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Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Certification – CPNP-
PC with 150 Practice Questions and Correct
Answers/ PNP Certification Test Practice Questions
and Answers
The concept of health promotion consists of efforts to
prevent rather than to cure disease or disability. This
description best describes:
a. tertiary prevention
b. secondary prevention
c. primary prevention
d. morbidity prevention - ...ANSWER...✓✓ c
Standards for well child care and health promotion are
set forth by the:
a. Task Force on Preventative Services, US Department of
Health and Human services
b. American Academy of Family Physicians
c. American Academy of pediatrics
d. Healthy People 2010 and 2020 - ...ANSWER...✓✓ c
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A 15 yo female comes to the clinic for a health
maintenance visit. The patient reports no complaints. She
does well in school, has many friends, and gets along
well with her parents and two siblings. She has recently
become sexually active with her boyfriend of 6mo. The
physical exam is normal for her age. What screening, lab
tests, and/or immunizations should the PNP order?
a. Vision, hearing, urinalysis, STD screen, pelvic exam,
and immunizations as needed
b. STD screen, pneumococcal vaccine, pelvic exam, and
cholesterol screening as indicated
c. vision, hearing, STD screen, pelvic exam, and
hemoglobin if indicated.
d. Measles vaccine, vision, hearing, STD screen, pelvic
exam exam, and cholesterol screen if indicated. -
...ANSWER...✓✓ a
Which of the following is the best written chief complaint?
a. 5yo asian female with itchy red rash
b. 1 mo with difficulty feeding
c. 15yo african american female complaining of lower
abdominal pain for 3 days
d. 12yo caucasian with itchy eye for 1 week -
...ANSWER...✓✓ c
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The past history should include
a. family history
b. social hx
c. symptom analysis
d. hospitalization - ...ANSWER...✓✓ d
The family history should include:
a. the health status of the paternal grandparents
b. the living conditions of the family
c. the work status of the parents
d. school information - ...ANSWER...✓✓ a
Which of the following statements would be considered
subjective data obtained from the client during the review
of systems for the skin?
a. the skin appears dry & excoriated
b. a lesion is noted on the lateral aspect of the right leg
c. there is moderate acne on the forehead and back
d. the patient denies changes in skin texture -
...ANSWER...✓✓ d
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The PNP is completing the ROS on a 4mo. What response
from the mother might indicate a cardiac problem in the
infant & require a more thorough history?
a. the baby gets the hiccups often.
b. it takes the baby over 30min to complete a bottle
c. the baby's heart seems to beat rapidly sometimes
d. sometimes the baby sounds congested -
...ANSWER...✓✓ b
The PNP is obtaining a review of systems on a healthy
8yo girl. It would be important to include:
a. the date of last breast self-exam.
b. any limitations related to sports participation.
c. the last hematocrit and hemoglobin
d. the last lead screen - ...ANSWER...✓✓ b
The mother of a 3yo states that her son was completely
toilet trained at 18mo. The PNP explores further, asking:
a. how the mother did the toilet training
b. if the child is dry at night and fully trained for urine and
stool day and night
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Certification – CPNP-
PC with 150 Practice Questions and Correct
Answers/ PNP Certification Test Practice Questions
and Answers
The concept of health promotion consists of efforts to
prevent rather than to cure disease or disability. This
description best describes:
a. tertiary prevention
b. secondary prevention
c. primary prevention
d. morbidity prevention - ...ANSWER...✓✓ c
Standards for well child care and health promotion are
set forth by the:
a. Task Force on Preventative Services, US Department of
Health and Human services
b. American Academy of Family Physicians
c. American Academy of pediatrics
d. Healthy People 2010 and 2020 - ...ANSWER...✓✓ c
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A 15 yo female comes to the clinic for a health
maintenance visit. The patient reports no complaints. She
does well in school, has many friends, and gets along
well with her parents and two siblings. She has recently
become sexually active with her boyfriend of 6mo. The
physical exam is normal for her age. What screening, lab
tests, and/or immunizations should the PNP order?
a. Vision, hearing, urinalysis, STD screen, pelvic exam,
and immunizations as needed
b. STD screen, pneumococcal vaccine, pelvic exam, and
cholesterol screening as indicated
c. vision, hearing, STD screen, pelvic exam, and
hemoglobin if indicated.
d. Measles vaccine, vision, hearing, STD screen, pelvic
exam exam, and cholesterol screen if indicated. -
...ANSWER...✓✓ a
Which of the following is the best written chief complaint?
a. 5yo asian female with itchy red rash
b. 1 mo with difficulty feeding
c. 15yo african american female complaining of lower
abdominal pain for 3 days
d. 12yo caucasian with itchy eye for 1 week -
...ANSWER...✓✓ c
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The past history should include
a. family history
b. social hx
c. symptom analysis
d. hospitalization - ...ANSWER...✓✓ d
The family history should include:
a. the health status of the paternal grandparents
b. the living conditions of the family
c. the work status of the parents
d. school information - ...ANSWER...✓✓ a
Which of the following statements would be considered
subjective data obtained from the client during the review
of systems for the skin?
a. the skin appears dry & excoriated
b. a lesion is noted on the lateral aspect of the right leg
c. there is moderate acne on the forehead and back
d. the patient denies changes in skin texture -
...ANSWER...✓✓ d
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The PNP is completing the ROS on a 4mo. What response
from the mother might indicate a cardiac problem in the
infant & require a more thorough history?
a. the baby gets the hiccups often.
b. it takes the baby over 30min to complete a bottle
c. the baby's heart seems to beat rapidly sometimes
d. sometimes the baby sounds congested -
...ANSWER...✓✓ b
The PNP is obtaining a review of systems on a healthy
8yo girl. It would be important to include:
a. the date of last breast self-exam.
b. any limitations related to sports participation.
c. the last hematocrit and hemoglobin
d. the last lead screen - ...ANSWER...✓✓ b
The mother of a 3yo states that her son was completely
toilet trained at 18mo. The PNP explores further, asking:
a. how the mother did the toilet training
b. if the child is dry at night and fully trained for urine and
stool day and night
