AANP Certification Exam
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answers
If your patient is in the catarrhal stage of pertussis, upon examination you would find which of
the following?
ANS: You would find mild upper respiratory symptoms with cough. And mild conjunctival
injection. It is really indistinguishable from the common cold.
Quiz What would NOT be considered a typical finding in a geriatric patient?
ANS: Low frequency hearing loss. A typical finding in a geriatric patient would be a high
frequency hearing loss. The speaking voice is high frequency. Degenerative changes of the
ossicles, fewer auditory neurons and atrophy of the hair cells results in sensorineural hearing
loss.
Quiz Typical findings in a geriatric patient?
ANS: Thinner epidermis, dermis and subcutaneous layers of skin, bright purple-colored patches
on the forearms and hands, opaque white ring at the periphery of the cornea
,Quiz Risk factors for age-related macular degeneration
ANS: Tobacco use, aging, sun exposure and family history
Quiz Underweight BMI
ANS: <18.5
Quiz Normal BMI
ANS: 18.5-24.9
Quiz Overweight BMI
ANS: 25-29.9
Quiz Obese BMI
ANS: 30-39.9
Quiz Grossly obese BMI
ANS: >40
,Quiz Pregnancy Category A Drugs
ANS: Vitamins and levothyroxine
Quiz Pregnancy Category B Drugs
ANS: Acetaminophen, ibuprofen, penicillins, cephalosporins, and azithromycin and
erythromycin antibiotics.
Quiz A geriatric patient who has a 40 pack-year smoking history complains of painful cramping
in the leg muscles that occurs after walking for 20 minutes. After taking a complete history and
performing a physical exam, an NP decides that the most likely diagnosis is?
ANS: Intermittent claudication
Quiz What is a common cause of acne?
ANS: Increase in androgens
Quiz In a 19-year-old who presents with a sore throat and anterior cervical adenopathy, which
causative agent would be suspected?
ANS: Group A beta-hemolytic Streptococcus
Quiz When completing the initial assessment for depression in geriatric adults, the NP should
evaluate?
, ANS: Mental status exam
Quiz What is the most common risk factor for developing severe hyperbilirubinemia in the
newborn?
ANS: Blood incompatibility with the mother
Quiz Which trimester of pregnancy is a woman with a fundal height measurement at the
umbilicus?
ANS: Second
Quiz Which of the following conditions exacerbate urinary incontinence?
ANS: Impacted stool and atrophic vaginitis
Quiz An adult patient presents with a 2-day history of intermittent stabbing chest pain that
worsens with deep breaths. The patient reports a nonproductive cough and no fever for several
days, and denies trauma, palpitations or GI symptoms. VS normal. Lungs are clear, heart sounds
normal. PE reveals localized chest wall tenderness at the costal margin. EKG and CXR normal.
The most likely diagnosis is?
ANS: Costchondritis
Quiz The most common skin cancer is?
Questions with100% Correct
answers
If your patient is in the catarrhal stage of pertussis, upon examination you would find which of
the following?
ANS: You would find mild upper respiratory symptoms with cough. And mild conjunctival
injection. It is really indistinguishable from the common cold.
Quiz What would NOT be considered a typical finding in a geriatric patient?
ANS: Low frequency hearing loss. A typical finding in a geriatric patient would be a high
frequency hearing loss. The speaking voice is high frequency. Degenerative changes of the
ossicles, fewer auditory neurons and atrophy of the hair cells results in sensorineural hearing
loss.
Quiz Typical findings in a geriatric patient?
ANS: Thinner epidermis, dermis and subcutaneous layers of skin, bright purple-colored patches
on the forearms and hands, opaque white ring at the periphery of the cornea
,Quiz Risk factors for age-related macular degeneration
ANS: Tobacco use, aging, sun exposure and family history
Quiz Underweight BMI
ANS: <18.5
Quiz Normal BMI
ANS: 18.5-24.9
Quiz Overweight BMI
ANS: 25-29.9
Quiz Obese BMI
ANS: 30-39.9
Quiz Grossly obese BMI
ANS: >40
,Quiz Pregnancy Category A Drugs
ANS: Vitamins and levothyroxine
Quiz Pregnancy Category B Drugs
ANS: Acetaminophen, ibuprofen, penicillins, cephalosporins, and azithromycin and
erythromycin antibiotics.
Quiz A geriatric patient who has a 40 pack-year smoking history complains of painful cramping
in the leg muscles that occurs after walking for 20 minutes. After taking a complete history and
performing a physical exam, an NP decides that the most likely diagnosis is?
ANS: Intermittent claudication
Quiz What is a common cause of acne?
ANS: Increase in androgens
Quiz In a 19-year-old who presents with a sore throat and anterior cervical adenopathy, which
causative agent would be suspected?
ANS: Group A beta-hemolytic Streptococcus
Quiz When completing the initial assessment for depression in geriatric adults, the NP should
evaluate?
, ANS: Mental status exam
Quiz What is the most common risk factor for developing severe hyperbilirubinemia in the
newborn?
ANS: Blood incompatibility with the mother
Quiz Which trimester of pregnancy is a woman with a fundal height measurement at the
umbilicus?
ANS: Second
Quiz Which of the following conditions exacerbate urinary incontinence?
ANS: Impacted stool and atrophic vaginitis
Quiz An adult patient presents with a 2-day history of intermittent stabbing chest pain that
worsens with deep breaths. The patient reports a nonproductive cough and no fever for several
days, and denies trauma, palpitations or GI symptoms. VS normal. Lungs are clear, heart sounds
normal. PE reveals localized chest wall tenderness at the costal margin. EKG and CXR normal.
The most likely diagnosis is?
ANS: Costchondritis
Quiz The most common skin cancer is?
