Family Nurse Practitioner Exam ANCC
Question 1:
What is the first-line treatment for depression in elderly patients?
A) Sertraline
B) Amitriptyline
C) Celexa
D) Fluoxetine
Answer: C - Celexa
Question 2:
What is the first-line treatment for anxiety?
A) Benzodiazepines (Ativan) or Buspar
B) Only SSRIs
C) Only tricyclic antidepressants
D) Only beta blockers
Answer: A - Benzos, ativan or buspar
Question 3:
What is the first-line treatment for insomnia in elderly patients?
A) Lunesta
B) Rozerem
C) Ambien
D) Doxepin
Answer: C - Ambien
Question 4:
What is a pansystolic murmur?
A) A murmur heard only during diastole
B) A regurgitant murmur heard throughout systole due to blood flow between
chambers of different pressures
C) A murmur heard only at the base
,D) A soft murmur heard at the apex
Answer: B - A regurgitant murmur heard throughout systole due to blood flow
between chambers
Question 5:
How is an Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) diagnosed?
A) CT scan only
B) Physical examination
C) Ultrasound
D) X-ray
Answer: C - Diagnosed with US
Question 6:
What does an absent P wave on EKG indicate?
A) Normal sinus rhythm
B) Atrial fibrillation (AFIB)
C) Ventricular tachycardia
D) First-degree heart block
Answer: B - AFIB
Question 7:
What is acanthosis nigricans usually the result of?
A) Diabetes only
B) Skin infection
C) Obesity causing insulin resistance
D) Fungal infection
Answer: C - Usually result of obesity causing insulin resistance
Question 8:
What is the treatment for Acne Rosacea?
A) Benzoyl peroxide
B) Retinol
,C) Flagyl
D) Tetracycline only
Answer: C - Tx with Flagyl
Question 9:
What is actinic keratosis?
A) A painful rash
B) Flat scaly rash; precursor to squamous cell carcinoma
C) A viral infection
D) A fungal infection
Answer: B - Flat scaly rash, precursor to SCC
Question 10:
What is the chief pathogen in Acute External Otitis?
A) Staphylococcus aureus
B) Pseudomonas aeruginosa
C) Streptococcus pneumoniae
D) Haemophilus influenzae
Answer: B - Chief pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Question 11:
What is the first-line treatment for Acute Otitis Media?
A) Azithromycin
B) Amoxicillin (Penicillin)
C) Cephalexin
D) Fluoroquinolone
Answer: B - Penicillin- Amoxicillin
Question 12:
What is the treatment for acute prostatitis?
A) Ciprofloxacin only
B) Doxycycline 100mg BID and Rocephin 250mg
, C) Amoxicillin only
D) Observation only
Answer: B - Doxy 100mg BID and Rocephin 250mg
Question 13:
What characterizes Addison Disease?
A) High cortisol levels
B) Low potassium levels
C) Low cortisol, high potassium (hyperkalemia), low sodium
D) Only fatigue
Answer: C - Cortisol is low, hyperkalemia, low sodium
Question 14:
What does an EKG show in Atrial Fibrillation?
A) Tall P waves
B) Absent P waves
C) Diminished P waves
D) Peaked T waves
Answer: C - Diminished P waves
Question 15:
What cardiac conditions do Alpha Blockers treat?
A) Only heart failure
B) Only hypertension
C) BPH and HTN
D) Only arrhythmias
Answer: C - BPH, HTN
Question 16:
Which valve area is located at the 5th intercostal space, medial to
midclavicular line?
A) Aortic
Question 1:
What is the first-line treatment for depression in elderly patients?
A) Sertraline
B) Amitriptyline
C) Celexa
D) Fluoxetine
Answer: C - Celexa
Question 2:
What is the first-line treatment for anxiety?
A) Benzodiazepines (Ativan) or Buspar
B) Only SSRIs
C) Only tricyclic antidepressants
D) Only beta blockers
Answer: A - Benzos, ativan or buspar
Question 3:
What is the first-line treatment for insomnia in elderly patients?
A) Lunesta
B) Rozerem
C) Ambien
D) Doxepin
Answer: C - Ambien
Question 4:
What is a pansystolic murmur?
A) A murmur heard only during diastole
B) A regurgitant murmur heard throughout systole due to blood flow between
chambers of different pressures
C) A murmur heard only at the base
,D) A soft murmur heard at the apex
Answer: B - A regurgitant murmur heard throughout systole due to blood flow
between chambers
Question 5:
How is an Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) diagnosed?
A) CT scan only
B) Physical examination
C) Ultrasound
D) X-ray
Answer: C - Diagnosed with US
Question 6:
What does an absent P wave on EKG indicate?
A) Normal sinus rhythm
B) Atrial fibrillation (AFIB)
C) Ventricular tachycardia
D) First-degree heart block
Answer: B - AFIB
Question 7:
What is acanthosis nigricans usually the result of?
A) Diabetes only
B) Skin infection
C) Obesity causing insulin resistance
D) Fungal infection
Answer: C - Usually result of obesity causing insulin resistance
Question 8:
What is the treatment for Acne Rosacea?
A) Benzoyl peroxide
B) Retinol
,C) Flagyl
D) Tetracycline only
Answer: C - Tx with Flagyl
Question 9:
What is actinic keratosis?
A) A painful rash
B) Flat scaly rash; precursor to squamous cell carcinoma
C) A viral infection
D) A fungal infection
Answer: B - Flat scaly rash, precursor to SCC
Question 10:
What is the chief pathogen in Acute External Otitis?
A) Staphylococcus aureus
B) Pseudomonas aeruginosa
C) Streptococcus pneumoniae
D) Haemophilus influenzae
Answer: B - Chief pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Question 11:
What is the first-line treatment for Acute Otitis Media?
A) Azithromycin
B) Amoxicillin (Penicillin)
C) Cephalexin
D) Fluoroquinolone
Answer: B - Penicillin- Amoxicillin
Question 12:
What is the treatment for acute prostatitis?
A) Ciprofloxacin only
B) Doxycycline 100mg BID and Rocephin 250mg
, C) Amoxicillin only
D) Observation only
Answer: B - Doxy 100mg BID and Rocephin 250mg
Question 13:
What characterizes Addison Disease?
A) High cortisol levels
B) Low potassium levels
C) Low cortisol, high potassium (hyperkalemia), low sodium
D) Only fatigue
Answer: C - Cortisol is low, hyperkalemia, low sodium
Question 14:
What does an EKG show in Atrial Fibrillation?
A) Tall P waves
B) Absent P waves
C) Diminished P waves
D) Peaked T waves
Answer: C - Diminished P waves
Question 15:
What cardiac conditions do Alpha Blockers treat?
A) Only heart failure
B) Only hypertension
C) BPH and HTN
D) Only arrhythmias
Answer: C - BPH, HTN
Question 16:
Which valve area is located at the 5th intercostal space, medial to
midclavicular line?
A) Aortic
