FAMILY NURSE PRACTITIONER (FNP) 2026 BOARD EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
1) What lung finding indicates pneumonia? -- Answer ✔✔ Consolidation
(pectoriloquia).
2) What test is used to diagnose peritonitis? -- Answer ✔✔ Heel tap (Heel drop)
test.
3) What medication is used to treat an acute gout flare while on allopurinol? --
Answer ✔✔ Steroids.
4) What common side effects are associated with calcium channel blockers? --
Answer ✔✔ Edema.
5) What is the preferred antibiotic for a pregnant patient with a UTI? -- Answer
✔✔ Nitrofurantoin.
6) How should molluscum contagiosum be treated? -- Answer ✔✔ Allow it to
follow its natural course (self-limited).
,7) What medication best controls asthma long-term? -- Answer ✔✔
Corticosteroids.
8) What diagnostic test is used to confirm thalassemia? -- Answer ✔✔ Hemoglobin
electrophoresis.
9) What is the treatment for costochondritis? -- Answer ✔✔ Ibuprofen (NSAID) +
heat therapy.
10) What is the diagnostic test for septic arthritis and tuberculosis of the joint? --
Answer ✔✔ Culture.
11) In COPD, if the patient continues to have symptoms on treatment, what
medication can be added? -- Answer ✔✔ Ipratropium.
12) When is the best time to check testosterone levels? -- Answer ✔✔ At 10 AM
(morning).
13) Hyperthyroidism treated with iodine can result in what condition? -- Answer ✔✔
Hypothyroidism.
14) What is the treatment for vaginal labial atrophy (atrophic vaginitis)? -- Answer
✔✔ Add estrogen cream.
15) A patient has a mobile breast cyst. What is the next step? -- Answer ✔✔
Ultrasound.
, 16) What medication helps reduce post-op PCA opioid use by 50%? -- Answer ✔✔
IV acetaminophen (Obfirmed).
17) A patient has negative Hepatitis B surface antigen and antibodies. What is the
next step? -- Answer ✔✔ Start Hepatitis B vaccination.
18) What is the most common cause of pneumonia? -- Answer ✔✔ Streptococcus
pneumoniae.
19) Can Maxillary sinusitis present as what type of pain? -- Answer ✔✔ Dental pain.
20) A rash on the trunk that spreads to the limbs is characteristic of what disease? --
Answer ✔✔ Varicella (chickenpox).
21) A diabetic patient with periorbital (around the eye) pain should be suspected of
having what condition? -- Answer ✔✔ Mucormycosis (treated with amphotericin
B, but note says "Tramadol," likely written as pain med reference).
22) Trichomoniasis is usually transmitted through which routes? -- Answer ✔✔ Oral
metronidazole; vaginal clindamycin treatment.
23) Cold exposure can trigger what phenomenon? -- Answer ✔✔ Raynaud's
phenomenon.
24) In a patient with hypercalcemia, what lab test should be checked first? -- Answer
✔✔ Parathyroid hormone (PTH).
25) A "sausage-shaped" abdominal mass in a child suggests what diagnosis? -- Answer
✔✔ Intussusception.
QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
1) What lung finding indicates pneumonia? -- Answer ✔✔ Consolidation
(pectoriloquia).
2) What test is used to diagnose peritonitis? -- Answer ✔✔ Heel tap (Heel drop)
test.
3) What medication is used to treat an acute gout flare while on allopurinol? --
Answer ✔✔ Steroids.
4) What common side effects are associated with calcium channel blockers? --
Answer ✔✔ Edema.
5) What is the preferred antibiotic for a pregnant patient with a UTI? -- Answer
✔✔ Nitrofurantoin.
6) How should molluscum contagiosum be treated? -- Answer ✔✔ Allow it to
follow its natural course (self-limited).
,7) What medication best controls asthma long-term? -- Answer ✔✔
Corticosteroids.
8) What diagnostic test is used to confirm thalassemia? -- Answer ✔✔ Hemoglobin
electrophoresis.
9) What is the treatment for costochondritis? -- Answer ✔✔ Ibuprofen (NSAID) +
heat therapy.
10) What is the diagnostic test for septic arthritis and tuberculosis of the joint? --
Answer ✔✔ Culture.
11) In COPD, if the patient continues to have symptoms on treatment, what
medication can be added? -- Answer ✔✔ Ipratropium.
12) When is the best time to check testosterone levels? -- Answer ✔✔ At 10 AM
(morning).
13) Hyperthyroidism treated with iodine can result in what condition? -- Answer ✔✔
Hypothyroidism.
14) What is the treatment for vaginal labial atrophy (atrophic vaginitis)? -- Answer
✔✔ Add estrogen cream.
15) A patient has a mobile breast cyst. What is the next step? -- Answer ✔✔
Ultrasound.
, 16) What medication helps reduce post-op PCA opioid use by 50%? -- Answer ✔✔
IV acetaminophen (Obfirmed).
17) A patient has negative Hepatitis B surface antigen and antibodies. What is the
next step? -- Answer ✔✔ Start Hepatitis B vaccination.
18) What is the most common cause of pneumonia? -- Answer ✔✔ Streptococcus
pneumoniae.
19) Can Maxillary sinusitis present as what type of pain? -- Answer ✔✔ Dental pain.
20) A rash on the trunk that spreads to the limbs is characteristic of what disease? --
Answer ✔✔ Varicella (chickenpox).
21) A diabetic patient with periorbital (around the eye) pain should be suspected of
having what condition? -- Answer ✔✔ Mucormycosis (treated with amphotericin
B, but note says "Tramadol," likely written as pain med reference).
22) Trichomoniasis is usually transmitted through which routes? -- Answer ✔✔ Oral
metronidazole; vaginal clindamycin treatment.
23) Cold exposure can trigger what phenomenon? -- Answer ✔✔ Raynaud's
phenomenon.
24) In a patient with hypercalcemia, what lab test should be checked first? -- Answer
✔✔ Parathyroid hormone (PTH).
25) A "sausage-shaped" abdominal mass in a child suggests what diagnosis? -- Answer
✔✔ Intussusception.
