Family Nurse Practitioner NP Assessment
– Chamberlain College of Nursing
(2025/2026) – 100 Questions with 100%
Verified Correct Answers
Question 1
What A1C reading indicates diabetes?
,,,answer,,,: 6.5% or greater
Question 2
When a patient has diabetes, what should their A1C be to be considered
"well controlled"?
,,,answer,,,: 7.0%
Question 3
What should the A1C be before adding a second medication for
diabetes?
,,,answer,,,: 8.0%
,Question 4
What is the first-line treatment (medication) for a patient with Type 2
diabetes?
,,,answer,,,: Biguanides (Metformin)
Question 5
Which diabetic medication class is often used as a 2nd-line treatment but
causes hypoglycemia?
,,,answer,,,: Sulfonylureas (glipizide, glyburide, glimepiride)
Question 6
What class of diabetic medication is contraindicated with a personal or
family history of thyroid carcinoma?
,,,answer,,,: GLP-1 receptor agonists
Question 7
Which class of diabetic medications causes glucose to be excreted
through the bladder and has a side effect of frequent UTIs and yeast
infections?
,,,answer,,,: SGLT2 inhibitors (end in "gliflozin")
, Question 8
What insulin is long-acting?
,,,answer,,,: Lantus (insulin glargine) – duration 20–24+ hours
Question 9
What are the signs and symptoms of hypothyroidism?
,,,answer,,,: Fatigue, difficulty losing weight, constipation, cold
intolerance, menorrhagia, coarse nails, brittle hair, delayed relaxation
phase of deep tendon reflexes, hypothermia, goiter
Question 10
What will lab results look like for hypothyroidism?
,,,answer,,,: Elevated TSH and decreased T4
Question 11
What is the treatment for hypothyroidism?
,,,answer,,,: Levothyroxine
Question 12
What are the therapeutic/starting doses of levothyroxine?
– Chamberlain College of Nursing
(2025/2026) – 100 Questions with 100%
Verified Correct Answers
Question 1
What A1C reading indicates diabetes?
,,,answer,,,: 6.5% or greater
Question 2
When a patient has diabetes, what should their A1C be to be considered
"well controlled"?
,,,answer,,,: 7.0%
Question 3
What should the A1C be before adding a second medication for
diabetes?
,,,answer,,,: 8.0%
,Question 4
What is the first-line treatment (medication) for a patient with Type 2
diabetes?
,,,answer,,,: Biguanides (Metformin)
Question 5
Which diabetic medication class is often used as a 2nd-line treatment but
causes hypoglycemia?
,,,answer,,,: Sulfonylureas (glipizide, glyburide, glimepiride)
Question 6
What class of diabetic medication is contraindicated with a personal or
family history of thyroid carcinoma?
,,,answer,,,: GLP-1 receptor agonists
Question 7
Which class of diabetic medications causes glucose to be excreted
through the bladder and has a side effect of frequent UTIs and yeast
infections?
,,,answer,,,: SGLT2 inhibitors (end in "gliflozin")
, Question 8
What insulin is long-acting?
,,,answer,,,: Lantus (insulin glargine) – duration 20–24+ hours
Question 9
What are the signs and symptoms of hypothyroidism?
,,,answer,,,: Fatigue, difficulty losing weight, constipation, cold
intolerance, menorrhagia, coarse nails, brittle hair, delayed relaxation
phase of deep tendon reflexes, hypothermia, goiter
Question 10
What will lab results look like for hypothyroidism?
,,,answer,,,: Elevated TSH and decreased T4
Question 11
What is the treatment for hypothyroidism?
,,,answer,,,: Levothyroxine
Question 12
What are the therapeutic/starting doses of levothyroxine?
