FNP Practice Questions And
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3-1. All of the following are true of Healthy People 2020 except:
A. It is funded by the pharmaceutical industry
B. It is a national agenda that communicates a vision for improving health
and achieving health equity of the U.S. population
C. It provides a set of more than 1,200 specific, measurable objectives with
targets to be achieved over the decade
D. Initiatives are organized by general health and wellness topics, age, and
special needs populations such as maternal health or vulnerable population
groups - -A. It is funded by the pharmaceutical industry
-3-2. The Lesbian, Bay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) population is
included as a special population in the Healthy People 2020 initiative due to
which of the following health concerns?
A. LGBT population experiences few social barriers to healthcare caused by
discrimination
B. LGBT youth can be at special risk, with increased suicide rates 2-3 times
higher than the general population
C. LGBT individuals have less access to healthcare due to living in poorly
served rural areas
D. LGBT individuals experience a lower risk of violence and victimization,
which has long-lasting effects on the individual and the community - -B.
LGBT youth can be at special risk, with increased suicide rates 2-3 times
higher than the general population
-3-3. Many objectives of Healthy People 2020 focus on broader population
issues including which of the following?
A. Increasing health disparities
B. Reducing equal access to quality healthcare
C. Increasing services to identified minority populations
D. Decreasing the availability and dissemination of health-related
information - -C. Increasing services to identified minority populations
-3-4. Improvement in sleep health is an objective of Healthy People 2020 for
what reason?
A. Inadequate sleep has implications for driving safety, work productivity,
and quality of life
B. 75% of adult population in the U.S. reports some sort of sleep disturbance
,C. Sleep apnea can be successfully treated with zolpidem
D. Sleep apnea significantly increases the risk of diabetes and glaucoma - -
A. Inadequate sleep has implications for driving safety, work productivity,
and quality of life
-3-5. Which organization, created by Congress in 1984, is an independent,
volunteer panel of national experts that develops screening
recommendations based on evidence-based medicine?
A. The World Health Organization
B. American Association of Family Physicians
C. National Screening Program
D. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) - -D. The U.S.
Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)
-3-6. Daily exercise and staying current with routine-recommended
immunizations are examples of what level of prevention?
A. Primary prevention
B. Secondary prevention
C. Tertiary prevention
D. Primordial prevention - -A. Primary prevention
-3-7. A patient with type 2 diabetes who sees a podiatrist for monthly foot
examinations is practicing what type of prevention?
A. Tertiary prevention
B. Primary prevention
C. Secondary prevention
D. Diabetic surveillance - -C. Secondary prevention
-3-8. A patient who has experienced a stroke with hemiparesis and is now
participating in occupational therapy is practicing what type of prevention?
A. Tertiary prevention
B. Secondary prevention
C. Primary prevention
D. Disease mitigation - -A. Tertiary prevention
-3-9. The CDC reports that the costliest healthcare expenditures in the U.S.
are attributed to:
A. Ebola and dengue fever
B. Chronic, preventable diseases
C. Tick-borne diseases, such as Lyme disease
D. Motor vehicle accidents - -B. Chronic, preventable diseases
,-3-10. The term prevalence refers to:
A. Health conditions required through statute, ordinance, or administrative
rule to be reported to a public health agency when diagnosed in an individual
B. A group of cases of a specific disease or illness clearly in excess of what
one would normally expect in a particular geographic area
C. Illness or lack of health caused by disease, disability, or injury
D. The proportions of people in a population who have some attribute or
condition at a given point in time, or during a specified time period - -D. The
proportions of people in a population who have some attribute or condition
at a given point in time, or during a specified time period
-3-11. Which of the following tests carries a grade A recommendation for a
67-year-old male who has smoked a pack of cigarettes every day for the last
25 years?
