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3Ps Exam Questions and Answers-
Updated 2024
Recommend a method or test to help assess a patient's cerebellar function. - Ans:✔✔-Finger-nose-finger
testing
Choose an accurate statement regarding deep tendon reflexes and their location of assessment. -
Ans:✔✔-Achilles reflex corresponds to L2-S2.
Brachioradialis reflex corresponds to C5-C6.
Determine a finding that would be abnormal in a motor assessment. - Ans:✔✔-Presence of tremor
Muscle weakness
Propose an accurate statement regarding the sensory assessment. - Ans:✔✔-Tactile discrimination of
fine touch assesses the sensory cortex.
Decide what should be considered in assessing a patient's appearance and behavior. - Ans:✔✔-Level of
consciousness
Determine the accurate description regarding the strength of reflex. - Ans:✔✔-Hypoactive or diminished
response is classified as 1+.
Very brisk, hyperactive response is classified as 4+.
Determine a step or technique in the assessment of the trigeminal nerve. - Ans:✔✔-Assess muscles of
mastication.
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Ask the patient to identify the location of the light touch sensation on the forehead while eyes are
closed.
Recommend an appropriate examination method to assess spinal accessory nerve function. - Ans:✔✔-
Ask the patient to shrug shoulders against resistance.
Ask the patient to rotate the head forcibly against resistance.
Determine an important item to assess while testing a patient's language and comprehension. - Ans:✔✔-
Expressive or receptive aphasia
Language coherency
All of the following are components of the classic ophthalmological emergency except __________. -
Ans:✔✔-purulent eye discharge
Mrs. Murphy is a 58-year-old woman presenting with a sudden left-sided headache that is most painful
in her left eye. Her vision is blurred, and her left pupil is slightly dilated and poorly reactive. The left
conjunctiva is markedly injected, and the eyeball is firm. Vision screen with the Snellen chart is 20/30 OD
and 20/90 OS.
When caring for Mrs. Murphy, the most appropriate next action is __________. - Ans:✔✔-prompt
referral to an ophthalmologist
Recommend an appropriate question to ask when assessing a patient's mood and affect. - Ans:✔✔-How
are you?
Propose an accurate statement regarding the mental status examination. - Ans:✔✔-A patient's overall
appearance is part of the mental status examination.
Determine an appropriate question to ask when assessing a patient's perception. - Ans:✔✔-Do you feel
as if you're being watched?
How do people treat you?
Choose an accurate description of expressive aphasia. - Ans:✔✔-Having difficulty in expressing words
Describe the technique to assess facial nerve function. - Ans:✔✔-Ask the patient to smile.
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Instruct the patient to lift eyebrows.
Ask the patient to close eyelids tightly against your attempt to open them.
What is a common vision problem in a person with untreated primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG)? -
Ans:✔✔-Peripheral vision loss
Propose a component of assessing the thought process of a patient. - Ans:✔✔-Screening for suicidal
thoughts
Which of the following is the most likely to be found on the funduscopic examination of a patient with
untreated POAG? - Ans:✔✔-Excessive cupping of the optic disk
Propose an indicator that a headache can be the presenting symptom of a serious illness and may
require neuroimaging. - Ans:✔✔-Headache causing confusion, dizziness, or lack of coordination
Headache causing awakening from sleep
Sudden or new-onset headache
A clinician is performing a middle ear assessment on a 15-year-old patient. When examining the right
tympanic membrane, the clinician sees the presence of dense white patches. The tympanic membrane is
otherwise unremarkable. It is pearly, with the light reflex at 5 o'clock and landmarks visible. Propose a
statement that reflects this finding. - Ans:✔✔-This is known as tympanosclerosis.
This is associated with calcification of the tympanic membrane.
There are scars caused from frequent ear infection.
This is associated with calcification of the tympanic membrane.
A clinician is testing the hearing of a 78-year-old man. Establish which of the following is important to
keep in mind in terms of changes in hearing that occur with aging. - Ans:✔✔-The aging person may find
it harder to hear consonants than vowels.
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Sounds may be garbled and difficult to localize.
The tympanic membrane thickens with age.
The progression is slow.
Propose a way to examine a patient who presents to your office with vertigo. - Ans:✔✔-Ask the patient
to close his or her eyes and march in place for 30 seconds.
Perform the Romberg test.
Check for nystagmus.
An 83-year-old male is in the clinic for a checkup. Determine a question that should be considered before
the clinician begins screening for a hearing deficit. - Ans:✔✔-Is the evaluation for perceived hearing
problems related to the hearing loss?
Has there been exposure to ototoxic agents?
The clinician is assessing a patient who may have hearing loss. Determine the statement concerning air
conduction. - Ans:✔✔-It is the normal pathway for hearing.
The Rinne test is used to determine normal conduction.
When hearing conduction is impaired, air conduction is less than bone conduction on the affected side.
