NSG 6020: ORTHOPEDICS: TEST QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE
SOLUTIONS
1) The hamstring muscles flex the knee and are located on the: -- Answer ✔✔
posterior aspect of the thigh
2) Inspection of the hip begins with careful observation of a patient's gait. A patient's
foot moves forward without bearing weight. This is known as the: -- Answer ✔✔
swing phase of gait
3) When performing a musculoskeletal examination, the nurse practitioner instructs
the patient to move his arm in front of himself.... and overhead. This motion of
the shoulder girdle would be an example: -- Answer ✔✔ flexion
4) Vasculitis on extremities and erythematous to salmon-colored rash over the
trunk are skin lesions that may be attributed to: -- Answer ✔✔ rheumatoid
arthritis
5) The nurse practitioner instructs the patient to bend forward try to touch his
toes. This maneuver would elicit: -- Answer ✔✔ flexion of the lumbar spine
, 6) A decrease in the amount of density in a bone is referred to as: -- Answer ✔✔
osteopenia
7) Genu varum refers to: -- Answer ✔✔ bow leggedness
8) Stiffness in a joint and limited motion after inactivity is commonly referred to as:
-- Answer ✔✔ gelling
9) When performing a musculoskeletal examination, the nurse practitioner instructs
the patient to move his arm in front of his body. This motion of the shoulder
girdle would be an example of: -- Answer ✔✔ flexion
10) To test the anterior and lateral deltoid, pectoralis major, coracobrachialis and
biceps brachii muscles, the nurse practitioner would have the patient perform
which should movement? -- Answer ✔✔ Flexion
11) Which one of the following conditions can plantar fasciitis be associated? --
Answer ✔✔ Rheumatoid arthritis
12) A normal finding in the musculoskeletal assessment of a 3-year-old child would be
the presence of: -- Answer ✔✔ genu-valgum
13) to palpate the trochanteric bursa, position the patient: -- Answer ✔✔ on one
side, hip flexed, and internally rotated
14) Prepatellar bursitis arises from: -- Answer ✔✔ excessive kneeling
SOLUTIONS
1) The hamstring muscles flex the knee and are located on the: -- Answer ✔✔
posterior aspect of the thigh
2) Inspection of the hip begins with careful observation of a patient's gait. A patient's
foot moves forward without bearing weight. This is known as the: -- Answer ✔✔
swing phase of gait
3) When performing a musculoskeletal examination, the nurse practitioner instructs
the patient to move his arm in front of himself.... and overhead. This motion of
the shoulder girdle would be an example: -- Answer ✔✔ flexion
4) Vasculitis on extremities and erythematous to salmon-colored rash over the
trunk are skin lesions that may be attributed to: -- Answer ✔✔ rheumatoid
arthritis
5) The nurse practitioner instructs the patient to bend forward try to touch his
toes. This maneuver would elicit: -- Answer ✔✔ flexion of the lumbar spine
, 6) A decrease in the amount of density in a bone is referred to as: -- Answer ✔✔
osteopenia
7) Genu varum refers to: -- Answer ✔✔ bow leggedness
8) Stiffness in a joint and limited motion after inactivity is commonly referred to as:
-- Answer ✔✔ gelling
9) When performing a musculoskeletal examination, the nurse practitioner instructs
the patient to move his arm in front of his body. This motion of the shoulder
girdle would be an example of: -- Answer ✔✔ flexion
10) To test the anterior and lateral deltoid, pectoralis major, coracobrachialis and
biceps brachii muscles, the nurse practitioner would have the patient perform
which should movement? -- Answer ✔✔ Flexion
11) Which one of the following conditions can plantar fasciitis be associated? --
Answer ✔✔ Rheumatoid arthritis
12) A normal finding in the musculoskeletal assessment of a 3-year-old child would be
the presence of: -- Answer ✔✔ genu-valgum
13) to palpate the trochanteric bursa, position the patient: -- Answer ✔✔ on one
side, hip flexed, and internally rotated
14) Prepatellar bursitis arises from: -- Answer ✔✔ excessive kneeling
