CMN 548 FINAL PAPER 2026 EXAM Q AND
A STUDY GUIDE COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
●● For which of the following patients would a comprehensive health
history be important?
A) A new patient with the chief complaint of "I sprained my ankle"
B) An established patient with the chief complaint of "I have an upper
respiratory infection"
C) A new patient with the chief complaint of "I am here to establish
care"
D) A new patient with the chief complaint of "I cut my hand".
Answer: C. A new patient with the chief complaint of "I am here to
establish care"
●● The components of the health history include all of the following
except which one?
A) Review of systems
B) Thorax and lungs
C) Present illness
D) Personal and social items.
Answer: B. Thorax and lungs
,●● Is the following information subjective or objective?
Mr. M. has shortness of breath that has persisted for the past 10 days; it
is worse with activity and relieved by rest.
A. Subjective
B. Objective.
Answer: A. Subjective
●● Is the following information subjective or objective?
Mr. M. has a respiratory rate of 32 and a pulse rate of 120.
A) Subjective
B) Objective.
Answer: B. Objective
●● The following information is recorded in the health history: "The
patient has had abdominal pain for 1 week. The pain lasts for 30 minutes
at a time; it comes and goes. The severity is 7 to 9 on a scale of 1 to 10.
It is accompanied by nausea and vomiting. It is located in the
midepigastric area."
Which of these categories does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems.
,Answer: B. Present Illness
●● The following information is recorded in the health history: "The
patient completed 8th grade.
He currently lives with his wife and two children. He works on old cars
on the weekend. He
works in a glass factory during the week."
Which category does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems.
Answer: C. Personal and social history
●● The following information is recorded in the health history: "I feel
really tired."
Which category does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems.
Answer: A. Chief Complaint
, ●● The following information is recorded in the health history: "Patient
denies chest pain,
palpitations, orthopnea, and paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea."
Which category does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems.
Answer: D. Review of Systems
●● The following information is best placed in which category?
"The patient has had three cesarean sections."
A) Adult illnesses
B) Surgeries
C) Obstetrics/gynecology
D) Psychiatric.
Answer: B. Surgeries
●● The following information is best placed in which category?
"The patient had a stent placed in the left anterior descending artery
(LAD) in 1999."
A) Adult illnesses
B) Surgeries
A STUDY GUIDE COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
●● For which of the following patients would a comprehensive health
history be important?
A) A new patient with the chief complaint of "I sprained my ankle"
B) An established patient with the chief complaint of "I have an upper
respiratory infection"
C) A new patient with the chief complaint of "I am here to establish
care"
D) A new patient with the chief complaint of "I cut my hand".
Answer: C. A new patient with the chief complaint of "I am here to
establish care"
●● The components of the health history include all of the following
except which one?
A) Review of systems
B) Thorax and lungs
C) Present illness
D) Personal and social items.
Answer: B. Thorax and lungs
,●● Is the following information subjective or objective?
Mr. M. has shortness of breath that has persisted for the past 10 days; it
is worse with activity and relieved by rest.
A. Subjective
B. Objective.
Answer: A. Subjective
●● Is the following information subjective or objective?
Mr. M. has a respiratory rate of 32 and a pulse rate of 120.
A) Subjective
B) Objective.
Answer: B. Objective
●● The following information is recorded in the health history: "The
patient has had abdominal pain for 1 week. The pain lasts for 30 minutes
at a time; it comes and goes. The severity is 7 to 9 on a scale of 1 to 10.
It is accompanied by nausea and vomiting. It is located in the
midepigastric area."
Which of these categories does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems.
,Answer: B. Present Illness
●● The following information is recorded in the health history: "The
patient completed 8th grade.
He currently lives with his wife and two children. He works on old cars
on the weekend. He
works in a glass factory during the week."
Which category does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems.
Answer: C. Personal and social history
●● The following information is recorded in the health history: "I feel
really tired."
Which category does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems.
Answer: A. Chief Complaint
, ●● The following information is recorded in the health history: "Patient
denies chest pain,
palpitations, orthopnea, and paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea."
Which category does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems.
Answer: D. Review of Systems
●● The following information is best placed in which category?
"The patient has had three cesarean sections."
A) Adult illnesses
B) Surgeries
C) Obstetrics/gynecology
D) Psychiatric.
Answer: B. Surgeries
●● The following information is best placed in which category?
"The patient had a stent placed in the left anterior descending artery
(LAD) in 1999."
A) Adult illnesses
B) Surgeries
