TEST BANK FOR Advanced Assessment Interpreting
Findings and Formulating Differential Diagnoses
5th Edition Goolsby Chapters 1 - 22 | Complete
, TABLE OF CONTENTS
➢ Chapter 1. Assessment and Clinical Decision Making: An Overview
➢ Chapter 2. Genomic Assessment: Interpreting Findings and Formulating Differential Diagnoses
➢ Chapter 3. Skin
➢ Chapter 4. Head, Face, and Neck
➢ Chapter 5. The Eye
➢ Chapter 6. Ear, Nose, Mouth, and Throat
➢ Chapter 7. Cardiac and Peripheral Vascular Systems
➢ Chapter 8. Respiratory System
➢ Chapter 9. Breasts
➢ Chapter 10. Abdomen
➢ Chapter 11. Genitourinary System
➢ Chapter 12. Male Reproductive System
➢ Chapter 13. Female Reproductive System
➢ Chapter 14. Musculoskeletal System
➢ Chapter 15. Neurological System
➢ Chapter 16. Nonspecific Complaints
➢ Chapter 17. Psychiatric Mental Health
➢ Chapter 18. Pediatric Patients
➢ Chapter 19. Pregnant Patients
➢ Chapter 20. Assessment of the Transgender or Gender Diverse Adult
➢ Chapter 21. Older Patients
➢ Chapter 22. Persons With Disabilities
, ➢ Chapter 1. Assessment and Clinical Decision Making: An Overview
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. Which type of clinical decision-making is most reliable?
A. Intuitive
B. Analytical
C. Experiential
D. Augenblick
2. Which of the following is false? To obtain adequate history, health-care providers must be:
A. Methodical and systematic
B. Attentive to the patient’s verbal and nonverbal language
C. Able to accurately interpret the patient’s responses
D. Adept at reading into the patient’s statements
3. Essential parts of a health history include all of the following except:
A. Chief complaint
B. History of the present illness
C. Current vital signs
D. All of the above are essential history components
4. Which of the following is false? While performing the physical examination, the examiner must be able to:
A. Differentiate between normal and abnormal findings
B. Recall knowledge of a range of conditions and their associated signs and symptoms
C. Recognize how certain conditions affect the response to other conditions
D. Foresee unpredictable findings
5. The following is the least reliable source of information for diagnostic statistics:
A. Evidence-based investigations
B. Primary reports of research
C. Estimation based on a provider’s experience
D. Published meta-analyses
6. The sfollowing scan sbe sused sto sassist sin ssound sclinical sdecision-making:
A. Algorithm spublished sin sa speer-reviewed sjournal
, sarticle
B. Clinical spractice sguidelines
C. Evidence-based sresearch
D. All sof sthe sabove
s 7. If sa sdiagnostic sstudy shas shigh ssensitivity, sthis sindicates sa:
A. High spercentage sof spersons swith sthe sgiven scondition swill shave san sabnormal
sresult
B. Low spercentage sof spersons swith sthe sgiven scondition swill shave san sabnormal
sresult
C. Low slikelihood sof snormal sresult sin spersons swithout sa sgiven scondition
D. None sof sthe sabove
s 8. If sa sdiagnostic sstudy shas shigh sspecificity, s this sindicates sa:
A. Low spercentage sof shealthy sindividuals swill sshow sa snormal sresult
B. High spercentage sof shealthy sindividuals swill sshow sa snormal sresult
C. High spercentage sof sindividuals swith sa sdisorder swill sshow sa snormal
sresult
D. Low spercentage sof sindividuals swith sa sdisorder swill sshow san sabnormal
sresult
s 9. A slikelihood sratio sabove s1 sindicates sthat sa sdiagnostic stest sshowing sa:
A. Positive sresult sis sstrongly sassociated swith sthe sdisease
B. Negative sresult sis sstrongly sassociated swith sabsence sof sthe
sdisease
C. Positive sresult sis sweakly sassociated swith sthe sdisease
D. Negative sresult sis sweakly sassociated swith sabsence sof sthe
