PPN 301 Week 2 Exam Questions with Correct Answers Latest Update 2025/2026
preconception care involves - Answers identifying and modifying risk factors in individuals
considering pregnancy in order to improve their health
preconception care components - Answers folic acid, mental health, healthy body weight,
physical activity, nutrition, immunizations, smoking, environmental hazards
antepartum - Answers period between conception and onset of labour
intrapartum - Answers period between onset of labour to delivery of baby and placenta
postpartum - Answers 6 week period after delivery
first trimester - Answers 1-14 weeks
second trimester - Answers 14-28 weeks
third trimester - Answers 28-40 weeks
gravida - Answers a person who is pregnant
gravidity - Answers pregnancy
nulligravida - Answers a person who has never been pregnant and is not currently pregnant
primigravida - Answers a person who is pregnant for the first time
multigravida - Answers a person who has had two or more pregnancies
parity - Answers the number of pregnancies in which the fetus or fetuses have reached 20
weeks of gestation
nullipara - Answers a person who has not completed a pregnancy beyond 20 weeks of gestation
primipara - Answers a person who has completed one pregnancy with a fetus or fetuses who
have reached 20 weeks of gestation
multipara - Answers a person who has completed two or more pregnancies to 20 weeks of
gestation
viability - Answers capacity to live outside the uterus
preterm - Answers week 20 - week 36
late preterm - Answers week 34 - week 36
term - Answers week 37 - week 40
, early term - Answers week 37 - week 38
full term - Answers week 39 - week 40
late term - Answers week 41
post term - Answers week 42
GTPAL - Answers gravidity, term, preterm, abortions, living children
earliest biochemical marker of pregnancy - Answers human chorionic gonadotropin
most popular method of testing for pregnancy - Answers enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
presumptive signs of pregnancy - Answers cessation of menses, nausea and vomiting, frequent
urination, breast/chest tenderness, fatigue, quickening, skin changes,
probable signs of pregnancy - Answers positive pregnancy test, enlargement of abdomen,
Braxton Hicks, Hegar's sign, Goodell's sign, Chadwick's sign, skin changes
Hegar's sign - Answers palpable softening of lower uterine
Goodell's sign - Answers softening of cervix
Chadwick's sign - Answers blue-violet hue on vulva, vagina, cervix
positive signs of pregnancy - Answers fetal heart heard, fetal movement felt by examiner,
visualization of fetus
uterus adaptations to pregnancy - Answers changes in size, shape, position, contractility,
uteroplacental blood flow, ballottement
vagina adaptations to pregnancy - Answers leukorrhea
breasts adaptations to pregnancy - Answers full, heavy, sensitive, pigmented, Montgomery's
tubercles, colostrum
cardiovascular adaptations to pregnancy - Answers blood volume, red blood cells, and cardiac
output increase, hemoglobin and hematocrit decrease
respiratory adaptations to pregnancy - Answers oxygen consumption and vascularization
increase, breathing changes from abdominal to thoracic
renal adaptations to pregnancy - Answers frequency, noctuermia, glomerular filtration rate, and
pyelonephritis increase
endocrine adaptations to pregnancy - Answers thyroid, adrenal, and pituitary glands increase,
gestational diabetes, hyperglycaemia, and hyperinsulinemia
preconception care involves - Answers identifying and modifying risk factors in individuals
considering pregnancy in order to improve their health
preconception care components - Answers folic acid, mental health, healthy body weight,
physical activity, nutrition, immunizations, smoking, environmental hazards
antepartum - Answers period between conception and onset of labour
intrapartum - Answers period between onset of labour to delivery of baby and placenta
postpartum - Answers 6 week period after delivery
first trimester - Answers 1-14 weeks
second trimester - Answers 14-28 weeks
third trimester - Answers 28-40 weeks
gravida - Answers a person who is pregnant
gravidity - Answers pregnancy
nulligravida - Answers a person who has never been pregnant and is not currently pregnant
primigravida - Answers a person who is pregnant for the first time
multigravida - Answers a person who has had two or more pregnancies
parity - Answers the number of pregnancies in which the fetus or fetuses have reached 20
weeks of gestation
nullipara - Answers a person who has not completed a pregnancy beyond 20 weeks of gestation
primipara - Answers a person who has completed one pregnancy with a fetus or fetuses who
have reached 20 weeks of gestation
multipara - Answers a person who has completed two or more pregnancies to 20 weeks of
gestation
viability - Answers capacity to live outside the uterus
preterm - Answers week 20 - week 36
late preterm - Answers week 34 - week 36
term - Answers week 37 - week 40
, early term - Answers week 37 - week 38
full term - Answers week 39 - week 40
late term - Answers week 41
post term - Answers week 42
GTPAL - Answers gravidity, term, preterm, abortions, living children
earliest biochemical marker of pregnancy - Answers human chorionic gonadotropin
most popular method of testing for pregnancy - Answers enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
presumptive signs of pregnancy - Answers cessation of menses, nausea and vomiting, frequent
urination, breast/chest tenderness, fatigue, quickening, skin changes,
probable signs of pregnancy - Answers positive pregnancy test, enlargement of abdomen,
Braxton Hicks, Hegar's sign, Goodell's sign, Chadwick's sign, skin changes
Hegar's sign - Answers palpable softening of lower uterine
Goodell's sign - Answers softening of cervix
Chadwick's sign - Answers blue-violet hue on vulva, vagina, cervix
positive signs of pregnancy - Answers fetal heart heard, fetal movement felt by examiner,
visualization of fetus
uterus adaptations to pregnancy - Answers changes in size, shape, position, contractility,
uteroplacental blood flow, ballottement
vagina adaptations to pregnancy - Answers leukorrhea
breasts adaptations to pregnancy - Answers full, heavy, sensitive, pigmented, Montgomery's
tubercles, colostrum
cardiovascular adaptations to pregnancy - Answers blood volume, red blood cells, and cardiac
output increase, hemoglobin and hematocrit decrease
respiratory adaptations to pregnancy - Answers oxygen consumption and vascularization
increase, breathing changes from abdominal to thoracic
renal adaptations to pregnancy - Answers frequency, noctuermia, glomerular filtration rate, and
pyelonephritis increase
endocrine adaptations to pregnancy - Answers thyroid, adrenal, and pituitary glands increase,
gestational diabetes, hyperglycaemia, and hyperinsulinemia
