PNCB PNP PC CORRECT EXAMS SCRIPT QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What syndrome is described by:
Tall Stature
Transverse crease
Gynecomastia
Underdeveloped sexual characteristics
Learning disability - ✔✔Klinefelter Syndrome
✔✔What syndrome is described by:
Webbed neck
Low hairline
"Shield" shaped chest
Lack of secondary sex characteristics
Bicuspid aortic valve
Coarctation of the aorta - ✔✔Turner Syndrome
✔✔What syndrome is described by:
Tall stature
,Arm > height
Thin extremities and fingers
Long narrow face
Pectus excavatum or carinatum
Hyperextension of the joints
High arched narrow palate
Aortic regurgitation
Mitral valve prolapse
Aortic aneurysm - ✔✔Marfan Syndrome
✔✔What syndrome is described by:
Decreased muscle tone
Cherry red macula
Listlessness
Blindness
Deafness
Seizures
Dementia - ✔✔Tay-Sachs Disease
✔✔What syndrome is described by:
Short palpebral fissures
Short philtrum
Micrognathia
Ear anomalies
Aortic arch abnormalities
Hypoparathyroidism
Hypocalcemia
Thymus aplasia - ✔✔DiGeorge Syndrome
✔✔What weight are babies with low birth weight (LBW)? - ✔✔<2,500g
✔✔What weight are babies with very low birth weight (VLBW)? - ✔✔<1,500g
✔✔What weight are babies with extremely low birth weight (ELBW)? - ✔✔<1,000g
✔✔What are the components of APGAR? - ✔✔A - Appearance
P - Pulse
G - Grimace
A - Activity
R - Respirations
✔✔What is symmetric IUGR? - ✔✔Head circumference, weight, and length all < 10th
percentile
, Indicates genetic conditions, intrauterine infection, drug exposure
✔✔What is asymmetric IUGR? - ✔✔Head circumference and length WDL
Weight < 10th percentile
Acute extra fetal compromise (chronic hypertension, renal disease, cyanotic heart
defect etc)
✔✔What are milia and when should they disappear? - ✔✔Pinpoint white papules on
face, cheeks, nose, chin, forehead
Should go away 3-4 weeks of life
✔✔What is miliaria rubra? - ✔✔Prickly heat
✔✔What is erythema toxicans? - ✔✔Appears days 2-5
Blotchy red spots with overlying white or yellow papules/pustules
Resolves by day 14
✔✔When should you refer cafe au lait spots? - ✔✔6+ spots
>15mm postpubertal
✔✔What condition are you concerned for with port wine stains? - ✔✔Sturge Webber
Syndrome- associated with glaucoma and seizures
✔✔When does the stepping reflex disappear? - ✔✔1-2 months
✔✔When does the Babinskin reflex disappear? - ✔✔12 months or when walking
✔✔When do the rest of the reflexes (Moro, sucking, rooting, grasping) disappear? -
✔✔3-4 months
✔✔What would you call a head swelling that crosses the suture line? - ✔✔Caput
Succedaneum
Resolves in 2-3 days
✔✔What would you call a head swelling that does NOT cross the suture lines? -
✔✔Cephalohematoma
Resolves in several months
✔✔What are some causes of bossing? - ✔✔Rickets
Prematurity
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What syndrome is described by:
Tall Stature
Transverse crease
Gynecomastia
Underdeveloped sexual characteristics
Learning disability - ✔✔Klinefelter Syndrome
✔✔What syndrome is described by:
Webbed neck
Low hairline
"Shield" shaped chest
Lack of secondary sex characteristics
Bicuspid aortic valve
Coarctation of the aorta - ✔✔Turner Syndrome
✔✔What syndrome is described by:
Tall stature
,Arm > height
Thin extremities and fingers
Long narrow face
Pectus excavatum or carinatum
Hyperextension of the joints
High arched narrow palate
Aortic regurgitation
Mitral valve prolapse
Aortic aneurysm - ✔✔Marfan Syndrome
✔✔What syndrome is described by:
Decreased muscle tone
Cherry red macula
Listlessness
Blindness
Deafness
Seizures
Dementia - ✔✔Tay-Sachs Disease
✔✔What syndrome is described by:
Short palpebral fissures
Short philtrum
Micrognathia
Ear anomalies
Aortic arch abnormalities
Hypoparathyroidism
Hypocalcemia
Thymus aplasia - ✔✔DiGeorge Syndrome
✔✔What weight are babies with low birth weight (LBW)? - ✔✔<2,500g
✔✔What weight are babies with very low birth weight (VLBW)? - ✔✔<1,500g
✔✔What weight are babies with extremely low birth weight (ELBW)? - ✔✔<1,000g
✔✔What are the components of APGAR? - ✔✔A - Appearance
P - Pulse
G - Grimace
A - Activity
R - Respirations
✔✔What is symmetric IUGR? - ✔✔Head circumference, weight, and length all < 10th
percentile
, Indicates genetic conditions, intrauterine infection, drug exposure
✔✔What is asymmetric IUGR? - ✔✔Head circumference and length WDL
Weight < 10th percentile
Acute extra fetal compromise (chronic hypertension, renal disease, cyanotic heart
defect etc)
✔✔What are milia and when should they disappear? - ✔✔Pinpoint white papules on
face, cheeks, nose, chin, forehead
Should go away 3-4 weeks of life
✔✔What is miliaria rubra? - ✔✔Prickly heat
✔✔What is erythema toxicans? - ✔✔Appears days 2-5
Blotchy red spots with overlying white or yellow papules/pustules
Resolves by day 14
✔✔When should you refer cafe au lait spots? - ✔✔6+ spots
>15mm postpubertal
✔✔What condition are you concerned for with port wine stains? - ✔✔Sturge Webber
Syndrome- associated with glaucoma and seizures
✔✔When does the stepping reflex disappear? - ✔✔1-2 months
✔✔When does the Babinskin reflex disappear? - ✔✔12 months or when walking
✔✔When do the rest of the reflexes (Moro, sucking, rooting, grasping) disappear? -
✔✔3-4 months
✔✔What would you call a head swelling that crosses the suture line? - ✔✔Caput
Succedaneum
Resolves in 2-3 days
✔✔What would you call a head swelling that does NOT cross the suture lines? -
✔✔Cephalohematoma
Resolves in several months
✔✔What are some causes of bossing? - ✔✔Rickets
Prematurity
