NURS 5220 Advanced Health Assessment
Test 2 Prep 2025/2026 QUESTIONS BANK AND
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1. Which statement is true regarding the relationship of physical characteristics
and culture?
A. Physical characteristics should be used to identify members of cultural
groups.
B. There is a difference between distinguishing cultural characteristics
and
distinguishing physical characteristics.
C. To be a member of a specific culture, an individual must have certain
identifiable
physical characteristics.
D. Gender and race are the two essential physical characteristics used to
identify
cultural groups. - ANSWER ✔ B. There is a difference between
distinguishing cultural characteristics and distinguishing physical
characteristics
2. An image of any group that rejects its potential for originality or
individuality is known as a(n)
a. acculturation
b. norm
c. stereotype
d. ethnos - ANSWER ✔ C. stereotype
3. Mr. L presents to the clinic with severe groin pain and a history of kidney
stones. Mr. L's son tells you that for religious reasons, his father wishes to
keep any stone that is passed into the urine filter that he has been using.
What is your most appropriate response?
, A. With your father's permission, we will examine the stone and request
that it be
returned to him
B. The stone must be sent to the lab for examination and therefore cannot be
kept
C. We cannot let him keep his stone because it violates our infection control
policy
D. We don't know yet if your father has another kidney stone, so we must
analyze
this one - ANSWER ✔ A. With your father's permission, we will examine
the stone and request that it be returned to him
4. The motivation of the healthcare professional to ―want to‖ engage in the
process of becoming culturally competent, not ―have to, is called
A. cultural knowledge.
B. cultural awareness.
C. cultural desire.
D. cultural skill. - ANSWER ✔ C. cultural desire
5. Mr. Marks is a 66-year-old patient who presents for a physical examination
to the clinic. Which question has the most potential for exploring a patient's
cultural beliefs related to a health problem?
A. How often do you have medical examinations?
B. What is your age, race, and educational level?
C. What types of symptoms have you been having?
D. Why do you think you are having these symptoms? - ANSWER ✔ D.
Why do you think you are having these symptoms
6. The strength of the trapezius muscle is evaluated by having the patient
A. clench his or her teeth during muscle palpation.
B. push his or her head against the examiner's hand.
C. straighten his or her leg with examiner opposition.
D. uncross his or her legs with examiner resistance. - ANSWER ✔ B.
7. Expected normal findings during the inspection of spinal alignment include
A. asymmetric skin folds at the neck.
, B. slight right-sided scapular elevation.
C. concave lumbar curve.
D. the head positioned superiorly to the gluteal cleft. - ANSWER ✔ D.
the head positioned superiorly to the gluteal cleft
8. A common finding in markedly obese patients and pregnant women is
a. kyphosis.
b. lordosis.
c. paraphimosis.
d. scoliosis. - ANSWER ✔ B. lordosis
9. Aaron sign - ANSWER ✔ Pain or distress occurs in the area of the patient's
heart or stomach on palpation of McBurney's point
Appendicitis
10.Ballance sign - ANSWER ✔ Fixed dullness to percussion in left flank, and
dullness in right flank that disappears on change of position
Peritonitis
11.Blumberg sign - ANSWER ✔ rebound tenderness
peritonitis, appendicitis
12.Cullen sign - ANSWER ✔ bruising around umbilicus
pancreatitis or ectopic pregnancy
13.Dance sign - ANSWER ✔ absence of bowel sounds in RLQ
intussusception
14.Grey Turner sign - ANSWER ✔ Ecchymosis of flanks
Hemoperitoneum; pancreatitis
15.Kehr sign - ANSWER ✔ abdominal pain radiating to the left shoulder
spleen rupture, ectopic pregnancy, renal calculi
16.Markle sign (heel jar) - ANSWER ✔ abdominal pain when running,
jumping, RLQ pain when pt drops from tip toes to heel with jarring landing
appendicitis, peritonitis
, 17.McBurney's sign - ANSWER ✔ rebound tenderness associated with
appendicitis (RLQ)
18.Murphy's sign - ANSWER ✔ Abrupt cessation of inspiration with palpation
of gall bladder cholecystitis
19.Romberg test - ANSWER ✔ Ask client to stand with feet at comfortable
distance apart, arms at sides, and eyes closed
-expected finding: client should be able to stand with minimal swaying for at
least 5 seconds
-strangulated obturator hernia
20.Mrs. Baker presents to your office with her 2-year-old son. On examination,
you note that the urinary meatus appears at the base of the penis. What is the
name of this condition?
A. Varicocele
B. Epispadias
C. Hydrocele
D. Hypospadias - ANSWER ✔ D: CorrectHypospadias is a congenital
defect in which the urethral meatus is located on the ventral surface of
the glans penile shaft, or the base of the penis.
21.________ is an inflammation of the glans penis.
A. Hydrocele
B. Balanitis
C. Varicocele
D. Epididymitis - ANSWER ✔ B: CorrectBalanitis is an inflammation of
the glans penis; balanoposthitis is an inflammation of the glans penis
and prepuce. Phimosis, a condition in which the foreskin is tight and
cannot be retracted, can be the result.
22.______________ is a fluid accumulation in the tunica typically seen in
infants.