A. Abdominal ultrasound
B. Chest CT
C. PSA
D. Pulmonary function test - -A. Abdominal ultrasound
-3-12. The ability of a test to correctly identify whose with the disease (true
positive rate) is known as:
A. False positivity
B. Incidence rate
C. Sensitivity
D. Specificity - -C. Sensitivity
-3-13. The ability of a test to correctly identify those with-out the disease
(true negative rate) is known as:
A. Mortality rate
B. Prevalence rate
C. Sensitivity
D. Specificity - -D. Specificity
-3-14. According to the USPSTF, which population has the highest risk of
contracting HIV and should be screened?
A. A 25-year-old patient with a negative HIV test last year
B. A 35-year-old patient recently diagnosed with hepatitis B contracted from
IV drug use
C. A 42-year-old patient with a 10-year history of smoking marijuana
, D. A 72-year-old patient in a monogamous sexual relationship - -B. A 35-
year-old patient recently diagnosed with hepatitis B contracted from IV drug
use
-3-15. Which of the following is not a permanent contraindication to
vaccination?
A. Systemic allergic reaction to a vaccine component
B. Encephalopathy following pertussis immunization
C. Pregnancy in a younger female
D. Anaphylaxis to a vaccine component - -C. Pregnancy in a younger female
-3-16. Which type of vaccine involves manipulation of the bacterial cell wall
to make the immune response more effective in infancy?
A. Conjugate
B. Live
C. Polysaccharide
D. Toxoid - -A. Conjugate
-3-17. In which of the following scenarios might it be acceptable to postpone
immunization?
A. Low-grade fever or mild illness
B. Moderate to severe illness
C. Prior localized reaction
D. All of the above - -B. Moderate to severe illness
-3-18. Which type of vaccine is always contraindicated in pregnancy?
A. Polysaccharide
B. Toxoid
C. Killed
D. Live - -D. Live
-4-1. All of the following may effect a drug's absorption except:
A. Size of the drug molecule
B. Food in the gut
C. Available surface area
D. P450 enzyme system - -D. P450 enzyme system
-4-2. The primary means of medication excretion is through:
A. The liver
B. The kidneys
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3-1. All of the following are true of Healthy People 2020 except:
A. It is funded by the pharmaceutical industry
B. It is a national agenda that communicates a vision for improving health
and achieving health equity of the U.S. population
C. It provides a set of more than 1,200 specific, measurable objectives with
targets to be achieved over the decade
D. Initiatives are organized by general health and wellness topics, age, and
special needs populations such as maternal health or vulnerable population
groups - -A. It is funded by the pharmaceutical industry
-3-2. The Lesbian, Bay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) population is
included as a special population in the Healthy People 2020 initiative due to
which of the following health concerns?
A. LGBT population experiences few social barriers to healthcare caused by
discrimination
B. LGBT youth can be at special risk, with increased suicide rates 2-3 times
higher than the general population
C. LGBT individuals have less access to healthcare due to living in poorly
served rural areas
D. LGBT individuals experience a lower risk of violence and victimization,
which has long-lasting effects on the individual and the community - -B.
LGBT youth can be at special risk, with increased suicide rates 2-3 times
higher than the general population
-3-3. Many objectives of Healthy People 2020 focus on broader population
issues including which of the following?
A. Increasing health disparities
B. Reducing equal access to quality healthcare
C. Increasing services to identified minority populations
D. Decreasing the availability and dissemination of health-related
information - -C. Increasing services to identified minority populations
-3-4. Improvement in sleep health is an objective of Healthy People 2020 for
what reason?
A. Inadequate sleep has implications for driving safety, work productivity,
and quality of life
B. 75% of adult population in the U.S. reports some sort of sleep disturbance
,C. Sleep apnea can be successfully treated with zolpidem
D. Sleep apnea significantly increases the risk of diabetes and glaucoma - -
A. Inadequate sleep has implications for driving safety, work productivity,
and quality of life
-3-5. Which organization, created by Congress in 1984, is an independent,
volunteer panel of national experts that develops screening
recommendations based on evidence-based medicine?
