NURS 5335 CERTIFICATION SCRIPT 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ Which statement regarding vibratory sensations is correct?
a. they are tested over bony prominence and decrease with age
b. they are tested over soft tissue and do not change with age
c. they are tested over the ankle, patella, and iliac crest first
d. they are tested over the areas between the interphalangeal joints
first.
Answer: a. they are tested over bony prominence and decrease with
age
◉ Which of the following areas are best used to assess the pallor due
to anemia?
a. fingernails, lips, and palpebral conjunctiva
b. inner aspect of the forearm, fingernails, and lips
c. nasolabial fold, palpebral conjunctiva, and lips
d. lips, behind the ears, and fingernails.
Answer: a. fingernails, lips, and palpebral conjunctiva
◉ Which of the following statements concerning the elderly is true?
a. depression is an expected part of aging
,b. although motor responses may be slow, their ability to perform
complex tasks is not impaired
c. difficulty recalling the name of people or names of objects signifies
the beginning of Alzheimer's disease
d. Most men and women adapt well to aging and maintain activities
that are appropriate to their abilities..
Answer: d. Most men and women adapt well to aging and maintain
activities that are appropriate to their abilities.
◉ If a patient is unaware that she is unable to remain focused on
tasks, you assess that she has a deficit in which of the following
mental functions?
a. Insight
b. judgment
c. thought content
d. attention.
Answer: a. Insight
◉ Which technique is best for examining paraspinal tenderness?
a. have patient bend forward to touch toes
b. have patient bend sideways while pelvis is stabilized
c. palpation of spinous processes with thumb or fingers
d. percussion of spine by thumping with ulnar surface of fist.
,Answer: c. palpation of spinous processes with thumb or fingers
◉ Which of the following is usually indicated by murmurs of grade 3
or higher in childhood?
a. benign conditions
b. heart disease
c. innocent murmurs of childhood
d. a split heart sound that the child will outgrow.
Answer: b. heart disease
◉ Which of the following is a cause of the higher rate of yeast
infections in pregnant women?
a. pregnant women usually become diabetic
b. the hormonal changes during pregnancy disrupt the normal pH of
the vagina
c. the diastasis recti separates and potentiates diabetes
d. there is an increased amount of acid available which yeast favor.
Answer: b. the hormonal changes during pregnancy disrupt the
normal pH of the vagina
◉ A 35-year-old pregnant female (G4 P3) at 24 weeks gestation
presents to your office for routine prenatal care. Her major concern
is a backache that began 2 weeks ago and has not gone away. She
denies dysuria, fever, or chills but does admit to urinary frequency.
, She is taking a mild OTC analgesic for the pain and using a heating
pad. You obtain a urinalysis, for which the results are negative for
infection. What steps should you take next for this patient?
a. you give her antibiotics for her pyelonephritis
b. you diagnose her with a kidney stone and ask her to strain her
urine and increase her fluid intake
c. You diagnose her with meningitis and admit her to the hospital for
treatment with IV antibiotics
d. You reassure her that is a normal part of pregnancy because the
hormones are causing relaxation of the joints and ligaments, which
changes the normal curvature of the lower spine..
Answer: d. You reassure her that is a normal part of pregnancy
because the hormones are causing relaxation of the joints and
ligaments, which changes the normal curvature of the lower spine.
◉ When performing a lung assessment, percussion and auscultation
are performed on a 2 - 4 cm area above the inner third of the
clavicle. What is the rationale for this?
a. adventitious sounds radiate
b. murmurs are best auscultated in this area
c. the apex of each lungs is located there
d. the oblique fissures give off important sounds.
Answer: c. the apex of each lungs is located there
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ Which statement regarding vibratory sensations is correct?
a. they are tested over bony prominence and decrease with age
b. they are tested over soft tissue and do not change with age
c. they are tested over the ankle, patella, and iliac crest first
d. they are tested over the areas between the interphalangeal joints
first.
Answer: a. they are tested over bony prominence and decrease with
age
◉ Which of the following areas are best used to assess the pallor due
to anemia?
a. fingernails, lips, and palpebral conjunctiva
b. inner aspect of the forearm, fingernails, and lips
c. nasolabial fold, palpebral conjunctiva, and lips
d. lips, behind the ears, and fingernails.
Answer: a. fingernails, lips, and palpebral conjunctiva
◉ Which of the following statements concerning the elderly is true?
a. depression is an expected part of aging
,b. although motor responses may be slow, their ability to perform
complex tasks is not impaired
c. difficulty recalling the name of people or names of objects signifies
the beginning of Alzheimer's disease
d. Most men and women adapt well to aging and maintain activities
that are appropriate to their abilities..
Answer: d. Most men and women adapt well to aging and maintain
activities that are appropriate to their abilities.
◉ If a patient is unaware that she is unable to remain focused on
tasks, you assess that she has a deficit in which of the following
mental functions?
a. Insight
b. judgment
c. thought content
d. attention.
Answer: a. Insight
◉ Which technique is best for examining paraspinal tenderness?
a. have patient bend forward to touch toes
b. have patient bend sideways while pelvis is stabilized
c. palpation of spinous processes with thumb or fingers
d. percussion of spine by thumping with ulnar surface of fist.
,Answer: c. palpation of spinous processes with thumb or fingers
◉ Which of the following is usually indicated by murmurs of grade 3
or higher in childhood?
a. benign conditions
b. heart disease
c. innocent murmurs of childhood
d. a split heart sound that the child will outgrow.
Answer: b. heart disease
◉ Which of the following is a cause of the higher rate of yeast
infections in pregnant women?
a. pregnant women usually become diabetic
b. the hormonal changes during pregnancy disrupt the normal pH of
the vagina
c. the diastasis recti separates and potentiates diabetes
d. there is an increased amount of acid available which yeast favor.
Answer: b. the hormonal changes during pregnancy disrupt the
normal pH of the vagina
◉ A 35-year-old pregnant female (G4 P3) at 24 weeks gestation
presents to your office for routine prenatal care. Her major concern
is a backache that began 2 weeks ago and has not gone away. She
denies dysuria, fever, or chills but does admit to urinary frequency.
, She is taking a mild OTC analgesic for the pain and using a heating
pad. You obtain a urinalysis, for which the results are negative for
infection. What steps should you take next for this patient?
a. you give her antibiotics for her pyelonephritis
b. you diagnose her with a kidney stone and ask her to strain her
urine and increase her fluid intake
c. You diagnose her with meningitis and admit her to the hospital for
treatment with IV antibiotics
d. You reassure her that is a normal part of pregnancy because the
hormones are causing relaxation of the joints and ligaments, which
changes the normal curvature of the lower spine..
Answer: d. You reassure her that is a normal part of pregnancy
because the hormones are causing relaxation of the joints and
ligaments, which changes the normal curvature of the lower spine.
◉ When performing a lung assessment, percussion and auscultation
are performed on a 2 - 4 cm area above the inner third of the
clavicle. What is the rationale for this?
a. adventitious sounds radiate
b. murmurs are best auscultated in this area
c. the apex of each lungs is located there
d. the oblique fissures give off important sounds.
Answer: c. the apex of each lungs is located there
