NR 511 CEA WITH CORRECT ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECTLY WELL DEFINED
ANSWERS LATEST ALREADY GRADED A+
(2025/2026)
Your 22 year old male patient states during his review of systems
thathis scrotum is very enlarged and feels like it is full a powerlifter
and works as a trash collector. You suspect the patient likely has
which of the following diagnoses?
A -Varicocele
B -Meningocele
C -Rectocele
D -Hydrocele - CORRECT ANSWR,,-A -Varicocele
The point of maximum impulse (PMI) is MOST often palpable in
healthy adults when positioned in the supine or left lateral
decubitus position. Which one of the following locations is most
commonly described as the PMI in a healthy adult?
A -Left 2nd intercostal space, midaxillary line
B -Left 5th intercostal space, midclavicular line
C -Right 4th intercostal space, midaxillary line
D -Right 2nd intercostal space, midclavicular line - CORRECT
ANSWR,,-B -Left 5th intercostal space, midclavicular line
A40 year old, female, African American patient presents for history
and physical. Upon your initial assessment, you notice she has
severe exophthalmos as pictured below. Which one of the following
diagnoses below would be the highest on your differential diagnose
of this physical examination finding?
,A -Bilateral conjunctivitis
B -Hyperthyroidism
C -hypothyroidism
D -Myexedma - CORRECT ANSWR,,-B -Hyperthyroidism
Your patient with a suspected diagnosis of COPD has been seen by
pulmonology and has underwent a pulmonary function test (PFT)
with spirometry. As the patient's primary healthcare provider, you
have been asked to explain the findings of the PFT to the patient in
afollow-up visit at which time the patient asks what the study was
evaluating. To describe the PFT to the patient in more useful terms,
you state that the large inspiration of air to the furthest extent they
could reasonably accomplish followed by a full exhalation is
referred to as which of the following measurements during the PFT?
A -Forced Expiratory Volume over 1 second (FEV1)
B -Functional Reserve Capacity
C -Inspiratory Reserve
D -Forced Vital Capacity - CORRECT ANSWR,,-D -Forced vital
capacity
Your patient has a diagnosis of Addison's disease. Which of the
following might you expect to find during examination?
A -Abdominal striae
B -Dowager hump
C -Low body temperature
D -Moon face - CORRECT ANSWR,,-B -Dowager hump
The nurse practitioner's evaluation of a patient with Diabetes
Mellitus type 2 should include which of the following while
evaluating for end organ dysfunction of the disease?
A -Renal function panel
B -Urinalysis
C -Non-dilated eye exam
,D -All of these are appropriate options - CORRECT ANSWR,,-D -All of
these are appropriate options
During your visit with a 19 year old patient for a college health
physical, your health history includes a diagnosis of angioedema.
What of the following parts of the body are were likely involved?
A -Isolated to the colon
B -Anywhere in the enteral tract
C -Chest
D -Face and Lips - CORRECT ANSWR,,-D -Face and Lips
Which of the following dermatologic lesions is precancerous and
likely due to prolonged exposure to UV-B?
A -Actinic Keratosis
B -Basal cell carcinoma
C -Verucca
D -Seborrheic dermatitis - CORRECT ANSWR,,-A -Actinic Keratosis
Based on your evaluation of ABCDE for melanoma, which of the
following represents a suspicous finding?
A -Irregular borders
B -Symmetrical nature
C -Brown color
D -Diameter of 0.4 cm - CORRECT ANSWR,,-A -Irregular borders
Your patient is complaining of hypersomnia, lack of motivation,
weight gain, and anhedonia. Suspecting a diagnosis of clinical
depression, you anticipate the patient will benefit from treating
their underlying deficit of which of the following neurotransmitters?
A -GABA
B -Serotonin
C -Dobutamine
D -Glutamate - CORRECT ANSWR,,-B -Serotonin
, As a prudent nurse practitioner, the diabetic, hypertensive patient
you are seeing should be evaluated for early evidence of renal
damage from both diabetes and hypertension. Which of the
following assessment tools should the nurse practitioner order first
for the evaluation of early renal dysfunction secondary to diabetes
or hypertension?
A -BUN/creatinine ratio
B -Urinalysis with micro/macro albumin
C -Renal biopsy
D -Urine sodium - CORRECT ANSWR,,-B -Urinalysis with
micro/macro albumin
While evaluating a patient in your clinic for a routine health visit,
you auscultate crackles in the poster left lower lobe, have the patient
cough, with follow-up auscultation revealing clear breath sounds.
Which one of the following would you suspect?
A -Congestive heart failure
B -Atelectasis
C -Laryngospasm
D -Bronchiactasis. - CORRECT ANSWR,,-B -Atelectasis
Your 39 year old patient who has recently been hospitalized for an
appendectomy and is being seen in your clinic for post-operative
follow-up with primary care. On assessment, the patient complains
of some incisional pain and otherwise examination is normal, with
the exception of dull percussion sounds noted on the thorax over
lung tissue. Which of the following diagnoses would be explained by
this finding in post-operative patient?
