CMN 571 ACTUAL 2026 CORE EXAM TEST QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔When should screening for alcohol misuse begin - ✔✔age 18
✔✔What tool is used to screen for alcohol misuse - ✔✔AUDIT tool- quantity ETOH
consumption, dependency, related problems
✔✔What age should BMI be checked in adults and how often - ✔✔18 yo and every
health visit
✔✔When should vision screening be completed in adults - ✔✔20s- 1x
30s-1x
40yo- baseline exam and follow up based on recommendation
pre-dm and dm require yearly exam
> or = 65 yo comprehensive exam every year
✔✔When are women screened for domestic violence - ✔✔*women who are not
pregnant- routine OBGYN visit, family planning visit and preconception visit
*Pregnant women- 1st prenatal visit and once per trimester, at the postpartum checkup
✔✔Who should be screened for intimate partner violence - ✔✔women of childbearing
age
✔✔When should individuals be screened for lung cancer - ✔✔50-80 yo fairly good
health AND currently smoke or have quit in last 15 yrs AND have 20 pack-year smoking
hx (at least 2 pk/day x 10 yr or 1 pk/day x 20 year)
✔✔What age should ASCVD screening begin - ✔✔20 yo
20-39 measure RF every 4-5 years
(tobacco, dyslipidemia, hx of premature ASCVD, HTN, T2DM. Estimates 10 yr risk
✔✔What age should blood glucose be checked - ✔✔begin age 35
if normal repeat q3yr
✔✔When should screening for colorectal cancer begin - ✔✔45-75 yo
fecal occult blood annually
flexible sigmoidoscopy every 5 years OR colonoscopy every 10 yrs OR CT colonoscopy
every 5 years OR double contrast barium swallow every 5 yrs.
✔✔When can colonoscopy exams be stopped - ✔✔>85 yo
✔✔When are clinical breast exams performed - ✔✔no clear benefit of regular breast
exam- women should be familiar w/how breast look normally
, ✔✔When does breast cancer screening begin - ✔✔age 40
45-54 annually
>55 every 2 years
✔✔When should screening for endometrial cancer begin - ✔✔educate women at
menopause about risk and symptoms
✔✔When should screening for prostate cancer begin - ✔✔50 yo - if father w/prostate ca
before 65 start discussion at 45
✔✔When should testicular exams begin - ✔✔15 yo
✔✔When does screening for osteoporosis begin and how - ✔✔>65.
BMD (Bone mineral density) = T-score
FRAX tool = 10 yr risk of fracture
✔✔When should screening for cervical cancer begin - ✔✔25-65 yo
✔✔What are some examples of primary prevention - ✔✔immunizations, giving up or not
smoking
✔✔What type of prevention is a routine cervical PAP screening to detect carcinoma or
dysplasia of cervix - ✔✔Secondary prevention
✔✔What type of prevention is a partial mastectomy and radiating therapy to remove
and control localized breast cancer - ✔✔Tertiary
✔✔What is the purpose of tertiary prevention - ✔✔Limiting impact of established
disease
✔✔What factors increase risk of CVD - ✔✔HTN, DM, Age, Family Hx of cardiac,
smoking, obesity, HLD
✔✔Exercise, adequate sleep, reduce stress, and ASA are all components of what type
of prevention for CVD - ✔✔Primary
✔✔ECG, stress-test, cardiac catheterization are all which types of prevention for CVD -
✔✔secondary
✔✔pharmacological recommendations after a CVD event is what type of prevention -
✔✔tertiary
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔When should screening for alcohol misuse begin - ✔✔age 18
✔✔What tool is used to screen for alcohol misuse - ✔✔AUDIT tool- quantity ETOH
consumption, dependency, related problems
✔✔What age should BMI be checked in adults and how often - ✔✔18 yo and every
health visit
✔✔When should vision screening be completed in adults - ✔✔20s- 1x
30s-1x
40yo- baseline exam and follow up based on recommendation
pre-dm and dm require yearly exam
> or = 65 yo comprehensive exam every year
✔✔When are women screened for domestic violence - ✔✔*women who are not
pregnant- routine OBGYN visit, family planning visit and preconception visit
*Pregnant women- 1st prenatal visit and once per trimester, at the postpartum checkup
✔✔Who should be screened for intimate partner violence - ✔✔women of childbearing
age
✔✔When should individuals be screened for lung cancer - ✔✔50-80 yo fairly good
health AND currently smoke or have quit in last 15 yrs AND have 20 pack-year smoking
hx (at least 2 pk/day x 10 yr or 1 pk/day x 20 year)
✔✔What age should ASCVD screening begin - ✔✔20 yo
20-39 measure RF every 4-5 years
(tobacco, dyslipidemia, hx of premature ASCVD, HTN, T2DM. Estimates 10 yr risk
✔✔What age should blood glucose be checked - ✔✔begin age 35
if normal repeat q3yr
✔✔When should screening for colorectal cancer begin - ✔✔45-75 yo
fecal occult blood annually
flexible sigmoidoscopy every 5 years OR colonoscopy every 10 yrs OR CT colonoscopy
every 5 years OR double contrast barium swallow every 5 yrs.
✔✔When can colonoscopy exams be stopped - ✔✔>85 yo
✔✔When are clinical breast exams performed - ✔✔no clear benefit of regular breast
exam- women should be familiar w/how breast look normally
, ✔✔When does breast cancer screening begin - ✔✔age 40
45-54 annually
>55 every 2 years
✔✔When should screening for endometrial cancer begin - ✔✔educate women at
menopause about risk and symptoms
✔✔When should screening for prostate cancer begin - ✔✔50 yo - if father w/prostate ca
before 65 start discussion at 45
✔✔When should testicular exams begin - ✔✔15 yo
✔✔When does screening for osteoporosis begin and how - ✔✔>65.
BMD (Bone mineral density) = T-score
FRAX tool = 10 yr risk of fracture
✔✔When should screening for cervical cancer begin - ✔✔25-65 yo
✔✔What are some examples of primary prevention - ✔✔immunizations, giving up or not
smoking
✔✔What type of prevention is a routine cervical PAP screening to detect carcinoma or
dysplasia of cervix - ✔✔Secondary prevention
✔✔What type of prevention is a partial mastectomy and radiating therapy to remove
and control localized breast cancer - ✔✔Tertiary
✔✔What is the purpose of tertiary prevention - ✔✔Limiting impact of established
disease
✔✔What factors increase risk of CVD - ✔✔HTN, DM, Age, Family Hx of cardiac,
smoking, obesity, HLD
✔✔Exercise, adequate sleep, reduce stress, and ASA are all components of what type
of prevention for CVD - ✔✔Primary
✔✔ECG, stress-test, cardiac catheterization are all which types of prevention for CVD -
✔✔secondary
✔✔pharmacological recommendations after a CVD event is what type of prevention -
✔✔tertiary