A clinician is performing an oral assessment. Determine which of the following findings would cause the
greatest concern. - Ans:✔✔-Ulceration on the side of the tongue
Unexplained bleeding from the tongue
Rolled edges on the side of the tongue
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3Ps Exam Questions and Answers-
Updated 2024
Recommend a method or test to help assess a patient's cerebellar function. - Ans:✔✔-Finger-nose-finger
testing
Choose an accurate statement regarding deep tendon reflexes and their location of assessment. -
Ans:✔✔-Achilles reflex corresponds to L2-S2.
Brachioradialis reflex corresponds to C5-C6.
Determine a finding that would be abnormal in a motor assessment. - Ans:✔✔-Presence of tremor
Muscle weakness
Propose an accurate statement regarding the sensory assessment. - Ans:✔✔-Tactile discrimination of
fine touch assesses the sensory cortex.
Decide what should be considered in assessing a patient's appearance and behavior. - Ans:✔✔-Level of
consciousness
Determine the accurate description regarding the strength of reflex. - Ans:✔✔-Hypoactive or diminished
response is classified as 1+.
Very brisk, hyperactive response is classified as 4+.
Determine a step or technique in the assessment of the trigeminal nerve. - Ans:✔✔-Assess muscles of
mastication.
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Ask the patient to identify the location of the light touch sensation on the forehead while eyes are
closed.
Recommend an appropriate examination method to assess spinal accessory nerve function. - Ans:✔✔-
Ask the patient to shrug shoulders against resistance.
Ask the patient to rotate the head forcibly against resistance.
Determine an important item to assess while testing a patient's language and comprehension. - Ans:✔✔-
Expressive or receptive aphasia
Language coherency
All of the following are components of the classic ophthalmological emergency except __________. -
Ans:✔✔-purulent eye discharge
Mrs. Murphy is a 58-year-old woman presenting with a sudden left-sided headache that is most painful
in her left eye. Her vision is blurred, and her left pupil is slightly dilated and poorly reactive. The left
conjunctiva is markedly injected, and the eyeball is firm. Vision screen with the Snellen chart is 20/30 OD
and 20/90 OS.
When caring for Mrs. Murphy, the most appropriate next action is __________. - Ans:✔✔-prompt
referral to an ophthalmologist
Recommend an appropriate question to ask when assessing a patient's mood and affect. - Ans:✔✔-How
are you?
Propose an accurate statement regarding the mental status examination. - Ans:✔✔-A patient's overall
appearance is part of the mental status examination.
Determine an appropriate question to ask when assessing a patient's perception. - Ans:✔✔-Do you feel
as if you're being watched?
How do people treat you?
Choose an accurate description of expressive aphasia. - Ans:✔✔-Having difficulty in expressing words
Describe the technique to assess facial nerve function. - Ans:✔✔-Ask the patient to smile.
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Instruct the patient to lift eyebrows.
Ask the patient to close eyelids tightly against your attempt to open them.
What is a common vision problem in a person with untreated primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG)? -
Ans:✔✔-Peripheral vision loss
Propose a component of assessing the thought process of a patient. - Ans:✔✔-Screening for suicidal
thoughts
Which of the following is the most likely to be found on the funduscopic examination of a patient with
untreated POAG? - Ans:✔✔-Excessive cupping of the optic disk
Propose an indicator that a headache can be the presenting symptom of a serious illness and may
require neuroimaging. - Ans:✔✔-Headache causing confusion, dizziness, or lack of coordination
Headache causing awakening from sleep
Sudden or new-onset headache
A clinician is performing a middle ear assessment on a 15-year-old patient. When examining the right
tympanic membrane, the clinician sees the presence of dense white patches. The tympanic membrane is
otherwise unremarkable. It is pearly, with the light reflex at 5 o'clock and landmarks visible. Propose a
statement that reflects this finding. - Ans:✔✔-This is known as tympanosclerosis.
This is associated with calcification of the tympanic membrane.
There are scars caused from frequent ear infection.
This is associated with calcification of the tympanic membrane.
A clinician is testing the hearing of a 78-year-old man. Establish which of the following is important to
keep in mind in terms of changes in hearing that occur with aging. - Ans:✔✔-The aging person may find
it harder to hear consonants than vowels.
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Sounds may be garbled and difficult to localize.
The tympanic membrane thickens with age.
The progression is slow.
Propose a way to examine a patient who presents to your office with vertigo. - Ans:✔✔-Ask the patient
to close his or her eyes and march in place for 30 seconds.
Perform the Romberg test.
Check for nystagmus.
An 83-year-old male is in the clinic for a checkup. Determine a question that should be considered before
the clinician begins screening for a hearing deficit. - Ans:✔✔-Is the evaluation for perceived hearing
problems related to the hearing loss?
Has there been exposure to ototoxic agents?
The clinician is assessing a patient who may have hearing loss. Determine the statement concerning air
conduction. - Ans:✔✔-It is the normal pathway for hearing.
The Rinne test is used to determine normal conduction.
When hearing conduction is impaired, air conduction is less than bone conduction on the affected side.
A clinician is performing an oral assessment. Determine which of the following findings would cause the
greatest concern. - Ans:✔✔-Ulceration on the side of the tongue
Unexplained bleeding from the tongue
Rolled edges on the side of the tongue
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