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The 33 year old male patient presents with complaints of abdominal pain
after a recent birthday party where other guests also
suspected food borne illness and gastroenteritis. To elicit the most accurate
evaluation of this patient, which is the order of assessment which should be
done for the abdomen?
*Inspection, auscultation, palpation, percussion.
*Inspection, auscultation, percussion, palpation.
*Percussion, auscultation, palpation, inspection.
*Auscultation, palpation, percussion, inspection - correct answer
Inspection, auscultation, palpation, percussion
The 19 year old male patient presents with acute symptoms of abdominal
pain and a history of intermittent heartburn and spicy food intolerance, as
well as anxiety due to his college athletic performance. You have a concern
the patient may have a perforated gastric ulcer and is experiencing
peritonitis. Which of the following exam findings is NOT supportive of this
diagnosis?
*Guarding.
*Rebound tenderness.
*Absence of pain with withdrawal of palpation.
*Rigidity. - correct answer Absence of pain with withdrawal of palpation.
Your 22 year old male patient states during his review of systems that his
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? *Varicocele
*Meningocele
*Rectocele.
*Hydrocele. - correct answer Varicocele
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Your 22 year old female patient is seeing you for complaints of sinus
pressure and congestion. Which one of the following sinuses should be
palpated during your examination? *Mandibular
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University
*Ethmoid
*Sphenoid
*Frontal - correct answer Frontal
Your 49 year old male patient presents with weight loss, night sweats,
anhedonia, and a CXR showing profoundly enlarged hilar adenopathy. Based
on these findings, a diagnosis of lymphoma would be in your working
differential. Which one of the following assessment findings when palpating
lymph nodes would be INCONSISTENT with this diagnosis?
*Hard nodes.
*Fixed nodes.
*Stationary or not moveable with palpation.
*Non-tender, minimally palpable anterior cervical chain node palpation. -
correct answer Non-tender, minimally palpable anterior cervical chain node
palpation.
Your new patient intake history of an elderly man includes a history of Ehlers-
Danlos with complications of retinal detachment treated with gas
pneumopexy. In discussing this history, you recall the transparent mass of
gelatinous material where the gas pneumopexy is performed can be found in
which chamber(s) of the eye?
*None of the above; it's only seen as an abnormal finding with
malignancy...NOT THIS ONE
*Anterior only.
*Posterior only.
*Both but greater in the anterior chamber.
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While assessing the patient, you covered their right eye while you covered
your left eye, then brought a set number of fingers or wiggling fingers into
each quadrant of the patient's visual field while you had them identify when
they saw your fingers/movement. A normal exam would be documented as
which of the following?
*Normal confrontation
*Normal visual acuity...NOT THIS ONE
*Normal refractory reflexes
*Normal convergence test
Answers [Grade A]- Chamberlain
University
Your late adolescent female patient presents with a history of heavy menses
and pale conjunctiva. Your review of systems is fairly unremarkable other
than she lives in a house built in 1965, has an unrestricted diet, and her
family heredity si Italian. She denies any history of chronic health conditions.
Initial CBC with differential shows a microcytic hypochromic anemia which
has not yet been diagnosed or treated and the red cell distribution width
(RDW) is elevated at 15%. Based on the most common cause of microcytic
hypochromic anemia, which of the following labs will you order first? *B12
and Folate
*Gel Electrophoresis
*Serum Lead
*TIBC and Ferritin - correct answer TIBC and Ferritin
A patient of Mediterranean descent who presents with microcytic anemia
with normal
red cell distribution width should be evaluated using gel electrophoresis
to confirm
which of the following types of
anemia?
*Aplasti
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c
*Thalassem
ia
*Iron deficiency...NOT THIS
ONE
*Pernicious - correct
answer ?
The 43 year old male patient with macrocytic anemia should be evaluated for
which of the following lab levels to help narrow down the etiology?
*Vitamin B12
*Lead level
*Ferritin....NOT THIS ONE
*TIBC - correct answer ?
While assessing the complete metabolic profile of the 66 year old female
patient with end stage renal disease (ESRD) on dialysis, you find
acreatinine of 4.3, BUN of 62, phos of 5.2. On review of the CBC with
differential, you would anticipate which of the following levels? *Normal
MCH, Hemoglobin 9.6
Answers [Grade A]- Chamberlain
University
*Elevated MCH. Hemoglobin
14.5
*Low RDW, Elevated
MCV
*Low MCV, Hemoglobin 13.4 - correct answer Normal MCH,
Hemoglobin 9.6
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? *Isolated to the colon
NR-509 [Latest Update 2025 - 2026] Advanced Physical Assessment
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2026] Advanced Physical
Assessment Questions & 100%
Correct
Answers [Grade A]- Chamberlain
University
The 33 year old male patient presents with complaints of abdominal pain
after a recent birthday party where other guests also
suspected food borne illness and gastroenteritis. To elicit the most accurate
evaluation of this patient, which is the order of assessment which should be
done for the abdomen?
