NUR 504 : EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS
1) What does PQRST stand for? -- Correct Answer ✔✔ Precipitating factors,
quality, radiation, severity, and timing
2) What are 10 body systems that compose a comprehensive review of systems? --
Correct Answer ✔✔ general/constitutional, skin, eyes, ears, nose, mouth/throat,
cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal, genitourinary, breast,
musculoskeletal, neurologic, mental/psychiatric, lymphatic, hematologic, and
endocrine
3) What are the two main general considerations of physical examinations listed in
the text?
A) Preparation and sequence
B) Medical and financial
C) Patient interaction and scope
D) Inspection and palpation -- Correct Answer ✔✔ c. Patient
interaction and scope
4) The physician has begun her first physical examination on a new patient who has
come to the clinic for a well-patient visit. Which of the following is true?
, A) The first thing the physician will do as part of the physical
examination is perform the history.
B) This will likely be a head-to-toe examination.
C) As a first exam, this will likely be brief and focused.
D) The patient, on his first visit, will likely be disoriented and unaware
of the physician's tone and expressions. -- Correct Answer ✔✔ b.
This will likely be a head-to-toe examination.
5) The physician records a sound as "tympanic." The physician has just performed
which assessment technique?
A) Palpation
B) Auscultation
C) Percussion
D) Compression -- Correct Answer ✔✔ c. Percussion
6) A physician is listening to a patient's heart, but something has negatively impacted
the sound. Which of the following has most likely caused this?
A) Indirect rather than direct percussion
B) A double-lumen stethoscope
C) Lack of palpation
D) Loose-fitting ear tips -- Correct Answer ✔✔ d. Loose-fitting ear
tips
7) Which of the following is included on the list of basic equipment needed for a
physical examination?
A) Syringe
B) Measuring tape
C) Occult blood testing materials
D) Culture media -- Correct Answer ✔✔ b. Measuring tape
8) What does a physician use the Weber and/or Rinne tests for?
A) Assessing the lungs
B) Performing an abdominal fluid wave text
C) Testing hearing
ANSWERS
1) What does PQRST stand for? -- Correct Answer ✔✔ Precipitating factors,
quality, radiation, severity, and timing
2) What are 10 body systems that compose a comprehensive review of systems? --
Correct Answer ✔✔ general/constitutional, skin, eyes, ears, nose, mouth/throat,
cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal, genitourinary, breast,
musculoskeletal, neurologic, mental/psychiatric, lymphatic, hematologic, and
endocrine
3) What are the two main general considerations of physical examinations listed in
the text?
A) Preparation and sequence
B) Medical and financial
C) Patient interaction and scope
D) Inspection and palpation -- Correct Answer ✔✔ c. Patient
interaction and scope
4) The physician has begun her first physical examination on a new patient who has
come to the clinic for a well-patient visit. Which of the following is true?
, A) The first thing the physician will do as part of the physical
examination is perform the history.
B) This will likely be a head-to-toe examination.
C) As a first exam, this will likely be brief and focused.
D) The patient, on his first visit, will likely be disoriented and unaware
of the physician's tone and expressions. -- Correct Answer ✔✔ b.
This will likely be a head-to-toe examination.
5) The physician records a sound as "tympanic." The physician has just performed
which assessment technique?
A) Palpation
B) Auscultation
C) Percussion
D) Compression -- Correct Answer ✔✔ c. Percussion
6) A physician is listening to a patient's heart, but something has negatively impacted
the sound. Which of the following has most likely caused this?
A) Indirect rather than direct percussion
B) A double-lumen stethoscope
C) Lack of palpation
D) Loose-fitting ear tips -- Correct Answer ✔✔ d. Loose-fitting ear
tips
7) Which of the following is included on the list of basic equipment needed for a
physical examination?
A) Syringe
B) Measuring tape
C) Occult blood testing materials
D) Culture media -- Correct Answer ✔✔ b. Measuring tape
8) What does a physician use the Weber and/or Rinne tests for?
A) Assessing the lungs
B) Performing an abdominal fluid wave text
C) Testing hearing
