NUR614 (ASSESSMENT) PRACTICE
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+ 2026
You are collecting subjective information on a 13-year-old female for their well visit. Which
piece of information would you need to include in the social history for this patient in addition
to the typical social history information?
A. Drug/alcohol use
B. School history
C. Exercise habits
D. Household living situation - ANS B. School history
Your patient presents to the office with a chief complaint of shoulder pain that he reports as
stabbing. In using the mnemonic OLDCARTS, this is noted as:
A. location.
B. character.
C. onset.
D. duration. - ANS B. character.
Which technique will most likely facilitate the examination of a small frightened girl?
A. Tell the child a story in order to distract her.
B. tell the child you will give her a toy or treat if she does not cry.
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,C. Promise the child you won't hurt her.
D. Use restraints to hold the child but tell her you are playing a game with her. - ANS A. Tell
the child a story in order to distract her.
A 59-year-old male presents to your clinic for an episodic visit with a chief complaint of knee
pain. Which body system would you NOT have to include in your ROS?
A. Cardiovascular
B. Musculoskeletal
C. General/Constitutional
D. HEENT - ANS D. HEENT
Which of the following techniques is not best practice and affects the accuracy of auscultation?
A. Isolating one sound at a time during auscultation
B. Auscultating through clothing
C. Placing the stethoscope firmly on the surface to be auscultated
D. Listening for sound characteristics - ANS B. Auscultating through clothing
When performing a Weber test, which of the following is considered a normal finding? The
patient
A. hears the tone better in one ear than in the other.
B. is able to detect tones of varying frequencies and pitches from a tuning fork.
C. hears the tone equally in both ears.
D. hears sounds longer when conducted through air than when conducted through bone. -
ANS C. hears the tone equally in both ears.
Which test checks for a deficiency of cranial nerve II?
A. Six cardinal fields of gaze
B. Snellen chart
C. Cover-uncover test
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, D. Corneal light reflex - ANS B. Snellen chart
Which of the following statements made by a 72-year-old patient would indicate a normal
process of aging?
A. "I have white and black spots under my tongue."
B. "Food does not taste the same as it used to."
C. "My tonsils are large and sore."
D. "My tongue feels swollen." - ANS B. "Food does not taste the same as it used to."
In which group is an enlargement of the thyroid gland most often seen?
A. Native Americans or American Indians
B. Infants
C. Pregnant women
D. Adolescent - ANS C. Pregnant women
Which of the following questions is NOT appropriate to include in a preoperative assessment
with a mother whose 2-month-old baby is having emergency surgery?
A Prenatal history
B. Mother's use of drugs
C. Mother's ability to pay
D. Previous surgeries - ANS C. Mother's ability to pay
Which of the following findings indicates respiratory distress in an infant or young child?
A. Respiratory rate of 30 breaths/min
B. Irregular respiratory pattern
C. Observation of sternal and supraclavicular retractions with breathing
D. Auscultation of bronchovesicular sounds throughout the lung field - ANS C. Observation of
sternal and supraclavicular retractions with breathing
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EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+ 2026
You are collecting subjective information on a 13-year-old female for their well visit. Which
piece of information would you need to include in the social history for this patient in addition
to the typical social history information?
A. Drug/alcohol use
B. School history
C. Exercise habits
D. Household living situation - ANS B. School history
Your patient presents to the office with a chief complaint of shoulder pain that he reports as
stabbing. In using the mnemonic OLDCARTS, this is noted as:
A. location.
B. character.
C. onset.
D. duration. - ANS B. character.
Which technique will most likely facilitate the examination of a small frightened girl?
A. Tell the child a story in order to distract her.
B. tell the child you will give her a toy or treat if she does not cry.
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,C. Promise the child you won't hurt her.
D. Use restraints to hold the child but tell her you are playing a game with her. - ANS A. Tell
the child a story in order to distract her.
A 59-year-old male presents to your clinic for an episodic visit with a chief complaint of knee
pain. Which body system would you NOT have to include in your ROS?
A. Cardiovascular
B. Musculoskeletal
C. General/Constitutional
D. HEENT - ANS D. HEENT
Which of the following techniques is not best practice and affects the accuracy of auscultation?
A. Isolating one sound at a time during auscultation
B. Auscultating through clothing
C. Placing the stethoscope firmly on the surface to be auscultated
D. Listening for sound characteristics - ANS B. Auscultating through clothing
When performing a Weber test, which of the following is considered a normal finding? The
patient
A. hears the tone better in one ear than in the other.
B. is able to detect tones of varying frequencies and pitches from a tuning fork.
C. hears the tone equally in both ears.
D. hears sounds longer when conducted through air than when conducted through bone. -
ANS C. hears the tone equally in both ears.
Which test checks for a deficiency of cranial nerve II?
A. Six cardinal fields of gaze
B. Snellen chart
C. Cover-uncover test
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, D. Corneal light reflex - ANS B. Snellen chart
Which of the following statements made by a 72-year-old patient would indicate a normal
process of aging?
A. "I have white and black spots under my tongue."
B. "Food does not taste the same as it used to."
C. "My tonsils are large and sore."
D. "My tongue feels swollen." - ANS B. "Food does not taste the same as it used to."
In which group is an enlargement of the thyroid gland most often seen?
A. Native Americans or American Indians
B. Infants
C. Pregnant women
D. Adolescent - ANS C. Pregnant women
Which of the following questions is NOT appropriate to include in a preoperative assessment
with a mother whose 2-month-old baby is having emergency surgery?
A Prenatal history
B. Mother's use of drugs
C. Mother's ability to pay
D. Previous surgeries - ANS C. Mother's ability to pay
Which of the following findings indicates respiratory distress in an infant or young child?
A. Respiratory rate of 30 breaths/min
B. Irregular respiratory pattern
C. Observation of sternal and supraclavicular retractions with breathing
D. Auscultation of bronchovesicular sounds throughout the lung field - ANS C. Observation of
sternal and supraclavicular retractions with breathing
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