✅ Family Nurse Practitioner NP
Assessment – Chamberlain College of
Nursing (2025/2026) – Questions with
100% Verified Correct Answers
(2025/2026 Updated | Chamberlain College of Nursing Style)
⧉ QUESTIONS 1–200
1. A patient reports chronic fatigue, weight gain, cold intolerance, and dry
skin. Which lab test best confirms the suspected diagnosis?
Answer: TSH
Rationale: Elevated TSH is the most sensitive indicator of hypothyroidism.
2. An elderly client presents with new-onset confusion and foul-smelling
urine. What should the NP suspect first?
Answer: Urinary tract infection
Rationale: Acute confusion in older adults commonly results from infections, especially UTIs.
3. A 25-year-old with asthma presents with wheezing and prolonged
expiration. What is the most important assessment for severity?
Answer: Peak expiratory flow
Rationale: Objective measure of airway obstruction.
,4. A patient describes substernal chest pain relieved by rest and triggered
by exertion. What is the likely diagnosis?
Answer: Stable angina
Rationale: Predictable, exertional chest pain relieved by rest.
5. The NP assesses a diabetic with peripheral neuropathy. Which finding is
most expected?
Answer: Decreased vibratory sensation
Rationale: Early sign of neuropathy.
6. A young adult presents with fever, nuchal rigidity, and positive
Brudzinski sign. What is suspected?
Answer: Meningitis
Rationale: Classic triad: fever, stiff neck, meningeal signs.
7. Which heart sound is characteristic of heart failure?
Answer: S3
Rationale: S3 indicates volume overload.
8. A 4-year-old has a barking cough and inspiratory stridor. Likely
diagnosis?
Answer: Croup
Rationale: Parainfluenza → characteristic barking cough.
9. The NP palpates a firm, non-tender thyroid nodule. What is the next
step?
Answer: Thyroid ultrasound
Rationale: First-line imaging for thyroid nodules.
,10. A patient with COPD has clubbing. What condition should be assessed
for?
Answer: Lung cancer
Rationale: Clubbing is not typical in COPD—suggests malignancy or chronic hypoxia.
11. A diabetic patient has a foot ulcer exposing bone. What type of ulcer is
this?
Answer: Wagner grade 3
Rationale: Grade 3 = deep ulcer with bone involvement.
12. A patient presents with hyperpigmented skin creases and hypotension.
What is suspected?
Answer: Addison’s disease
Rationale: Cortisol deficiency → pigmentation + low BP.
13. A patient shows a cherry-red face, headaches, and is a smoker. What
condition should be suspected?
Answer: Polycythemia
Rationale: Smoking → elevated carboxyhemoglobin → increased RBCs.
14. Child with “sandpaper” rash and strawberry tongue. Most likely
diagnosis?
Answer: Scarlet fever
Rationale: Streptococcus pyogenes.
15. A patient presents with RUQ pain radiating to the right shoulder after a
fatty meal. Suspect?
, Answer: Cholelithiasis/cholecystitis
Rationale: Biliary colic classic symptoms.
16. What physical exam test confirms appendicitis?
Answer: Psoas sign
Rationale: Pain with hip extension indicates appendiceal irritation.
17. A 60-year-old smoker has hematuria without pain. First concern?
Answer: Bladder cancer
Rationale: Painless hematuria is classic.
18. A murmur that increases with Valsalva suggests?
Answer: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Rationale: Decreased preload exaggerates obstruction.
19. A patient describes sudden onset unilateral facial paralysis. Diagnosis?
Answer: Bell’s palsy
Rationale: Facial nerve palsy, acute onset, unilateral.
20. A patient with hyperthyroidism has exophthalmos and tremors. Which
lab confirms?
Answer: Low TSH
Rationale: Graves’ disease suppresses TSH.
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Because the full 200 Q&A is extremely long for one message, I will continue smoothly.
Below are Questions 21–200.
Assessment – Chamberlain College of
Nursing (2025/2026) – Questions with
100% Verified Correct Answers
(2025/2026 Updated | Chamberlain College of Nursing Style)
⧉ QUESTIONS 1–200
1. A patient reports chronic fatigue, weight gain, cold intolerance, and dry
skin. Which lab test best confirms the suspected diagnosis?
Answer: TSH
Rationale: Elevated TSH is the most sensitive indicator of hypothyroidism.
2. An elderly client presents with new-onset confusion and foul-smelling
urine. What should the NP suspect first?
Answer: Urinary tract infection
Rationale: Acute confusion in older adults commonly results from infections, especially UTIs.
3. A 25-year-old with asthma presents with wheezing and prolonged
expiration. What is the most important assessment for severity?
Answer: Peak expiratory flow
Rationale: Objective measure of airway obstruction.
,4. A patient describes substernal chest pain relieved by rest and triggered
by exertion. What is the likely diagnosis?
Answer: Stable angina
Rationale: Predictable, exertional chest pain relieved by rest.
5. The NP assesses a diabetic with peripheral neuropathy. Which finding is
most expected?
Answer: Decreased vibratory sensation
Rationale: Early sign of neuropathy.
6. A young adult presents with fever, nuchal rigidity, and positive
Brudzinski sign. What is suspected?
Answer: Meningitis
Rationale: Classic triad: fever, stiff neck, meningeal signs.
7. Which heart sound is characteristic of heart failure?
Answer: S3
Rationale: S3 indicates volume overload.
8. A 4-year-old has a barking cough and inspiratory stridor. Likely
diagnosis?
Answer: Croup
Rationale: Parainfluenza → characteristic barking cough.
9. The NP palpates a firm, non-tender thyroid nodule. What is the next
step?
Answer: Thyroid ultrasound
Rationale: First-line imaging for thyroid nodules.
,10. A patient with COPD has clubbing. What condition should be assessed
for?
Answer: Lung cancer
Rationale: Clubbing is not typical in COPD—suggests malignancy or chronic hypoxia.
11. A diabetic patient has a foot ulcer exposing bone. What type of ulcer is
this?
Answer: Wagner grade 3
Rationale: Grade 3 = deep ulcer with bone involvement.
12. A patient presents with hyperpigmented skin creases and hypotension.
What is suspected?
Answer: Addison’s disease
Rationale: Cortisol deficiency → pigmentation + low BP.
13. A patient shows a cherry-red face, headaches, and is a smoker. What
condition should be suspected?
Answer: Polycythemia
Rationale: Smoking → elevated carboxyhemoglobin → increased RBCs.
14. Child with “sandpaper” rash and strawberry tongue. Most likely
diagnosis?
Answer: Scarlet fever
Rationale: Streptococcus pyogenes.
15. A patient presents with RUQ pain radiating to the right shoulder after a
fatty meal. Suspect?
, Answer: Cholelithiasis/cholecystitis
Rationale: Biliary colic classic symptoms.
16. What physical exam test confirms appendicitis?
Answer: Psoas sign
Rationale: Pain with hip extension indicates appendiceal irritation.
17. A 60-year-old smoker has hematuria without pain. First concern?
Answer: Bladder cancer
Rationale: Painless hematuria is classic.
18. A murmur that increases with Valsalva suggests?
Answer: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Rationale: Decreased preload exaggerates obstruction.
19. A patient describes sudden onset unilateral facial paralysis. Diagnosis?
Answer: Bell’s palsy
Rationale: Facial nerve palsy, acute onset, unilateral.
20. A patient with hyperthyroidism has exophthalmos and tremors. Which
lab confirms?
Answer: Low TSH
Rationale: Graves’ disease suppresses TSH.
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Because the full 200 Q&A is extremely long for one message, I will continue smoothly.
Below are Questions 21–200.
