NUR 6001 PRACTICE EXAMINATION 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ Shifting dullness test.
Answer: After percussing the abdomen for a suspected ascites the pt is
moved to a lat decub position and re percussed. If there is an ascites, the
areas of tympany and dullness will have shifted due ot the shift of the fluid
in the abdomen
◍ Ventricular septal defect.
Answer: holosystolic; best heard at the left sternal border at the third to fifth
ICS
◍ Resonance on percussion in the upper lung fields is consistent with what
finding? .
Answer: Normal finding
◍ Which of the following is characteristic of chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD)? .
Answer: Increase in anterior and posterior diameter
◍ U wave.
Answer: final phase of ventricular repolarization
◍ Normal bowel sounds for small intestine.
Answer: high-pitched, gurgling
◍ Pulmonic regurgitation.
Answer: diastolic; best heard at pulmonic area
◍ A 43-year-old male with right-sided abdominal pain, fever, and
costovertebral angle tenderness is most likely suffering from what
condition?.
Answer: Pyelonephritis
, ◍ Aortocaval Syndrome of Pregnancy.
Answer: Blood flow from the lower extremities back to the maternal heart
and central circulation is impeded due to the uterus compressing the inferior
vena cava and aorta.
◍ The clinician should auscultate the abdomen to listen for possible bruits of
which vessel? .
Answer: Aortoiliac vessel
◍ Tenderness, warmth, and swelling of the left calf after a long flight are most
likely symptoms of what condition? .
Answer: Deep vein thrombosis (DVT)
◍ Succession splashes.
Answer: Loud wet sounds similar to "splashes" heard in the pleural cavity or
within the lungs
◍ Intussusception.
Answer: telescoping of large intestine
◍ Depolarization.
Answer: the spread of stimulus through the cardiac muscle; contraction
◍ A 26-year-old male complains of pain in the left scrotal region and burning
on urination that started 2 days ago. The scrotum is swollen and tender to
palpation. A urethral discharge is evident. Pain decreases with elevation of
the left scrotum. There is no pain on digital rectal exam. These are signs of:.
Answer: Epididymitis
◍ tactile fremitus.
Answer: a tremulous vibration of the chest wall during speaking that is
palpable on physical examinationbest felt posteriorly at the second or third
intercostal space
◍ Diaphragmatic Excursion.
Answer: assesses degree and symmetry of diaphragm movement; percuss
from areas of resonance to dullness
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ Shifting dullness test.
Answer: After percussing the abdomen for a suspected ascites the pt is
moved to a lat decub position and re percussed. If there is an ascites, the
areas of tympany and dullness will have shifted due ot the shift of the fluid
in the abdomen
◍ Ventricular septal defect.
Answer: holosystolic; best heard at the left sternal border at the third to fifth
ICS
◍ Resonance on percussion in the upper lung fields is consistent with what
finding? .
Answer: Normal finding
◍ Which of the following is characteristic of chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD)? .
Answer: Increase in anterior and posterior diameter
◍ U wave.
Answer: final phase of ventricular repolarization
◍ Normal bowel sounds for small intestine.
Answer: high-pitched, gurgling
◍ Pulmonic regurgitation.
Answer: diastolic; best heard at pulmonic area
◍ A 43-year-old male with right-sided abdominal pain, fever, and
costovertebral angle tenderness is most likely suffering from what
condition?.
Answer: Pyelonephritis
, ◍ Aortocaval Syndrome of Pregnancy.
Answer: Blood flow from the lower extremities back to the maternal heart
and central circulation is impeded due to the uterus compressing the inferior
vena cava and aorta.
◍ The clinician should auscultate the abdomen to listen for possible bruits of
which vessel? .
Answer: Aortoiliac vessel
◍ Tenderness, warmth, and swelling of the left calf after a long flight are most
likely symptoms of what condition? .
Answer: Deep vein thrombosis (DVT)
◍ Succession splashes.
Answer: Loud wet sounds similar to "splashes" heard in the pleural cavity or
within the lungs
◍ Intussusception.
Answer: telescoping of large intestine
◍ Depolarization.
Answer: the spread of stimulus through the cardiac muscle; contraction
◍ A 26-year-old male complains of pain in the left scrotal region and burning
on urination that started 2 days ago. The scrotum is swollen and tender to
palpation. A urethral discharge is evident. Pain decreases with elevation of
the left scrotum. There is no pain on digital rectal exam. These are signs of:.
Answer: Epididymitis
◍ tactile fremitus.
Answer: a tremulous vibration of the chest wall during speaking that is
palpable on physical examinationbest felt posteriorly at the second or third
intercostal space
◍ Diaphragmatic Excursion.
Answer: assesses degree and symmetry of diaphragm movement; percuss
from areas of resonance to dullness
