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 ffollowing fcan fbe fused fto fassist fin fsound fclinical fdecision-making:
A. Algorithm fpublished fin fa fpeer-reviewed fjournal
, farticle
B. Clinical fpractice fguidelines
C. Evidence-based fresearch
D. All fof fthe fabove
f 7. If fa fdiagnostic fstudy fhas fhigh fsensitivity, f this findicates fa:
A. High fpercentage fof fpersons fwith fthe fgiven fcondition fwill fhave fan fabnormal
fresult
B. Low fpercentage fof fpersons fwith fthe fgiven fcondition fwill fhave fan fabnormal
fresult
C. Low flikelihood fof fnormal fresult fin fpersons fwithout fa fgiven fcondition
D. None fof fthe fabove
f 8. If fa fdiagnostic fstudy fhas fhigh fspecificity, f this findicates fa:
A. Low fpercentage fof fhealthy findividuals fwill fshow fa fnormal fresult
B. High fpercentage fof fhealthy findividuals fwill fshow fa fnormal fresult
C. High fpercentage fof findividuals fwith fa fdisorder fwill fshow fa fnormal
fresult
D. Low fpercentage fof findividuals fwith fa fdisorder fwill fshow fan fabnormal
fresult
f 9. A flikelihood fratio fabove f1 findicates fthat fa fdiagnostic ftest fshowing fa:
A. Positive fresult fis fstrongly fassociated fwith fthe fdisease
B. Negative fresult fis fstrongly fassociated fwith fabsence fof fthe
fdisease
C. Positive fresult fis fweakly fassociated fwith fthe fdisease
D. Negative fresult fis fweakly fassociated fwith fabsence fof fthe
fdisease
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 ffollowing fcan fbe fused fto fassist fin fsound fclinical fdecision-making:
A. Algorithm fpublished fin fa fpeer-reviewed fjournal
, farticle
B. Clinical fpractice fguidelines
C. Evidence-based fresearch
D. All fof fthe fabove
f 7. If fa fdiagnostic fstudy fhas fhigh fsensitivity, f this findicates fa:
A. High fpercentage fof fpersons fwith fthe fgiven fcondition fwill fhave fan fabnormal
fresult
B. Low fpercentage fof fpersons fwith fthe fgiven fcondition fwill fhave fan fabnormal
fresult
C. Low flikelihood fof fnormal fresult fin fpersons fwithout fa fgiven fcondition
D. None fof fthe fabove
f 8. If fa fdiagnostic fstudy fhas fhigh fspecificity, f this findicates fa:
A. Low fpercentage fof fhealthy findividuals fwill fshow fa fnormal fresult
B. High fpercentage fof fhealthy findividuals fwill fshow fa fnormal fresult
C. High fpercentage fof findividuals fwith fa fdisorder fwill fshow fa fnormal
fresult
D. Low fpercentage fof findividuals fwith fa fdisorder fwill fshow fan fabnormal
fresult
f 9. A flikelihood fratio fabove f1 findicates fthat fa fdiagnostic ftest fshowing fa:
A. Positive fresult fis fstrongly fassociated fwith fthe fdisease
B. Negative fresult fis fstrongly fassociated fwith fabsence fof fthe
fdisease
C. Positive fresult fis fweakly fassociated fwith fthe fdisease
D. Negative fresult fis fweakly fassociated fwith fabsence fof fthe
fdisease
