FNP Exam Review: Comprehensive
NP Study Guide for AANP Boards
(PASS YOUR FIRST TIME!)
1. If your patient is in the catarrhal stage of pertussis,
upon examination you would find which of the following?
Correct Answer: Mild upper respiratory symptoms with
cough and mild conjunctival injection. It is really
indistinguishable from the common cold.
2. What would NOT be considered a typical finding in a
geriatric patient?
Correct Answer: Low-frequency hearing loss.
3. Typical findings in a geriatric patient include which of
the following?
Correct Answer: Thinner epidermis, dermis, and
subcutaneous layers of skin; bright purple-colored patches on
the forearms and hands; opaque white ring at the periphery of
the cornea.
,4. What are risk factors for age-related macular
degeneration?
Correct Answer: Tobacco use, aging, sun exposure, and
family history.
5. What is considered an underweight BMI?
Correct Answer: Less than 18.5.
6. What is considered a normal BMI?
Correct Answer: 18.5–24.9.
7. What is considered an overweight BMI?
Correct Answer: 25–29.9.
8. What is considered an obese BMI?
Correct Answer: 30–39.9.
9. What is considered a grossly obese BMI?
Correct Answer: Greater than 40.
10. Which are Pregnancy Category A drugs?
Correct Answer: Vitamins and levothyroxine.
,11. Which are Pregnancy Category B drugs?
Correct Answer: Acetaminophen, ibuprofen, penicillins,
cephalosporins, azithromycin, and erythromycin antibiotics.
12. A geriatric patient who has a 40 pack-year smoking
history complains of painful cramping in the leg muscles
that occurs after walking for 20 minutes. After taking a
complete history and performing a physical exam, an NP
decides that the most likely diagnosis is?
Correct Answer: Intermittent claudication.
13. What is a common cause of acne?
Correct Answer: Increase in androgens.
14. In a 19-year-old who presents with a sore throat and
anterior cervical adenopathy, which causative agent would
be suspected?
Correct Answer: Group A beta-hemolytic Streptococcus.
15. When completing the initial assessment for depression
in geriatric adults, the NP should evaluate?
Correct Answer: Mental status examination.
, 16. What is the most common risk factor for developing
severe hyperbilirubinemia in the newborn?
Correct Answer: Blood incompatibility with the mother.
17. Which trimester of pregnancy is associated with a
fundal height measurement at the umbilicus?
Correct Answer: Second trimester.
18. Which of the following conditions exacerbates urinary
incontinence?
Correct Answer: Impacted stool and atrophic vaginitis.
19. An adult patient presents with a 2-day history of
intermittent stabbing chest pain that worsens with deep
breaths. The patient reports a nonproductive cough and
no fever for several days and denies trauma, palpitations,
or GI symptoms. Vital signs are normal. Lungs are clear,
heart sounds are normal, and physical examination
reveals localized chest-wall tenderness at the costal
margin. EKG and CXR are normal. The most likely
diagnosis is?
Correct Answer: Costochondritis.
NP Study Guide for AANP Boards
(PASS YOUR FIRST TIME!)
1. If your patient is in the catarrhal stage of pertussis,
upon examination you would find which of the following?
Correct Answer: Mild upper respiratory symptoms with
cough and mild conjunctival injection. It is really
indistinguishable from the common cold.
2. What would NOT be considered a typical finding in a
geriatric patient?
Correct Answer: Low-frequency hearing loss.
3. Typical findings in a geriatric patient include which of
the following?
Correct Answer: Thinner epidermis, dermis, and
subcutaneous layers of skin; bright purple-colored patches on
the forearms and hands; opaque white ring at the periphery of
the cornea.
,4. What are risk factors for age-related macular
degeneration?
Correct Answer: Tobacco use, aging, sun exposure, and
family history.
5. What is considered an underweight BMI?
Correct Answer: Less than 18.5.
6. What is considered a normal BMI?
Correct Answer: 18.5–24.9.
7. What is considered an overweight BMI?
Correct Answer: 25–29.9.
8. What is considered an obese BMI?
Correct Answer: 30–39.9.
9. What is considered a grossly obese BMI?
Correct Answer: Greater than 40.
10. Which are Pregnancy Category A drugs?
Correct Answer: Vitamins and levothyroxine.
,11. Which are Pregnancy Category B drugs?
Correct Answer: Acetaminophen, ibuprofen, penicillins,
cephalosporins, azithromycin, and erythromycin antibiotics.
12. A geriatric patient who has a 40 pack-year smoking
history complains of painful cramping in the leg muscles
that occurs after walking for 20 minutes. After taking a
complete history and performing a physical exam, an NP
decides that the most likely diagnosis is?
Correct Answer: Intermittent claudication.
13. What is a common cause of acne?
Correct Answer: Increase in androgens.
14. In a 19-year-old who presents with a sore throat and
anterior cervical adenopathy, which causative agent would
be suspected?
Correct Answer: Group A beta-hemolytic Streptococcus.
15. When completing the initial assessment for depression
in geriatric adults, the NP should evaluate?
Correct Answer: Mental status examination.
, 16. What is the most common risk factor for developing
severe hyperbilirubinemia in the newborn?
Correct Answer: Blood incompatibility with the mother.
17. Which trimester of pregnancy is associated with a
fundal height measurement at the umbilicus?
Correct Answer: Second trimester.
18. Which of the following conditions exacerbates urinary
incontinence?
Correct Answer: Impacted stool and atrophic vaginitis.
19. An adult patient presents with a 2-day history of
intermittent stabbing chest pain that worsens with deep
breaths. The patient reports a nonproductive cough and
no fever for several days and denies trauma, palpitations,
or GI symptoms. Vital signs are normal. Lungs are clear,
heart sounds are normal, and physical examination
reveals localized chest-wall tenderness at the costal
margin. EKG and CXR are normal. The most likely
diagnosis is?
Correct Answer: Costochondritis.
