NUR 2180 | Module Quiz 4 | Original Practice Examination Page 1
, NUR 2180 MODULE QUIZ 4
Physical Assessment
Rasmussen College
100-Question Original Practice Examination
2026/2027 Edition
1. Before testing shoulder motion in a new patient, what should the nurse do first?
A) Ask about pain and explain the maneuver
B) Force full motion immediately
C) Apply firm resistance without warning
D) Skip the symptomatic shoulder
Correct Answer: Ask about pain and explain the maneuver
Rationale: Assessing pain and explaining each maneuver support consent, safety, and an accurate baseline.
2. A client winces when lifting an arm; what opening step best guides safe jointtesting?
A) Ask about pain and explain the maneuver
B) Apply firm resistance without warning
C) Force full motion immediately
D) Skip the symptomatic shoulder
Correct Answer: Ask about pain and explain the maneuver
Rationale: Assessing pain and explaining each maneuver support consent, safety, and an accurate baseline.
3. The nurse asks a patient to bend an elbow. What movement is being assessed?
A) Abduction
B) Flexion
C) Rotation
D) Extension
Correct Answer: Flexion
Rationale: Flexion decreases the angle between adjacent bones at a joint.
4. A patient brings the hand toward the shoulder by decreasing the elbow angle.How is this documented?
A) Rotation
B) Flexion
C) Extension
D) Abduction
Correct Answer: Flexion
Rationale: Flexion decreases the angle between adjacent bones at a joint.
5. When the client straightens a bent knee, which movement is occurring?
A) Extension
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, B) Circumduction
C) Flexion
D) Adduction
Correct Answer: Extension
Rationale: Extension increases the angle of the joint toward its straight position.
6. After sitting with the knee bent, a client moves the lower leg straight. Whichterm describes the motion?
A) Extension
B) Adduction
C) Circumduction
D) Flexion
Correct Answer: Extension
Rationale: Extension increases the angle of the joint toward its straight position.
7. A patient lifts one arm sideways away from the trunk. Which movement isdemonstrated?
A) Flexion
B) Pronation
C) Adduction
D) Abduction
Correct Answer: Abduction
Rationale: Abduction moves a limb away from the body's midline.
8. The nurse observes a client's leg moving laterally from the body's midline. Whichaction is this?
A) Pronation
B) Abduction
C) Adduction
D) Flexion
Correct Answer: Abduction
Rationale: Abduction moves a limb away from the body's midline.
9. The client lowers an outstretched arm back against the side. How should this berecorded?
A) Supination
B) Abduction
C) Adduction
D) Hyperextension
Correct Answer: Adduction
Rationale: Adduction moves a body part toward the midline.
10. During hip testing, the patient's leg moves toward the midline. What motion isdemonstrated?
A) Hyperextension
B) Abduction
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, NUR 2180 MODULE QUIZ 4
Physical Assessment
Rasmussen College
100-Question Original Practice Examination
2026/2027 Edition
1. Before testing shoulder motion in a new patient, what should the nurse do first?
A) Ask about pain and explain the maneuver
B) Force full motion immediately
C) Apply firm resistance without warning
D) Skip the symptomatic shoulder
Correct Answer: Ask about pain and explain the maneuver
Rationale: Assessing pain and explaining each maneuver support consent, safety, and an accurate baseline.
2. A client winces when lifting an arm; what opening step best guides safe jointtesting?
A) Ask about pain and explain the maneuver
B) Apply firm resistance without warning
C) Force full motion immediately
D) Skip the symptomatic shoulder
Correct Answer: Ask about pain and explain the maneuver
Rationale: Assessing pain and explaining each maneuver support consent, safety, and an accurate baseline.
3. The nurse asks a patient to bend an elbow. What movement is being assessed?
A) Abduction
B) Flexion
C) Rotation
D) Extension
Correct Answer: Flexion
Rationale: Flexion decreases the angle between adjacent bones at a joint.
4. A patient brings the hand toward the shoulder by decreasing the elbow angle.How is this documented?
A) Rotation
B) Flexion
C) Extension
D) Abduction
Correct Answer: Flexion
Rationale: Flexion decreases the angle between adjacent bones at a joint.
5. When the client straightens a bent knee, which movement is occurring?
A) Extension
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, B) Circumduction
C) Flexion
D) Adduction
Correct Answer: Extension
Rationale: Extension increases the angle of the joint toward its straight position.
6. After sitting with the knee bent, a client moves the lower leg straight. Whichterm describes the motion?
A) Extension
B) Adduction
C) Circumduction
D) Flexion
Correct Answer: Extension
Rationale: Extension increases the angle of the joint toward its straight position.
7. A patient lifts one arm sideways away from the trunk. Which movement isdemonstrated?
A) Flexion
B) Pronation
C) Adduction
D) Abduction
Correct Answer: Abduction
Rationale: Abduction moves a limb away from the body's midline.
8. The nurse observes a client's leg moving laterally from the body's midline. Whichaction is this?
A) Pronation
B) Abduction
C) Adduction
D) Flexion
Correct Answer: Abduction
Rationale: Abduction moves a limb away from the body's midline.
9. The client lowers an outstretched arm back against the side. How should this berecorded?
A) Supination
B) Abduction
C) Adduction
D) Hyperextension
Correct Answer: Adduction
Rationale: Adduction moves a body part toward the midline.
10. During hip testing, the patient's leg moves toward the midline. What motion isdemonstrated?
A) Hyperextension
B) Abduction
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