3Ps Exam Questions and Answers
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Recommend a method or test to help assess a patient's cerebellar function. - ✔✔Finger-
nose-finger testing
Choose an accurate statement regarding deep tendon reflexes and their location of
assessment. - ✔✔Achilles reflex corresponds to L2-S2.
Brachioradialis reflex corresponds to C5-C6.
Determine a finding that would be abnormal in a motor assessment. - ✔✔Presence of
tremor
Muscle weakness
Propose an accurate statement regarding the sensory assessment. - ✔✔Tactile
discrimination of fine touch assesses the sensory cortex.
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,Decide what should be considered in assessing a patient's appearance and behavior. -
✔✔Level of consciousness
Determine the accurate description regarding the strength of reflex. - ✔✔Hypoactive or
diminished response is classified as 1+.
Very brisk, hyperactive response is classified as 4+.
Determine a step or technique in the assessment of the trigeminal nerve. - ✔✔Assess
muscles of mastication.
Ask the patient to identify the location of the light touch sensation on the forehead
while eyes are closed.
Recommend an appropriate examination method to assess spinal accessory nerve
function. - ✔✔Ask the patient to shrug shoulders against resistance.
Ask the patient to rotate the head forcibly against resistance.
Determine an important item to assess while testing a patient's language and
comprehension. - ✔✔Expressive or receptive aphasia
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,Language coherency
All of the following are components of the classic ophthalmological emergency except
__________. - ✔✔purulent eye discharge
Mrs. Murphy is a 58-year-old woman presenting with a sudden left-sided headache that
is most painful in her left eye. Her vision is blurred, and her left pupil is slightly dilated
and poorly reactive. The left conjunctiva is markedly injected, and the eyeball is firm.
Vision screen with the Snellen chart is 20/30 OD and 20/90 OS.
When caring for Mrs. Murphy, the most appropriate next action is __________. -
✔✔prompt referral to an ophthalmologist
Recommend an appropriate question to ask when assessing a patient's mood and affect.
- ✔✔How are you?
Propose an accurate statement regarding the mental status examination. - ✔✔A
patient's overall appearance is part of the mental status examination.
Determine an appropriate question to ask when assessing a patient's perception. -
✔✔Do you feel as if you're being watched?
How do people treat you?
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, Choose an accurate description of expressive aphasia. - ✔✔Having difficulty in
expressing words
Describe the technique to assess facial nerve function. - ✔✔Ask the patient to smile.
Instruct the patient to lift eyebrows.
Ask the patient to close eyelids tightly against your attempt to open them.
What is a common vision problem in a person with untreated primary open-angle
glaucoma (POAG)? - ✔✔Peripheral vision loss
Propose a component of assessing the thought process of a patient. - ✔✔Screening for
suicidal thoughts
Which of the following is the most likely to be found on the funduscopic examination of
a patient with untreated POAG? - ✔✔Excessive cupping of the optic disk
Propose an indicator that a headache can be the presenting symptom of a serious illness
and may require neuroimaging. - ✔✔Headache causing confusion, dizziness, or lack of
coordination
Headache causing awakening from sleep
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100% Pass
Recommend a method or test to help assess a patient's cerebellar function. - ✔✔Finger-
nose-finger testing
Choose an accurate statement regarding deep tendon reflexes and their location of
assessment. - ✔✔Achilles reflex corresponds to L2-S2.
Brachioradialis reflex corresponds to C5-C6.
Determine a finding that would be abnormal in a motor assessment. - ✔✔Presence of
tremor
Muscle weakness
Propose an accurate statement regarding the sensory assessment. - ✔✔Tactile
discrimination of fine touch assesses the sensory cortex.
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,Decide what should be considered in assessing a patient's appearance and behavior. -
✔✔Level of consciousness
Determine the accurate description regarding the strength of reflex. - ✔✔Hypoactive or
diminished response is classified as 1+.
Very brisk, hyperactive response is classified as 4+.
Determine a step or technique in the assessment of the trigeminal nerve. - ✔✔Assess
muscles of mastication.
Ask the patient to identify the location of the light touch sensation on the forehead
while eyes are closed.
Recommend an appropriate examination method to assess spinal accessory nerve
function. - ✔✔Ask the patient to shrug shoulders against resistance.
Ask the patient to rotate the head forcibly against resistance.
Determine an important item to assess while testing a patient's language and
comprehension. - ✔✔Expressive or receptive aphasia
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,Language coherency
All of the following are components of the classic ophthalmological emergency except
__________. - ✔✔purulent eye discharge
Mrs. Murphy is a 58-year-old woman presenting with a sudden left-sided headache that
is most painful in her left eye. Her vision is blurred, and her left pupil is slightly dilated
and poorly reactive. The left conjunctiva is markedly injected, and the eyeball is firm.
Vision screen with the Snellen chart is 20/30 OD and 20/90 OS.
When caring for Mrs. Murphy, the most appropriate next action is __________. -
✔✔prompt referral to an ophthalmologist
Recommend an appropriate question to ask when assessing a patient's mood and affect.
- ✔✔How are you?
Propose an accurate statement regarding the mental status examination. - ✔✔A
patient's overall appearance is part of the mental status examination.
Determine an appropriate question to ask when assessing a patient's perception. -
✔✔Do you feel as if you're being watched?
How do people treat you?
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, Choose an accurate description of expressive aphasia. - ✔✔Having difficulty in
expressing words
Describe the technique to assess facial nerve function. - ✔✔Ask the patient to smile.
Instruct the patient to lift eyebrows.
Ask the patient to close eyelids tightly against your attempt to open them.
What is a common vision problem in a person with untreated primary open-angle
glaucoma (POAG)? - ✔✔Peripheral vision loss
Propose a component of assessing the thought process of a patient. - ✔✔Screening for
suicidal thoughts
Which of the following is the most likely to be found on the funduscopic examination of
a patient with untreated POAG? - ✔✔Excessive cupping of the optic disk
Propose an indicator that a headache can be the presenting symptom of a serious illness
and may require neuroimaging. - ✔✔Headache causing confusion, dizziness, or lack of
coordination
Headache causing awakening from sleep
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