NR 509 PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT TEST BANK
UPDATED COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT SOLUTIONS
●● What should be inspected on the patient's face during the
assessment?
Answer: Facial skin for lesions or discolorations, head size, symmetry,
and midline position.
●● What lymph nodes should be palpated in the head and neck
assessment?
Answer: Preauricular, postauricular, occipital, tonsillar, submandibular,
submental, anterior cervical, posterior cervical, and supraclavicular.
●● How is the motor component of CN 5 (Trigeminal) tested?
Answer: Palpate over the masseter muscle as the patient clenches their
jaw, noting strength and distortions.
●● How is the sensory component of CN 5 (Trigeminal) tested?
Answer: Lightly touch the patient's face with their eyes closed and ask
them to identify the touched area.
●● What facial expressions are used to test CN 7 (Facial)?
, Answer: Smile, frown, raise eyebrows, puff cheeks, and pucker lips.
●● What should be inspected on the outer ear?
Answer: Check for nodules or skin lesions and ensure symmetry
bilaterally.
●● What is the procedure for inspecting the auditory canal and tympanic
membrane?
Answer: Use an otoscope, pulling the ear up and back, and check for
clarity without swelling, redness, drainage, or cerumen.
●● How is CN 8 (Acoustic) tested?
Answer: Using the Whisper test, whisper three words while the patient
covers one ear and repeats them.
●● What should be noted during the inspection of the sclera and
conjunctiva?
Answer: Conjunctiva should be pink and moist with no drainage or
lesions; sclera should be white and clear.
●● What are the steps to test CN 2 (Optic) for visual acuity?
Answer: Use the Snellen eye pocket chart from 6 feet away, having the
patient read the lowest line while covering each eye.
UPDATED COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT SOLUTIONS
●● What should be inspected on the patient's face during the
assessment?
Answer: Facial skin for lesions or discolorations, head size, symmetry,
and midline position.
●● What lymph nodes should be palpated in the head and neck
assessment?
Answer: Preauricular, postauricular, occipital, tonsillar, submandibular,
submental, anterior cervical, posterior cervical, and supraclavicular.
●● How is the motor component of CN 5 (Trigeminal) tested?
Answer: Palpate over the masseter muscle as the patient clenches their
jaw, noting strength and distortions.
●● How is the sensory component of CN 5 (Trigeminal) tested?
Answer: Lightly touch the patient's face with their eyes closed and ask
them to identify the touched area.
●● What facial expressions are used to test CN 7 (Facial)?
, Answer: Smile, frown, raise eyebrows, puff cheeks, and pucker lips.
●● What should be inspected on the outer ear?
Answer: Check for nodules or skin lesions and ensure symmetry
bilaterally.
●● What is the procedure for inspecting the auditory canal and tympanic
membrane?
Answer: Use an otoscope, pulling the ear up and back, and check for
clarity without swelling, redness, drainage, or cerumen.
●● How is CN 8 (Acoustic) tested?
Answer: Using the Whisper test, whisper three words while the patient
covers one ear and repeats them.
●● What should be noted during the inspection of the sclera and
conjunctiva?
Answer: Conjunctiva should be pink and moist with no drainage or
lesions; sclera should be white and clear.
●● What are the steps to test CN 2 (Optic) for visual acuity?
Answer: Use the Snellen eye pocket chart from 6 feet away, having the
patient read the lowest line while covering each eye.
