APEA PREDICTOR EXAM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2026/27 |
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS + RATIONALES | FNP CERTIFICATION
PRACTICE TEST (LATEST UPDATE)
CRANIAL NERVE IX
CORRECT ANS>> GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL- SWALLOWING AND RISE OF THE PALATE,
GAG REFLEX
CRANIAL NERVE VIII
CORRECT ANS>> ACOUSTIC (HEARING AND BALANCE)
CRANIAL NERVE XI
CORRECT ANS>> SPINAL ACCESSORY (UPPER TRAPEZIUS)
DEEP TENDON REFLEX
CORRECT ANS>> ANKLE- S1 PRIMARILY
KNEE- LUMBAR 2,3,4
SUPINATOR(BRACHIORADIALIS)-C5,6
BICEPTRICEPS-C6,7
STROKE RISK SCALE
CORRECT ANS>> CHADS2
,C-CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE
H-HYPERTENSION
A-AGE >75 YEARS
D- DIABETES
S-PRIOR STROKE/TIA
IN THE MAJORITY OF CHILDREN, THE FIRST PERMANENT TEETH START TO ERUPT AT THE AGE OF
6 YEARS. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ARE THE FIRST PERMANENT TEETH TO ERUPT IN THIS
TIME PERIOD?
A. FIRST MOLARS
B. SECOND MOLARS
C. LOWER OR UPPER INCISORS
D. CANINES
CORRECT ANS>> A. FIRST MOLARS
ALL OF THE FOLLOWING ARE CLASSIFIED AS ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING (ADLS) EXCEPT:
A. ABILITY TO FEED SELF
B. ABILITY TO MANAGE BLADDER AND BOWEL ELIMINATION
C. PERSONAL HYGIENE AND GROOMING
D. GROCERY SHOPPING
CORRECT ANS>> D. GROCERY SHOPPING
,YOU NOTE THE FOLLOWING RESULT ON A ROUTINE URINALYSIS OF A 37-YEAR OLD
PRIMIGRAVIDA WHO IS AT 30 WEEKS GESTATION. LEUKOCYTE=TRACE, NITRITE=NEGATIVE,
PROTEIN=2+, BLOOD=NEGATIVE. HER WEIGHT HAS INCREASED BY 5 LBS DURING THE PAST
WEEK. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS MOST LIKELY?
A.HELLP SYNDROME
B. PREGNANCY-INDUCED HYPERTENSION (PRE-ECLAMPSIA)
C. ECLAMPSIA OF PREGNANCY
D. PRIMARY HYPERTENSION
CORRECT ANS>> B. PREGNANCY-INDUCED HYPERTENSION (PRE-ECLAMPSIA).
CLASSIC TRIAD OF SYMPTOMS OF PREECLAMPSIA INCLUDE HYPERTENSION, EDEMA (WEIGHT
GAIN), AND PROTEINURIA.
THE MOTHER OF A 12 MONTH OLD INFANT REPORTS TO THE NURSE PRACTITIONER THAT HER
CHILD HAD A HIGH FEVER FOR SEVERAL DAYS, WHICH SPONTANEOUSLY RESOLVED. AFTER THE
FEVER RESOLVED, THE CHILD DEVELOPED A MACULOPAPULAR RASH. WHICH OF THE
FOLLOWING IS THE MOST LIKELY DIAGNOSIS?
A. FIFTH DISEASE (ERYTHEMA INFECTIOSUM)
B. ROSEOLA INFANTUM (EXANTHEMA SUBITUM)
C. VARICELLA
D. INFANTILE MACULOPAPULAR RASHES
CORRECT ANS>> B. ROSEOLA INFANTUM (EXANTHEMA SUBITUM)
A 70-YEAR OLD MALE PATIENT COMPLAINS OF A BRIGHT RED-COLORED SPOT IN HIS LEFT EYE
FOR 2 DAYS. HE DENIES EYE PAIN, VISUAL CHANGES, OR HEADACHES. HE HAS A NEW ONSET OF
COUGH FROM A RECENT VIRAL UPPER RESPIRATORY INFECTION. THE ONLY MEDICINE HE IS ON
BAYER ASPIRIN, 1 TABLET A DAY. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS MOST LIKELY?
