AANP Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP)
Certification Practice Questions with
Detailed Correct Answers – 2024–2025
Board Review Edition
3 month old infant with down syndrome, due to milk intolerance, mom started on
goats milk; now has pale conjunctiva but otherwise healthy. Low HCT. What
additional test would you order? - --- ANSWER IS>>>-Iron, TIBC
3 months of synthroid, TSH increased, T4 normal, what do you do? - ---
ANSWER IS>>>-Increase Medication
3 ways to assess cognitive function in patient with signs/symptoms of memory
loss - --- ANSWER IS>>>-Mini mental exam
4 month old with strabismus, mom is worried...... - --- ANSWER IS>>>-tell her
it is normal.
4 month old wont keep anything down, what is the main thing you look at? - ---
ANSWER IS>>>-Growth chart
6 month old closed anterior fontanel. - --- ANSWER IS>>>-XRAY
,Abnormal cells on PAP, what do you do next? - --- ANSWER IS>>>-Refer for
Colposcopy
CAGE ACRONYM - --- ANSWER IS>>>-Cut down
Annoyed by criticism
Guilty about drinking
Eye opener drink
Causes of tachycardia - --- ANSWER IS>>>-Fever
Anemia
Hypotension
Cranial nerves responsible for extraocular eye movements - --- ANSWER
IS>>>-CN 3,4,6
Definition of metabolic syndrome - --- ANSWER IS>>>-cluster of conditions
that increase risk of heart disease, stroke, diabetes.
diagnose trichomoniasis - --- ANSWER IS>>>-wet prep
Elderly presents with atrophic vaginitis, small uterus, palpable 4x5 ovary, what do
you do next? - --- ANSWER IS>>>-Pelvic US
,Epistaxis is most common in the area of the nose known as kiesselbachs triangle,
where is this located? - --- ANSWER IS>>>-Anterior septum
Definitive diagnosis of acute bacterial prostatitis - --- ANSWER IS>>>-
urinalysis and culture
GERD treatment - --- ANSWER IS>>>-H2 is first line, give hs
Grade 3 cells on Pap, treatment? - --- ANSWER IS>>>-LEEP
excision
Fingernail hematoma treatment? - --- ANSWER IS>>>-drill hole and drain
blood?
Increased risk of ectopic pregnancy - --- ANSWER IS>>>-Salpingitis, or history
of abortion, PID,
Koplick spots - --- ANSWER IS>>>-Measles (rubeola). Grains of salt lesions
inside mouth in Measles
Koplick spots - --- ANSWER IS>>>-Measles (rubeola). Grains of salt lesions
inside mouth in Measles
Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease - --- ANSWER IS>>>-Avascular necrosis of the
proximal femoral head
, Lipid level of 1500, increased risk for? - --- ANSWER IS>>>-Pancreatitis
Low HGB, Low HCT, High MCV indicates what? - --- ANSWER IS>>>-
Macrocytic anemia, B12 Def
Man with BPH, prostate feels on digital exam? - --- ANSWER IS>>>-Enlarged,
symmetrical, smooth
Man with HTN, CAD, present femoral pulses but absent pedal - --- ANSWER
IS>>>-Arterial Insufficiency
McMurray's Sign
(+) palpable or audible click while extending with varus stress - --- ANSWER
IS>>>-Meniscus tears
Lachman's Test - --- ANSWER IS>>>-pivot shift test (ACL tear)
Newborn with foot turned in, what do you do? - --- ANSWER IS>>>-refer to
orthopedist
Osgood-Schlatter disease - --- ANSWER IS>>>-Knee pain.
inflammation or irritation of the tibia at its point of attachment with the patellar
tendon
Certification Practice Questions with
Detailed Correct Answers – 2024–2025
Board Review Edition
3 month old infant with down syndrome, due to milk intolerance, mom started on
goats milk; now has pale conjunctiva but otherwise healthy. Low HCT. What
additional test would you order? - --- ANSWER IS>>>-Iron, TIBC
3 months of synthroid, TSH increased, T4 normal, what do you do? - ---
ANSWER IS>>>-Increase Medication
3 ways to assess cognitive function in patient with signs/symptoms of memory
loss - --- ANSWER IS>>>-Mini mental exam
4 month old with strabismus, mom is worried...... - --- ANSWER IS>>>-tell her
it is normal.
4 month old wont keep anything down, what is the main thing you look at? - ---
ANSWER IS>>>-Growth chart
6 month old closed anterior fontanel. - --- ANSWER IS>>>-XRAY
,Abnormal cells on PAP, what do you do next? - --- ANSWER IS>>>-Refer for
Colposcopy
CAGE ACRONYM - --- ANSWER IS>>>-Cut down
Annoyed by criticism
Guilty about drinking
Eye opener drink
Causes of tachycardia - --- ANSWER IS>>>-Fever
Anemia
Hypotension
Cranial nerves responsible for extraocular eye movements - --- ANSWER
IS>>>-CN 3,4,6
Definition of metabolic syndrome - --- ANSWER IS>>>-cluster of conditions
that increase risk of heart disease, stroke, diabetes.
diagnose trichomoniasis - --- ANSWER IS>>>-wet prep
Elderly presents with atrophic vaginitis, small uterus, palpable 4x5 ovary, what do
you do next? - --- ANSWER IS>>>-Pelvic US
,Epistaxis is most common in the area of the nose known as kiesselbachs triangle,
where is this located? - --- ANSWER IS>>>-Anterior septum
Definitive diagnosis of acute bacterial prostatitis - --- ANSWER IS>>>-
urinalysis and culture
GERD treatment - --- ANSWER IS>>>-H2 is first line, give hs
Grade 3 cells on Pap, treatment? - --- ANSWER IS>>>-LEEP
excision
Fingernail hematoma treatment? - --- ANSWER IS>>>-drill hole and drain
blood?
Increased risk of ectopic pregnancy - --- ANSWER IS>>>-Salpingitis, or history
of abortion, PID,
Koplick spots - --- ANSWER IS>>>-Measles (rubeola). Grains of salt lesions
inside mouth in Measles
Koplick spots - --- ANSWER IS>>>-Measles (rubeola). Grains of salt lesions
inside mouth in Measles
Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease - --- ANSWER IS>>>-Avascular necrosis of the
proximal femoral head
, Lipid level of 1500, increased risk for? - --- ANSWER IS>>>-Pancreatitis
Low HGB, Low HCT, High MCV indicates what? - --- ANSWER IS>>>-
Macrocytic anemia, B12 Def
Man with BPH, prostate feels on digital exam? - --- ANSWER IS>>>-Enlarged,
symmetrical, smooth
Man with HTN, CAD, present femoral pulses but absent pedal - --- ANSWER
IS>>>-Arterial Insufficiency
McMurray's Sign
(+) palpable or audible click while extending with varus stress - --- ANSWER
IS>>>-Meniscus tears
Lachman's Test - --- ANSWER IS>>>-pivot shift test (ACL tear)
Newborn with foot turned in, what do you do? - --- ANSWER IS>>>-refer to
orthopedist
Osgood-Schlatter disease - --- ANSWER IS>>>-Knee pain.
inflammation or irritation of the tibia at its point of attachment with the patellar
tendon