A. The World Health Organization
B. American Association of Family Physicians
C. National Screening Program
D. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) - -D. The U.S.
Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)
-3-6. Daily exercise and staying current with routine-recommended
immunizations are examples of what level of prevention?
A. Primary prevention
B. Secondary prevention
C. Tertiary prevention
D. Primordial prevention - -A. Primary prevention
-3-7. A patient with type 2 diabetes who sees a podiatrist for monthly foot
examinations is practicing what type of prevention?
A. Tertiary prevention
B. Primary prevention
C. Secondary prevention
D. Diabetic surveillance - -C. Secondary prevention
-3-8. A patient who has experienced a stroke with hemiparesis and is now
participating in occupational therapy is practicing what type of prevention?
A. Tertiary prevention
B. Secondary prevention
C. Primary prevention
D. Disease mitigation - -A. Tertiary prevention
-3-9. The CDC reports that the costliest healthcare expenditures in the U.S.
are attributed to:
A. Ebola and dengue fever
B. Chronic, preventable diseases
C. Tick-borne diseases, such as Lyme disease
D. Motor vehicle accidents - -B. Chronic, preventable diseases
,-3-10. The term prevalence refers to:
A. Health conditions required through statute, ordinance, or administrative
rule to be reported to a public health agency when diagnosed in an individual
B. A group of cases of a specific disease or illness clearly in excess of what
one would normally expect in a particular geographic area
C. Illness or lack of health caused by disease, disability, or injury
D. The proportions of people in a population who have some attribute or
condition at a given point in time, or during a specified time period - -D. The
proportions of people in a population who have some attribute or condition
at a given point in time, or during a specified time period
-3-11. Which of the following tests carries a grade A recommendation for a
67-year-old male who has smoked a pack of cigarettes every day for the last
25 years?
A. Abdominal ultrasound
B. Chest CT
C. PSA
D. Pulmonary function test - -A. Abdominal ultrasound
-3-12. The ability of a test to correctly identify whose with the disease (true
positive rate) is known as:
A. False positivity
B. Incidence rate
C. Sensitivity
D. Specificity - -C. Sensitivity
-3-13. The ability of a test to correctly identify those with-out the disease
(true negative rate) is known as:
A. Mortality rate
B. Prevalence rate
C. Sensitivity
D. Specificity - -D. Specificity
-3-14. According to the USPSTF, which population has the highest risk of
contracting HIV and should be screened?
A. A 25-year-old patient with a negative HIV test last year
B. A 35-year-old patient recently diagnosed with hepatitis B contracted from
IV drug use
C. A 42-year-old patient with a 10-year history of smoking marijuana
, D. A 72-year-old patient in a monogamous sexual relationship - -B. A 35-
year-old patient recently diagnosed with hepatitis B contracted from IV drug
use
-3-15. Which of the following is not a permanent contraindication to
vaccination?
A. Systemic allergic reaction to a vaccine component
B. Encephalopathy following pertussis immunization
C. Pregnancy in a younger female
D. Anaphylaxis to a vaccine component - -C. Pregnancy in a younger female
-3-16. Which type of vaccine involves manipulation of the bacterial cell wall
to make the immune response more effective in infancy?
A. Conjugate
B. Live
C. Polysaccharide
D. Toxoid - -A. Conjugate
-3-17. In which of the following scenarios might it be acceptable to postpone
immunization?
A. Low-grade fever or mild illness
B. Moderate to severe illness
C. Prior localized reaction
D. All of the above - -B. Moderate to severe illness
-3-18. Which type of vaccine is always contraindicated in pregnancy?
A. Polysaccharide
B. Toxoid
C. Killed
D. Live - -D. Live
-4-1. All of the following may effect a drug's absorption except:
A. Size of the drug molecule
B. Food in the gut
C. Available surface area
D. P450 enzyme system - -D. P450 enzyme system
-4-2. The primary means of medication excretion is through:
A. The liver
B. The kidneys
