ADVANCED ASSESSMENT INTERPRETING
FINDINGS AND FORMULATING DIFFERENTIAL
DIAGNOSES LEARNING WORKBOOK 2026
CLINICAL FINDINGS AND DIFFERENTIAL
DIAGNOSIS SKILLS
◉ 2. The components of the health history include all of the
following except which one?
A) Review of systems
B) Thorax and lungs
C) Present illness
D) Personal and social items.
Answer: B) thorax and lungs
these are part of the physical examination
◉ 3. Is the following information subjective or objective?
Mr. M. has shortness of breath that has persisted for the past 10
days; it is worse with activity and relieved by rest.
,A) Subjective
B) Objective.
Answer: A) subjective
this is information given by the patient
◉ 4. Is the following information subjective or objective?
Mr. M. has a respiratory rate of 32 and a pulse rate of 120.
A) Subjective
B) Objective.
Answer: B) objective
this is information obtained by the examiner
◉ 5. The following information is recorded in the health history:
"The patient has had abdominal pain for 1 week. The pain lasts for
30 minutes at a time; it comes and goes. The severity is 7 to 9 on a
scale of 1 to 10. It is accompanied by nausea and vomiting. It is
located in the mid-epigastric area."
Which of these categories does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
,B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems.
Answer: B) Present illness
HPI
◉ 6. The following information is recorded in the health history:
"The patient completed 8th grade. He currently lives with his wife
and two children. He works on old cars on the weekend. He works in
a glass factory during the week."
Which category does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems.
Answer: C) personal and social history
◉ 7. The following information is recorded in the health history: "I
feel really tired."
Which category does it belong to?
, A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems.
Answer: A) chief complaint
pt's own words
◉ 8. The following information is recorded in the health history:
"Patient denies chest pain, palpitations, orthopnea, and paroxysmal
nocturnal dyspnea."
Which category does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems.
Answer: D) review of systems
◉ 9. The following information is best placed in which category?
"The patient has had three cesarean sections."
A) Adult illnesses
B) Surgeries
FINDINGS AND FORMULATING DIFFERENTIAL
DIAGNOSES LEARNING WORKBOOK 2026
CLINICAL FINDINGS AND DIFFERENTIAL
DIAGNOSIS SKILLS
◉ 2. The components of the health history include all of the
following except which one?
A) Review of systems
B) Thorax and lungs
C) Present illness
D) Personal and social items.
Answer: B) thorax and lungs
these are part of the physical examination
◉ 3. Is the following information subjective or objective?
Mr. M. has shortness of breath that has persisted for the past 10
days; it is worse with activity and relieved by rest.
,A) Subjective
B) Objective.
Answer: A) subjective
this is information given by the patient
◉ 4. Is the following information subjective or objective?
Mr. M. has a respiratory rate of 32 and a pulse rate of 120.
A) Subjective
B) Objective.
Answer: B) objective
this is information obtained by the examiner
◉ 5. The following information is recorded in the health history:
"The patient has had abdominal pain for 1 week. The pain lasts for
30 minutes at a time; it comes and goes. The severity is 7 to 9 on a
scale of 1 to 10. It is accompanied by nausea and vomiting. It is
located in the mid-epigastric area."
Which of these categories does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
,B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems.
Answer: B) Present illness
HPI
◉ 6. The following information is recorded in the health history:
"The patient completed 8th grade. He currently lives with his wife
and two children. He works on old cars on the weekend. He works in
a glass factory during the week."
Which category does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems.
Answer: C) personal and social history
◉ 7. The following information is recorded in the health history: "I
feel really tired."
Which category does it belong to?
, A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems.
Answer: A) chief complaint
pt's own words
◉ 8. The following information is recorded in the health history:
"Patient denies chest pain, palpitations, orthopnea, and paroxysmal
nocturnal dyspnea."
Which category does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems.
Answer: D) review of systems
◉ 9. The following information is best placed in which category?
"The patient has had three cesarean sections."
A) Adult illnesses
B) Surgeries
