SCRIBEAMERICA OUTPATIENT FINAL
EXAM PAPER 2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS VERIFIED 100% PASS
⩥ The relaxed phase of the heartbeat? Answer: Diastolic
⩥ Excessive Thirst? Answer: Polydipsia
⩥ Anticoagulant? Answer: A drug that prevents blood clotting
⩥ How long must a patient have a disease for it to be considered
chronic? Answer: 3 months
⩥ Explain why patients with comorbidities are complex and give an
example? Answer: The treatment of one disease may contradict the
treatment of the second, such as one medicine making their other illness
worse.
⩥ Complex patients often bill to a HIGHER or LOWER level? Answer:
Higher
⩥ 100/70 BP reading. What is this? Answer: Normal
,⩥ 150/95 BP reading. What is this?. Answer: Hypertensive
⩥ 130/85 BP reading. What is this?. Answer: Pre-Hypertensive
⩥ Patients with HTN often become symptomatic when the HTN is
chronic and worsening. Name two symptoms a patient with severe HTN
may experience?. Answer: Vision Loss, Epistaxis
⩥ Give three examples of non-pharmacological HTN management.
Answer: low sodium diet, decreased EtOH intake and exercise
⩥ What is the abbreviation for hydrochlorothiazide. Answer: HCTZ
⩥ The majority of diabetes patients have Type I or II diabetes?. Answer:
Type II
⩥ What are three common symptoms of diabetes?. Answer: Polyuria,
Polydipsia, Fatigue
⩥ Name one disease that can be caused by diabetes and explain how
chronic hyperglycemia contributes to it's etiology?. Answer: Diabetic
Retinopathy, damage to the small vessels of the eyes can cause them to
hemorrhage, leading to blurred vision.
, ⩥ Both Type I and Type II diabetes can be treated with insulin. Which
type can also be treated with oral medication?. Answer: Type II
⩥ Which mediation is preferred for someone with mild, new onset, type
II DM: Metformin or Humalog? Why?. Answer: Metformin. Sometimes
Type II diabetes can be treated with just oral medication
⩥ Name 3 risk factors of HLD. Answer: Obesity, physical inactivity,
FHx
⩥ Why is HDL considered good cholesterol?. Answer: It's able to
remove cholesterol from artery plaques and recycle it back to the liver.
⩥ CAD and MI can be caused the HLD due to atherosclerosis of the
_________ arteries. Answer: coronary
⩥ TIA and CVA can be caused by HLD due to atherosclerosis of the
__________ arteries. Answer: carotid
⩥ What is the name of the drug group used to treat HLD? What is one
brand name?. Answer: Statin, Lipitor
⩥ What are five risk factors of CAD?. Answer: HTN, HLD, DM, FHx,
Smoking
EXAM PAPER 2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS VERIFIED 100% PASS
⩥ The relaxed phase of the heartbeat? Answer: Diastolic
⩥ Excessive Thirst? Answer: Polydipsia
⩥ Anticoagulant? Answer: A drug that prevents blood clotting
⩥ How long must a patient have a disease for it to be considered
chronic? Answer: 3 months
⩥ Explain why patients with comorbidities are complex and give an
example? Answer: The treatment of one disease may contradict the
treatment of the second, such as one medicine making their other illness
worse.
⩥ Complex patients often bill to a HIGHER or LOWER level? Answer:
Higher
⩥ 100/70 BP reading. What is this? Answer: Normal
,⩥ 150/95 BP reading. What is this?. Answer: Hypertensive
⩥ 130/85 BP reading. What is this?. Answer: Pre-Hypertensive
⩥ Patients with HTN often become symptomatic when the HTN is
chronic and worsening. Name two symptoms a patient with severe HTN
may experience?. Answer: Vision Loss, Epistaxis
⩥ Give three examples of non-pharmacological HTN management.
Answer: low sodium diet, decreased EtOH intake and exercise
⩥ What is the abbreviation for hydrochlorothiazide. Answer: HCTZ
⩥ The majority of diabetes patients have Type I or II diabetes?. Answer:
Type II
⩥ What are three common symptoms of diabetes?. Answer: Polyuria,
Polydipsia, Fatigue
⩥ Name one disease that can be caused by diabetes and explain how
chronic hyperglycemia contributes to it's etiology?. Answer: Diabetic
Retinopathy, damage to the small vessels of the eyes can cause them to
hemorrhage, leading to blurred vision.
, ⩥ Both Type I and Type II diabetes can be treated with insulin. Which
type can also be treated with oral medication?. Answer: Type II
⩥ Which mediation is preferred for someone with mild, new onset, type
II DM: Metformin or Humalog? Why?. Answer: Metformin. Sometimes
Type II diabetes can be treated with just oral medication
⩥ Name 3 risk factors of HLD. Answer: Obesity, physical inactivity,
FHx
⩥ Why is HDL considered good cholesterol?. Answer: It's able to
remove cholesterol from artery plaques and recycle it back to the liver.
⩥ CAD and MI can be caused the HLD due to atherosclerosis of the
_________ arteries. Answer: coronary
⩥ TIA and CVA can be caused by HLD due to atherosclerosis of the
__________ arteries. Answer: carotid
⩥ What is the name of the drug group used to treat HLD? What is one
brand name?. Answer: Statin, Lipitor
⩥ What are five risk factors of CAD?. Answer: HTN, HLD, DM, FHx,
Smoking
