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NR 224 EXAM 2 /NR224 FUNDAMENTAL SKILLS
EXAM 2 LATEST 2025 ACTUAL EXAM WITH
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED
ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+|
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A female patient has striae on the abdomen. Which color indicates long-
standing striae?
a. pink
b. blue
c. purple-blue
d. silvery white - ANSWER-d
Auscultating the abdomen is begun in the right lower quadrant (RLQ)
because:
a. bowel sounds are always normally present here
b. peristalsis through the descending colon is usually active
c. this is the location of the pyloric sphincter
d. vascular sounds are best heard in this area - ANSWER-a
A dull percussion note forward of the left midaxillary line is:
a. normal; an expected finding during splenic percussion
b. expected between the 8th and 12th ribs
c. found if the examination follows a large meal
d. indicative of splenic enlargement - ANSWER-d
Shifting dullness is a test for:
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a. ascites
b. splenic enlargement
c. inflammation of the kidney
d. hepatomegaly - ANSWER-a
Tenderness during abdominal palpation is expected when palpating the:
a. liver edge
b. spleen
c. sigmoid colon
d. kidneys - ANSWER-c
A positive Murphy's sign is best described as:
a. the pain felt when the examiner's hand is rapidly removed from an
inflamed appendix
b. pain felt when taking a deep breath when the examiner's fingers are on
the approximate location of the inflamed gallbladder
c. a sharp pain felt by the patient when one hand of the examiner is used to
thump the other at the costovertebral angle
d. this is not a valid examination technique - ANSWER-b
A positive Blumberg sign indicates:
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a. possible aortic aneurysm
b. presence of renal artery stenosis
c. enlarged, nodular liver
d. peritoneal inflammation - ANSWER-d
The gastrocolic reflex is:
a. a peristalic wave
b. passage of meconium in the newborn
c. another term for borborygmi
d. reverse peristalsis - ANSWER-a
Which population has the highest incidence of benign prostatic
hypertrophy (BPH)?
a. European Americans
b. African Americans
c. Hispanics
d. Asians - ANSWER-b
Select the best description for the anal canal.
a. 12-cm-long portion of the large intestine
b. involuntary control of the parasympathetic nervous system
NR 224 EXAM 2 /NR224 FUNDAMENTAL SKILLS
EXAM 2 LATEST 2025 ACTUAL EXAM WITH
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED
ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+|
||PROFESSOR VERIFIED|| ||BRANDNEW!!!||
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A female patient has striae on the abdomen. Which color indicates long-
standing striae?
a. pink
b. blue
c. purple-blue
d. silvery white - ANSWER-d
Auscultating the abdomen is begun in the right lower quadrant (RLQ)
because:
a. bowel sounds are always normally present here
b. peristalsis through the descending colon is usually active
c. this is the location of the pyloric sphincter
d. vascular sounds are best heard in this area - ANSWER-a
A dull percussion note forward of the left midaxillary line is:
a. normal; an expected finding during splenic percussion
b. expected between the 8th and 12th ribs
c. found if the examination follows a large meal
d. indicative of splenic enlargement - ANSWER-d
Shifting dullness is a test for:
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a. ascites
b. splenic enlargement
c. inflammation of the kidney
d. hepatomegaly - ANSWER-a
Tenderness during abdominal palpation is expected when palpating the:
a. liver edge
b. spleen
c. sigmoid colon
d. kidneys - ANSWER-c
A positive Murphy's sign is best described as:
a. the pain felt when the examiner's hand is rapidly removed from an
inflamed appendix
b. pain felt when taking a deep breath when the examiner's fingers are on
the approximate location of the inflamed gallbladder
c. a sharp pain felt by the patient when one hand of the examiner is used to
thump the other at the costovertebral angle
d. this is not a valid examination technique - ANSWER-b
A positive Blumberg sign indicates:
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a. possible aortic aneurysm
b. presence of renal artery stenosis
c. enlarged, nodular liver
d. peritoneal inflammation - ANSWER-d
The gastrocolic reflex is:
a. a peristalic wave
b. passage of meconium in the newborn
c. another term for borborygmi
d. reverse peristalsis - ANSWER-a
Which population has the highest incidence of benign prostatic
hypertrophy (BPH)?
a. European Americans
b. African Americans
c. Hispanics
d. Asians - ANSWER-b
Select the best description for the anal canal.
a. 12-cm-long portion of the large intestine
b. involuntary control of the parasympathetic nervous system
