VERSION C REAL EXAM 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS |AGRADE (WALDEN UNIVERSITY)
The best way to ease the apprehension of a 3-year-old child before a physical
examination is to:
Selected let the child hold the stethoscope while
Answer: you listen.
• Question 2
While interviewing a 70-year-old female clinic patient, she tells you that she takes ginkgo
biloba and St. John's wort. You make a short note to check for results of the:
Selected Mini-Mental State
Answer: Examination.
• Question 3
The musculoskeletal examination should begin when:
Selected the patient enters the
Answer: examination room.
• Question 4
When palpating joints, crepitus may occur when:
Selected irregular bony surfaces rub
Answer: together.
• Question 5
The checkout station for preparticipation physical evaluation (PPE) is critical because at
this point:
Selected coordination of follow-ups is
Answer: reviewed.
• Question 6
The examiner percusses for diaphragmatic excursion along the:
Selected scapular
Answer: line.
• Question 7
During a routine prenatal visit, Ms. T. was noted as having dependent edema, varicosities
of the legs, and hemorrhoids. She expressed concern about these symptoms. You explain
to Ms. T. that her enlarged uterus is compressing her pelvic veins and her inferior vena
, cava. You would further explain that these findings:
Selected are usual conditions during
Answer: pregnancy.
• Question 8
If a patient cannot shrug the shoulders against resistance, which cranial nerve (CN)
requires further evaluation?
Selected CN XI, spinal
Answer: accessory
• Question 9
A pulsation that is diminished to the point of being barely palpable would be graded as:
Selected 1
Answer:
• Question 10
A parent is advised to restrict contact or collision sports participation for their child. An
example of a sport in which this child could participate is:
Selected riflery
Answer: .
• Question 11
Which one of the following is a proper technique for use of a speculum during a vaginal
examination?
Selected Press introitus downward; insert closed speculum
Answer: obliquely.
• Question 12
A chest radiography is performed on your patient that complains of having dyspnea,
coughing productive sputum and chest pain. The image results shows consolidation and
infiltrates. You compare this to your physical exam findings of distant or absent breath
sounds and absent vocal fremitus. What is the most likely diagnosis?
Selected COPD
Answer:
• Question 13
You are conducting a clinical breast examination for your 30-year-old patient. Her breasts
are symmetrical with bilateral, multiple tender masses that are freely moveable with
well-defined borders. You recognize that these symptoms and assessment findings are
consistent with: