Walden University Nursing Exam-NURS
6512 Midterm Exam: Questions and Answers
Question: Did you comply with Walden University's Code of Conduct, including the
expectations for academic integrity, when completing this exam?
Answer: Yes.
Question: What tool is used to screen adolescents for alcoholism?
Answer: The CRAFFT tool.
Question: Which question would be considered a leading question?
Answer: "You don't get headaches often, do you?"
Question: After completing the inspection of Mrs. Berger’s abdomen, a 39-year-old woman
presenting with epigastric abdominal pain, what is the next step in the assessment process?
Answer: Auscultation.
Question: For Mr. Marks, a 66-year-old patient presenting for a physical examination, which
question has the most potential for exploring cultural beliefs related to a health problem?
Answer: "Why do you think you are having these symptoms?"
Question: Which technique is most likely to result in the patient’s understanding of questions?
Answer: Using the patient’s own terms if possible.
, Question: What is the most superior part of the stomach?
Answer: The fundus.
Question: When collecting a history from an 11-year-old girl with her mother present in the
examination room, how should older children or adolescents be interviewed?
Answer: They should be given the opportunity to be interviewed without the parent at some
point during the interview.
Question: What are white, rounded, or oval ulcerations surrounded by a red halo and found on
the oral mucosa?
Answer: Aphthous ulcers.
Question: When using an ophthalmoscope to examine a patient’s inner eye, why do you rotate
the lens selector clockwise, then counterclockwise?
Answer: To compensate for myopia.
Question: In patient teaching with Mrs. Raymonds, a 24-year-old patient who has presented for
a routine concern over her current weight, which of the following is a macronutrient?
Answer: Fat.
Question: On examination of Mr. Mathews, a 47-year-old patient presenting for a routine
physical examination, you have noted a bruit heard over the thyroid. What is this suggestive of?
Answer: Hyperthyroidism.
Question: What is the adult recommended dietary fat intake per day?
Answer: 44 to 78 grams.
6512 Midterm Exam: Questions and Answers
Question: Did you comply with Walden University's Code of Conduct, including the
expectations for academic integrity, when completing this exam?
Answer: Yes.
Question: What tool is used to screen adolescents for alcoholism?
Answer: The CRAFFT tool.
Question: Which question would be considered a leading question?
Answer: "You don't get headaches often, do you?"
Question: After completing the inspection of Mrs. Berger’s abdomen, a 39-year-old woman
presenting with epigastric abdominal pain, what is the next step in the assessment process?
Answer: Auscultation.
Question: For Mr. Marks, a 66-year-old patient presenting for a physical examination, which
question has the most potential for exploring cultural beliefs related to a health problem?
Answer: "Why do you think you are having these symptoms?"
Question: Which technique is most likely to result in the patient’s understanding of questions?
Answer: Using the patient’s own terms if possible.
, Question: What is the most superior part of the stomach?
Answer: The fundus.
Question: When collecting a history from an 11-year-old girl with her mother present in the
examination room, how should older children or adolescents be interviewed?
Answer: They should be given the opportunity to be interviewed without the parent at some
point during the interview.
Question: What are white, rounded, or oval ulcerations surrounded by a red halo and found on
the oral mucosa?
Answer: Aphthous ulcers.
Question: When using an ophthalmoscope to examine a patient’s inner eye, why do you rotate
the lens selector clockwise, then counterclockwise?
Answer: To compensate for myopia.
Question: In patient teaching with Mrs. Raymonds, a 24-year-old patient who has presented for
a routine concern over her current weight, which of the following is a macronutrient?
Answer: Fat.
Question: On examination of Mr. Mathews, a 47-year-old patient presenting for a routine
physical examination, you have noted a bruit heard over the thyroid. What is this suggestive of?
Answer: Hyperthyroidism.
Question: What is the adult recommended dietary fat intake per day?
Answer: 44 to 78 grams.
