NR 302 Health Assessment Final Exam questions and
answers (2025-2026 update)
The retinal structures viewed through the ophthalmoscope are: - ✔✔ANS optic disc, vessels, macula
background
"Positive consensual light reflex" means... - ✔✔ANS simultaneous constriction
The thickening and yellowing of the lens due to aging is described as: - ✔✔ANS cataract
Eye emergency - ✔✔ANS sudden change in vision
Visual acuity is assessed with: - ✔✔ANS Snellen eye chart
The cover test is used to assess for: - ✔✔ANS muscle weakness
When using the ophthalmoscope, you would: - ✔✔ANS remove your own glasses and approach the patient
left eye with your left eye
The 6 eye muscles that control eye movement are innervated by cranial nerves: - ✔✔ANS III, IV, VI
Conjunctivitis - ✔✔ANS redness of the conjunctiva
,normal peripheral vision would see finger at - ✔✔ANS 90 degrees
patient blind in left eye, what happens when light in right - ✔✔ANS both constrict
interruption of red reflex happens when - ✔✔ANS there is opacity of cornea or lens
One cause of visual impairment in aging adults is: - ✔✔ANS glaucoma
PERRLA - ✔✔ANS pupils equal, round, reactive to light and accommodation
cause of red reflex - ✔✔ANS light reflecting from the retina
color of tympanic membrane - ✔✔ANS pearly gray
sensioneural hearing loss - ✔✔ANS related to gradual nerve degeneration
Before ear exam, palate - ✔✔ANS pinna, tragus, and mastoid process
Ear exam of 3 year old - ✔✔ANS pull pinna down
ear exam of adult - ✔✔ANS pull pinna up and back
darwin tubercle - ✔✔ANS a congenital, painless nodule at the helix
when assessing patients ear - ✔✔ANS tilt head away from examiner
The hearing receptors are located in the - ✔✔ANS cochlea
,The sensation of vertigo may indicate: - ✔✔ANS pathology in the semicircular canals
common cause of conductive hearing loss - ✔✔ANS impacted cerumen
Signs of ear infection - ✔✔ANS absent light reflex, red and bulging drum
Reducing risk of ear infection - ✔✔ANS dont smoke in house or car
assessing hearing in babies - ✔✔ANS watch for head turn when you call their name
patient w head injury has clear watery drainage from ear - ✔✔ANS consider possible basal skull fracture
refer immediately
common site of nose bleeds - ✔✔ANS kiesselbach plexus
Which sinuses can you assess through examination? - ✔✔ANS frontal and maxillary
the frenulum is the - ✔✔ANS midline fold of tissue that connects the tongue to the floor of the mouth
The largest salivary gland is located: - ✔✔ANS within the cheeks in front of the ear
old woman with dry mouth - ✔✔ANS medication
find a deviated septum, what next - ✔✔ANS document in case it needs suction
Oral malignancies are most likely to develop: - ✔✔ANS in the mucosal "gutter" under the tongue
tonsils 3+ - ✔✔ANS tonsils touch the uvula
, function of nasal turbinates - ✔✔ANS warm the inhaled air
Opening of adult's parotid gland is opposite what? - ✔✔ANS upper 2nd molar
A nasal polyp is distinguished from the nasal turbinates by 3 things - ✔✔ANS moveable, pale/gray, nontende
The examiner notes small, round, white, shiny papules on the hard palate and gums of a 2-month-old infan
What is the significance of this finding? - ✔✔ANS epstein pearls, normal
when assessing tongue - ✔✔ANS palpate u shaped area under tongue
expected finding of 75 year old oral cavity - ✔✔ANS decreased ability to identify odors
african american with flat, 3cm, nontender, gray/white lesion on bucal mucosa - ✔✔ANS leukodema, norma
The manubriosternal angle is - ✔✔ANS the articulation of the manubrium and the body of the sternum
description of left lung - ✔✔ANS narrower than the right lung with two lobes
Documentation of cough - ✔✔ANS productive cough for at least 3 months throughout the year, happens las
two years
Confirm symmetric chest expansion - ✔✔ANS -Place hands on posterior chest wall thumbs at T9 or T10 slid
medially pinch up skin between thumbs
Auscultation of breath sounds - ✔✔ANS Hold the diaphragm of the stethoscope against the chest wall; liste
to one full respiration in each location, being sure to do side to side comparisons
Bronchiovesicular breath sounds - ✔✔ANS medium-pitched, moderately loud sounds heard over th
