QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
PRACTICE SOLUTION GRADED A+
⩥ Which of the following abdominal exam findings would prompt the
NP to consider cholecystitis as a differential diagnosis?
A. Positive psoas sign
B. Positive Rovsing's sign
C. Positive Obturator sign
D. Positive murphy's sign.
Answer: D. Positive murphy's sign
⩥ Which of the following symptoms would you expect from a young
adolescent in the early phase of appendicitis?
A. Abdominal pain two hours after eating
B. CVA tenderness
C. Severe RLQ pain with pallor and sweating
D. Constipation.
Answer: C. Severe RLQ pain with pallor and sweating
, ⩥ A 40 year old male patient presents with sinus pain, pressure and
yellow nasal discharge. Your exam would include palpation of:
A. Ethmoid and frontal sinuses
B. Maxillary and sphenoid sinuses
C. Frontal and maxillary sinuses
D. Sphenoid and ethmoid sinuses.
Answer: C. Frontal and maxillary sinuses
⩥ A 60 y.o presents with a 3 day history of left eye irritation. Which of
the following findings should be recorded in the ROS?
A. Patient denies eye pain or change in vision
B. Vision is 20/20 by Snellen Chary
C. Yellow crust is visible at the inner canthus of the left eye
D. all of the above.
Answer: A. Patient denies eye pain or change in vision
⩥ During a P.E of the throat, which of the following structures of the
mouth/throat should rise when the patient says "aah"?
A. Hard palate
B. Soft palate