A. CORNEAL ABRASION
, B. ACUTE BACTERIAL CONJUNCTIVITIS
C. ACUTE UVEITIS
D. SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE
CORRECT ANS>> D. SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE. BRIGHT RED BLOOD IN A
SHARPLY DEFINED AREA SURROUNDED BY NORMAL-APPEARING CONJUNCTIVA INDICATES
SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE.
A WOMAN IS BEING EVALUATED BY THE NURSE PRACTITIONER FOR COMPLAINTS OF
DYSPAREUNIA. A MICROSCOPY SLIDE REVEALS A LARGE NUMBER OF ATROPHIC SQUAMOUS
EPITHELIAL CELLS. THE VAGINAL PH IS 4.0. THERE ARE VERY FEW LEUKOCYTES AND NO RBCS
ARE SEEN ON THE WET SMEAR. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS MOST LIKELY?
A. ATROPHIC VAGINITIS
B. BACTERIAL VAGINOSIS
C. TRICHOMONIASIS
D. THIS IS A NORMAL FINDING.
CORRECT ANS>> A. ATROPHIC VAGINITIS. SYMPTOMS OF ATROPHIC VAGINITIS
INCLUDE PAINFUL INTERCOURSE, ATROPHIC SQUAMOUS EPITHELIAL CELLS, AND A DECREASE IN
PH. VAGINAL ATROPHY IS CAUSED BY LACK OF OR IMBALANCE OF ESTROGEN. NORMAL PH OF
THE VAGINA IS 4.0-5.0 (ACIDIC)
THE MOST COMMON TYPE OF SKIN MALIGNANCY IS:
A. SQUAMOUS CELL CANCER
B. BASAL SKIN CANCER
C. MELANOMA
D. DYSPLASTIC NEVI
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS + RATIONALES | FNP CERTIFICATION
PRACTICE TEST (LATEST UPDATE)
CRANIAL NERVE IX
CORRECT ANS>> GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL- SWALLOWING AND RISE OF THE PALATE,
GAG REFLEX
CRANIAL NERVE VIII
CORRECT ANS>> ACOUSTIC (HEARING AND BALANCE)
CRANIAL NERVE XI
CORRECT ANS>> SPINAL ACCESSORY (UPPER TRAPEZIUS)
DEEP TENDON REFLEX
CORRECT ANS>> ANKLE- S1 PRIMARILY
KNEE- LUMBAR 2,3,4
SUPINATOR(BRACHIORADIALIS)-C5,6
BICEPTRICEPS-C6,7
STROKE RISK SCALE
CORRECT ANS>> CHADS2
,C-CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE
H-HYPERTENSION
A-AGE >75 YEARS
D- DIABETES
S-PRIOR STROKE/TIA
IN THE MAJORITY OF CHILDREN, THE FIRST PERMANENT TEETH START TO ERUPT AT THE AGE OF
6 YEARS. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ARE THE FIRST PERMANENT TEETH TO ERUPT IN THIS
TIME PERIOD?
A. FIRST MOLARS
B. SECOND MOLARS
C. LOWER OR UPPER INCISORS
D. CANINES
CORRECT ANS>> A. FIRST MOLARS
ALL OF THE FOLLOWING ARE CLASSIFIED AS ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING (ADLS) EXCEPT:
A. ABILITY TO FEED SELF
B. ABILITY TO MANAGE BLADDER AND BOWEL ELIMINATION
C. PERSONAL HYGIENE AND GROOMING
D. GROCERY SHOPPING
CORRECT ANS>> D. GROCERY SHOPPING
,YOU NOTE THE FOLLOWING RESULT ON A ROUTINE URINALYSIS OF A 37-YEAR OLD
PRIMIGRAVIDA WHO IS AT 30 WEEKS GESTATION. LEUKOCYTE=TRACE, NITRITE=NEGATIVE,
PROTEIN=2+, BLOOD=NEGATIVE. HER WEIGHT HAS INCREASED BY 5 LBS DURING THE PAST
WEEK. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS MOST LIKELY?
