RLE (Prelims) Exam Questions and
Answers(RATED A+)
Pregnancy Assessment - ANSWER-It is a thorough review of patients medical history
and a careful examination.
Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG) - ANSWER-- hormone produced by the
placenta.
- can be detected in the urine.
Positive - ANSWER-- confirmation of pregnancy (fetal heartbeat, ultrasound, + hCG
urine or blood.
Presumptive - ANSWER-- possibility of pregnancy
Probable - ANSWER-- most likelihood of indicating pregnancy-confirmation of
pregnancy.
Gravidity - ANSWER-number of times a woman has been pregnant regardless of the
outcome
Parity - ANSWER-- the number of times that a woman has given birth to a fetus with
gestational age of 20-24 weeks
Primigravida - ANSWER-- a woman is in her first pregnancy
Primiparous woman - ANSWER-- a woman had given birth once
Multigravida woman - ANSWER-- has been pregnant more than once
, Multiparous woman - ANSWER-- has given birth more than once.
True - ANSWER-True or False:
If the baby died after 20 weeks it is added under preterm or term, not abortion.
Abortion or miscarriage - ANSWER-- pregnancy losses before 20 weeks
Age of Gestation (AOG) - ANSWER-- it measures of the length of a pregnancy which is
taken from the beginning of the woman last menstrual period.
Expected Due Date (EDD) - ANSWER-- it is a term describing the estimated delivery
date for a pregnant woman.
Last Menstrual Period - ANSWER-- this is important to know before calculating the AOG
and EDD.
- happens every month to girls.
ANTEPARTUM - ANSWER-- time period before childbirth
- prepared women for delivery and understand warning signs during pregnancy and
childbirth.
INTRAPARTUM - ANSWER-- period from the onset of true labor through the delivery of
the placenta.
POST-PARTUM - ANSWER-- time period after childbirth.
True - ANSWER-True or False:
Pregnancy is divided into three trimester.