Gynecological and Obstetrical EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
RATED A.
Which of the following is true about documenting a GYN exam in a patient's chart?
✔✔GYN exams are not documented in a patient's chart unless an abnormality is
found.
A complete health history should be taken at each GYN exam.
Health history notes should include items that are relevant to GYN concerns.<---
Health history notes are not required when documenting GYN exams.
When using the Thin Prep® Pap method, what should be done with the cervical
brush after the specimen is collected?
✔✔It should be disposed in the trash.
It should be placed in a culturette tube.
It should be smeared onto a slide.
It should be stirred into a bottle of preservative<---
Which of the following tasks may be required of a medical assistant during a Pap
test?
✔✔Insert the vaginal speculum
Gather a specimen with an Ayer blade or cervical brush
Prepare the specimen with a direct smear or liquid-based method<---
All of the above
, What is used in ultrasonography to create an image of the baby in the mother's
uterus?
✔✔Endoscope
X-rays
Sound waves<---
Light rays
At what point during gestation can the baby's heartbeat first be heard?
✔✔At conception
Around the 5th week of gestation
Around the 10th week of gestation<---
Around the 20th week of gestation
At birth
Which of the following is true about the vital signs that are taken at a routine
prenatal exam?
✔✔They should replace the baseline vital signs.
They should not be recorded.
They should be compared to the baseline vital signs.<---
They should be recorded only in the case of abnormalities.
Why might a renal function test be ordered for a pregnant woman?
✔✔She has a history of diabetes and kidney disease.<---
She has a history of miscarriages.
She has a diagnosed STD.
She has an Rh incompatibility with her baby.
QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
RATED A.
Which of the following is true about documenting a GYN exam in a patient's chart?
✔✔GYN exams are not documented in a patient's chart unless an abnormality is
found.
A complete health history should be taken at each GYN exam.
Health history notes should include items that are relevant to GYN concerns.<---
Health history notes are not required when documenting GYN exams.
When using the Thin Prep® Pap method, what should be done with the cervical
brush after the specimen is collected?
✔✔It should be disposed in the trash.
It should be placed in a culturette tube.
It should be smeared onto a slide.
It should be stirred into a bottle of preservative<---
Which of the following tasks may be required of a medical assistant during a Pap
test?
✔✔Insert the vaginal speculum
Gather a specimen with an Ayer blade or cervical brush
Prepare the specimen with a direct smear or liquid-based method<---
All of the above
, What is used in ultrasonography to create an image of the baby in the mother's
uterus?
✔✔Endoscope
X-rays
Sound waves<---
Light rays
At what point during gestation can the baby's heartbeat first be heard?
✔✔At conception
Around the 5th week of gestation
Around the 10th week of gestation<---
Around the 20th week of gestation
At birth
Which of the following is true about the vital signs that are taken at a routine
prenatal exam?
✔✔They should replace the baseline vital signs.
They should not be recorded.
They should be compared to the baseline vital signs.<---
They should be recorded only in the case of abnormalities.
Why might a renal function test be ordered for a pregnant woman?
✔✔She has a history of diabetes and kidney disease.<---
She has a history of miscarriages.
She has a diagnosed STD.
She has an Rh incompatibility with her baby.
