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SKIN DISORDERS NP CERTIFICATION EXAM
/ NEWEST NP CERTIFICATION ACTUAL
EXAM 2025/2026 SKIN DISORDER
ACCURATE EXAM TEST BANK COMPLETE
REAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |A NEW
UPDATED VERSION |GUARANTEED PASS
A+
1. A 22-year-old female notes a flat, brown, non-palpable
spot on her cheek that has been present for years. Which
term best describes this lesion?
A) Papule
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B) Macule ✅
C) Nodule
D) Plaque
Rationale: A macule is a flat, circumscribed area of color
change without elevation or depression. A papule is palpable,
a nodule is deeper and larger, and a plaque is a raised flat-
topped lesion.
2. During a skin exam, you palpate a small, solid, elevated
lesion <0.5 cm on a patient’s forearm. This is a:
A) Vesicle
B) Pustule
C) Papule ✅
D) Wheal
Rationale: A papule is a solid, elevated lesion ≤0.5 cm.
Vesicles contain fluid, pustules contain pus, and wheals are
edematous, transient.
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3. A child presents with a fluid-filled blister >1 cm on the
palm. This is a:
A) Bulla ✅
B) Vesicle
C) Pustule
D) Cyst
Rationale: A bulla is a fluid-filled blister >1 cm. A vesicle is
<1 cm. Pustules contain purulent material, cysts are
encapsulated.
4. A patient has a raised, flat-topped lesion 2 cm in
diameter on the lower back. This is best described as a:
A) Macule
B) Papule
C) Nodule
D) Plaque ✅
Rationale: A plaque is a raised, flat-topped, plate-like lesion
>1 cm, often formed by confluence of papules.
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5. You observe a small, pus-filled elevation on a patient’s
chin. This is a:
A) Vesicle
B) Bulla
C) Pustule ✅
D) Cyst
Rationale: A pustule is a circumscribed elevation containing
purulent exudate (pus).
6. A 60-year-old man has a solid, rounded, deeper lesion
1.5 cm on his thigh that extends into the dermis. This is a:
A) Papule
B) Nodule ✅
C) Plaque
D) Macule
Rationale: A nodule is a solid, palpable lesion >0.5 cm that
extends deeper into the dermis or subcutaneous tissue.
SKIN DISORDERS NP CERTIFICATION EXAM
/ NEWEST NP CERTIFICATION ACTUAL
EXAM 2025/2026 SKIN DISORDER
ACCURATE EXAM TEST BANK COMPLETE
REAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |A NEW
UPDATED VERSION |GUARANTEED PASS
A+
1. A 22-year-old female notes a flat, brown, non-palpable
spot on her cheek that has been present for years. Which
term best describes this lesion?
A) Papule
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B) Macule ✅
C) Nodule
D) Plaque
Rationale: A macule is a flat, circumscribed area of color
change without elevation or depression. A papule is palpable,
a nodule is deeper and larger, and a plaque is a raised flat-
topped lesion.
2. During a skin exam, you palpate a small, solid, elevated
lesion <0.5 cm on a patient’s forearm. This is a:
A) Vesicle
B) Pustule
C) Papule ✅
D) Wheal
Rationale: A papule is a solid, elevated lesion ≤0.5 cm.
Vesicles contain fluid, pustules contain pus, and wheals are
edematous, transient.
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3. A child presents with a fluid-filled blister >1 cm on the
palm. This is a:
A) Bulla ✅
B) Vesicle
C) Pustule
D) Cyst
Rationale: A bulla is a fluid-filled blister >1 cm. A vesicle is
<1 cm. Pustules contain purulent material, cysts are
encapsulated.
4. A patient has a raised, flat-topped lesion 2 cm in
diameter on the lower back. This is best described as a:
A) Macule
B) Papule
C) Nodule
D) Plaque ✅
Rationale: A plaque is a raised, flat-topped, plate-like lesion
>1 cm, often formed by confluence of papules.
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5. You observe a small, pus-filled elevation on a patient’s
chin. This is a:
A) Vesicle
B) Bulla
C) Pustule ✅
D) Cyst
Rationale: A pustule is a circumscribed elevation containing
purulent exudate (pus).
6. A 60-year-old man has a solid, rounded, deeper lesion
1.5 cm on his thigh that extends into the dermis. This is a:
A) Papule
B) Nodule ✅
C) Plaque
D) Macule
Rationale: A nodule is a solid, palpable lesion >0.5 cm that
extends deeper into the dermis or subcutaneous tissue.
