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NM717 Comps Questions with Detailed
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What provides a measurement of total body fat, weight (kg)/height (m2)?
Ans: BMI
What BMI is considered underweight?
Ans: 18.5
What BMI is considered normal weight?
Ans: 18.5 to 24.9
What BMI is considered overweight?
Ans: 25 to 29.9
What BMI is considered obesity?
Ans: 30 to 39.9
What is considered extreme obesity?
Ans: Greater than 40
What waist circumference in female indicated increased relative risk?
Ans: 35 inches
What occur as an initial spontaneous reaction to an internal or external stimulus (macule, papule,
pustule, vesicle, or wheal)?
Ans: Primary lesion
What occur later from evolution or trauma to a primary lesion (ulcer, fissure, crust, scar)?
Ans: Secondary lesions
What are the ABCDEs of malignant melanoma?
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Ans: (1) asymmetry (2) borders irregular (3) color blue/black or variegated (4) diameter
greater than 6 mm (5) elevation
What are the lymph nodes?
Ans: (1) preauricular (2) postauricular (3) occipital (4) tonsillar (5) submandibular (6)
submental (7) superficial cervical (8) posterior and deep cervical chains (9) supraclavicular
What are normal findings for lymph nodes?
Ans: (1) Less than 1 m in size (2) nontender (3) mobile (4) soft (5) discrete
What is impaired near vision?
Ans: Presbyopia
What is impaired far vision?
Ans: Myopia
What can tragus tenderness indicate?
Ans: Otitis externa
What can mastoid process tenderness indicate?
Ans: Otitis media
What can tactile fremitus of the lungs indicate?
Ans: Emphysema, asthma, pleural effusion, increased lobar pneumonia, pulmonary edema
How should you record a palpable mass in the breast?
Ans: (1) size (2) shape (3) consistency (4) delimitation (5) tenderness = use clock
What is normal finding for hematocrit in nonpregnant female?
Ans: 37% to 47%
What is normal finding for hematocrit in pregnant female?
Ans: (1) 33% or greater 1st and 3rd (2) 32% or greater in 2nd
What is a normal hemoglobin in nonpregnant adult female?
Ans: 12 to 16
What is a normal hemoglobin in pregnant female?
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Ans: (1) 11 or greater 1st and 3rd (2) 10.5 or greater in 2nd
What is normal MCV?
Ans: 80 to 95
What is microcytic anemia common with?
Ans: (1) iron deficiency (2) thalassemia
What is macrocytic anemia common with?
Ans: (1) megaloblastic anemia with b12 or folic acid deficiency
What are neutrophils increased with?
Ans: Bacterial infections
What are basophils and eosinophils increased with?
Ans: (1) allergic reactions (2) parasitic infections
When are lymphocytes and monocytes are increased with?
Ans: (1) chronic bacterial (2) acute viral infections
What are normal findings on a urinalysis?
Ans: No nitrites, ketones, crystals, casts, or glucose
What is a normal specific gravity on urinalysis?
Ans: 1.005 to 1.030
What fasting glucose is diagnostic for diabetes?
Ans: Above 126
What is a normal finding after OGTT 2 hours?
Ans: Less than 140
What OGTT result is diagnostic for diabetes?
Ans: 200 mg/dL or greater
What HbA1C is prediabetes?
Ans: 5.7 to 6.4
NM717 Comps Questions with Detailed
Verified Answers (100% Correct Answers)
/Already Graded A+
What provides a measurement of total body fat, weight (kg)/height (m2)?
Ans: BMI
What BMI is considered underweight?
Ans: 18.5
What BMI is considered normal weight?
Ans: 18.5 to 24.9
What BMI is considered overweight?
Ans: 25 to 29.9
What BMI is considered obesity?
Ans: 30 to 39.9
What is considered extreme obesity?
Ans: Greater than 40
What waist circumference in female indicated increased relative risk?
Ans: 35 inches
What occur as an initial spontaneous reaction to an internal or external stimulus (macule, papule,
pustule, vesicle, or wheal)?
Ans: Primary lesion
What occur later from evolution or trauma to a primary lesion (ulcer, fissure, crust, scar)?
Ans: Secondary lesions
What are the ABCDEs of malignant melanoma?
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Ans: (1) asymmetry (2) borders irregular (3) color blue/black or variegated (4) diameter
greater than 6 mm (5) elevation
What are the lymph nodes?
Ans: (1) preauricular (2) postauricular (3) occipital (4) tonsillar (5) submandibular (6)
submental (7) superficial cervical (8) posterior and deep cervical chains (9) supraclavicular
What are normal findings for lymph nodes?
Ans: (1) Less than 1 m in size (2) nontender (3) mobile (4) soft (5) discrete
What is impaired near vision?
Ans: Presbyopia
What is impaired far vision?
Ans: Myopia
What can tragus tenderness indicate?
Ans: Otitis externa
What can mastoid process tenderness indicate?
Ans: Otitis media
What can tactile fremitus of the lungs indicate?
Ans: Emphysema, asthma, pleural effusion, increased lobar pneumonia, pulmonary edema
How should you record a palpable mass in the breast?
Ans: (1) size (2) shape (3) consistency (4) delimitation (5) tenderness = use clock
What is normal finding for hematocrit in nonpregnant female?
Ans: 37% to 47%
What is normal finding for hematocrit in pregnant female?
Ans: (1) 33% or greater 1st and 3rd (2) 32% or greater in 2nd
What is a normal hemoglobin in nonpregnant adult female?
Ans: 12 to 16
What is a normal hemoglobin in pregnant female?
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Ans: (1) 11 or greater 1st and 3rd (2) 10.5 or greater in 2nd
What is normal MCV?
Ans: 80 to 95
What is microcytic anemia common with?
Ans: (1) iron deficiency (2) thalassemia
What is macrocytic anemia common with?
Ans: (1) megaloblastic anemia with b12 or folic acid deficiency
What are neutrophils increased with?
Ans: Bacterial infections
What are basophils and eosinophils increased with?
Ans: (1) allergic reactions (2) parasitic infections
When are lymphocytes and monocytes are increased with?
Ans: (1) chronic bacterial (2) acute viral infections
What are normal findings on a urinalysis?
Ans: No nitrites, ketones, crystals, casts, or glucose
What is a normal specific gravity on urinalysis?
Ans: 1.005 to 1.030
What fasting glucose is diagnostic for diabetes?
Ans: Above 126
What is a normal finding after OGTT 2 hours?
Ans: Less than 140
What OGTT result is diagnostic for diabetes?
Ans: 200 mg/dL or greater
What HbA1C is prediabetes?
Ans: 5.7 to 6.4
