Maryville Advanced Health Assessment
Comprehensive Q&A (Exams 1-4) 71Questions and
Answers (Latest Update 2026/2026)GRADED A+
What is the MMSE and why is it used? - CORRECT ANSWERS The MMSE is a
Mini Mental Status Exam. It is used to assess a person's mental status and
specifically aid in the diagnosis of DEMENTIA. It includes the following categories:
orientation, registration, attention and calculation, recall (memory), confrontation
naming, repetition, comprehension, "read and perform the command" task, and a
task to "write any sentence".
Scoring: 30 is maximum score.
>26 is not associated with dementia.
20 or less may be associated with dementia.
What is aphasia? - CORRECT ANSWERS Difficulty with speech. Can be
expressive (difficulty speaking/communicating your thoughts), receptive (difficulty
understanding speech of another person), or global (both expressive and receptive).
Expressive aphasia may show as a patient being non-verbal, or they could use
inappropriate words, have word salad, word-finding, etc.
What is Murphy's sign and how do you test it? - CORRECT ANSWERS Test to
rule out cholecystitis.
While palpating the patient's abdomen (deep palpation), instruct them to take a
deep breath.
Positive sign: Patient will halt respiration when their inflamed and painful gallbladder
comes in contact with your hand.
What tests are used to identify medial and lateral collateral ligament injuries? -
CORRECT ANSWERS Valgus and varus stress tests
What tests are used to identify anterior and posterior cruciate ligament injuries?
(ACL and PCL) - CORRECT ANSWERS ACL: anterior drawer test or Lachman test
PCL: posterior drawer test
Maryville Advanced Health Assessment Comprehensive Q&A (Exams 1-4)
71Questions and Answers (Latest Update 2026/2026)GRADED A+
, Maryville Advanced Health Assessment
Comprehensive Q&A (Exams 1-4) 71Questions and
Answers (Latest Update 2026/2026)GRADED A+
At what age does puberty begin in boys and girls and at what age does it end? -
CORRECT ANSWERS Girls: Start puberty between ages 9-12. Puberty is
complete at either breast development stage 4 or pubic hair development stage 5,
whichever comes first.
Boys: Start puberty between ages 10-13.
At what age can a child draw a circle? - CORRECT ANSWERS Three years old
What is menorrhagia? - CORRECT ANSWERS Normal interval between periods,
but heavy flow during menses.
What are the tests for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome? How are they performed? -
CORRECT ANSWERS Phalen test- ask patient to flex wrists downward and hold
dorsal surfaces of hands together for one minute. Positive finding is
numbness/tingling in fingers.
Tinel test- Tap the median nerve with your finger. Positive finding is tingling
sensation radiating from wrist to hand along that median nerve.
Katz hand diagram- pt. marks location of paresthesias/pain on diagram.
Thumb abduction test- Have patient hold hand palmar side up and raise their thumb
perpendicular to it. Press against thumb to assess muscle strength (tell patient to
not let you push their thumb down). Positive finding is weakness. Full resistance to
your downward pressing is expected in the average person.
What is the Thomas test used for and how is it performed? - CORRECT ANSWERS
Used to detect flexion contractures of the hip masked by excessive lumbar lordosis.
Have patient lie supine with one leg fully extended on the table and the other leg
with the knee flexed to the chest. Observe that they are able to keep their extended
leg flat on the table. Positive finding is if the patient keeps lifting the extended leg
off the table (indicates flexion contracture).
Maryville Advanced Health Assessment Comprehensive Q&A (Exams 1-4)
71Questions and Answers (Latest Update 2026/2026)GRADED A+
Comprehensive Q&A (Exams 1-4) 71Questions and
Answers (Latest Update 2026/2026)GRADED A+
What is the MMSE and why is it used? - CORRECT ANSWERS The MMSE is a
Mini Mental Status Exam. It is used to assess a person's mental status and
specifically aid in the diagnosis of DEMENTIA. It includes the following categories:
orientation, registration, attention and calculation, recall (memory), confrontation
naming, repetition, comprehension, "read and perform the command" task, and a
task to "write any sentence".
Scoring: 30 is maximum score.
>26 is not associated with dementia.
20 or less may be associated with dementia.
What is aphasia? - CORRECT ANSWERS Difficulty with speech. Can be
expressive (difficulty speaking/communicating your thoughts), receptive (difficulty
understanding speech of another person), or global (both expressive and receptive).
Expressive aphasia may show as a patient being non-verbal, or they could use
inappropriate words, have word salad, word-finding, etc.
What is Murphy's sign and how do you test it? - CORRECT ANSWERS Test to
rule out cholecystitis.
While palpating the patient's abdomen (deep palpation), instruct them to take a
deep breath.
Positive sign: Patient will halt respiration when their inflamed and painful gallbladder
comes in contact with your hand.
What tests are used to identify medial and lateral collateral ligament injuries? -
CORRECT ANSWERS Valgus and varus stress tests
What tests are used to identify anterior and posterior cruciate ligament injuries?
(ACL and PCL) - CORRECT ANSWERS ACL: anterior drawer test or Lachman test
PCL: posterior drawer test
Maryville Advanced Health Assessment Comprehensive Q&A (Exams 1-4)
71Questions and Answers (Latest Update 2026/2026)GRADED A+
, Maryville Advanced Health Assessment
Comprehensive Q&A (Exams 1-4) 71Questions and
Answers (Latest Update 2026/2026)GRADED A+
At what age does puberty begin in boys and girls and at what age does it end? -
CORRECT ANSWERS Girls: Start puberty between ages 9-12. Puberty is
complete at either breast development stage 4 or pubic hair development stage 5,
whichever comes first.
Boys: Start puberty between ages 10-13.
At what age can a child draw a circle? - CORRECT ANSWERS Three years old
What is menorrhagia? - CORRECT ANSWERS Normal interval between periods,
but heavy flow during menses.
What are the tests for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome? How are they performed? -
CORRECT ANSWERS Phalen test- ask patient to flex wrists downward and hold
dorsal surfaces of hands together for one minute. Positive finding is
numbness/tingling in fingers.
Tinel test- Tap the median nerve with your finger. Positive finding is tingling
sensation radiating from wrist to hand along that median nerve.
Katz hand diagram- pt. marks location of paresthesias/pain on diagram.
Thumb abduction test- Have patient hold hand palmar side up and raise their thumb
perpendicular to it. Press against thumb to assess muscle strength (tell patient to
not let you push their thumb down). Positive finding is weakness. Full resistance to
your downward pressing is expected in the average person.
What is the Thomas test used for and how is it performed? - CORRECT ANSWERS
Used to detect flexion contractures of the hip masked by excessive lumbar lordosis.
Have patient lie supine with one leg fully extended on the table and the other leg
with the knee flexed to the chest. Observe that they are able to keep their extended
leg flat on the table. Positive finding is if the patient keeps lifting the extended leg
off the table (indicates flexion contracture).
Maryville Advanced Health Assessment Comprehensive Q&A (Exams 1-4)
71Questions and Answers (Latest Update 2026/2026)GRADED A+
