CMN 571 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS ALREADY
PASSED
What are the major cause of morbidity in adolescence (15-19)? - Answer-Psychosocial
and often related to poverty
What challenge is present when caring for adolescents? - Answer-Accommodating the
cognitive, emotional, and psychosocial changes that influence health behavior
What screening tool used for IPV and what score makes it positive? - Answer-HITS tool,
> 10
What age does the rate of depression for females approach adult level? - Answer-15
What age do you start annual depression screening? - Answer-12
Most common instrument used for depression screening? - Answer-PHQ-9
What is the result of activation of hypothalamic-pituitary gonadal axis in late childhood?
- Answer-Puberty
What affects puberty? - Answer-Nutrition, general health, genetics, ethnicity
What does the level of testosterone correlate with in males? - Answer-Physical stage of
puberty and degree of skeletal maturation
What position for pap? - Answer-Dorsal lithotomy after supplies are ready
Early school years age? - Answer-5-7
What coordination has matured in 5 yr olds that facilitates pencil/paper tasks, sports? -
Answer-Sensorimotor
What age masters conservations of mass/weight? - Answer-5.5 yrs
What age uses concrete operations? - Answer-Age 6
What ages for middle childhood? - Answer-7-10
, What are the major developmental tasks for 7 yr olds? - Answer-Achievement in school
and acceptance by peers
Abstract thinking correlates with what age? - Answer-7
What age masters conservations of volume? - Answer-8
At what age are learning disabilities or attention, organization, and impulsivity problems
noticed? - Answer-8-9 yrs
When does adolescence begin and end? - Answer-Begins age 11-12 and ends between
18 and 21
When is puberty completed? - Answer-16-18 yrs
3 leading causes of mortality in adolescents? - Answer-Unintentional injuries, suicide,
homicide
What age do you start to conduct visit in two parts, one with patient and the other with
parent present? - Answer-11-12 yrs
For e 1st few minutes of visit, what should you talk about first? - Answer-Ask neutral, no
personal questions
Confidentiality is important but does not extend to what? - Answer-Life-threatening
concerns
What age can you ask if the patient wants their parent there? - Answer-18
True or false: puberty occurs in predictable order but the rate of progression is variable?
- Answer-True
For adolescent screening, how often do 11-21 yr olds see the doc? - Answer-Yearly
What is the counseling style that guide patients toward behavior change by helping
resolve ambivalence? - Answer-Motivational interviewing
What is change talk? - Answer-Gives pt opportunity to tell provider why it's important to
change, not give reasons why the don't need to
What's the hallmark of motivational interviewing? - Answer-Change talk
When would you not use motivational interviewing? - Answer-Medial or psych instability
when does a girls growth spurt peak? - Answer-11.5-12
CORRECT ANSWERS ALREADY
PASSED
What are the major cause of morbidity in adolescence (15-19)? - Answer-Psychosocial
and often related to poverty
What challenge is present when caring for adolescents? - Answer-Accommodating the
cognitive, emotional, and psychosocial changes that influence health behavior
What screening tool used for IPV and what score makes it positive? - Answer-HITS tool,
> 10
What age does the rate of depression for females approach adult level? - Answer-15
What age do you start annual depression screening? - Answer-12
Most common instrument used for depression screening? - Answer-PHQ-9
What is the result of activation of hypothalamic-pituitary gonadal axis in late childhood?
- Answer-Puberty
What affects puberty? - Answer-Nutrition, general health, genetics, ethnicity
What does the level of testosterone correlate with in males? - Answer-Physical stage of
puberty and degree of skeletal maturation
What position for pap? - Answer-Dorsal lithotomy after supplies are ready
Early school years age? - Answer-5-7
What coordination has matured in 5 yr olds that facilitates pencil/paper tasks, sports? -
Answer-Sensorimotor
What age masters conservations of mass/weight? - Answer-5.5 yrs
What age uses concrete operations? - Answer-Age 6
What ages for middle childhood? - Answer-7-10
, What are the major developmental tasks for 7 yr olds? - Answer-Achievement in school
and acceptance by peers
Abstract thinking correlates with what age? - Answer-7
What age masters conservations of volume? - Answer-8
At what age are learning disabilities or attention, organization, and impulsivity problems
noticed? - Answer-8-9 yrs
When does adolescence begin and end? - Answer-Begins age 11-12 and ends between
18 and 21
When is puberty completed? - Answer-16-18 yrs
3 leading causes of mortality in adolescents? - Answer-Unintentional injuries, suicide,
homicide
What age do you start to conduct visit in two parts, one with patient and the other with
parent present? - Answer-11-12 yrs
For e 1st few minutes of visit, what should you talk about first? - Answer-Ask neutral, no
personal questions
Confidentiality is important but does not extend to what? - Answer-Life-threatening
concerns
What age can you ask if the patient wants their parent there? - Answer-18
True or false: puberty occurs in predictable order but the rate of progression is variable?
- Answer-True
For adolescent screening, how often do 11-21 yr olds see the doc? - Answer-Yearly
What is the counseling style that guide patients toward behavior change by helping
resolve ambivalence? - Answer-Motivational interviewing
What is change talk? - Answer-Gives pt opportunity to tell provider why it's important to
change, not give reasons why the don't need to
What's the hallmark of motivational interviewing? - Answer-Change talk
When would you not use motivational interviewing? - Answer-Medial or psych instability
when does a girls growth spurt peak? - Answer-11.5-12
