Final Exam: NU650/ NU 650 (Latest 2025/
2026 Update) Advanced Health Assessment
Nursing Review| Questions & Answers|
Grade A| 100% Correct (Verified Solutions)-
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A positive clinical sign on the physical exam indicating pneumonia is: -
ANSWER Wheezing
Hyperresonance
**Dullness on percusion
Decreased vocal fremitus
Which physical finding is most suggestive of bronchitis?
Unilateral wheezing or rhonchi
Scattered wheezing or rhonchi
Unilateral decreased breath sounds
Inspiratory crackles - ANSWER Scattered wheezing or rhonchi
A 63-year-old mail carrier presents to your clinic because he has had a cough
productive of green sputum for 2 weeks, accompanied by a fever as high as 103°F
over the past 3 days. You make a diagnosis of lobar pneumonia. What type of
sound would you expect to hear with percussion?
Hyperresonant
Dull
Resonant
,Tympanic - ANSWER Dull
While auscultating the lungs of an obese patient, you would expect the breath
sounds to be: - ANSWER softer and more distant
Expected examination findings in the healthy adult lung include:
Increased tactile fremitus and dullness to percussion
Adventitious sounds and limited chest expansion
Muffled voice sounds and symmetric tactile fremitus
Absent voice sounds and hyperresonance to percussion - ANSWER
Muffled voice sounds and symmetric tactile fremitus
What 4 things are located in the mediastinum? - ANSWER • Esophagus •
Trachea • Heart • Great vessels
Apex of lungs is located - ANSWER highest point 3-4cm above inner
third of the clavicles
Base of lungs is located - ANSWER lower border rests on diaphragm at
the 6th rib MCL
Posterior lung apex is located at - ANSWER C7
, Where is the base of the lung posteriorly? - ANSWER T10
With deep inspiration posterior lung base drops to____. - ANSWER T12
Why don't the lungs collapse during the resting phase? - ANSWER
negative intrapleural pressure
External respiration involves the - ANSWER diffusion of gases between
the alveoli and the circulating blood
a dry cough could be related to what 3 things? - ANSWER ACEI
allergies
HIV
A brassy cough is the result of a - ANSWER Tracheal lesion
High pitched lung sounds are d/t what? - ANSWER airway constriction
2026 Update) Advanced Health Assessment
Nursing Review| Questions & Answers|
Grade A| 100% Correct (Verified Solutions)-
Regis
A positive clinical sign on the physical exam indicating pneumonia is: -
ANSWER Wheezing
Hyperresonance
**Dullness on percusion
Decreased vocal fremitus
Which physical finding is most suggestive of bronchitis?
Unilateral wheezing or rhonchi
Scattered wheezing or rhonchi
Unilateral decreased breath sounds
Inspiratory crackles - ANSWER Scattered wheezing or rhonchi
A 63-year-old mail carrier presents to your clinic because he has had a cough
productive of green sputum for 2 weeks, accompanied by a fever as high as 103°F
over the past 3 days. You make a diagnosis of lobar pneumonia. What type of
sound would you expect to hear with percussion?
Hyperresonant
Dull
Resonant
,Tympanic - ANSWER Dull
While auscultating the lungs of an obese patient, you would expect the breath
sounds to be: - ANSWER softer and more distant
Expected examination findings in the healthy adult lung include:
Increased tactile fremitus and dullness to percussion
Adventitious sounds and limited chest expansion
Muffled voice sounds and symmetric tactile fremitus
Absent voice sounds and hyperresonance to percussion - ANSWER
Muffled voice sounds and symmetric tactile fremitus
What 4 things are located in the mediastinum? - ANSWER • Esophagus •
Trachea • Heart • Great vessels
Apex of lungs is located - ANSWER highest point 3-4cm above inner
third of the clavicles
Base of lungs is located - ANSWER lower border rests on diaphragm at
the 6th rib MCL
Posterior lung apex is located at - ANSWER C7
, Where is the base of the lung posteriorly? - ANSWER T10
With deep inspiration posterior lung base drops to____. - ANSWER T12
Why don't the lungs collapse during the resting phase? - ANSWER
negative intrapleural pressure
External respiration involves the - ANSWER diffusion of gases between
the alveoli and the circulating blood
a dry cough could be related to what 3 things? - ANSWER ACEI
allergies
HIV
A brassy cough is the result of a - ANSWER Tracheal lesion
High pitched lung sounds are d/t what? - ANSWER airway constriction
