NUR 504: EXAM 3 QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS
1) What steps are involved in inspecting the eyelids and eyelashes? During which
step may ptosis be noticed? -- Correct Answer ✔✔ (1) Assess symmetry,
position, closure
(2) inspect eyelids for color, swelling, lesions, nodules, styes, discharge
(3) inspect for entropion or ectropion;
(4) assess blinking.
Ptosis may be noted in the first step.
2) What is cupping, what test and instrument discovers it, and what disease does it
suggest? -- Correct Answer ✔✔ Cupping is an irregularity in the physiological
cup. It may be larger than normal or asymmetric. This is discovered using an
ophthalmoscope during fundoscopic assessment and suggests glaucoma.
3) Which of the following parts of the outer ear is composed of fat and
subcutaneous tissue?
A) Lobule
B) Sebaceous glands
C) Posterior muscles
D) Tragus -- Correct Answer ✔✔ a. Lobule
, 4) Which of the following is true of the eustachian tube in infants?
A) The tube is more vertical compared to that of the adult.
B) The bony portion is never open.
C) The cartilaginous portion lies higher compared to that of the adult.
D) The bony portion is relatively longer and wider compared to that of
the adult. -- Correct Answer ✔✔ d. The bony portion is relatively
longer and wider compared to that of the adult
5) Which of the following is most likely associated with BPPV?
A) An unsettled/unbalanced sensation lasting for hours at a time
B) Brief episodes of dizziness associated with head movement
C) Clear discharge
D) Otalgia -- Correct Answer ✔✔ b. Brief episodes of dizziness
associated with head movement
6) Which form of otorrhea is most likely associated with physical trauma?
A) Clear, watery fluid
B) Yellow fluid
C) Clear, mucoid fluid
D) Brown fluid -- Correct Answer ✔✔ a. Clear, watery fluid
7) Which of the following syndromes or illnesses is not associated with ear
conditions?
A) Stickler syndrome
B) Leukemia
C) Trisomy 13
D) CHARGE association -- Correct Answer ✔✔ b. Leukemia
8) 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.
B) The patient is showing early symptoms of Meniere's disease.
C) The patient aggravated latent otitis media.
ANSWERS
1) What steps are involved in inspecting the eyelids and eyelashes? During which
step may ptosis be noticed? -- Correct Answer ✔✔ (1) Assess symmetry,
position, closure
(2) inspect eyelids for color, swelling, lesions, nodules, styes, discharge
(3) inspect for entropion or ectropion;
(4) assess blinking.
Ptosis may be noted in the first step.
2) What is cupping, what test and instrument discovers it, and what disease does it
suggest? -- Correct Answer ✔✔ Cupping is an irregularity in the physiological
cup. It may be larger than normal or asymmetric. This is discovered using an
ophthalmoscope during fundoscopic assessment and suggests glaucoma.
3) Which of the following parts of the outer ear is composed of fat and
subcutaneous tissue?
A) Lobule
B) Sebaceous glands
C) Posterior muscles
D) Tragus -- Correct Answer ✔✔ a. Lobule
, 4) Which of the following is true of the eustachian tube in infants?
A) The tube is more vertical compared to that of the adult.
B) The bony portion is never open.
C) The cartilaginous portion lies higher compared to that of the adult.
D) The bony portion is relatively longer and wider compared to that of
the adult. -- Correct Answer ✔✔ d. The bony portion is relatively
longer and wider compared to that of the adult
5) Which of the following is most likely associated with BPPV?
A) An unsettled/unbalanced sensation lasting for hours at a time
B) Brief episodes of dizziness associated with head movement
C) Clear discharge
D) Otalgia -- Correct Answer ✔✔ b. Brief episodes of dizziness
associated with head movement
6) Which form of otorrhea is most likely associated with physical trauma?
A) Clear, watery fluid
B) Yellow fluid
C) Clear, mucoid fluid
D) Brown fluid -- Correct Answer ✔✔ a. Clear, watery fluid
7) Which of the following syndromes or illnesses is not associated with ear
conditions?
A) Stickler syndrome
B) Leukemia
C) Trisomy 13
D) CHARGE association -- Correct Answer ✔✔ b. Leukemia
8) 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.
B) The patient is showing early symptoms of Meniere's disease.
C) The patient aggravated latent otitis media.