A. Varicocele
B. Hypospadias
C. Epididymitis
Test 2 Prep 2025/2026 QUESTIONS BANK AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES
|| 100% GUARANTEED PASS
<LATEST VERSION>
1. Which statement is true regarding the relationship of physical characteristics
and culture?
A. Physical characteristics should be used to identify members of cultural
groups.
B. There is a difference between distinguishing cultural characteristics
and
distinguishing physical characteristics.
C. To be a member of a specific culture, an individual must have certain
identifiable
physical characteristics.
D. Gender and race are the two essential physical characteristics used to
identify
cultural groups. - ANSWER ✔ B. There is a difference between
distinguishing cultural characteristics and distinguishing physical
characteristics
2. An image of any group that rejects its potential for originality or
individuality is known as a(n)
a. acculturation
b. norm
c. stereotype
d. ethnos - ANSWER ✔ C. stereotype
3. Mr. L presents to the clinic with severe groin pain and a history of kidney
stones. Mr. L's son tells you that for religious reasons, his father wishes to
keep any stone that is passed into the urine filter that he has been using.
What is your most appropriate response?
, A. With your father's permission, we will examine the stone and request
that it be
returned to him
B. The stone must be sent to the lab for examination and therefore cannot be
kept
C. We cannot let him keep his stone because it violates our infection control
policy
D. We don't know yet if your father has another kidney stone, so we must
analyze
this one - ANSWER ✔ A. With your father's permission, we will examine
the stone and request that it be returned to him
4. The motivation of the healthcare professional to ―want to‖ engage in the
process of becoming culturally competent, not ―have to, is called
A. cultural knowledge.
B. cultural awareness.
C. cultural desire.
D. cultural skill. - ANSWER ✔ C. cultural desire
5. Mr. Marks is a 66-year-old patient who presents for a physical examination
to the clinic. Which question has the most potential for exploring a patient's
cultural beliefs related to a health problem?
A. How often do you have medical examinations?
B. What is your age, race, and educational level?
C. What types of symptoms have you been having?
D. Why do you think you are having these symptoms? - ANSWER ✔ D.
Why do you think you are having these symptoms
6. The strength of the trapezius muscle is evaluated by having the patient
A. clench his or her teeth during muscle palpation.
B. push his or her head against the examiner's hand.
C. straighten his or her leg with examiner opposition.
D. uncross his or her legs with examiner resistance. - ANSWER ✔ B.
7. Expected normal findings during the inspection of spinal alignment include
A. asymmetric skin folds at the neck.
, B. slight right-sided scapular elevation.
C. concave lumbar curve.
D. the head positioned superiorly to the gluteal cleft. - ANSWER ✔ D.
the head positioned superiorly to the gluteal cleft
8. A common finding in markedly obese patients and pregnant women is
a. kyphosis.
b. lordosis.
c. paraphimosis.
d. scoliosis. - ANSWER ✔ B. lordosis
9. Aaron sign - ANSWER ✔ Pain or distress occurs in the area of the patient's
heart or stomach on palpation of McBurney's point
Appendicitis
10.Ballance sign - ANSWER ✔ Fixed dullness to percussion in left flank, and
dullness in right flank that disappears on change of position
Peritonitis
11.Blumberg sign - ANSWER ✔ rebound tenderness
peritonitis, appendicitis
12.Cullen sign - ANSWER ✔ bruising around umbilicus
pancreatitis or ectopic pregnancy
13.Dance sign - ANSWER ✔ absence of bowel sounds in RLQ
intussusception
14.Grey Turner sign - ANSWER ✔ Ecchymosis of flanks
Hemoperitoneum; pancreatitis
15.Kehr sign - ANSWER ✔ abdominal pain radiating to the left shoulder
spleen rupture, ectopic pregnancy, renal calculi
16.Markle sign (heel jar) - ANSWER ✔ abdominal pain when running,
jumping, RLQ pain when pt drops from tip toes to heel with jarring landing
appendicitis, peritonitis
, 17.McBurney's sign - ANSWER ✔ rebound tenderness associated with
appendicitis (RLQ)
18.Murphy's sign - ANSWER ✔ Abrupt cessation of inspiration with palpation
of gall bladder cholecystitis
19.Romberg test - ANSWER ✔ Ask client to stand with feet at comfortable
distance apart, arms at sides, and eyes closed
-expected finding: client should be able to stand with minimal swaying for at
least 5 seconds
-strangulated obturator hernia
20.Mrs. Baker presents to your office with her 2-year-old son. On examination,
you note that the urinary meatus appears at the base of the penis. What is the
name of this condition?
A. Varicocele
B. Epispadias
C. Hydrocele
D. Hypospadias - ANSWER ✔ D: CorrectHypospadias is a congenital
defect in which the urethral meatus is located on the ventral surface of
the glans penile shaft, or the base of the penis.
21.________ is an inflammation of the glans penis.
A. Hydrocele
B. Balanitis
C. Varicocele
D. Epididymitis - ANSWER ✔ B: CorrectBalanitis is an inflammation of
the glans penis; balanoposthitis is an inflammation of the glans penis
and prepuce. Phimosis, a condition in which the foreskin is tight and
cannot be retracted, can be the result.
22.______________ is a fluid accumulation in the tunica typically seen in
infants.
A. Varicocele
B. Hypospadias
C. Epididymitis
