HEALTH ASSESSMENT PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

HEALTH ASSESSMENT PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Which is not a skills requisite? A: Inspection B: Palpation C: Vital signs D: Percussion - CORRECT ANSWER-C: Vital Signs What are some things you are looking for during palpation? - CORRECT ANSWERTemperature, Moisture, Texture, Lumps Over what tissue would you expect to hear resonance? A: Stomach B: Lungs C: Brain D: Bones - CORRECT ANSWER-B: Lungs Over what tissue would you expect to hear tympany? A: Lungs B: Bone C: Brain D: Stomach - CORRECT ANSWER-D: Stomach Over what tissue would you expect to hear a dull sound? A: Stomach B: Bone C: Liver D: Lungs - CORRECT ANSWER-C: Liver Over what tissue would you expect to hear a flat sound? A: Lung B: Bone C: Muscle D: Stomach E: B&C - CORRECT ANSWER-E: Bone & Muscle When is NOT best to use the diaphragm of the stethoscope? A: Heart murmur B: Breathing C: Bowl sounds D: High-pitched - CORRECT ANSWER-A: Heart murmer How should you listen to heart and lung sounds? A: Over a gown B: Touching the skin - CORRECT ANSWER-B: Touching the skin What position is correct for inserting a rectal suppository? A: Lithotomy B: Sims C: Dorsal Recumbent D: Supine - CORRECT ANSWER-B: Sims Taking an axillary temperature on an adult will result in a temperature reading that is: A: One degree lower B: Accurate C: One degree higher D: Same as Oral - CORRECT ANSWER-A: One degree lower What is a full & bounding pulse force? A: 3+ B: 2+ C: 1+ D: 0 - CORRECT ANSWER-A: 3+ What is inversely related to blood pressure? A: Cardiac output B: Viscosity C: Elasticity D: Peripheral vascular resistance - CORRECT ANSWER-C: Elasticity What category of blood pressure is 142/95? A: Normal B: Prehypertension C: Hypertension I D: Hypertension II - CORRECT ANSWER-C: Hypertension I Which describes orthostatic blood pressure? A: A rise in systolic pressure by 10 mmHg B: A drop in Diastolic pressure by 10 mmHg C: A drop in systolic pressure by 10 mmHg D: A drop in diastolic pressure by 5 mmHg - CORRECT ANSWER-B: A drop in diastolic pressure by 10 mmHg My blood pressure is 116/62. What is my pulse pressure? A: 20 B: 32 C: 63