A -Left-sided heart failure
B -Chronic bronchitis
C -Atelectasis
D -Healthy patient with no coexising disease - CORRECT ANSWR,,-C -
Atelectasis
QUESTIONS AND CORRECTLY WELL DEFINED
ANSWERS LATEST ALREADY GRADED A+
(2025/2026)
Your 22 year old male patient states during his review of systems
thathis scrotum is very enlarged and feels like it is full a powerlifter
and works as a trash collector. You suspect the patient likely has
which of the following diagnoses?
A -Varicocele
B -Meningocele
C -Rectocele
D -Hydrocele - CORRECT ANSWR,,-A -Varicocele
The point of maximum impulse (PMI) is MOST often palpable in
healthy adults when positioned in the supine or left lateral
decubitus position. Which one of the following locations is most
commonly described as the PMI in a healthy adult?
A -Left 2nd intercostal space, midaxillary line
B -Left 5th intercostal space, midclavicular line
C -Right 4th intercostal space, midaxillary line
D -Right 2nd intercostal space, midclavicular line - CORRECT
ANSWR,,-B -Left 5th intercostal space, midclavicular line
A40 year old, female, African American patient presents for history
and physical. Upon your initial assessment, you notice she has
severe exophthalmos as pictured below. Which one of the following
diagnoses below would be the highest on your differential diagnose
of this physical examination finding?
,A -Bilateral conjunctivitis
B -Hyperthyroidism
C -hypothyroidism
D -Myexedma - CORRECT ANSWR,,-B -Hyperthyroidism
Your patient with a suspected diagnosis of COPD has been seen by
pulmonology and has underwent a pulmonary function test (PFT)
with spirometry. As the patient's primary healthcare provider, you
have been asked to explain the findings of the PFT to the patient in
afollow-up visit at which time the patient asks what the study was
evaluating. To describe the PFT to the patient in more useful terms,
you state that the large inspiration of air to the furthest extent they
could reasonably accomplish followed by a full exhalation is
referred to as which of the following measurements during the PFT?
A -Forced Expiratory Volume over 1 second (FEV1)
B -Functional Reserve Capacity
C -Inspiratory Reserve
D -Forced Vital Capacity - CORRECT ANSWR,,-D -Forced vital
capacity
Your patient has a diagnosis of Addison's disease. Which of the
following might you expect to find during examination?
A -Abdominal striae
B -Dowager hump
C -Low body temperature
D -Moon face - CORRECT ANSWR,,-B -Dowager hump
The nurse practitioner's evaluation of a patient with Diabetes
Mellitus type 2 should include which of the following while
evaluating for end organ dysfunction of the disease?
A -Renal function panel
B -Urinalysis
C -Non-dilated eye exam
,D -All of these are appropriate options - CORRECT ANSWR,,-D -All of
these are appropriate options
During your visit with a 19 year old patient for a college health
physical, your health history includes a diagnosis of angioedema.
What of the following parts of the body are were likely involved?
A -Isolated to the colon
B -Anywhere in the enteral tract
C -Chest
D -Face and Lips - CORRECT ANSWR,,-D -Face and Lips
Which of the following dermatologic lesions is precancerous and
likely due to prolonged exposure to UV-B?
A -Actinic Keratosis
B -Basal cell carcinoma
C -Verucca
D -Seborrheic dermatitis - CORRECT ANSWR,,-A -Actinic Keratosis
Based on your evaluation of ABCDE for melanoma, which of the
following represents a suspicous finding?
A -Irregular borders
B -Symmetrical nature
C -Brown color
D -Diameter of 0.4 cm - CORRECT ANSWR,,-A -Irregular borders
Your patient is complaining of hypersomnia, lack of motivation,
weight gain, and anhedonia. Suspecting a diagnosis of clinical
depression, you anticipate the patient will benefit from treating
their underlying deficit of which of the following neurotransmitters?
A -GABA
B -Serotonin
C -Dobutamine
D -Glutamate - CORRECT ANSWR,,-B -Serotonin
, As a prudent nurse practitioner, the diabetic, hypertensive patient
you are seeing should be evaluated for early evidence of renal
damage from both diabetes and hypertension. Which of the
following assessment tools should the nurse practitioner order first
for the evaluation of early renal dysfunction secondary to diabetes
or hypertension?
A -BUN/creatinine ratio
B -Urinalysis with micro/macro albumin
C -Renal biopsy
D -Urine sodium - CORRECT ANSWR,,-B -Urinalysis with
micro/macro albumin
While evaluating a patient in your clinic for a routine health visit,
you auscultate crackles in the poster left lower lobe, have the patient
cough, with follow-up auscultation revealing clear breath sounds.
Which one of the following would you suspect?
A -Congestive heart failure
B -Atelectasis
C -Laryngospasm
D -Bronchiactasis. - CORRECT ANSWR,,-B -Atelectasis
Your 39 year old patient who has recently been hospitalized for an
appendectomy and is being seen in your clinic for post-operative
follow-up with primary care. On assessment, the patient complains
of some incisional pain and otherwise examination is normal, with
the exception of dull percussion sounds noted on the thorax over
lung tissue. Which of the following diagnoses would be explained by
this finding in post-operative patient?
A -Left-sided heart failure
B -Chronic bronchitis
C -Atelectasis
D -Healthy patient with no coexising disease - CORRECT ANSWR,,-C -
Atelectasis
