AANP ADULT-GERONTOLOGY PRIMARY CARE NP
EXAM 280 QUESTIONS & VERIFIED ANSWERS
2026 SET
One of the goals of the functional assessment is to enhance the quality of life. Which of the
following is another goal of the functional assessment?
Improve functional status and independence
Performing a comprehensive geriatric assessment can help the nurse practitioner manage,
delay, or prevent complications of which condition?
Dementia and functional impairment
A 76-year-old patient presents with her daughter to evaluate the progression of memory
loss. Her daughter mentions she has noticed a decline in her memory and is concerned that
her mother may have early-onset Alzheimer's or dementia. Recently her mother had
difficulty remembering how to button up her shirt and turn on the stove. The patient's
daughter feels her mother is unsafe staying by herself. Which cognitive assessment would
you choose to evaluate this patient?
Mini-mental State Examination (MMSE)
Which of the following is included in the neuropsychological battery of testing?
Visuospatial module
,Which of the following is another area to inquire about when performing a comprehensive
geriatric assessment?
Nutrition
Which of the following assessments would the nurse practitioner perform to gather
information about a patient previously diagnosed with melanoma?
Focused assessment
Which of the following assessments are used as a treatment process and multidisciplinary
diagnostic that recognizes psychosocial, functional, and medical limitations of the frail
elderly patient?
Comprehensive geriatric assessment
Which of the following is a tool that uses a five-item scale to assess the four domains of
orientation, visuospatial, function, language, and memory?
Mini-Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination (MACE)
Which of the following is an age-specific assessment that can be used to focus on specific
issues or conditions?
Skin tear risk
An 80-year-old male follows up at the clinic after being discharged from the hospital. The
family expresses concern that the patient's gait is unsteady, and he is not walking as well as
he did before going to the hospital. They feel that he may not be safe walking outside.
Which of the following tests can the nurse practitioner perform to assess this patient's
walking ability?
,Get up and go
Which of the following is an assessment tool used to assess one's ability to perform
activities of daily living?
Functional assessment
Which of the following assessments evaluate present concerns or presenting problems?
Focused assessment
Which of the following assessments uses questions geared at occupation, education, travel,
lifestyle, and living arrangements?
Social assessment
Which age-specific tool is used to assess for side effects of Parkinson's medications?
Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale (AIMS)
Which of the following best defines a cognitive assessment?
A cognitive assessment assesses attention, language, orientation, executive function, memory and
learning capacity.
A lipid profile should be performed when?
10-12 hours after fasting overnight
The elderly patient loses locomotion due to which one of the following?
Loss of muscle mass and degenerative changes in joints
Frailty is associated with which of the following?
, Low physical activity
The practitioner knows the following about asthma in older adult patients:
Subcutaneous epinephrine is standard therapy.
Management of hypertension helps reduce which of the following?
Renal failure
Health issues are one of three characteristics a person must have to be considered frail.
Which of the following is another of the three characteristics that a person must have to be
considered frail?
Use tobacco/ smoke
Which of the following is a change in body and organ function as one ages?
Reduction in creatinine clearance.
Which of the following is a modifiable risk factor?
Nutrition
Age-associated changes that increase the risk for respiratory symptoms in the older adult
patient include an increase in:
Diameter of the trachea and bronchi.
Which of the following is considered a bradyarrhythmia?
Sinus node dysfunction
EXAM 280 QUESTIONS & VERIFIED ANSWERS
2026 SET
One of the goals of the functional assessment is to enhance the quality of life. Which of the
following is another goal of the functional assessment?
Improve functional status and independence
Performing a comprehensive geriatric assessment can help the nurse practitioner manage,
delay, or prevent complications of which condition?
Dementia and functional impairment
A 76-year-old patient presents with her daughter to evaluate the progression of memory
loss. Her daughter mentions she has noticed a decline in her memory and is concerned that
her mother may have early-onset Alzheimer's or dementia. Recently her mother had
difficulty remembering how to button up her shirt and turn on the stove. The patient's
daughter feels her mother is unsafe staying by herself. Which cognitive assessment would
you choose to evaluate this patient?
Mini-mental State Examination (MMSE)
Which of the following is included in the neuropsychological battery of testing?
Visuospatial module
,Which of the following is another area to inquire about when performing a comprehensive
geriatric assessment?
Nutrition
Which of the following assessments would the nurse practitioner perform to gather
information about a patient previously diagnosed with melanoma?
Focused assessment
Which of the following assessments are used as a treatment process and multidisciplinary
diagnostic that recognizes psychosocial, functional, and medical limitations of the frail
elderly patient?
Comprehensive geriatric assessment
Which of the following is a tool that uses a five-item scale to assess the four domains of
orientation, visuospatial, function, language, and memory?
Mini-Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination (MACE)
Which of the following is an age-specific assessment that can be used to focus on specific
issues or conditions?
Skin tear risk
An 80-year-old male follows up at the clinic after being discharged from the hospital. The
family expresses concern that the patient's gait is unsteady, and he is not walking as well as
he did before going to the hospital. They feel that he may not be safe walking outside.
Which of the following tests can the nurse practitioner perform to assess this patient's
walking ability?
,Get up and go
Which of the following is an assessment tool used to assess one's ability to perform
activities of daily living?
Functional assessment
Which of the following assessments evaluate present concerns or presenting problems?
Focused assessment
Which of the following assessments uses questions geared at occupation, education, travel,
lifestyle, and living arrangements?
Social assessment
Which age-specific tool is used to assess for side effects of Parkinson's medications?
Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale (AIMS)
Which of the following best defines a cognitive assessment?
A cognitive assessment assesses attention, language, orientation, executive function, memory and
learning capacity.
A lipid profile should be performed when?
10-12 hours after fasting overnight
The elderly patient loses locomotion due to which one of the following?
Loss of muscle mass and degenerative changes in joints
Frailty is associated with which of the following?
, Low physical activity
The practitioner knows the following about asthma in older adult patients:
Subcutaneous epinephrine is standard therapy.
Management of hypertension helps reduce which of the following?
Renal failure
Health issues are one of three characteristics a person must have to be considered frail.
Which of the following is another of the three characteristics that a person must have to be
considered frail?
Use tobacco/ smoke
Which of the following is a change in body and organ function as one ages?
Reduction in creatinine clearance.
Which of the following is a modifiable risk factor?
Nutrition
Age-associated changes that increase the risk for respiratory symptoms in the older adult
patient include an increase in:
Diameter of the trachea and bronchi.
Which of the following is considered a bradyarrhythmia?
Sinus node dysfunction
