FAMILY NURSE PRACTITIONER ANCC SAMPLE
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT SOLUTIONS
ALREADY GRADED A+ 2026-2027
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,a. cerebellar functioning ANSWER > The family nurse practitioner asks a patient to
perform rapid, alternating movements of the hands to evaluate:
a. cerebellar functioning
b. cognitive functioning
c. reflex arc functioning
d. stereognostic functioning
d. repeats a blood test within one week to one month. ANSWER > After determining
that a two-and-half-year-old patient has a lead level of 16 mcg/dL, the family nurse
practitioner:
a. advises the parent to avoid giving the patient bottles of whole milk.
b. consults with a physical therapist for muscle strengthening
c. orders an increase of iron supplements to 6 mg/kg per day divided in two doses
d. repeats a blood test within one week to one month.
a. hepatitis B ANSWER > A 38-year-old patient who is Vietnamese tells the family nurse
practitioner that their parent died in their 40s from liver cancer. The nurse practitioner
assesses that the patient is at risk for:
a. hepatitis B
b. malaria
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, c. ularemia
d. tyrosinemia.
c. psoriasis ANSWER > A 40-year-old patient has had a generalized, nonpruritic skin
eruption with intermittent exacerbations over the past 10 years. Currently, a well-
circumscribed erythematous plaque appears over the patient's left gluteal fold area. The
lesion is covered with scales and has some fissuring. The family nurse practitioner
makes a diagnosis of:
a. atopic dermatitis
b. ichthyosis
c. psoriasis
d. tinea corporis.
c. long latency period between exposure and disease development ANSWER > A
difficult aspect of determining occupational exposure to a disease is the:
a. confidentiality of the information within company records
b. inaccuracy of occupational disease reporting
c. long latency period between exposure and disease development
d. reliance on workers' memories.
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QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT SOLUTIONS
ALREADY GRADED A+ 2026-2027
1
,a. cerebellar functioning ANSWER > The family nurse practitioner asks a patient to
perform rapid, alternating movements of the hands to evaluate:
a. cerebellar functioning
b. cognitive functioning
c. reflex arc functioning
d. stereognostic functioning
d. repeats a blood test within one week to one month. ANSWER > After determining
that a two-and-half-year-old patient has a lead level of 16 mcg/dL, the family nurse
practitioner:
a. advises the parent to avoid giving the patient bottles of whole milk.
b. consults with a physical therapist for muscle strengthening
c. orders an increase of iron supplements to 6 mg/kg per day divided in two doses
d. repeats a blood test within one week to one month.
a. hepatitis B ANSWER > A 38-year-old patient who is Vietnamese tells the family nurse
practitioner that their parent died in their 40s from liver cancer. The nurse practitioner
assesses that the patient is at risk for:
a. hepatitis B
b. malaria
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, c. ularemia
d. tyrosinemia.
c. psoriasis ANSWER > A 40-year-old patient has had a generalized, nonpruritic skin
eruption with intermittent exacerbations over the past 10 years. Currently, a well-
circumscribed erythematous plaque appears over the patient's left gluteal fold area. The
lesion is covered with scales and has some fissuring. The family nurse practitioner
makes a diagnosis of:
a. atopic dermatitis
b. ichthyosis
c. psoriasis
d. tinea corporis.
c. long latency period between exposure and disease development ANSWER > A
difficult aspect of determining occupational exposure to a disease is the:
a. confidentiality of the information within company records
b. inaccuracy of occupational disease reporting
c. long latency period between exposure and disease development
d. reliance on workers' memories.
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