NUR631-Advanced Health Assessment Test 1
Questions With All Correct & Verified
Answers
1. For which of the following patients would a comprehensive health history be appropriate?
A) A new patient with the chief complaint of "I sprained my ankle"
B) An established patient with the chief complaint of "I have an upper respiratory infection"
C) A new patient with the chief complaint of "I am here to establish care"
D) A new patient with the chief complaint of "I cut my hand" Correct answer-c) a new patient with
the CC of "I am here to establish care"
the patient is new to the provider so a comprehensive health history is needed
2. The components of the health history include all of the following except which one?
A) Review of systems
B) Thorax and lungs
C) Present illness
D) Personal and social items Correct answer-B) thorax and lungs
these are part of the physical examination
3. Is the following information subjective or objective?
Mr. M. has shortness of breath that has persisted for the past 10 days; it is worse with activity and
relieved by rest.
A) Subjective
B) Objective Correct answer-A) subjective
this is information given by the patient
4. Is the following information subjective or objective?
Mr. M. has a respiratory rate of 32 and a pulse rate of 120.
A) Subjective
B) Objective Correct answer-B) objective
this is information obtained by the examiner
5. The following information is recorded in the health history: "The patient has had abdominal pain
for 1 week. The pain lasts for 30 minutes at a time; it comes and goes. The severity is 7 to 9 on a
scale of 1 to 10. It is accompanied by nausea and vomiting. It is located in the mid-epigastric area."
Which of these categories does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems Correct answer-B) Present illness
,HPI
6. The following information is recorded in the health history: "The patient completed 8th grade. He
currently lives with his wife and two children. He works on old cars on the weekend. He works in a
glass factory during the week."
Which category does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems Correct answer-C) personal and social history
7. The following information is recorded in the health history: "I feel really tired."
Which category does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems Correct answer-A) chief complaint
pt's own words
8. The following information is recorded in the health history: "Patient denies chest pain,
palpitations, orthopnea, and paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea."
Which category does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems Correct answer-D) review of systems
9. The following information is best placed in which category?
"The patient has had three cesarean sections."
A) Adult illnesses
B) Surgeries
C) Obstetrics/gynecology
D) Psychiatric Correct answer-B) surgeries
10. The following information is best placed in which category?
"The patient had a stent placed in the left anterior descending artery (LAD) in 1999."
A) Adult illnesses
B) Surgeries
C) Obstetrics/gynecology
D) Psychiatric Correct answer-A) adult illnesses
*a stent is a major procedure but does not involve a surgeon*
11. The following information is best placed in which category?
"The patient was treated for an asthma exacerbation in the hospital last year; the patient has never
been intubated."
A) Adult illnesses
, B) Surgeries
C) Obstetrics/gynecology
D) Psychiatric Correct answer-A) adult illnesses
A patient presents for evaluation of a sharp, aching chest pain which increases with breathing. Which
anatomic area would you localize the symptom to?
A) Musculoskeletal
B) Reproductive
C) Urinary
D) Endocrine Correct answer-A)musculoskeletal
A patient comes to the emergency room for evaluation of shortness of breath. To which anatomic
region would you assign the symptom?
A) Reproductive
B) Urinary
C) Cardiac
D) Hematologic Correct answer-C)cardiac
A patient presents for evaluation of a cough. Which of the following anatomic regions can be
responsible for a cough?
A) Ophthalmologic
B) Auditory
C) Cardiac
D) Endocrine Correct answer-C) cardiac
A 22-year-old advertising copywriter presents for evaluation of joint pain. The pain is new, located in
the wrists and fingers bilaterally, with some subjective fever. The patient denies a rash; she also
denies recent travel or camping activities. She has a family history significant for rheumatoid arthritis.
Based on this information, which of the following pathologic processes would be the most correct?
A) Infectious
B) Inflammatory
C) Hematologic
D) Traumatic Correct answer-B) inflammatory
A 47-year-old contractor presents for evaluation of neck pain, which has been intermittent for
several years. He normally takes over-the-counter medications to ease the pain, but this time they
haven't worked as well and he still has discomfort. He recently wallpapered the entire second floor in
his house, which caused him great discomfort. The pain resolved with rest. He denies fever, chills,
rash, upper respiratory symptoms, trauma, or injury to the neck. Based on this description, what is
the most likely pathologic process?
A) Infectious
B) Neoplastic
C) Degenerative
D) Traumatic Correct answer-C) degenerative
A 15-year-old high school sophomore comes to the clinic for evaluation of a 3-week history of
sneezing; itchy, watery eyes; clear nasal discharge; ear pain; and nonproductive cough. Which is the
most likely pathologic process?
