NUR 504 EXAM 3 QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT SOLUTIONS||A+
GRADED||UPDATED 2026/2027
SYLLABUS||<<RECENT VERSION>>
1. Which part of the body of a neonate should be studied first?
a. Abdomen
b. Chest
c. Hands and feet
d. Head - ANSWER ✓ d. Head
2. Which of the following assessments is specific to the geriatric patient?
a. Functional
b. General
c. Physical
d. Developmental - ANSWER ✓ a. Functional
3. A functional assessment includes which of the following components?
a. Abdominal assessment
b. Visual assessment
c. Assessment of flaccidity, tension, and spasticity
d. Assessment of mental status and mood impairment - ANSWER ✓ d.
Assessment of mental status and mood impairment
4. The history should be performed separately from the physical examination -
ANSWER ✓ False
5. When the patient is already under the ongoing care of the clinician and presents
with a specific problem-oriented complaint, the physician performs a focused
physical examination. - ANSWER ✓ True
6. Indirect percussion involves touch by instrument or object and requires no
physical contact between the physician and patient. - ANSWER ✓ False
, 7. The physical exam begins as the patient enters the room. - ANSWER ✓ True
8. Jugular venous pressure is measured when the patient is reclining 45 degrees. -
ANSWER ✓ True
9. The kidneys should be examined both while the patient is supine and while the
patient is seated facing away from the examiner. - ANSWER ✓ True
10. What are the positions that all adult patients will be asked to assume during a
physical examination? - ANSWER ✓ Seated and facing examiner (without chest
exposed and with chest exposed); seated facing examiner while reclining 45
degrees; seated and facing away; supine (with chest exposed, with abdomen
exposed, with legs exposed); standing
11. What methods are mentioned in the text to win cooperation of pediatric
patients of different ages? - ANSWER ✓ Take a few minutes to establish a
relaxed environment. Give a 1-year-old an object to hold in his hands. With a
toddler, use a gentle pat, pleasing words, or interactive play. Allow children to
touch the equipment used during the examination.
12. Which of the following is true of healthcare institutions regarding
documentation?
a. To comply with HIPAA regulations, institutions must ensure that computer
monitors with sensitive patient data are not left unattended.
b. All institutions must follow a standard policy for posting abbreviations in
documentation drawn from the AMA.
c. Institutions consider drawings a fairly inaccurate way to represent a patient's
systems or picture of the patient's condition.
d. As of 2003, faxes may no longer be used to share patient medical information
between institutions - ANSWER ✓ a. To comply with HIPAA regulations,
institutions must ensure that computer monitors with sensitive patient data are not
left unattended.
13. SOAP stands for:
a. standard operating and admitting procedures.
b. sanitation, observation, auscultation, palpation.
c. surgeons, officials, administrators, patients.
CORRECT SOLUTIONS||A+
GRADED||UPDATED 2026/2027
SYLLABUS||<<RECENT VERSION>>
1. Which part of the body of a neonate should be studied first?
a. Abdomen
b. Chest
c. Hands and feet
d. Head - ANSWER ✓ d. Head
2. Which of the following assessments is specific to the geriatric patient?
a. Functional
b. General
c. Physical
d. Developmental - ANSWER ✓ a. Functional
3. A functional assessment includes which of the following components?
a. Abdominal assessment
b. Visual assessment
c. Assessment of flaccidity, tension, and spasticity
d. Assessment of mental status and mood impairment - ANSWER ✓ d.
Assessment of mental status and mood impairment
4. The history should be performed separately from the physical examination -
ANSWER ✓ False
5. When the patient is already under the ongoing care of the clinician and presents
with a specific problem-oriented complaint, the physician performs a focused
physical examination. - ANSWER ✓ True
6. Indirect percussion involves touch by instrument or object and requires no
physical contact between the physician and patient. - ANSWER ✓ False
, 7. The physical exam begins as the patient enters the room. - ANSWER ✓ True
8. Jugular venous pressure is measured when the patient is reclining 45 degrees. -
ANSWER ✓ True
9. The kidneys should be examined both while the patient is supine and while the
patient is seated facing away from the examiner. - ANSWER ✓ True
10. What are the positions that all adult patients will be asked to assume during a
physical examination? - ANSWER ✓ Seated and facing examiner (without chest
exposed and with chest exposed); seated facing examiner while reclining 45
degrees; seated and facing away; supine (with chest exposed, with abdomen
exposed, with legs exposed); standing
11. What methods are mentioned in the text to win cooperation of pediatric
patients of different ages? - ANSWER ✓ Take a few minutes to establish a
relaxed environment. Give a 1-year-old an object to hold in his hands. With a
toddler, use a gentle pat, pleasing words, or interactive play. Allow children to
touch the equipment used during the examination.
12. Which of the following is true of healthcare institutions regarding
documentation?
a. To comply with HIPAA regulations, institutions must ensure that computer
monitors with sensitive patient data are not left unattended.
b. All institutions must follow a standard policy for posting abbreviations in
documentation drawn from the AMA.
c. Institutions consider drawings a fairly inaccurate way to represent a patient's
systems or picture of the patient's condition.
d. As of 2003, faxes may no longer be used to share patient medical information
between institutions - ANSWER ✓ a. To comply with HIPAA regulations,
institutions must ensure that computer monitors with sensitive patient data are not
left unattended.
13. SOAP stands for:
a. standard operating and admitting procedures.
b. sanitation, observation, auscultation, palpation.
c. surgeons, officials, administrators, patients.
