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NSG 6440 PREDICTOR FINAL EXAM NEWEST 2025/2026 ACTUAL
EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+|
||PROFESSOR VERIFIED||
Your patient states he has a strep throat infection. Which of the
following symptoms makes you consider a viral etiology instead?
a. Fever
b. Headache
c. Exudative pharyngitis
d. Rhinorrhea - ANSWER-d. Rhinorrhea
What is the first-line recommended treatment against Group A B -
hemolytic streptococci (GABHS), the most common cause of
bacterial pharyngitis?
a. Penicillin
b. Quinolone
c. Cephalosporin
d. Macrolide - ANSWER-a. Penicillin
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Cydney presents with a history of asthma. She has not been
treated for a while. She complains of daily symptoms but not
continual, greater than 1 week and at nighttime. She has been
using her rescue inhaler. Her FEV1 is 60% to 80% predicted. How
would you classify her asthma severity?
a. Mild intermittent
b. Mild persistent
c. Moderate persistent
d. Severe persistent - ANSWER-c. Moderate persistent
Joyce is taking a long-acting beta agonist for her asthma. What
additional medication should she be taking?
a. Inhaled corticosteroid
b. Leukotriene receptor antagonist
c. Systemic corticosteroid
d. Methyl xanthenes - ANSWER-a. Inhaled corticosteroid
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Your patient is on Therabid for his asthma. You want to maintain
his serum levels between:
a. 0 to 5 µg/mL.
b. 5 to 10 µg/mL.
c. 5 to 15 µg/mL.
d. 10 to 20 µg/mL. - ANSWER-c. 5 to 15 µg/mL.
George has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and
an 80% forced expiratory volume in 1 second. How would you
classify the severity of his COPD?
a. Stage 1 mild COPD
b. Stage 2 moderate COPD
c. Stage 3 severe COPD
d. Stage 5 very severe COPD - ANSWER-a. Stage 1 mild COPD
Most nosocomial pneumonias are caused by:
a. Fungi.
b. Viruses
c. Gram-negative bacteria.
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d. Pneumococcal pneumonia. - ANSWER-c. Gram-negative
bacteria.
Which of the following statements is true regarding tuberculin skin
testing (TST)?
a. Tests should be read 48 hours after the injection.
b. The size of the TST reaction has nothing to do with erythema
but is based solely on induration.
c. It is a type V T-cell mediated immune response.
d. The diameter of the induration is measured in centimeters. -
ANSWER-b. The size of the TST reaction has nothing to do with
erythema but is based solely on induration.
Which obstructive lung disease is classified as reversible?
a. Asthma
b. Chronic bronchitis
c. Emphysema
d. COPD - ANSWER-a. Asthma
NSG 6440 PREDICTOR FINAL EXAM NEWEST 2025/2026 ACTUAL
EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+|
||PROFESSOR VERIFIED||
Your patient states he has a strep throat infection. Which of the
following symptoms makes you consider a viral etiology instead?
a. Fever
b. Headache
c. Exudative pharyngitis
d. Rhinorrhea - ANSWER-d. Rhinorrhea
What is the first-line recommended treatment against Group A B -
hemolytic streptococci (GABHS), the most common cause of
bacterial pharyngitis?
a. Penicillin
b. Quinolone
c. Cephalosporin
d. Macrolide - ANSWER-a. Penicillin
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Cydney presents with a history of asthma. She has not been
treated for a while. She complains of daily symptoms but not
continual, greater than 1 week and at nighttime. She has been
using her rescue inhaler. Her FEV1 is 60% to 80% predicted. How
would you classify her asthma severity?
a. Mild intermittent
b. Mild persistent
c. Moderate persistent
d. Severe persistent - ANSWER-c. Moderate persistent
Joyce is taking a long-acting beta agonist for her asthma. What
additional medication should she be taking?
a. Inhaled corticosteroid
b. Leukotriene receptor antagonist
c. Systemic corticosteroid
d. Methyl xanthenes - ANSWER-a. Inhaled corticosteroid
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Your patient is on Therabid for his asthma. You want to maintain
his serum levels between:
a. 0 to 5 µg/mL.
b. 5 to 10 µg/mL.
c. 5 to 15 µg/mL.
d. 10 to 20 µg/mL. - ANSWER-c. 5 to 15 µg/mL.
George has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and
an 80% forced expiratory volume in 1 second. How would you
classify the severity of his COPD?
a. Stage 1 mild COPD
b. Stage 2 moderate COPD
c. Stage 3 severe COPD
d. Stage 5 very severe COPD - ANSWER-a. Stage 1 mild COPD
Most nosocomial pneumonias are caused by:
a. Fungi.
b. Viruses
c. Gram-negative bacteria.
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d. Pneumococcal pneumonia. - ANSWER-c. Gram-negative
bacteria.
Which of the following statements is true regarding tuberculin skin
testing (TST)?
a. Tests should be read 48 hours after the injection.
b. The size of the TST reaction has nothing to do with erythema
but is based solely on induration.
c. It is a type V T-cell mediated immune response.
d. The diameter of the induration is measured in centimeters. -
ANSWER-b. The size of the TST reaction has nothing to do with
erythema but is based solely on induration.
Which obstructive lung disease is classified as reversible?
a. Asthma
b. Chronic bronchitis
c. Emphysema
d. COPD - ANSWER-a. Asthma