A) Infection
B) Inflammation
C) Allergic
Questions With All Correct & Verified
Answers
1. For which of the following patients would a comprehensive health history be appropriate?
A) A new patient with the chief complaint of "I sprained my ankle"
B) An established patient with the chief complaint of "I have an upper respiratory infection"
C) A new patient with the chief complaint of "I am here to establish care"
D) A new patient with the chief complaint of "I cut my hand" Correct answer-c) a new patient with
the CC of "I am here to establish care"
the patient is new to the provider so a comprehensive health history is needed
2. The components of the health history include all of the following except which one?
A) Review of systems
B) Thorax and lungs
C) Present illness
D) Personal and social items Correct answer-B) thorax and lungs
these are part of the physical examination
3. Is the following information subjective or objective?
Mr. M. has shortness of breath that has persisted for the past 10 days; it is worse with activity and
relieved by rest.
A) Subjective
B) Objective Correct answer-A) subjective
this is information given by the patient
4. Is the following information subjective or objective?
Mr. M. has a respiratory rate of 32 and a pulse rate of 120.
A) Subjective
B) Objective Correct answer-B) objective
this is information obtained by the examiner
5. The following information is recorded in the health history: "The patient has had abdominal pain
for 1 week. The pain lasts for 30 minutes at a time; it comes and goes. The severity is 7 to 9 on a
scale of 1 to 10. It is accompanied by nausea and vomiting. It is located in the mid-epigastric area."
Which of these categories does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems Correct answer-B) Present illness
,HPI
6. The following information is recorded in the health history: "The patient completed 8th grade. He
currently lives with his wife and two children. He works on old cars on the weekend. He works in a
glass factory during the week."
Which category does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems Correct answer-C) personal and social history
7. The following information is recorded in the health history: "I feel really tired."
Which category does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems Correct answer-A) chief complaint
pt's own words
8. The following information is recorded in the health history: "Patient denies chest pain,
palpitations, orthopnea, and paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea."
Which category does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems Correct answer-D) review of systems
9. The following information is best placed in which category?
"The patient has had three cesarean sections."
A) Adult illnesses
B) Surgeries
C) Obstetrics/gynecology
D) Psychiatric Correct answer-B) surgeries
10. The following information is best placed in which category?
"The patient had a stent placed in the left anterior descending artery (LAD) in 1999."
A) Adult illnesses
B) Surgeries
C) Obstetrics/gynecology
D) Psychiatric Correct answer-A) adult illnesses
*a stent is a major procedure but does not involve a surgeon*
11. The following information is best placed in which category?
"The patient was treated for an asthma exacerbation in the hospital last year; the patient has never
been intubated."
A) Adult illnesses
, B) Surgeries
C) Obstetrics/gynecology
D) Psychiatric Correct answer-A) adult illnesses
A patient presents for evaluation of a sharp, aching chest pain which increases with breathing. Which
anatomic area would you localize the symptom to?
A) Musculoskeletal
B) Reproductive
C) Urinary
D) Endocrine Correct answer-A)musculoskeletal
A patient comes to the emergency room for evaluation of shortness of breath. To which anatomic
region would you assign the symptom?
A) Reproductive
B) Urinary
C) Cardiac
D) Hematologic Correct answer-C)cardiac
A patient presents for evaluation of a cough. Which of the following anatomic regions can be
responsible for a cough?
A) Ophthalmologic
B) Auditory
C) Cardiac
D) Endocrine Correct answer-C) cardiac
A 22-year-old advertising copywriter presents for evaluation of joint pain. The pain is new, located in
the wrists and fingers bilaterally, with some subjective fever. The patient denies a rash; she also
denies recent travel or camping activities. She has a family history significant for rheumatoid arthritis.
Based on this information, which of the following pathologic processes would be the most correct?
A) Infectious
B) Inflammatory
C) Hematologic
D) Traumatic Correct answer-B) inflammatory
A 47-year-old contractor presents for evaluation of neck pain, which has been intermittent for
several years. He normally takes over-the-counter medications to ease the pain, but this time they
haven't worked as well and he still has discomfort. He recently wallpapered the entire second floor in
his house, which caused him great discomfort. The pain resolved with rest. He denies fever, chills,
rash, upper respiratory symptoms, trauma, or injury to the neck. Based on this description, what is
the most likely pathologic process?
A) Infectious
B) Neoplastic
C) Degenerative
D) Traumatic Correct answer-C) degenerative
A 15-year-old high school sophomore comes to the clinic for evaluation of a 3-week history of
sneezing; itchy, watery eyes; clear nasal discharge; ear pain; and nonproductive cough. Which is the
most likely pathologic process?
A) Infection
B) Inflammation
C) Allergic
