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AANP Certification Exam Questions & Answers 2025
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diverticulum can be an infection of .....ANSWER.....both gram -
and + bacteria
Which diuretic should be used for osteoporosis?
.....ANSWER.....Thiazide diuretics:
slows the kidneys excretion of calcium and increases
reabsorption
Lachman maneuver .....ANSWER.....knee instability
tear of ACL
Infections of labia and vagina .....ANSWER.....bacterial vaginosis,
candidiasis, and trichomoniasis
Chlamydia affects .....ANSWER.....cervix, endometrial lining,
fallopian tubes, pelvic cavity
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Acute abdomen symptoms .....ANSWER.....involuntary guarding,
rebound tenderness, board-like abdomen, +obturator and psoas
sign
Care of preecplampsia .....ANSWER.....bed rest, weight and
blood pressure monitoring
Preeclampsia labs .....ANSWER.....urine protein, serum protein,
creatinine, platelet count
Preeclampsia symptoms .....ANSWER.....hypertension, proteinuria,
edema (weight gain)
Preeclampsia complications .....ANSWER.....placental abruption,
coagulopathy (DIC), renal failure, uteroplacental insufficiency,
liver failure, hypertensive encephalopathy, retinal detachment,
pulmonary edema, seizure, death
community acquired pneumonia
Most common bacteria
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least common bacteria
Population
treatment .....ANSWER.....mycolpasma pneumoniae (atypical)
h. influenza, strep pneumoniae
atypical: psuedomonas aeruginosa
college student, school children, military
macrolides: azithromycin, clarithromycin
Mantoux test .....ANSWER.....Positive: 5mm
Positive for recent immigrants: 10mm
Murphy's sign .....ANSWER.....biliary disorders
deep inspiration by patient and deep palpation RUQ below
costovertebral angle
placenta previa .....ANSWER.....implantation of the placenta over
the cervical opening or in the lower region of the uterus
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painless bright red blood in the second or third trimester
Order abdominal US
Hashimoto's is most common in which population
.....ANSWER.....middle age to older women
Hypertension Retinopathy .....ANSWER.....AV nicking and copper
or silver wire arterioles
flame-shaped hemorrhages
threatened abortion .....ANSWER.....vaginal bleeding and
cramping, soft uterus, cervix closed
bacterial vaginosis .....ANSWER.....fishy odor, milky white or dull
gray discharge
pH > 4.5
> 20% clue cells
KOH whiff test
AANP Certification Exam Questions & Answers 2025
(Verified Answers)
diverticulum can be an infection of .....ANSWER.....both gram -
and + bacteria
Which diuretic should be used for osteoporosis?
.....ANSWER.....Thiazide diuretics:
slows the kidneys excretion of calcium and increases
reabsorption
Lachman maneuver .....ANSWER.....knee instability
tear of ACL
Infections of labia and vagina .....ANSWER.....bacterial vaginosis,
candidiasis, and trichomoniasis
Chlamydia affects .....ANSWER.....cervix, endometrial lining,
fallopian tubes, pelvic cavity
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Acute abdomen symptoms .....ANSWER.....involuntary guarding,
rebound tenderness, board-like abdomen, +obturator and psoas
sign
Care of preecplampsia .....ANSWER.....bed rest, weight and
blood pressure monitoring
Preeclampsia labs .....ANSWER.....urine protein, serum protein,
creatinine, platelet count
Preeclampsia symptoms .....ANSWER.....hypertension, proteinuria,
edema (weight gain)
Preeclampsia complications .....ANSWER.....placental abruption,
coagulopathy (DIC), renal failure, uteroplacental insufficiency,
liver failure, hypertensive encephalopathy, retinal detachment,
pulmonary edema, seizure, death
community acquired pneumonia
Most common bacteria
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least common bacteria
Population
treatment .....ANSWER.....mycolpasma pneumoniae (atypical)
h. influenza, strep pneumoniae
atypical: psuedomonas aeruginosa
college student, school children, military
macrolides: azithromycin, clarithromycin
Mantoux test .....ANSWER.....Positive: 5mm
Positive for recent immigrants: 10mm
Murphy's sign .....ANSWER.....biliary disorders
deep inspiration by patient and deep palpation RUQ below
costovertebral angle
placenta previa .....ANSWER.....implantation of the placenta over
the cervical opening or in the lower region of the uterus
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painless bright red blood in the second or third trimester
Order abdominal US
Hashimoto's is most common in which population
.....ANSWER.....middle age to older women
Hypertension Retinopathy .....ANSWER.....AV nicking and copper
or silver wire arterioles
flame-shaped hemorrhages
threatened abortion .....ANSWER.....vaginal bleeding and
cramping, soft uterus, cervix closed
bacterial vaginosis .....ANSWER.....fishy odor, milky white or dull
gray discharge
pH > 4.5
> 20% clue cells
KOH whiff test
