PNCB EXAM WITH ALL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE JUST RELEASED THIS YEAR

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PNCB EXAM WITH ALL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE JUST RELEASED THIS YEAR



Question: Head and chest circumference should be equal at what age? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔1 years old




Question: During childhood, what should the chest circumference be? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔5 to 7 cm larger than head circumference




Question: An infant presents with a large fontanel at birth which can be related to what thyroid
issue? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔hypothyroidism as well as chronically increased intercranial
pressure, subdural hematoma, ricketts, osteogenesis imperfecta.




Question: An infant presents with a sunken fontanel. What type of dehydration do you assume?
- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Severe dehydration of greater than 10%




Question: Which heart sound is best heard at the aortic and pulmonic areas? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔S2 as it is the closure of the aortic and pulmonic valve.




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Question: In terms of heart rate and breathing, does it increase or decrease with expiration? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔heart rate increases with inspiration and decreases with expiration.
variations in Heart rate disappears when holding your breath or exercise. For every 1 degree
celcius, the heartrate increases by 4 beats per minute.




Question: Where is a functional murmur heard loudest? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔In the lower
left sternal border or at the second or third intercostal space.




Question: When do children become thoracic breathers? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Girls over the
age of 7 become thoracic breathers. Boys remain abdominal breathers




Question: A non-mobile, painless breast mass, diagnosis? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔neoplastic
breast mass (very rare), may have overlying skin changes, nipple discharge.




Question: Where can you palpate fecal masses if a patient complains of constipation? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔lower left quadrant




Question: What is cryptochidism? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Undescended teste, should refer if
doesn't distend after 1 years old. A teste that can be milked down is considered distended.




Question: Nevus flammeus is also known as? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Port-wine stain




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Question: What is cutis marmorata? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔transient mottling when infant is
exposed to decreased temperature




Question: Appearance of jaundice within the first 24 hours of birth may indicate? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔hemolytic disease or infection




Question: First appearance of jaundice at 2-3 weeks of age, you must consider? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔Billiary atresia where indirect, unconjugated bili is elevated and AST/ALT may be
elevated.




Question: Tell me about shotty lymph nodes. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔under 0.5cm, firm, mobile
and nontender. Usually indicates past infections.




Question: If you can palpate supraclavicular nodes, what do you suspect? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔malignancy or tuberculosis




Question: Blood pressure screening should start at 3 years old, except for? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔if the child has renal or cardiovascular abnormalities




Question: When do you begin monitoring BMI? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Starting at age 2




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Question: What pH would you expect to find in a patient with a UTI? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔Elevated pH, alkaline (base)




Question: If a patient presents with dehydration, what do you expect the specific gravity to be?
- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔elevated




Question: What effect does reflux nephropathy have on blood pressure? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔elevated BP




Q:What is the developmental stage and age range defined as experiencing the world through
senses and actions? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Piaget's Sensorimotor, Birth to 2 years




Question: What is the developmental stage and age range defined as representing things with
words and images? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Piaget's Preoperational, 2 to 6 years old




Question: What is the developmental stage and age range defined as thinking logically about
concrete events and grasping concrete analogies? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Piaget's Concrete
Operational, 7 to 11 years old




Question: What is the developmental stage and age range defined as thinking about
hypothetical scenarios and processing abstract thoughts? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Piaget's
Formal Operational, 12 to adulthood


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