CEA 547/667 Question and answers
verified to pass 2025/2026
S3 or S4 heart sound phase - correct answer ✔Diastole
PMI location in a healthy adult - correct answer ✔Left 5th intercostal space, midclavicular line
Non-priority decision for ST depression and chest discomfort - correct answer ✔Check for thyroid
dysfunction
"Ee" to "a" sound on chest auscultation - correct answer ✔Positive for egophony
Purpose of thorax percussion - correct answer ✔Identify air-filled, fluid-filled, or consolidated tissue
Diaphragmatic excursion in interstitial lung disease - correct answer ✔Equal bilateral change with
decreased inspiratory capacity
Cause of nonpitting periorbital edema and thinning hair - correct answer ✔Severe hypothyroidism
Diagnosis for severe exophthalmos - correct answer ✔Hyperthyroidism
PFT measurement for full inspiration and exhalation - correct answer ✔Forced Vital Capacity
Diagnosis for goiter, anxiety, tremor, and palpitations - correct answer ✔Thyrotoxicosis
Typical sign of hyperthyroidism - correct answer ✔Tachycardia
, Expected finding in Addison's disease - correct answer ✔Low body temperature
S1 heart sound correlation on EKG - correct answer ✔Peak of the R wave
Evaluation for end-organ dysfunction in DM Type 2 - correct answer ✔All (renal function, urinalysis, eye
exam)
Normal liver span in a healthy adult - correct answer ✔6-12 cm in the right midclavicular line
Order of abdominal assessment - correct answer ✔Inspection, auscultation, palpation, percussion
Finding not supportive of peritonitis - correct answer ✔Absence of pain with withdrawal of palpation
Diagnosis for enlarged scrotum in a powerlifter - correct answer ✔Varicocele
Sinus to palpate for congestion - correct answer ✔Frontal
Lymph node finding inconsistent with lymphoma - correct answer ✔Non-tender, minimally palpable
anterior cervical chain
Chamber for gas pneumopexy in Ehlers-Danlos - correct answer ✔Posterior only
Normal finger movement test in visual field - correct answer ✔Normal confrontation
First lab for microcytic hypochromic anemia with elevated RDW - correct answer ✔TIBC and Ferritin
verified to pass 2025/2026
S3 or S4 heart sound phase - correct answer ✔Diastole
PMI location in a healthy adult - correct answer ✔Left 5th intercostal space, midclavicular line
Non-priority decision for ST depression and chest discomfort - correct answer ✔Check for thyroid
dysfunction
"Ee" to "a" sound on chest auscultation - correct answer ✔Positive for egophony
Purpose of thorax percussion - correct answer ✔Identify air-filled, fluid-filled, or consolidated tissue
Diaphragmatic excursion in interstitial lung disease - correct answer ✔Equal bilateral change with
decreased inspiratory capacity
Cause of nonpitting periorbital edema and thinning hair - correct answer ✔Severe hypothyroidism
Diagnosis for severe exophthalmos - correct answer ✔Hyperthyroidism
PFT measurement for full inspiration and exhalation - correct answer ✔Forced Vital Capacity
Diagnosis for goiter, anxiety, tremor, and palpitations - correct answer ✔Thyrotoxicosis
Typical sign of hyperthyroidism - correct answer ✔Tachycardia
, Expected finding in Addison's disease - correct answer ✔Low body temperature
S1 heart sound correlation on EKG - correct answer ✔Peak of the R wave
Evaluation for end-organ dysfunction in DM Type 2 - correct answer ✔All (renal function, urinalysis, eye
exam)
Normal liver span in a healthy adult - correct answer ✔6-12 cm in the right midclavicular line
Order of abdominal assessment - correct answer ✔Inspection, auscultation, palpation, percussion
Finding not supportive of peritonitis - correct answer ✔Absence of pain with withdrawal of palpation
Diagnosis for enlarged scrotum in a powerlifter - correct answer ✔Varicocele
Sinus to palpate for congestion - correct answer ✔Frontal
Lymph node finding inconsistent with lymphoma - correct answer ✔Non-tender, minimally palpable
anterior cervical chain
Chamber for gas pneumopexy in Ehlers-Danlos - correct answer ✔Posterior only
Normal finger movement test in visual field - correct answer ✔Normal confrontation
First lab for microcytic hypochromic anemia with elevated RDW - correct answer ✔TIBC and Ferritin
