NM717 FINAL PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
FULL SOLUTION GRADED A+
◉ What BMI is considered underweight? Answer: 18.5
◉ What BMI is considered normal weight? Answer: 18.5 to 24.9
◉ What BMI is considered overweight? Answer: 25 to 29.9
◉ What BMI is considered obesity? Answer: 30 to 39.9
◉ What is considered extreme obesity? Answer: Greater than 40
◉ What waist circumference in female indicated increased relative
risk? Answer: 35 inches
◉ What occur as an initial spontaneous reaction to an internal or
external stimulus (macule, papule, pustule, vesicle, or wheal)?
Answer: Primary lesion
◉ What occur later from evolution or trauma to a primary lesion
(ulcer, fissure, crust, scar)? Answer: Secondary lesions
,◉ What are the ABCDEs of malignant melanoma? Answer: (1)
asymmetry (2) borders irregular (3) color blue/black or variegated
(4) diameter greater than 6 mm (5) elevation
◉ What are the lymph nodes? Answer: (1) preauricular (2)
postauricular (3) occipital (4) tonsillar (5) submandibular (6)
submental (7) superficial cervical (8) posterior and deep cervical
chains (9) supraclavicular
◉ What are normal findings for lymph nodes? Answer: (1) Less than
1 m in size (2) nontender (3) mobile (4) soft (5) discrete
◉ What is impaired near vision? Answer: Presbyopia
◉ What is impaired far vision? Answer: Myopia
◉ What can tragus tenderness indicate? Answer: Otitis externa
◉ What can mastoid process tenderness indicate? Answer: Otitis
media
,◉ What can tactile fremitus of the lungs indicate? Answer:
Emphysema, asthma, pleural effusion, increased lobar pneumonia,
pulmonary edema
◉ How should you record a palpable mass in the breast? Answer: (1)
size (2) shape (3) consistency (4) delimitation (5) tenderness = use
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◉ What is normal finding for hematocrit in nonpregnant female?
Answer: 37% to 47%
◉ What is normal finding for hematocrit in pregnant female?
Answer: (1) 33% or greater 1st and 3rd (2) 32% or greater in 2nd
◉ What is a normal hemoglobin in nonpregnant adult female?
Answer: 12 to 16
◉ What is a normal hemoglobin in pregnant female? Answer: (1) 11
or greater 1st and 3rd (2) 10.5 or greater in 2nd
◉ What is normal MCV? Answer: 80 to 95
◉ What is microcytic anemia common with? Answer: (1) iron
deficiency (2) thalassemia
, ◉ What is macrocytic anemia common with? Answer: (1)
megaloblastic anemia with b12 or folic acid deficiency
◉ What are neutrophils increased with? Answer: Bacterial infections
◉ What are basophils and eosinophils increased with? Answer: (1)
allergic reactions (2) parasitic infections
◉ When are lymphocytes and monocytes are increased with?
Answer: (1) chronic bacterial (2) acute viral infections
◉ What are normal findings on a urinalysis? Answer: No nitrites,
ketones, crystals, casts, or glucose
◉ What is a normal specific gravity on urinalysis? Answer: 1.005 to
1.030
◉ What fasting glucose is diagnostic for diabetes? Answer: Above
126
◉ What is a normal finding after OGTT 2 hours? Answer: Less than
140
FULL SOLUTION GRADED A+
◉ What BMI is considered underweight? Answer: 18.5
◉ What BMI is considered normal weight? Answer: 18.5 to 24.9
◉ What BMI is considered overweight? Answer: 25 to 29.9
◉ What BMI is considered obesity? Answer: 30 to 39.9
◉ What is considered extreme obesity? Answer: Greater than 40
◉ What waist circumference in female indicated increased relative
risk? Answer: 35 inches
◉ What occur as an initial spontaneous reaction to an internal or
external stimulus (macule, papule, pustule, vesicle, or wheal)?
Answer: Primary lesion
◉ What occur later from evolution or trauma to a primary lesion
(ulcer, fissure, crust, scar)? Answer: Secondary lesions
,◉ What are the ABCDEs of malignant melanoma? Answer: (1)
asymmetry (2) borders irregular (3) color blue/black or variegated
(4) diameter greater than 6 mm (5) elevation
◉ What are the lymph nodes? Answer: (1) preauricular (2)
postauricular (3) occipital (4) tonsillar (5) submandibular (6)
submental (7) superficial cervical (8) posterior and deep cervical
chains (9) supraclavicular
◉ What are normal findings for lymph nodes? Answer: (1) Less than
1 m in size (2) nontender (3) mobile (4) soft (5) discrete
◉ What is impaired near vision? Answer: Presbyopia
◉ What is impaired far vision? Answer: Myopia
◉ What can tragus tenderness indicate? Answer: Otitis externa
◉ What can mastoid process tenderness indicate? Answer: Otitis
media
,◉ What can tactile fremitus of the lungs indicate? Answer:
Emphysema, asthma, pleural effusion, increased lobar pneumonia,
pulmonary edema
◉ How should you record a palpable mass in the breast? Answer: (1)
size (2) shape (3) consistency (4) delimitation (5) tenderness = use
clock
◉ What is normal finding for hematocrit in nonpregnant female?
Answer: 37% to 47%
◉ What is normal finding for hematocrit in pregnant female?
Answer: (1) 33% or greater 1st and 3rd (2) 32% or greater in 2nd
◉ What is a normal hemoglobin in nonpregnant adult female?
Answer: 12 to 16
◉ What is a normal hemoglobin in pregnant female? Answer: (1) 11
or greater 1st and 3rd (2) 10.5 or greater in 2nd
◉ What is normal MCV? Answer: 80 to 95
◉ What is microcytic anemia common with? Answer: (1) iron
deficiency (2) thalassemia
, ◉ What is macrocytic anemia common with? Answer: (1)
megaloblastic anemia with b12 or folic acid deficiency
◉ What are neutrophils increased with? Answer: Bacterial infections
◉ What are basophils and eosinophils increased with? Answer: (1)
allergic reactions (2) parasitic infections
◉ When are lymphocytes and monocytes are increased with?
Answer: (1) chronic bacterial (2) acute viral infections
◉ What are normal findings on a urinalysis? Answer: No nitrites,
ketones, crystals, casts, or glucose
◉ What is a normal specific gravity on urinalysis? Answer: 1.005 to
1.030
◉ What fasting glucose is diagnostic for diabetes? Answer: Above
126
◉ What is a normal finding after OGTT 2 hours? Answer: Less than
140
