APEA Predictor Exam 3 questions with verified
solutions A+ Grade
What is the recommended treatment for cat scratch disease?
- correct answer usually self-limiting and presents with lymphadenopathy that goes away on it's own;
severe cases may benefit from azithromycin
What is the most common cause of traveler's diarrhea?
- correct answer e coli
What bacteria is responsible for causing cat scratch disease?
- correct answer bartonella henselae
What are the 4 different components of tetralogy of fallot?
- correct answer overriding aorta, pulmonary stenosis, right ventricular hypertrophy, and a ventricular
septal defect
What does the murmur auscultated in tetralogy of fallot sound like?
- correct answer systolic murmur best heard at the left upper sternal border
What does the murmur auscultated in a ventricular septal defect sound like?
- correct answer systolic murmur best heard at the left lower sternal border
Where is the aorta best auscultated?
- correct answer at the second ICS to to the right of the sternum
Where is the pulmonary artery best auscultated?
- correct answer at the second ICS to the left of the sternum
, What is a scotoma?
- correct answer a blind spot or aura that obstructs part of your vision
Is presbyopia nearsightedness or farsightedness?
- correct answer farsightedness meaning it can be harder to see things up close, such as reading a
newspaper and may need to hold it farther away or use reading glasses
Is myopia nearsightedness or farsightedness?
- correct answer nearsightedness meaning it is hard to see things far away
Do cataracts cause myopia or presbyopia?
- correct answer myopia; meaning nearsightedness and they make things blurry that are farther away
which is why driving at night becomes difficult
What is the USPSTF's recommendation on scoliosis screening for adolescents?
- correct answer insufficient
When should adolescent girls be screened for scoliosis?
- correct answer as early as 10 years old and then again at age 12
When should adolescent boys be screening for scoliosis?
- correct answer between age 12-13
What is Auspitz sign?
- correct answer the appearance of small bleeding points after successive layers of scale have been
removed from the surface of psoriatic papules or plaques
A positive Auspitz sign is indicative of what?
- correct answer psoriasis
When are pregnant women screening for gestational diabetes?
- correct answer week 24-28
solutions A+ Grade
What is the recommended treatment for cat scratch disease?
- correct answer usually self-limiting and presents with lymphadenopathy that goes away on it's own;
severe cases may benefit from azithromycin
What is the most common cause of traveler's diarrhea?
- correct answer e coli
What bacteria is responsible for causing cat scratch disease?
- correct answer bartonella henselae
What are the 4 different components of tetralogy of fallot?
- correct answer overriding aorta, pulmonary stenosis, right ventricular hypertrophy, and a ventricular
septal defect
What does the murmur auscultated in tetralogy of fallot sound like?
- correct answer systolic murmur best heard at the left upper sternal border
What does the murmur auscultated in a ventricular septal defect sound like?
- correct answer systolic murmur best heard at the left lower sternal border
Where is the aorta best auscultated?
- correct answer at the second ICS to to the right of the sternum
Where is the pulmonary artery best auscultated?
- correct answer at the second ICS to the left of the sternum
, What is a scotoma?
- correct answer a blind spot or aura that obstructs part of your vision
Is presbyopia nearsightedness or farsightedness?
- correct answer farsightedness meaning it can be harder to see things up close, such as reading a
newspaper and may need to hold it farther away or use reading glasses
Is myopia nearsightedness or farsightedness?
- correct answer nearsightedness meaning it is hard to see things far away
Do cataracts cause myopia or presbyopia?
- correct answer myopia; meaning nearsightedness and they make things blurry that are farther away
which is why driving at night becomes difficult
What is the USPSTF's recommendation on scoliosis screening for adolescents?
- correct answer insufficient
When should adolescent girls be screened for scoliosis?
- correct answer as early as 10 years old and then again at age 12
When should adolescent boys be screening for scoliosis?
- correct answer between age 12-13
What is Auspitz sign?
- correct answer the appearance of small bleeding points after successive layers of scale have been
removed from the surface of psoriatic papules or plaques
A positive Auspitz sign is indicative of what?
- correct answer psoriasis
When are pregnant women screening for gestational diabetes?
- correct answer week 24-28
