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, Chapterj1.jAssessmentjandjClinicaljDecision-Making:jOverview

MultiplejChoice
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1.
j Whichjtypejofjclinicalj decision-makingjisjmostj reliable?
A. Intuitive
B. Analytical
C. Experiential
D. Augenblick

j2. Whichjofjthejfollowingjisjfalse?jTojobtainjadequatejhistory,jhealth-
carejprovidersjmustjbe:
A. Methodicaljandjsystematic
B. Attentivejtojthejpatient’sjverbaljand
nonverbalj language
C. Ablejtojaccuratelyjinterpretjthejpatient’s
responses
D. Adeptjatjreadingjintojthejpatient’s
statements

3.
j Essentialjpartsjofjaj healthjhistoryjincludejalljofjthejfollowingjexcept:
A. Chiefj complaint
B. Historyjofjthej presentj illness
C. Currentjvitalj signs
D. Alljofjthejabovejarejessentialj history
components

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Whichjofjthejfollowingjisjfalse?jWhilejperformingjthejphysicaljexaminati
on,jthejexaminerjmustjbejablejto:
A. Differentiatejbetweenjnormaljand
abnormalj findings
B. Recalljknowledgej ofjajrangejofjconditions
andjtheirjassociatedjsignsjandjsymptoms
C. Recognizejhowjcertainjconditionsjaffect
thejresponsejtojotherjconditions
D. Foreseejunpredictablej findings

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Thejfollowingjisjthejleastjreliablejsourcejofjinformationjforjdiagnosticjstatistics:
A. Evidence-basedj investigations
B. Primaryjreportsj ofjresearch
C. Estimationjbasedjonjajprovider’s
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j Thejfollowingjcanjbejusedjtojassistjinjsoundjclinicalj decision-making:
A. Algorithmj publishedjinjajpeer-reviewed
journalj article
B. Clinicaljpracticej guidelines
C. Evidence-basedjresearch
D. Alljofjthejabove

7.
j Ifjajdiagnosticjstudyjhasjhighjsensitivity,jthisjindicatesja:
A. Highjpercentagejofjpersonsjwithjthejgiven
conditionjwilljhavejanjabnormaljresult
B. Lowjpercentagejofjpersonsjwithjthejgiven
conditionjwilljhavejanjabnormaljresult
C. Lowjlikelihoodj ofjnormaljresultjin
personsjwithoutjajgivenjcondition
D. Nonejofjthejabove

8.
j Ifjajdiagnosticjstudyjhasjhighjspecificity,jthisjindicatesja:
A. Lowjpercentagejofjhealthyjindividuals
willjshowjajnormaljresult
B. Highjpercentagejofjhealthyjindividuals
willjshowjajnormaljresult
C. Highjpercentagejofjindividualsjwithja
disorderjwilljshowjajnormaljresult
D. Lowjpercentagej ofjindividualsjwithja
disorderjwilljshowjanjabnormalj result

9.
j Ajlikelihoodjratiojabovej1jindicatesjthatjajdiagnosticjtestjshowingja:
A. Positivejresultjisjstronglyjassociatedjwith
thejdisease
B. Negativejresultjisjstronglyjassociatedjwith
absencej ofjthej disease
C. Positivejresultjisjweaklyjassociatedjwith
thejdisease
D. Negativejresultjisjweaklyjassociatedjwith
absencej ofjthej disease

j10. Whichjofjthejfollowingjclinicaljreasoningjtoolsjisjdefinedjasjevidence-
jbasedjresourcejbasedjonjmathematicaljmodelingjtojexpressjthejlikelihoodjofjajconditionjin
jselectjsituations,jsettings,jand/orjpatients?

A. Clinicaljpracticejguideline
B. Clinicaljdecisionjrule
C. Clinicaljalgorithm
D. Clinicalj recommendation
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, AnswerjSection

MULTIPLEjCHOICE

1. ANS:j B
Croskerryj(2009)jdescribesjtwojmajorjtypesjofjclinicaljdiagnosticjdecision-
making:jintuitivejandjanalytical.jIntuitivejdecision-
makingj(similarjtojAugenblinkjdecision-
jmaking)jisjbasedjonjthejexperiencejandjintuitionjofjthejclinicianjandjisjlessjreliablejandjpai

redjwithjfairlyjcommonjerrors.jInjcontrast,janalyticaljdecision-
makingjisjbasedjonjcarefuljconsiderationjandjhasjgreaterjreliabilityjwithjrarejerrors.

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2. ANS:j D
Tojobtainjadequatejhistory,jprovidersjmustjbejwelljorganized,jattentivejtojthejpatient’sjverba
ljandjnonverbaljlanguage,jandjablejtojaccuratelyjinterpretjthejpatient’sjresponsesjtojquestions
.jRatherjthanjreadingjintojthejpatient’sjstatements,jtheyjclarifyjanyjareasjofjuncertainty.

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3. ANS:j C
Vitaljsignsjarejpartjofjthejphysicaljexaminationjportionjofjpatientjassessment,jnotjpartjofjthej
healthjhistory.

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4. ANS:j D
Whilejperformingjthejphysicaljexamination,jthejexaminerjmustjbejablejtojdifferentiatejbet
weenjnormaljandjabnormaljfindings,jrecalljknowledgejofjajrangejofjconditions,jincludingjt
heirjassociatedjsignsjandjsymptoms,jrecognizejhowjcertainjconditionsjaffectjthejresponsejt
ojotherjconditions,jandjdistinguishjthejrelevancejofjvariedjabnormaljfindings.

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5. ANS:j C
Sourcesjforjdiagnosticjstatisticsjincludejtextbooks,jprimaryjreportsjofjresearch,jandjpublis
hedjmeta-
analyses.jAnotherjsourcejofjstatistics,jthejonejthatjhasjbeenjmostjwidelyjusedjandjavailable
jforjapplicationjtojthejreasoningjprocess,jisjthejestimationjbasedjonjajprovider’sjexperience

,jalthoughjthesejarejrarelyjaccurate.jOverjthejpastjdecade,jthejavailabilityjofjevidencejonjw
hichjtojbasejclinicaljreasoningjisjimproving,jandjtherejisjanjincreasingjexpectationjthatjclin
icaljreasoningjbejbasedjonjscientificjevidence.jEvidence-
jbasedjstatisticsjarejalsojincreasinglyjbeingjusedjtojdevelopjresourcesjtojfacilitatejclinicaljd

ecision-making.

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6. ANS:j D



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