sdisease
Findings and Formulating Differential Diagnoses
5th Edition Goolsby Chapters 1 - 22 | Complete
, TABLE OF CONTENTS
➢ Chapter 1. Assessment and Clinical Decision Making: An Overview
➢ Chapter 2. Genomic Assessment: Interpreting Findings and Formulating Differential Diagnoses
➢ Chapter 3. Skin
➢ Chapter 4. Head, Face, and Neck
➢ Chapter 5. The Eye
➢ Chapter 6. Ear, Nose, Mouth, and Throat
➢ Chapter 7. Cardiac and Peripheral Vascular Systems
➢ Chapter 8. Respiratory System
➢ Chapter 9. Breasts
➢ Chapter 10. Abdomen
➢ Chapter 11. Genitourinary System
➢ Chapter 12. Male Reproductive System
➢ Chapter 13. Female Reproductive System
➢ Chapter 14. Musculoskeletal System
➢ Chapter 15. Neurological System
➢ Chapter 16. Nonspecific Complaints
➢ Chapter 17. Psychiatric Mental Health
➢ Chapter 18. Pediatric Patients
➢ Chapter 19. Pregnant Patients
➢ Chapter 20. Assessment of the Transgender or Gender Diverse Adult
➢ Chapter 21. Older Patients
➢ Chapter 22. Persons With Disabilities
, ➢ Chapter 1. Assessment and Clinical Decision Making: An Overview
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. Which type of clinical decision-making is most reliable?
A. Intuitive
B. Analytical
C. Experiential
D. Augenblick
2. Which of the following is false? To obtain adequate history, health-care providers must be:
A. Methodical and systematic
B. Attentive to the patient’s verbal and nonverbal language
C. Able to accurately interpret the patient’s responses
D. Adept at reading into the patient’s statements
3. Essential parts of a health history include all of the following except:
A. Chief complaint
B. History of the present illness
C. Current vital signs
D. All of the above are essential history components
4. Which of the following is false? While performing the physical examination, the examiner must be able to:
A. Differentiate between normal and abnormal findings
B. Recall knowledge of a range of conditions and their associated signs and symptoms
C. Recognize how certain conditions affect the response to other conditions
D. Foresee unpredictable findings
5. The following is the least reliable source of information for diagnostic statistics:
A. Evidence-based investigations
B. Primary reports of research
C. Estimation based on a provider’s experience
D. Published meta-analyses
6. The sfollowing scan sbe sused sto sassist sin ssound sclinical sdecision-making:
A. Algorithm spublished sin sa speer-reviewed sjournal
, sarticle
B. Clinical spractice sguidelines
C. Evidence-based sresearch
D. All sof sthe sabove
s 7. If sa sdiagnostic sstudy shas shigh ssensitivity, sthis sindicates sa:
A. High spercentage sof spersons swith sthe sgiven scondition swill shave san sabnormal
sresult
B. Low spercentage sof spersons swith sthe sgiven scondition swill shave san sabnormal
sresult
C. Low slikelihood sof snormal sresult sin spersons swithout sa sgiven scondition
D. None sof sthe sabove
s 8. If sa sdiagnostic sstudy shas shigh sspecificity, s this sindicates sa:
A. Low spercentage sof shealthy sindividuals swill sshow sa snormal sresult
B. High spercentage sof shealthy sindividuals swill sshow sa snormal sresult
C. High spercentage sof sindividuals swith sa sdisorder swill sshow sa snormal
sresult
D. Low spercentage sof sindividuals swith sa sdisorder swill sshow san sabnormal
sresult
s 9. A slikelihood sratio sabove s1 sindicates sthat sa sdiagnostic stest sshowing sa:
A. Positive sresult sis sstrongly sassociated swith sthe sdisease
B. Negative sresult sis sstrongly sassociated swith sabsence sof sthe
sdisease
C. Positive sresult sis sweakly sassociated swith sthe sdisease
D. Negative sresult sis sweakly sassociated swith sabsence sof sthe
sdisease
