Midwifery Exam Practice Questions With Correct Answers

Midwifery Exam Practice Questions With
Correct Answers

Hypothyroidism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A condition of a deficient thyroid
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Tachypnea - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Fast breathing
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Apnea - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-not breathing
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Antepartum - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-before birth
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Postpartum - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-after birth
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Intrapartum - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-between birth
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Dystocia - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Condition of a difficult/abnormal childbirth
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Lymphoma - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-lymphatic tumor
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Bradycardia - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-slow heart
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Primigravida - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a women who is pregnant for the first time
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,Appendectomy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-surgical removal of the appendix
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Hysterectomy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-surgical removal of the uterus
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Anesthesia - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-without feeling
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Multipara - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a woman that has had more than one
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offspring


Hypothermia - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-low temperature
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Perianal - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-around the rectum
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Sublingual - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-pertaining to under the tongue
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Dysuria - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-condition of painful urination
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Suprapubic - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-above the pubis
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Pelvimetry - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-measurement of the pelvis
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A fast heart rate - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-tachycardia
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,A condition of decreased urine - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-cystitis
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Bladder inflammation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Uritis
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An inflamed vein caused by a clot - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-thrombophlebitis
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condition of having high blood sugar - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-hyperglycemia
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Destruction of blood - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-hemolysis
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An abnormal condition of appearing blue - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-cyanosis
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excessive vomiting - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-peremesis
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Disease of the nerves - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-neuropathy
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Difficulty breathing - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-dyspnea
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A woman who has never given birth - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-nulliparous
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A woman who has given birth once - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-primiparous
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white blood cells - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-leukocytes
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, A condition of having a lack of clotting cells (platelets) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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thrombopenia


Having too much water from the amnion - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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polyhydramnios


You have been having chronic pains in your upper abdomen and your physician
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refers you to a specialist in diseases of the digestive tract called a - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Gastroenterologist


Your mother is having her uterus surgically removed along with her ovaries.
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Removal of ovaries is called - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-hysterectomy
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A woman has become sterile due to chronic inflammation of her uterine tubes
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from frequent infection with sexually transmitted diseases. This tubal
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inflammation is called - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-salpingitis | | | | |




A female patient has a special X-ray procedure of the breasts performed the X-ray
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image is called a - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-mammogram
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Inflammation of the veins is termed - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-phlebitis
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The medical technician who draws blood from a vein for laboratory tests is called
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a - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-phlebotomist
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