*Inspection, auscultation, palpation, percussion.
*Inspection, auscultation, percussion, palpation.
*Percussion, auscultation, palpation, inspection.
*Auscultation, palpation, percussion, inspection - correct answer
Inspection, auscultation, palpation, percussion
The 19 year old male patient presents with acute symptoms of abdominal
pain and a history of intermittent heartburn and spicy food intolerance, as
well as anxiety due to his college athletic performance. You have a concern
the patient may have a perforated gastric ulcer and is experiencing
peritonitis. Which of the following exam findings is NOT supportive of this
diagnosis?
*Guarding.
*Rebound tenderness.
*Absence of pain with withdrawal of palpation.
*Rigidity. - correct answer Absence of pain with withdrawal of palpation.
Your 22 year old male patient states during his review of systems that his
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? *Varicocele
*Meningocele
*Rectocele.
*Hydrocele. - correct answer Varicocele
NR-509 [Latest Update 2025 - 2026] Advanced Physical Assessment
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Your 22 year old female patient is seeing you for complaints of sinus
pressure and congestion. Which one of the following sinuses should be
palpated during your examination? *Mandibular
Answers [Grade A]- Chamberlain
University
*Ethmoid
*Sphenoid
*Frontal - correct answer Frontal
Your 49 year old male patient presents with weight loss, night sweats,
anhedonia, and a CXR showing profoundly enlarged hilar adenopathy. Based
on these findings, a diagnosis of lymphoma would be in your working
differential. Which one of the following assessment findings when palpating
lymph nodes would be INCONSISTENT with this diagnosis?
*Hard nodes.
*Fixed nodes.
*Stationary or not moveable with palpation.
*Non-tender, minimally palpable anterior cervical chain node palpation. -
correct answer Non-tender, minimally palpable anterior cervical chain node
palpation.
Your new patient intake history of an elderly man includes a history of Ehlers-
Danlos with complications of retinal detachment treated with gas
pneumopexy. In discussing this history, you recall the transparent mass of
gelatinous material where the gas pneumopexy is performed can be found in
which chamber(s) of the eye?
*None of the above; it's only seen as an abnormal finding with
malignancy...NOT THIS ONE
*Anterior only.
*Posterior only.
*Both but greater in the anterior chamber.
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Questions & 100% Correct Answers [Grade A]- Chamberlain University
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While assessing the patient, you covered their right eye while you covered
your left eye, then brought a set number of fingers or wiggling fingers into
each quadrant of the patient's visual field while you had them identify when
they saw your fingers/movement. A normal exam would be documented as
which of the following?
*Normal confrontation
*Normal visual acuity...NOT THIS ONE
*Normal refractory reflexes
*Normal convergence test
Answers [Grade A]- Chamberlain
University
Your late adolescent female patient presents with a history of heavy menses
and pale conjunctiva. Your review of systems is fairly unremarkable other
than she lives in a house built in 1965, has an unrestricted diet, and her
family heredity si Italian. She denies any history of chronic health conditions.
Initial CBC with differential shows a microcytic hypochromic anemia which
has not yet been diagnosed or treated and the red cell distribution width
(RDW) is elevated at 15%. Based on the most common cause of microcytic
hypochromic anemia, which of the following labs will you order first? *B12
and Folate
*Gel Electrophoresis
*Serum Lead
*TIBC and Ferritin - correct answer TIBC and Ferritin
A patient of Mediterranean descent who presents with microcytic anemia
with normal
red cell distribution width should be evaluated using gel electrophoresis
to confirm
which of the following types of
anemia?
*Aplasti
NR-509 [Latest Update 2025 - 2026] Advanced Physical Assessment
Questions & 100% Correct Answers [Grade A]- Chamberlain University
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c
*Thalassem
ia
*Iron deficiency...NOT THIS
ONE
*Pernicious - correct
answer ?
The 43 year old male patient with macrocytic anemia should be evaluated for
which of the following lab levels to help narrow down the etiology?
*Vitamin B12
*Lead level
*Ferritin....NOT THIS ONE
*TIBC - correct answer ?
While assessing the complete metabolic profile of the 66 year old female
patient with end stage renal disease (ESRD) on dialysis, you find
acreatinine of 4.3, BUN of 62, phos of 5.2. On review of the CBC with
differential, you would anticipate which of the following levels? *Normal
MCH, Hemoglobin 9.6
Answers [Grade A]- Chamberlain
University
*Elevated MCH. Hemoglobin
14.5
*Low RDW, Elevated
MCV
*Low MCV, Hemoglobin 13.4 - correct answer Normal MCH,
Hemoglobin 9.6
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? *Isolated to the colon
NR-509 [Latest Update 2025 - 2026] Advanced Physical Assessment
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