HEENT PRACTICE EXAMINATION 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ What does a normal Rinne test indicate?.
Answer: Sound is heard twice as long by air conduction (AC) as by bone
conduction (BC), indicating normal hearing.
◍ What is exophthalmos?.
Answer: Protruding eyes, often associated with thyroid disorders.
◍ What does a positive Rinne test indicate in conductive loss?.
Answer: Person hears equally long by bone conduction as by air conduction
(AC = BC) or even longer (AC < BC).
◍ What does vertigo refer to?.
Answer: The sensation of spinning or feeling like the room is moving
◍ tophus in the ear "ivory tint".
Answer: A deposit of crystalline uric acid and other substances at the
surface of joints or in skin or cartilage, typically as a feature of gout.
◍ EXAMINATION OF THE NECK.
Answer: NECK VEIN DISTENTION- CONGESTIVE HEART
FAILURETRACHEAL DEVIATIONTHYROMEGALY- THYROID
DISORDERS, NODULESPRESENCE OF LYMPHADENOPATHY (
SUBMENTAL , ANTERIOR CERVICAL, POSTERIOR CERVICAL, PRE
AND POST AURICULAR )RANGE OF MOTION- ESPECIALLY
RELEVANT TO ANESTHESIA TECHNIQUECAROTID ARTERIES
-SYMMETRY, QUALITY OF PULSE, PRESENCE OF BRUITSegNECK
- NO JVP, NO TRACHEAL DEVIATION, NO THYROMEGALY, NO
ADENOPATHY, FULL ROM, CAROTIDS WNL
◍ What is the term for a round symmetric skull appropriately related to body
, size?.
Answer: Normocephalic
◍ tophus.
Answer: a deposit of urates around a joint or in the external ear
◍ otitis media.
Answer: inflammation of the middle ear. cannot see cone of light
◍ What are common causes of conductive hearing loss?.
Answer: Cerumen, foreign bodies, perforated tympanic membrane, pus in
the middle ear, or otosclerosis.
◍ What does a lateralized sound in the Weber test indicate?.
Answer: Conductive loss in the ear to which the sound lateralizes.
◍ What should be assessed during the palpation of the head?.
Answer: Scalp for masses, deformities, tenderness, and TMJ dysfunction
◍ What is the purpose of the Snellen Chart in the eye exam?.
Answer: To assess visual acuity from 20 feet away
◍ What is a common oral cancer site?.
Answer: The mucosal gutter under the tongue, where lesions may indicate
cancer.
◍ DIABETIC RETINOPTHY.
Answer: retinopathy involving damage to the small blood vessels in the
retina; results from chronically high blood glucose levels in people with
◍ NONPARALYTIC.
Answer: a patient experiences the same symptoms as the inapparent type,
but in severe form
◍ What is the purpose of the confrontation test in the eye exam?.
Answer: To assess peripheral vision
◍ What is a hordeolum?.
Answer: Also known as a stye, it is an infection of the eyelid's oil glands.
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ What does a normal Rinne test indicate?.
Answer: Sound is heard twice as long by air conduction (AC) as by bone
conduction (BC), indicating normal hearing.
◍ What is exophthalmos?.
Answer: Protruding eyes, often associated with thyroid disorders.
◍ What does a positive Rinne test indicate in conductive loss?.
Answer: Person hears equally long by bone conduction as by air conduction
(AC = BC) or even longer (AC < BC).
◍ What does vertigo refer to?.
Answer: The sensation of spinning or feeling like the room is moving
◍ tophus in the ear "ivory tint".
Answer: A deposit of crystalline uric acid and other substances at the
surface of joints or in skin or cartilage, typically as a feature of gout.
◍ EXAMINATION OF THE NECK.
Answer: NECK VEIN DISTENTION- CONGESTIVE HEART
FAILURETRACHEAL DEVIATIONTHYROMEGALY- THYROID
DISORDERS, NODULESPRESENCE OF LYMPHADENOPATHY (
SUBMENTAL , ANTERIOR CERVICAL, POSTERIOR CERVICAL, PRE
AND POST AURICULAR )RANGE OF MOTION- ESPECIALLY
RELEVANT TO ANESTHESIA TECHNIQUECAROTID ARTERIES
-SYMMETRY, QUALITY OF PULSE, PRESENCE OF BRUITSegNECK
- NO JVP, NO TRACHEAL DEVIATION, NO THYROMEGALY, NO
ADENOPATHY, FULL ROM, CAROTIDS WNL
◍ What is the term for a round symmetric skull appropriately related to body
, size?.
Answer: Normocephalic
◍ tophus.
Answer: a deposit of urates around a joint or in the external ear
◍ otitis media.
Answer: inflammation of the middle ear. cannot see cone of light
◍ What are common causes of conductive hearing loss?.
Answer: Cerumen, foreign bodies, perforated tympanic membrane, pus in
the middle ear, or otosclerosis.
◍ What does a lateralized sound in the Weber test indicate?.
Answer: Conductive loss in the ear to which the sound lateralizes.
◍ What should be assessed during the palpation of the head?.
Answer: Scalp for masses, deformities, tenderness, and TMJ dysfunction
◍ What is the purpose of the Snellen Chart in the eye exam?.
Answer: To assess visual acuity from 20 feet away
◍ What is a common oral cancer site?.
Answer: The mucosal gutter under the tongue, where lesions may indicate
cancer.
◍ DIABETIC RETINOPTHY.
Answer: retinopathy involving damage to the small blood vessels in the
retina; results from chronically high blood glucose levels in people with
◍ NONPARALYTIC.
Answer: a patient experiences the same symptoms as the inapparent type,
but in severe form
◍ What is the purpose of the confrontation test in the eye exam?.
Answer: To assess peripheral vision
◍ What is a hordeolum?.
Answer: Also known as a stye, it is an infection of the eyelid's oil glands.
