NSG 3160 Health Assessment Exam
2 Actual 2026/2027 – 100%
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1. A nurse can assess a patient's attention span by giving a
series of directions to follow and note the correct sequence
performed.
A.) True
B.) False
Answer: A.) True
2. Mental status is defined as:
A.) A patient's emotional & cognitive function
B.) The patient's conscious, mood, and affect
C.) General Intelligence
D.) Patient's perception
Answer: A.) A patient's emotional & cognitive function
3. The A, B, C, and T of the mental health assessment is:
A.) Attitude, behavior, cleanliness, talk/speech
B.) Appearance, behavior, cognition, and thought
C.) Airway, breathing, circulation
, D.) Ability, beliefs, culture, traditions
Answer: B.) Appearance, behavior, cognition, and
thought
4. Which of the following best describes a patient's
appearance?
A.) Posture is erect and body movement is voluntary
B.) Patient is oriented x3
C.) Patient is awake, alert, and aware and responds
appropriately
D.) GAD score 3
Answer: A.) Posture is erect and body movement is
voluntary
5. One method a nurse can use to assess recent memory:
A.) Assess a patient's ability to complete a thought
without wandering
B.) Ask patient for a 24-hour diet recall
C.) Ask about patient's first job
D.) Perform 4 unrelated words test
Answer: B.) Ask patient for a 24-hour diet recall
6. Recent memory deficit can occur with delirium and
dementia.
A.) True
B.) False
Answer: A.) True
7. Which of the following is not one of the 4 most common
anxiety disorders?
, A.) Panic disorder
B.) Posttraumatic stress disorder
C.) Social anxiety disorder
D.) Depression
Answer: D.) Depression
8. Hypochondriasis means:
A.) Person believes they are God
B.) Person feels "They are out to get me"
C.) Morbid fear of their lack of health or a fear of having
cancer
D.) Irrational fear of an object
Answer: C.) Morbid fear of their lack of health or a fear
of having cancer
9. Obtunded means:
A.) Drifts off to sleep when not stimulated
B.) Responds only to persistent shaking or pain
C.) Will wake with loud shouting or vigorous shake
D.) No response to pain or any external stimuli
Answer: C.) Will wake with loud shouting or vigorous
shake
10. Expressive aphasia is also known as:
A.) Broca aphasia
B.) Global aphasia
C.) Wernicke aphasia
D.) Receptive aphasia
Answer: A.) Broca aphasia
, 11. Delirium is a chronic progressive loss of cognitive and
intellectual functions.
A.) True
B.) False
Answer: B.) False
12. The nurse just received report on the neurological unit.
Which of the following findings would be of most concern?
A.) Patient with chronic dementia A&Ox1
B.) Patient with a head injury who does not remember
what was happening before or during the injury
C.) Patient reporting headache, denies any injury, no
external abnormalities noted
D.) Patient reporting generalized weakness
Answer: B.) Patient with a head injury who does not
remember what was happening before or during the
injury
13. Patient reports having a head injury while out with friends
and reporting ETOH intake. Which of the following
statements would concern you the most?
A.) "I was being goofy and tripped."
B.) "My legs feel unsteady."
C.) "I am having trouble focusing."
D.) "It is hard to swallow when taking a drink."
Answer: D.) "It is hard to swallow when taking a drink."
2 Actual 2026/2027 – 100%
Verified |Questions And Correct
Answers– Pass Guaranteed – A+
Graded
1. A nurse can assess a patient's attention span by giving a
series of directions to follow and note the correct sequence
performed.
A.) True
B.) False
Answer: A.) True
2. Mental status is defined as:
A.) A patient's emotional & cognitive function
B.) The patient's conscious, mood, and affect
C.) General Intelligence
D.) Patient's perception
Answer: A.) A patient's emotional & cognitive function
3. The A, B, C, and T of the mental health assessment is:
A.) Attitude, behavior, cleanliness, talk/speech
B.) Appearance, behavior, cognition, and thought
C.) Airway, breathing, circulation
, D.) Ability, beliefs, culture, traditions
Answer: B.) Appearance, behavior, cognition, and
thought
4. Which of the following best describes a patient's
appearance?
A.) Posture is erect and body movement is voluntary
B.) Patient is oriented x3
C.) Patient is awake, alert, and aware and responds
appropriately
D.) GAD score 3
Answer: A.) Posture is erect and body movement is
voluntary
5. One method a nurse can use to assess recent memory:
A.) Assess a patient's ability to complete a thought
without wandering
B.) Ask patient for a 24-hour diet recall
C.) Ask about patient's first job
D.) Perform 4 unrelated words test
Answer: B.) Ask patient for a 24-hour diet recall
6. Recent memory deficit can occur with delirium and
dementia.
A.) True
B.) False
Answer: A.) True
7. Which of the following is not one of the 4 most common
anxiety disorders?
, A.) Panic disorder
B.) Posttraumatic stress disorder
C.) Social anxiety disorder
D.) Depression
Answer: D.) Depression
8. Hypochondriasis means:
A.) Person believes they are God
B.) Person feels "They are out to get me"
C.) Morbid fear of their lack of health or a fear of having
cancer
D.) Irrational fear of an object
Answer: C.) Morbid fear of their lack of health or a fear
of having cancer
9. Obtunded means:
A.) Drifts off to sleep when not stimulated
B.) Responds only to persistent shaking or pain
C.) Will wake with loud shouting or vigorous shake
D.) No response to pain or any external stimuli
Answer: C.) Will wake with loud shouting or vigorous
shake
10. Expressive aphasia is also known as:
A.) Broca aphasia
B.) Global aphasia
C.) Wernicke aphasia
D.) Receptive aphasia
Answer: A.) Broca aphasia
, 11. Delirium is a chronic progressive loss of cognitive and
intellectual functions.
A.) True
B.) False
Answer: B.) False
12. The nurse just received report on the neurological unit.
Which of the following findings would be of most concern?
A.) Patient with chronic dementia A&Ox1
B.) Patient with a head injury who does not remember
what was happening before or during the injury
C.) Patient reporting headache, denies any injury, no
external abnormalities noted
D.) Patient reporting generalized weakness
Answer: B.) Patient with a head injury who does not
remember what was happening before or during the
injury
13. Patient reports having a head injury while out with friends
and reporting ETOH intake. Which of the following
statements would concern you the most?
A.) "I was being goofy and tripped."
B.) "My legs feel unsteady."
C.) "I am having trouble focusing."
D.) "It is hard to swallow when taking a drink."
Answer: D.) "It is hard to swallow when taking a drink."