Exam 2 - Questions with Correct Answers
100 questions
1. 'SnNout' means:
A. A highly sensitive test, when negative, helps rule out disease
B. A specific test rules out disease
C. A sensitive test rules in disease
D. Tests are unreliable
Correct Answer: A. A highly sensitive test, when negative, helps rule out disease
Rationale: Mnemonic.
2. The HEADSSS assessment is used for:
A. Neonatal reflexes
B. Adolescent psychosocial screening
C. Geriatric falls
D. Cardiac risk
Correct Answer: B. Adolescent psychosocial screening
Rationale: Adolescents.
3. Social determinants of health include:
A. Blood type
B. Housing, income, education, food security and transportation
C. Height
D. Eye color
Correct Answer: B. Housing, income, education, food security and transportation
Rationale: Upstream factors.
4. 'SpPin' means:
A. A sensitive test rules in
B. A specific test rules out
C. A highly specific test, when positive, helps rule in disease
D. Positive tests are meaningless
Correct Answer: C. A highly specific test, when positive, helps rule in disease
Rationale: Mnemonic.
5. A clinical practicum for NPs must follow standards from bodies such as:
A. OSHA only
B. The FDA
C. NONPF and certification boards
D. The DEA
Correct Answer: C. NONPF and certification boards
Rationale: NP education.
6. The past medical history includes:
A. Current symptoms only
B. Family illnesses only
C. Prior illnesses, surgeries, hospitalizations and immunizations
D. Social habits only
Correct Answer: C. Prior illnesses, surgeries, hospitalizations and immunizations
Rationale: PMH.
,7. Leading questions such as 'You don't smoke, do you?' should be avoided because they:
A. Save time
B. Improve accuracy
C. Bias the patient's answer
D. Show empathy
Correct Answer: C. Bias the patient's answer
Rationale: Neutral wording.
8. A genogram is useful for documenting:
A. Family history across generations
B. Medication history
C. Vital signs
D. Lab values
Correct Answer: A. Family history across generations
Rationale: Hereditary risk.
9. Cellulitis presents with:
A. Sharply demarcated raised border always
B. Silvery plaques
C. Dermatomal vesicles
D. Spreading erythema, warmth, swelling and tenderness with poorly demarcated borders
Correct Answer: D. Spreading erythema, warmth, swelling and tenderness with poorly
demarcated borders
Rationale: Deep infection.
10. Vitiligo is:
A. Hyperpigmented patches
B. Depigmented patches due to loss of melanocytes
C. Fungal infection
D. Malignancy
Correct Answer: B. Depigmented patches due to loss of melanocytes
Rationale: Autoimmune.
11. Petechiae are:
A. Blanching macules
B. Tiny non-blanching red-purple spots
C. Raised wheals
D. Blisters
Correct Answer: B. Tiny non-blanching red-purple spots
Rationale: Bleeding.
12. Lipomas are:
A. Hard fixed malignant masses
B. Inflamed lymph nodes
C. Cysts with puncta always
D. Soft, mobile, benign fatty tumors
Correct Answer: D. Soft, mobile, benign fatty tumors
Rationale: Benign.
, 13. Squamous cell carcinoma typically appears as:
A. A pearly papule
B. A stuck-on lesion
C. A blister
D. A scaly, crusted or ulcerated plaque on sun-exposed skin
Correct Answer: D. A scaly, crusted or ulcerated plaque on sun-exposed skin
Rationale: Keratinocyte cancer.
14. Xanthelasma are:
A. Blisters
B. Nodules on elbows
C. Yellowish plaques on the eyelids associated with hyperlipidemia
D. Ulcers
Correct Answer: C. Yellowish plaques on the eyelids associated with hyperlipidemia
Rationale: Lipids.
15. The ABCDE criteria for melanoma include:
A. Area, Bleeding, Crust, Depth, Edges
B. Age, Blood, Cells, Dryness, Erythema
C. Asymmetry, Border irregularity, Color variation, Diameter over 6 mm, Evolution
D. Allergy, Burn, Callus, Dermatitis, Eczema
Correct Answer: C. Asymmetry, Border irregularity, Color variation, Diameter over 6 mm,
Evolution
Rationale: Melanoma screen.
16. A pustule contains:
A. Clear fluid
B. Blood
C. Air
D. Pus
Correct Answer: D. Pus
Rationale: Purulent.
17. The six cardinal fields of gaze test cranial nerves:
A. II and VIII
B. III, IV and VI
C. V and VII
D. IX and X
Correct Answer: B. III, IV and VI
Rationale: Extraocular muscles.
18. Ectropion is:
A. Inward turning
B. Drooping upper lid
C. Stye
D. Outward turning of the lower eyelid
Correct Answer: D. Outward turning of the lower eyelid
Rationale: Lid malposition.