Produces digestive en-
zymes and insulin
9. Spleen Immune system organ
that fights infections, fil-
ters blood, removes RBCs
and platelets, stores lym-
phocytes and returns RBC
breakdown products to
the bone marrow
10. Asking the patient to take a deep breath and hold it C. Lower the diaphragm
during inspection of the abdomen helps to: (select all and move the abdominal
that apply) organs downward
D. More easily assess
A. Relax the abdominal muscles bulges and masses
B. Contract the abdominal muscles
C. Lower the diaphragm and move the abdominal or-
gans downward
D. More easily assess bulges and masses
11. Grey Turner's sign and Cullen's sign are common find- False
ings that strongly equate to accurate pancreatitis or
ectopic pregnancy.
True
False
12. A. Appendicitis
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Rebound tenderness at McBurney's point would alert
you to:
A. Appendicitis
B. Peritonitis
C. A spleen injury
D. IBS
13. Hyperactive bowel sounds (borborygmi) are present B. Laxative use
in which of the following conditions?
A. Cirrhosis
B. Laxative use
C. Late mechanical bowel obstruction
D. Pancreatic cancer
14. Why is the right kidney lower than the left kidney? The liver pushes the right
kidney downward
A. The spleen pushes the left kidney upward
B. The liver pushes the right kidney downward
C. The diaphragm displaces the left kidney
D. The right kidney is structurally larger than the left
kidney
15. All of the following tests can help in diagnosing appen- D. Murphy's sign
dicitis except:
A. Psoas test
B. Rosving's sign
C. Rebound tenderness
D. Murphy's sign
16. E. All of the above
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Elderly patients with dementia are often times never
diagnosed or treated due to:
A. Reliance on family
B. Early symptom presentation is subtle
C. Low priority given by providers
D. Practice obstacles
E. All of the above
17. The most common type of depression is vascular de- False
mentias
True
False
18. All of the following are risk factors for developing B. Male gender
cholelithiasis EXCEPT?
A. Rapid weight loss
B. Male gender
C. Obesity
D. Native American
19. Irritable bowel syndrome is a functional motility disor- True
der that has multiple subtypes
True
False
20. All are symptoms of peripheral neuropathy EXCEPT: C. Muscle cramping due
to spasticity
A. Numbness, tingling and shooting pain
B. Distal muscle weakness
