NU 673 Midterm Exam Question and
Answer (2026) Grade A+ Proven Pass
Guide
• COPD -✓✓prolonged expiration is common in _______
• Pyrexia -✓✓Fever
• Hyperpyrexia -✓✓extreme elevation in temp (>106)
• auscultory gap -✓✓A silent interval that may be present between the systolic and
diastolic blood pressures; i.e., the sound disappears for a while, then reappears
• somatic pain -✓✓related to tissue damage
• neuropathic pain -✓✓resulting from direct trauma to the peripheral or central nervous
system
• psychogenic pain -✓✓relates to factors that influence the patient's report of pain
• idiopathic pain -✓✓no identifiable cause of pain
• primary headaches -✓✓include migraine, tension, cluster and chronic daily headaches
• secondary headaches -✓✓arise from underlying structural, systemic, or infectious
causes such as meningitis or subarachnoid hemorrhage and maybe life-threatening.
• hyperopia -✓✓farsightedness
• myopia -✓✓nearsightedness
• presbyopia -✓✓aging vision
• acute sinusitis -✓✓leaning forward may increase pain in_____
• scotomas -✓✓lesions in the retina or visual pathway (fixed defects)
• detachment of the vitreous body from the retina -✓✓flashing lights with new vitreous
floaters
, • Diplopia -✓✓seen in lesions in the brainstem or cerebellum and with weakness or
paralysis of one or more extraocular muscles
• primary open angle glaucoma -✓✓gradual loss of vision in the peripheral visual fields
resulting from loss of retinal ganglion cells axons.
• Sjogren syndrome -✓✓dryness from impaired secretion
• miosis -✓✓constriction of pupils
• mydriasis -✓✓dilation of pupils
• conductive hearing loss -✓✓Hearing disorders of the external and middle ear cause
_______.
• sensorineural hearing loss -✓✓Hearing disorders of the inner ear cause _____.
• Exostoses -✓✓Nontender nodular swellings covered by normal skin deep in the ear
canals; these are nonmalignant growths which obscure the ear drum.
• impaired ear
good ear -✓✓Weber:
In unilateral conductive hearing loss, sound is heard in the ______.
In unilateral sensorineural hearing loss, sound is heard in the ______.
• conduction loss
sensorineural loss -✓✓RINNE TEST:
If bone conduction > air conduction (BC > AC)
suspect _________
If air conduction is more than twice as long as bone conduction (AC >BC)
suspect __________.
• sensorineural hearing loss -✓✓have trouble understanding speech, often complaining
that others mumble
• Conductive hearing loss -✓✓in this type of hearing loss, noisy environments may help
• Meniere Disease -✓✓disorder of the ear characterized by tinnitus & hearing loss
Answer (2026) Grade A+ Proven Pass
Guide
• COPD -✓✓prolonged expiration is common in _______
• Pyrexia -✓✓Fever
• Hyperpyrexia -✓✓extreme elevation in temp (>106)
• auscultory gap -✓✓A silent interval that may be present between the systolic and
diastolic blood pressures; i.e., the sound disappears for a while, then reappears
• somatic pain -✓✓related to tissue damage
• neuropathic pain -✓✓resulting from direct trauma to the peripheral or central nervous
system
• psychogenic pain -✓✓relates to factors that influence the patient's report of pain
• idiopathic pain -✓✓no identifiable cause of pain
• primary headaches -✓✓include migraine, tension, cluster and chronic daily headaches
• secondary headaches -✓✓arise from underlying structural, systemic, or infectious
causes such as meningitis or subarachnoid hemorrhage and maybe life-threatening.
• hyperopia -✓✓farsightedness
• myopia -✓✓nearsightedness
• presbyopia -✓✓aging vision
• acute sinusitis -✓✓leaning forward may increase pain in_____
• scotomas -✓✓lesions in the retina or visual pathway (fixed defects)
• detachment of the vitreous body from the retina -✓✓flashing lights with new vitreous
floaters
, • Diplopia -✓✓seen in lesions in the brainstem or cerebellum and with weakness or
paralysis of one or more extraocular muscles
• primary open angle glaucoma -✓✓gradual loss of vision in the peripheral visual fields
resulting from loss of retinal ganglion cells axons.
• Sjogren syndrome -✓✓dryness from impaired secretion
• miosis -✓✓constriction of pupils
• mydriasis -✓✓dilation of pupils
• conductive hearing loss -✓✓Hearing disorders of the external and middle ear cause
_______.
• sensorineural hearing loss -✓✓Hearing disorders of the inner ear cause _____.
• Exostoses -✓✓Nontender nodular swellings covered by normal skin deep in the ear
canals; these are nonmalignant growths which obscure the ear drum.
• impaired ear
good ear -✓✓Weber:
In unilateral conductive hearing loss, sound is heard in the ______.
In unilateral sensorineural hearing loss, sound is heard in the ______.
• conduction loss
sensorineural loss -✓✓RINNE TEST:
If bone conduction > air conduction (BC > AC)
suspect _________
If air conduction is more than twice as long as bone conduction (AC >BC)
suspect __________.
• sensorineural hearing loss -✓✓have trouble understanding speech, often complaining
that others mumble
• Conductive hearing loss -✓✓in this type of hearing loss, noisy environments may help
• Meniere Disease -✓✓disorder of the ear characterized by tinnitus & hearing loss