mainstem bronchi; inspiration = expiration
answers (2025-2026 update)
The retinal structures viewed through the ophthalmoscope are: - ✔✔ANS optic disc, vessels, macula
background
"Positive consensual light reflex" means... - ✔✔ANS simultaneous constriction
The thickening and yellowing of the lens due to aging is described as: - ✔✔ANS cataract
Eye emergency - ✔✔ANS sudden change in vision
Visual acuity is assessed with: - ✔✔ANS Snellen eye chart
The cover test is used to assess for: - ✔✔ANS muscle weakness
When using the ophthalmoscope, you would: - ✔✔ANS remove your own glasses and approach the patient
left eye with your left eye
The 6 eye muscles that control eye movement are innervated by cranial nerves: - ✔✔ANS III, IV, VI
Conjunctivitis - ✔✔ANS redness of the conjunctiva
,normal peripheral vision would see finger at - ✔✔ANS 90 degrees
patient blind in left eye, what happens when light in right - ✔✔ANS both constrict
interruption of red reflex happens when - ✔✔ANS there is opacity of cornea or lens
One cause of visual impairment in aging adults is: - ✔✔ANS glaucoma
PERRLA - ✔✔ANS pupils equal, round, reactive to light and accommodation
cause of red reflex - ✔✔ANS light reflecting from the retina
color of tympanic membrane - ✔✔ANS pearly gray
sensioneural hearing loss - ✔✔ANS related to gradual nerve degeneration
Before ear exam, palate - ✔✔ANS pinna, tragus, and mastoid process
Ear exam of 3 year old - ✔✔ANS pull pinna down
ear exam of adult - ✔✔ANS pull pinna up and back
darwin tubercle - ✔✔ANS a congenital, painless nodule at the helix
when assessing patients ear - ✔✔ANS tilt head away from examiner
The hearing receptors are located in the - ✔✔ANS cochlea
,The sensation of vertigo may indicate: - ✔✔ANS pathology in the semicircular canals
common cause of conductive hearing loss - ✔✔ANS impacted cerumen
Signs of ear infection - ✔✔ANS absent light reflex, red and bulging drum
Reducing risk of ear infection - ✔✔ANS dont smoke in house or car
assessing hearing in babies - ✔✔ANS watch for head turn when you call their name
patient w head injury has clear watery drainage from ear - ✔✔ANS consider possible basal skull fracture
refer immediately
common site of nose bleeds - ✔✔ANS kiesselbach plexus
Which sinuses can you assess through examination? - ✔✔ANS frontal and maxillary
the frenulum is the - ✔✔ANS midline fold of tissue that connects the tongue to the floor of the mouth
The largest salivary gland is located: - ✔✔ANS within the cheeks in front of the ear
old woman with dry mouth - ✔✔ANS medication
find a deviated septum, what next - ✔✔ANS document in case it needs suction
Oral malignancies are most likely to develop: - ✔✔ANS in the mucosal "gutter" under the tongue
tonsils 3+ - ✔✔ANS tonsils touch the uvula
, function of nasal turbinates - ✔✔ANS warm the inhaled air
Opening of adult's parotid gland is opposite what? - ✔✔ANS upper 2nd molar
A nasal polyp is distinguished from the nasal turbinates by 3 things - ✔✔ANS moveable, pale/gray, nontende
The examiner notes small, round, white, shiny papules on the hard palate and gums of a 2-month-old infan
What is the significance of this finding? - ✔✔ANS epstein pearls, normal
when assessing tongue - ✔✔ANS palpate u shaped area under tongue
expected finding of 75 year old oral cavity - ✔✔ANS decreased ability to identify odors
african american with flat, 3cm, nontender, gray/white lesion on bucal mucosa - ✔✔ANS leukodema, norma
The manubriosternal angle is - ✔✔ANS the articulation of the manubrium and the body of the sternum
description of left lung - ✔✔ANS narrower than the right lung with two lobes
Documentation of cough - ✔✔ANS productive cough for at least 3 months throughout the year, happens las
two years
Confirm symmetric chest expansion - ✔✔ANS -Place hands on posterior chest wall thumbs at T9 or T10 slid
medially pinch up skin between thumbs
Auscultation of breath sounds - ✔✔ANS Hold the diaphragm of the stethoscope against the chest wall; liste
to one full respiration in each location, being sure to do side to side comparisons
Bronchiovesicular breath sounds - ✔✔ANS medium-pitched, moderately loud sounds heard over th
mainstem bronchi; inspiration = expiration
