ADVANCED PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT: TEST QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
1) When are lymphatic drainage patterns helpful? -- Answer ✔✔ assessing for
malignancy or infection
2) What to look for when a node is enlarged or tender -- Answer ✔✔ source in its
nearby drainage area
3) What does a persistent neck mass in an adult older than 40 yrs mean? -- Answer
✔✔ suspicion of malignancy
4) What do enlarged tender lymph nodes mean? -- Answer ✔✔ pharyngitis
5) What does redness or scaling on the scalp mean? -- Answer ✔✔ seborrheic
dermatitis or psoriasis
, 6) What can pigmented nevi on the scalp mean -- Answer ✔✔ melanoma
7) What does a small hard tender tonsillar dose mean? -- Answer ✔✔ elongated
temporal styloid process
8) What does enlargement of a supraclavicular nose, especially on the left, suggest?
-- Answer ✔✔ possible mets from thoracic or abd malignancy
9) Difference between tender nodes vs hard/ fixed nodes -- Answer ✔✔ tender=
inflammation
Fixed= malig
10) When is the thyroid soft versus hard? -- Answer ✔✔ hard= Hashimoto’s and
thyroitis and malignancy
Soft= graves
11) What is the hallmark of HF -- Answer ✔✔ JVD
12) What can lesions on the eyes cause? -- Answer ✔✔ impair sympathetic effects
that dilate the pupil and cause miosis
13) What to consider is vision loss is unilateral and painless -- Answer ✔✔ vitreous
hemorrhage, macular degeneration, retinal detachment, retinal vein occlusion, or
central retinal artery occlusion
14) What to consider is vision loss is painful -- Answer ✔✔ ulcer, traumatic
hymphema, glaucoma
15) What can testing for color vision help rule out? -- Answer ✔✔ damage to the
optic nerve
CORRECT ANSWERS
1) When are lymphatic drainage patterns helpful? -- Answer ✔✔ assessing for
malignancy or infection
2) What to look for when a node is enlarged or tender -- Answer ✔✔ source in its
nearby drainage area
3) What does a persistent neck mass in an adult older than 40 yrs mean? -- Answer
✔✔ suspicion of malignancy
4) What do enlarged tender lymph nodes mean? -- Answer ✔✔ pharyngitis
5) What does redness or scaling on the scalp mean? -- Answer ✔✔ seborrheic
dermatitis or psoriasis
, 6) What can pigmented nevi on the scalp mean -- Answer ✔✔ melanoma
7) What does a small hard tender tonsillar dose mean? -- Answer ✔✔ elongated
temporal styloid process
8) What does enlargement of a supraclavicular nose, especially on the left, suggest?
-- Answer ✔✔ possible mets from thoracic or abd malignancy
9) Difference between tender nodes vs hard/ fixed nodes -- Answer ✔✔ tender=
inflammation
Fixed= malig
10) When is the thyroid soft versus hard? -- Answer ✔✔ hard= Hashimoto’s and
thyroitis and malignancy
Soft= graves
11) What is the hallmark of HF -- Answer ✔✔ JVD
12) What can lesions on the eyes cause? -- Answer ✔✔ impair sympathetic effects
that dilate the pupil and cause miosis
13) What to consider is vision loss is unilateral and painless -- Answer ✔✔ vitreous
hemorrhage, macular degeneration, retinal detachment, retinal vein occlusion, or
central retinal artery occlusion
14) What to consider is vision loss is painful -- Answer ✔✔ ulcer, traumatic
hymphema, glaucoma
15) What can testing for color vision help rule out? -- Answer ✔✔ damage to the
optic nerve
