NURS 5220 Advanced Health Assessment
NURS 5220 Exam 2 Review Test Bank- 170
Correctly Answered Questions with Rationales/
NURS 5220 Exam 1 Advanced Health
Assessment Review Test Bank with 350
Questions and Correct Answers
A patient arrives complaining of significant vertigo, which began after a sneezing
fit and is persisting. Before the fit, the patient had not experienced notable ear
problems. What most likely happened?
a. The mastoid bone, deteriorated by anaerobic infection, broke.
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b. The patient is showing early symptoms of Meniere's disease.
c. The patient aggravated latent otitis media.
d. The patient ruptured the round window in one or both inner ears. –
Correct Answer :c. The patient aggravated latent otitis media.
The physician observes the patient and notes that his head is not rotated
toward either side, his head is tilted toward the left ear, and he shows no
reluctance to move his head in various directions. What does this most likely
suggest?
a. A well patient
b. Otalgia in the left ear
c. Hearing loss in the right ear
d. Vertigo –
Correct Answer :b. Otalgia in the left ear
During the physical examination, the physician notices visible blood vessels in
the center of the patient's tympanic membrane. What is the likeliest diagnosis?
a. Acute or chronic otitis
b. Bone exostoses
c. A normal, healthy tympanic membrane
d. Tympanosclerosis –
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Correct Answer :a. Acute or chronic otitis
What hearing test is specifically designed to compare air conduction to bone
conduction?
a. Rinne
b. Weber
c. Whisper
d. Tympanic –
Correct Answer :a. Rinne
Lateralization of intensity of tone in a tuning fork test to the patient's right ear is
most likely symptomatic of what?
a. Normal functioning
b. Conductive hearing loss in left ear
c. Sensorineural hearing loss in the right ear
d. Conductive hearing loss in the right ear –
Correct Answer :d. Conductive hearing loss in the right ear
Which type of otalgia can be tested using a tympanogram?
a. Acute otitis media
b. Serous otitis
c. Chronic otitis media
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d. Trauma –
Correct Answer :b. Serous otitis
Which of the following is typical or common in a geriatric patient?
a. Shortened pinna
b. Decreased amount and coarseness of hair growth on external ear canal
c. Decreasing prevalence of tinnitus
d. Presbycusis –
Correct Answer :d. Presbycusis
Sound waves affect and interact with the pars tensa, malleus, incus, stapes, and
the fluid of the inner ear. - Correct Answer :True
Tinnitus affects nearly one-third of the adult population. - Correct Answer :False
Exposures to rubella, cytomegalovirus, and herpes simplex in utero are linked to
later hearing loss. - Correct Answer :True
A patient's pinnae are fully below the level of an imaginary line drawn from the
outer canthus of her ipsilateral eye to the occiput. This may be associated with
congenital hearing loss in the patient - Correct Answer :True
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NURS 5220 Exam 2 Review Test Bank- 170
Correctly Answered Questions with Rationales/
NURS 5220 Exam 1 Advanced Health
Assessment Review Test Bank with 350
Questions and Correct Answers
A patient arrives complaining of significant vertigo, which began after a sneezing
fit and is persisting. Before the fit, the patient had not experienced notable ear
problems. What most likely happened?
a. The mastoid bone, deteriorated by anaerobic infection, broke.
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b. The patient is showing early symptoms of Meniere's disease.
c. The patient aggravated latent otitis media.
d. The patient ruptured the round window in one or both inner ears. –
Correct Answer :c. The patient aggravated latent otitis media.
The physician observes the patient and notes that his head is not rotated
toward either side, his head is tilted toward the left ear, and he shows no
reluctance to move his head in various directions. What does this most likely
suggest?
a. A well patient
b. Otalgia in the left ear
c. Hearing loss in the right ear
d. Vertigo –
Correct Answer :b. Otalgia in the left ear
During the physical examination, the physician notices visible blood vessels in
the center of the patient's tympanic membrane. What is the likeliest diagnosis?
a. Acute or chronic otitis
b. Bone exostoses
c. A normal, healthy tympanic membrane
d. Tympanosclerosis –
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Correct Answer :a. Acute or chronic otitis
What hearing test is specifically designed to compare air conduction to bone
conduction?
a. Rinne
b. Weber
c. Whisper
d. Tympanic –
Correct Answer :a. Rinne
Lateralization of intensity of tone in a tuning fork test to the patient's right ear is
most likely symptomatic of what?
a. Normal functioning
b. Conductive hearing loss in left ear
c. Sensorineural hearing loss in the right ear
d. Conductive hearing loss in the right ear –
Correct Answer :d. Conductive hearing loss in the right ear
Which type of otalgia can be tested using a tympanogram?
a. Acute otitis media
b. Serous otitis
c. Chronic otitis media
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d. Trauma –
Correct Answer :b. Serous otitis
Which of the following is typical or common in a geriatric patient?
a. Shortened pinna
b. Decreased amount and coarseness of hair growth on external ear canal
c. Decreasing prevalence of tinnitus
d. Presbycusis –
Correct Answer :d. Presbycusis
Sound waves affect and interact with the pars tensa, malleus, incus, stapes, and
the fluid of the inner ear. - Correct Answer :True
Tinnitus affects nearly one-third of the adult population. - Correct Answer :False
Exposures to rubella, cytomegalovirus, and herpes simplex in utero are linked to
later hearing loss. - Correct Answer :True
A patient's pinnae are fully below the level of an imaginary line drawn from the
outer canthus of her ipsilateral eye to the occiput. This may be associated with
congenital hearing loss in the patient - Correct Answer :True
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