A.HELLP SYNDROME
B. PREGNANCY-INDUCED HYPERTENSION (PRE-ECLAMPSIA)
C. ECLAMPSIA OF PREGNANCY
D. PRIMARY HYPERTENSION
CORRECT ANS>> B. PREGNANCY-INDUCED HYPERTENSION (PRE-ECLAMPSIA).
CLASSIC TRIAD OF SYMPTOMS OF PREECLAMPSIA INCLUDE HYPERTENSION, EDEMA (WEIGHT
GAIN), AND PROTEINURIA.
THE MOTHER OF A 12 MONTH OLD INFANT REPORTS TO THE NURSE PRACTITIONER THAT HER
CHILD HAD A HIGH FEVER FOR SEVERAL DAYS, WHICH SPONTANEOUSLY RESOLVED. AFTER THE
FEVER RESOLVED, THE CHILD DEVELOPED A MACULOPAPULAR RASH. WHICH OF THE
FOLLOWING IS THE MOST LIKELY DIAGNOSIS?
A. FIFTH DISEASE (ERYTHEMA INFECTIOSUM)
B. ROSEOLA INFANTUM (EXANTHEMA SUBITUM)
C. VARICELLA
D. INFANTILE MACULOPAPULAR RASHES
CORRECT ANS>> B. ROSEOLA INFANTUM (EXANTHEMA SUBITUM)
A 70-YEAR OLD MALE PATIENT COMPLAINS OF A BRIGHT RED-COLORED SPOT IN HIS LEFT EYE
FOR 2 DAYS. HE DENIES EYE PAIN, VISUAL CHANGES, OR HEADACHES. HE HAS A NEW ONSET OF
COUGH FROM A RECENT VIRAL UPPER RESPIRATORY INFECTION. THE ONLY MEDICINE HE IS ON
BAYER ASPIRIN, 1 TABLET A DAY. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS MOST LIKELY?
A. CORNEAL ABRASION
, B. ACUTE BACTERIAL CONJUNCTIVITIS
C. ACUTE UVEITIS
D. SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE
CORRECT ANS>> D. SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE. BRIGHT RED BLOOD IN A
SHARPLY DEFINED AREA SURROUNDED BY NORMAL-APPEARING CONJUNCTIVA INDICATES
SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE.
A WOMAN IS BEING EVALUATED BY THE NURSE PRACTITIONER FOR COMPLAINTS OF
DYSPAREUNIA. A MICROSCOPY SLIDE REVEALS A LARGE NUMBER OF ATROPHIC SQUAMOUS
EPITHELIAL CELLS. THE VAGINAL PH IS 4.0. THERE ARE VERY FEW LEUKOCYTES AND NO RBCS
ARE SEEN ON THE WET SMEAR. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS MOST LIKELY?
A. ATROPHIC VAGINITIS
B. BACTERIAL VAGINOSIS
C. TRICHOMONIASIS
D. THIS IS A NORMAL FINDING.
CORRECT ANS>> A. ATROPHIC VAGINITIS. SYMPTOMS OF ATROPHIC VAGINITIS
INCLUDE PAINFUL INTERCOURSE, ATROPHIC SQUAMOUS EPITHELIAL CELLS, AND A DECREASE IN
PH. VAGINAL ATROPHY IS CAUSED BY LACK OF OR IMBALANCE OF ESTROGEN. NORMAL PH OF
THE VAGINA IS 4.0-5.0 (ACIDIC)
THE MOST COMMON TYPE OF SKIN MALIGNANCY IS:
A. SQUAMOUS CELL CANCER
B. BASAL SKIN CANCER
C. MELANOMA
D. DYSPLASTIC NEVI
