AANP Certification Exam 2026 Questions
and Answers
diverticulum can be an infection of - Correct answer-both gram - and + bacteria
Which diuretic should be used for osteoporosis? - Correct answer-Thiazide
diuretics:
slows the kidneys excretion of calcium and increases reabsorption
Lachman maneuver - Correct answer-knee instability
tear of ACL
Infections of labia and vagina - Correct answer-bacterial vaginosis, candidiasis,
and trichomoniasis
Chlamydia affects - Correct answer-cervix, endometrial lining, fallopian tubes,
pelvic cavity
Acute abdomen symptoms - Correct answer-involuntary guarding, rebound
tenderness, board-like abdomen, +obturator and psoas sign
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,Care of preecplampsia - Correct answer-bed rest, weight and blood pressure
monitoring
Preeclampsia labs - Correct answer-urine protein, serum protein, creatinine,
platelet count
Preeclampsia symptoms - Correct answer-hypertension, proteinuria, edema (weight
gain)
Preeclampsia complications - Correct answer-placental abruption, coagulopathy
(DIC), renal failure, uteroplacental insufficiency, liver failure, hypertensive
encephalopathy, retinal detachment, pulmonary edema, seizure, death
community acquired pneumonia
Most common bacteria
least common bacteria
Population
treatment - Correct answer-mycolpasma pneumoniae (atypical)
h. influenza, strep pneumoniae
atypical: psuedomonas aeruginosa
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,college student, school children, military
macrolides: azithromycin, clarithromycin
Mantoux test - Correct answer-Positive: 5mm
Positive for recent immigrants: 10mm
Murphy's sign - Correct answer-biliary disorders
deep inspiration by patient and deep palpation RUQ below costovertebral angle
placenta previa - Correct answer-implantation of the placenta over the cervical
opening or in the lower region of the uterus
painless bright red blood in the second or third trimester
Order abdominal US
Hashimoto's is most common in which population - Correct answer-middle age to
older women
Hypertension Retinopathy - Correct answer-AV nicking and copper or silver wire
arterioles
flame-shaped hemorrhages
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, threatened abortion - Correct answer-vaginal bleeding and cramping, soft uterus,
cervix closed
bacterial vaginosis - Correct answer-fishy odor, milky white or dull gray discharge
pH > 4.5
> 20% clue cells
KOH whiff test
squamous cells dotted with lots of bacteria that obscure borders - Correct answer-
clue cells
Lichen sclerosis - Correct answer-skin disease, white spots appear over time, most
common genital and rectal
most common in older woman
itching, discomfort, bleeding
order biopsy
AV valves - Correct answer-mitral and tricuspid
semilunar valves - Correct answer-pulmonary and aortic
S1 - Correct answer-systole
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and Answers
diverticulum can be an infection of - Correct answer-both gram - and + bacteria
Which diuretic should be used for osteoporosis? - Correct answer-Thiazide
diuretics:
slows the kidneys excretion of calcium and increases reabsorption
Lachman maneuver - Correct answer-knee instability
tear of ACL
Infections of labia and vagina - Correct answer-bacterial vaginosis, candidiasis,
and trichomoniasis
Chlamydia affects - Correct answer-cervix, endometrial lining, fallopian tubes,
pelvic cavity
Acute abdomen symptoms - Correct answer-involuntary guarding, rebound
tenderness, board-like abdomen, +obturator and psoas sign
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,Care of preecplampsia - Correct answer-bed rest, weight and blood pressure
monitoring
Preeclampsia labs - Correct answer-urine protein, serum protein, creatinine,
platelet count
Preeclampsia symptoms - Correct answer-hypertension, proteinuria, edema (weight
gain)
Preeclampsia complications - Correct answer-placental abruption, coagulopathy
(DIC), renal failure, uteroplacental insufficiency, liver failure, hypertensive
encephalopathy, retinal detachment, pulmonary edema, seizure, death
community acquired pneumonia
Most common bacteria
least common bacteria
Population
treatment - Correct answer-mycolpasma pneumoniae (atypical)
h. influenza, strep pneumoniae
atypical: psuedomonas aeruginosa
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,college student, school children, military
macrolides: azithromycin, clarithromycin
Mantoux test - Correct answer-Positive: 5mm
Positive for recent immigrants: 10mm
Murphy's sign - Correct answer-biliary disorders
deep inspiration by patient and deep palpation RUQ below costovertebral angle
placenta previa - Correct answer-implantation of the placenta over the cervical
opening or in the lower region of the uterus
painless bright red blood in the second or third trimester
Order abdominal US
Hashimoto's is most common in which population - Correct answer-middle age to
older women
Hypertension Retinopathy - Correct answer-AV nicking and copper or silver wire
arterioles
flame-shaped hemorrhages
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, threatened abortion - Correct answer-vaginal bleeding and cramping, soft uterus,
cervix closed
bacterial vaginosis - Correct answer-fishy odor, milky white or dull gray discharge
pH > 4.5
> 20% clue cells
KOH whiff test
squamous cells dotted with lots of bacteria that obscure borders - Correct answer-
clue cells
Lichen sclerosis - Correct answer-skin disease, white spots appear over time, most
common genital and rectal
most common in older woman
itching, discomfort, bleeding
order biopsy
AV valves - Correct answer-mitral and tricuspid
semilunar valves - Correct answer-pulmonary and aortic
S1 - Correct answer-systole
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