Midwifery Exam Practice UPDATED
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Hypothyroidism - Correct Answer- A condition of a deficient thyroid
Tachypnea - Correct Answer- Fast breathing
Apnea - Correct Answer- not breathing
Antepartum - Correct Answer- before birth
Postpartum - Correct Answer- after birth
Intrapartum - Correct Answer- between birth
Dystocia - Correct Answer- Condition of a difficult/abnormal childbirth
Lymphoma - Correct Answer- lymphatic tumor
Bradycardia - Correct Answer- slow heart
Primigravida - Correct Answer- a women who is pregnant for the first time
Appendectomy - Correct Answer- surgical removal of the appendix
Hysterectomy - Correct Answer- surgical removal of the uterus
Anesthesia - Correct Answer- without feeling
Multipara - Correct Answer- a woman that has had more than one offspring
,Hypothermia - Correct Answer- low temperature
Perianal - Correct Answer- around the rectum
Sublingual - Correct Answer- pertaining to under the tongue
Dysuria - Correct Answer- condition of painful urination
Suprapubic - Correct Answer- above the pubis
Pelvimetry - Correct Answer- measurement of the pelvis
A fast heart rate - Correct Answer- tachycardia
A condition of decreased urine - Correct Answer- cystitis
Bladder inflammation - Correct Answer- Uritis
An inflamed vein caused by a clot - Correct Answer- thrombophlebitis
condition of having high blood sugar - Correct Answer- hyperglycemia
Destruction of blood - Correct Answer- hemolysis
An abnormal condition of appearing blue - Correct Answer- cyanosis
excessive vomiting - Correct Answer- peremesis
Disease of the nerves - Correct Answer- neuropathy
, Difficulty breathing - Correct Answer- dyspnea
A woman who has never given birth - Correct Answer- nulliparous
A woman who has given birth once - Correct Answer- primiparous
white blood cells - Correct Answer- leukocytes
A condition of having a lack of clotting cells (platelets) - Correct Answer- thrombopenia
Having too much water from the amnion - Correct Answer- polyhydramnios
You have been having chronic pains in your upper abdomen and your physician refers you to
a specialist in diseases of the digestive tract called a - Correct Answer- Gastroenterologist
Your mother is having her uterus surgically removed along with her ovaries. Removal of
ovaries is called - Correct Answer- hysterectomy
A woman has become sterile due to chronic inflammation of her uterine tubes from frequent
infection with sexually transmitted diseases. This tubal inflammation is called - Correct
Answer- salpingitis
A female patient has a special X-ray procedure of the breasts performed the X-ray image is
called a - Correct Answer- mammogram
Inflammation of the veins is termed - Correct Answer- phlebitis
The medical technician who draws blood from a vein for laboratory tests is called a - Correct
Answer- phlebotomist
A hemangioma means - Correct Answer- A tumor of blood vessels
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
Hypothyroidism - Correct Answer- A condition of a deficient thyroid
Tachypnea - Correct Answer- Fast breathing
Apnea - Correct Answer- not breathing
Antepartum - Correct Answer- before birth
Postpartum - Correct Answer- after birth
Intrapartum - Correct Answer- between birth
Dystocia - Correct Answer- Condition of a difficult/abnormal childbirth
Lymphoma - Correct Answer- lymphatic tumor
Bradycardia - Correct Answer- slow heart
Primigravida - Correct Answer- a women who is pregnant for the first time
Appendectomy - Correct Answer- surgical removal of the appendix
Hysterectomy - Correct Answer- surgical removal of the uterus
Anesthesia - Correct Answer- without feeling
Multipara - Correct Answer- a woman that has had more than one offspring
,Hypothermia - Correct Answer- low temperature
Perianal - Correct Answer- around the rectum
Sublingual - Correct Answer- pertaining to under the tongue
Dysuria - Correct Answer- condition of painful urination
Suprapubic - Correct Answer- above the pubis
Pelvimetry - Correct Answer- measurement of the pelvis
A fast heart rate - Correct Answer- tachycardia
A condition of decreased urine - Correct Answer- cystitis
Bladder inflammation - Correct Answer- Uritis
An inflamed vein caused by a clot - Correct Answer- thrombophlebitis
condition of having high blood sugar - Correct Answer- hyperglycemia
Destruction of blood - Correct Answer- hemolysis
An abnormal condition of appearing blue - Correct Answer- cyanosis
excessive vomiting - Correct Answer- peremesis
Disease of the nerves - Correct Answer- neuropathy
, Difficulty breathing - Correct Answer- dyspnea
A woman who has never given birth - Correct Answer- nulliparous
A woman who has given birth once - Correct Answer- primiparous
white blood cells - Correct Answer- leukocytes
A condition of having a lack of clotting cells (platelets) - Correct Answer- thrombopenia
Having too much water from the amnion - Correct Answer- polyhydramnios
You have been having chronic pains in your upper abdomen and your physician refers you to
a specialist in diseases of the digestive tract called a - Correct Answer- Gastroenterologist
Your mother is having her uterus surgically removed along with her ovaries. Removal of
ovaries is called - Correct Answer- hysterectomy
A woman has become sterile due to chronic inflammation of her uterine tubes from frequent
infection with sexually transmitted diseases. This tubal inflammation is called - Correct
Answer- salpingitis
A female patient has a special X-ray procedure of the breasts performed the X-ray image is
called a - Correct Answer- mammogram
Inflammation of the veins is termed - Correct Answer- phlebitis
The medical technician who draws blood from a vein for laboratory tests is called a - Correct
Answer- phlebotomist
A hemangioma means - Correct Answer- A tumor of blood vessels
