The clinician is assessing a patient complaining
of hearing loss. The clinician places a tuning fork
over the patient's mastoid process, and when the A patient present with nonvesicular lesions that
sound fades away, the fork is placed without are 2 to 10mm, symmetrical, and scattered on
restriking it over the external auditory meatus. the oropharynx and mouth. What is their most
The patient is asked to let the clinical know when likely diagnosis?
the sound fades away. This is an example of
which type of test? a. Corynebacterium diphtheriae
b. Primary Syphilis
a. Weber Test c. Candida infection
b. Schwabach Test d. Secondary syphilis - ANSWER -b.
c. Rinne Test Secondary Syphilis
d. Auditory brainstem response (ABR) test -
ANSWER -c. Rinne Test
Jean has acute otitis externa with fluid that is
black and malodorous. Which of the following is
Fluctuations and reductions in estrogen may be responsible for the infection?
a contributing factor in which type of rhinitis?
a. Fungal Infection
a. Vasomotor Rhinitis b. Staphylococcus Infection
b. Rhinitis medicamentosa c. Pseudomonas Infection
c. Atrophic Rhinitis d. Allergic Reaction - ANSWER -a. Fungal
d. Viral Rhinitis - ANSWER -a. Vasomotor Infection
Rhinitis
Which of the following medications for
You have a patient who is a positive for strep on temporomandibular disorder has the warning that
rapid antigen testing (rapid strep test). You order patients should NOT drive while taking it?
amoxicillin after checking for drug allergies
(patient is negative) but he returns 3 days later, a. Flexeril
reporting that his temperature has gone up, not b. Naprosyn
down (101.5F in office). You also note significant c. Tylenol
lymphadenopathy, most notably in the posterior d. Elavil - ANSWER -a. Flexeril
and anterior cervical chains, some
heptosplenomegaly, and a diffuse rash. You
decide: Which type of stomatitis is caused by continual
exposure to chewing tobacco?
a. To refer the patient
b. That he is having an allergic response and a. Aphthous stomatitis
needs to be changed to a macrolide antibiotic b. Herpetic stomatitis
c. That his antibiotic dosage is not sufficient and c. Nicotinic stomatitis
should be changed d. Allergic stomatitis - ANSWER -c.
d. That he possibly has mononucleosis Nicotinic stomatitis
concurrent with his strep infection -
ANSWER -d. That he possibly has
mononucleosis concurrent with his strep infection What is the initial treatment for uncomplicated
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, MN 566 Final Exam Test Questions and Answers Rated A
anterior epistaxis? c. Tinnitus
d. Otitis externa - ANSWER -d. Otitis
a. Tilting the head back so the blood does not externa
run out the nose
b. Applying firm and continuous pressure
superior to the nasal alar cartilage for 10 to 15 Peter presents with complaints of right hearing
minutes loss that has been getting worse and a congruent
c. Applying firm and continuous pressure to the headache. What is the most likely diagnosis?
nostril for 5 minutes
d. Letting the nose bleed blot and and leaning a. Acoustic neuroma
the head forward - ANSWER -b. Applying b. Presbycusis
firm and continuous pressure superior to the c. Meniere's disease
nasal alar cartilages for 10 to 15 minutes d. Sensorineural hearing loss - ANSWER -
a. Acoustic neuroma
Which of the following is an example of
sensorineural hearing loss? You are performing muscle strength testing on a
patient presenting with musculoskeletal pain and
a. Perforation of the tympanic membrane find that the patient has complete ROM but
b. Otosclerosis cannot move it about gravity. Which numeric
c. Cholesteatoma grade of muscle strength would you give this
d. Presbycusis - ANSWER -d. Presbycusis patient?
a. 1
A provider is examining a patient with b. 2
temporomandibular joint disease (TMJ). Which of c. 3
the following results would the provider expect d. 4 - ANSWER -b. 2
from the exam?
a. The mandibular opening is 40 mm Which of the following would lead the clinician to
b. There are no sounds elicited from the exam suspect a tumor when paired with low back pain?
c. The mandible deviates to the left side
d. The patient is able to open the mouth without a. Minor trauma with sneezing in elderly with
pain or sound - ANSWER -c. The mandible osteoporosis
deviates to the left side b. History of spinal procedure
c. Sudden loss of bowel or bladder function
d. Unintended weight loss >10% of body weight
A patient presents to the clinician complaining of in 6 months. - ANSWER -D. Unintended
ear pain. On examination, the clinician finds that weight loss >10% of body weight in 6 months.
the patient has tenderness on traction of the
pinna as well as when applying pressure over
the tragus. These findings are classic signs of Which of the following signs or symptoms
which condition? indicate an inflammatory etiology to
musculoskeletal pain?
a. Otitis media
b. Meniere's disease a. Decreased C-reactive protein
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