EVIDENCE BASED PHYSICAL EXAMINATION
CERTIFICATION ASSESSMENT 2026 TESTED
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ EASI is. Answer: A short, five-question, yes or no clinical tool
recently developed that can identify elders at risk for abuse
◉ Inspection. Answer: Concentrated watching, which begins the
moment you first meet the person and develop a general survey.
◉ Palpation. Answer: an examination technique in which the
examiner's hands are used to feel the texture, size, consistency, and
location of certain body parts
◉ Palpation using fingertips. Answer: Best for fine tactile
discrimination, as of skin, texture, swelling, pulsation, and
determining presence of lumps
◉ Palpation using a grasping action of the fingers and thumb.
Answer: To detect the position, shape, and consistency of an organ
or mass
, ◉ Palpation using dorsa of hands and fingers. Answer: Best for
determining temperature because the skin here is thinner than on
the palms
◉ Palpation using base of fingers (metacarpophalangeal joints) or
ulnar surface of the hand. Answer: Best for vibration
◉ Percussion. Answer: tapping the person's skin with short, sharp
strokes to assess underlying structures
◉ Percussion is used for?. Answer: -Mapping out the location and
size of an organ by exploring where the percussion note changes
between the borders of an organ and its neighbors
-Signaling the density (air, fluid, or solid) of a structure by a
characteristic note
-Detecting an abnormal mass if it is fairly superficial; the percussion
vibrations penetrate about 5 cm deep- a deeper mass would give no
change in percussion
-Eliciting a deep tendon reflex using the percussion hammer
◉ Auscultation. Answer: listening to sounds within body, such as
heart or lungs, by using stethoscope
◉ The diaphragm of a stethoscope is used for. Answer: High pitched
sounds- breath, bowel, and normal heart sounds
CERTIFICATION ASSESSMENT 2026 TESTED
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ EASI is. Answer: A short, five-question, yes or no clinical tool
recently developed that can identify elders at risk for abuse
◉ Inspection. Answer: Concentrated watching, which begins the
moment you first meet the person and develop a general survey.
◉ Palpation. Answer: an examination technique in which the
examiner's hands are used to feel the texture, size, consistency, and
location of certain body parts
◉ Palpation using fingertips. Answer: Best for fine tactile
discrimination, as of skin, texture, swelling, pulsation, and
determining presence of lumps
◉ Palpation using a grasping action of the fingers and thumb.
Answer: To detect the position, shape, and consistency of an organ
or mass
, ◉ Palpation using dorsa of hands and fingers. Answer: Best for
determining temperature because the skin here is thinner than on
the palms
◉ Palpation using base of fingers (metacarpophalangeal joints) or
ulnar surface of the hand. Answer: Best for vibration
◉ Percussion. Answer: tapping the person's skin with short, sharp
strokes to assess underlying structures
◉ Percussion is used for?. Answer: -Mapping out the location and
size of an organ by exploring where the percussion note changes
between the borders of an organ and its neighbors
-Signaling the density (air, fluid, or solid) of a structure by a
characteristic note
-Detecting an abnormal mass if it is fairly superficial; the percussion
vibrations penetrate about 5 cm deep- a deeper mass would give no
change in percussion
-Eliciting a deep tendon reflex using the percussion hammer
◉ Auscultation. Answer: listening to sounds within body, such as
heart or lungs, by using stethoscope
◉ The diaphragm of a stethoscope is used for. Answer: High pitched
sounds- breath, bowel, and normal heart sounds
