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Health Assessment Final Exam: Review Questions TEST FINAL
EXAM AND PRACTICE EXAM 2026/2027 BANK 2 VERSIONS
QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS / EXAM
QUESTIONS WILL COME FROM HERE (100% CORRECT
ANSWERS/ A+ GRADED
The wife of a 65-year-old client tells the nurse that she is concerned
because she has noticed a change in her husband's personality and
ability to understand. He also cries and becomes angry very easily. The
nurse recalls that the cerebral lobe responsible for these behaviors is
the _____ lobe.
A) frontal
B) parietal
C) occipital
D) temporal - ANSWERS--A
A CLIENT WAS ADMITTED TO THE ED WITH SLURRED SPEECH. THE
NURSE NOTES THAT THIS COULD BE DUE TO DYSFUNCTION OF WHAT
CRANIAL NERVE(S)?
A) Cranial Nerve I
B) Cranial Nerve V
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C) Cranial Nerves IX and X
D) Cranial Nerve III - ANSWERS--C
The nurse is assessing a client who may have suffered a stroke. Which
of these statements is true concerning areas of the brain?
A) The cerebellum is the center for speech and emotions.
B) The hypothalamus controls temperature and regulates sleep.
C) The basal ganglia are responsible for controlling voluntary
movements.
D) Motor pathways of the spinal cord and brainstem synapse in the
thalamus. - ANSWERS--B
The nurse is testing the function of cranial nerve XI. Which of these best
describes the response the nurse should expect if the nerve is intact?
The client:
A) demonstrates ability to hear normal conversation.
B) sticks tongue out midline without tremors or deviation.
C) follows an object with both eyes without nystagmus or strabismus.
D) moves the head and shoulders against resistance with equal
strength. - ANSWERS--D
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During the history, a client tells the nurse that "it feels like the room is
spinning around me." The nurse would document this as:
A) vertigo.
B) syncope.
C) dizziness.
D) seizure activity - ANSWERS--A
A female client is in the clinic with weakness in her left arm and leg that
she has noticed for the past week. which type of neurologic
examination would be most appropriate for this client?
A) Glasgow Coma Scale
B) Neurologic Recheck Examination
C) Neurologic Screening Examination
D) Complete Neurologic Examination - ANSWERS--D
During a neurological assessment, the nurse finds the following:
asymmetry when the client smiles or frowns, uneven lifting of
eyebrows, sagging of the lower eyelids, and escape of air from one side
only when the nurse presses against the puffed cheeks. This would
indicate dysfunction of which of these cranial nerves?
A) Motor component of IV
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B) Motor component of VII
C) Motor and sensory components of XI
D) Motor component of X and sensory component of VII - ANSWERS--B
A female client tells the nurse that she has been very unsteady and has
had difficulty in maintaining her balance. The nurse suspects this could
be due to dysfunction of which area of the brain?
A) Thalamus
B) Brainstem
C) Cerebellum
D) Extrapyramidal tract - ANSWERS--C
During the assessment of THE Biceps reflexes, the nurse finds that a
client's responses are normal bilaterally. The Nurse would be Correct in
documenting this finding As ____+
A) 3+
B) 1+
C) 2+
D) 4+ - ANSWERS--C
Health Assessment Final Exam: Review Questions TEST FINAL
EXAM AND PRACTICE EXAM 2026/2027 BANK 2 VERSIONS
QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS / EXAM
QUESTIONS WILL COME FROM HERE (100% CORRECT
ANSWERS/ A+ GRADED
The wife of a 65-year-old client tells the nurse that she is concerned
because she has noticed a change in her husband's personality and
ability to understand. He also cries and becomes angry very easily. The
nurse recalls that the cerebral lobe responsible for these behaviors is
the _____ lobe.
A) frontal
B) parietal
C) occipital
D) temporal - ANSWERS--A
A CLIENT WAS ADMITTED TO THE ED WITH SLURRED SPEECH. THE
NURSE NOTES THAT THIS COULD BE DUE TO DYSFUNCTION OF WHAT
CRANIAL NERVE(S)?
A) Cranial Nerve I
B) Cranial Nerve V
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C) Cranial Nerves IX and X
D) Cranial Nerve III - ANSWERS--C
The nurse is assessing a client who may have suffered a stroke. Which
of these statements is true concerning areas of the brain?
A) The cerebellum is the center for speech and emotions.
B) The hypothalamus controls temperature and regulates sleep.
C) The basal ganglia are responsible for controlling voluntary
movements.
D) Motor pathways of the spinal cord and brainstem synapse in the
thalamus. - ANSWERS--B
The nurse is testing the function of cranial nerve XI. Which of these best
describes the response the nurse should expect if the nerve is intact?
The client:
A) demonstrates ability to hear normal conversation.
B) sticks tongue out midline without tremors or deviation.
C) follows an object with both eyes without nystagmus or strabismus.
D) moves the head and shoulders against resistance with equal
strength. - ANSWERS--D
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During the history, a client tells the nurse that "it feels like the room is
spinning around me." The nurse would document this as:
A) vertigo.
B) syncope.
C) dizziness.
D) seizure activity - ANSWERS--A
A female client is in the clinic with weakness in her left arm and leg that
she has noticed for the past week. which type of neurologic
examination would be most appropriate for this client?
A) Glasgow Coma Scale
B) Neurologic Recheck Examination
C) Neurologic Screening Examination
D) Complete Neurologic Examination - ANSWERS--D
During a neurological assessment, the nurse finds the following:
asymmetry when the client smiles or frowns, uneven lifting of
eyebrows, sagging of the lower eyelids, and escape of air from one side
only when the nurse presses against the puffed cheeks. This would
indicate dysfunction of which of these cranial nerves?
A) Motor component of IV
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B) Motor component of VII
C) Motor and sensory components of XI
D) Motor component of X and sensory component of VII - ANSWERS--B
A female client tells the nurse that she has been very unsteady and has
had difficulty in maintaining her balance. The nurse suspects this could
be due to dysfunction of which area of the brain?
A) Thalamus
B) Brainstem
C) Cerebellum
D) Extrapyramidal tract - ANSWERS--C
During the assessment of THE Biceps reflexes, the nurse finds that a
client's responses are normal bilaterally. The Nurse would be Correct in
documenting this finding As ____+
A) 3+
B) 1+
C) 2+
D) 4+ - ANSWERS--C
