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Health Assessment Final Review Exam
1. Assessing orientation to person, place, and time helps determine
d. state of consciousness.
2. Under most conditions, adult patients should be able to repeat a series of numbers.
b. five to eight
3. Recent memory may be tested by
c. showing the patient four items and asking him or
her to list the items about 10 minutes later.
4. Which condition is considered progressive rather than reversible?
b. Dementia
5. An older adult is administered the Set Test and scores a 14. The nurse interprets this score as indicative of
e. dementia.
6. Which of the following is usually related to structural diseases of the brain?
b. Dementia
7. A state of impaired cognition, consciousness, mood and behavioral dysfunction of acute onset refers to
b. delirium.
8. The Mini-Mental State Examination should be administered for a patient who
a. gets lost in her or his neighborhood.
9. The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE)
a. may be used to estimate cognitive changes
quantitatively.
10. While interviewing a 70-year-old female clinic patient, she tells you that she takes ginkgo biloba and St. John’s wort. You
make a short note to check for results of the
b. Mini-Mental State Examination.
11. For purposes of examination and communication of physical findings, the breast is divided into
1
, 2
c. four quadrants plus a tail.
12. When conducting a clinical breast examination, the examiner should
d. inspect both breasts simultaneously.
13. Which breast change is typical after menopause?
a. Thickening of the inframammary ridge
14. In a woman complaining of a breast lump, it is most important to ask about
a. its relationship to menses.
15. A 50-year-old woman presents as a new patient. Which finding in her personal and social history would increase her risk
profile for developing breast cancer?
c. Nulliparity
16. To begin the clinical breast examination (CBE) for a man, ask him to:
b. sit with his arms hanging at his sides.
17. Inspection of the breasts usually begins with the patient in which position?
b. Sitting
18. Which finding, found on inspection, is related to fibrotic tissue changes that occur with breast carcinoma?
b. Skin dimpling or retraction
19. Venous patterns on breasts are suggestive of pathology when they are
c. unilateral.
20. In patients with breast cancer, peau d’orange skin is often first evident
c. on or around the nipple.
21. Recent unilateral inversion of a previously everted nipple suggests
b. cancer.
22.You are conducting a clinical breast examination for a 30-year-old patient. Her breasts are symmetrical with bilateral,
multiple tender masses that are freely moveable with well-defined borders. You recognize that these symptoms and assessment
findings are consistent with
e. fibrocystic changes.
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Health Assessment Final Review Exam
1. Assessing orientation to person, place, and time helps determine
d. state of consciousness.
2. Under most conditions, adult patients should be able to repeat a series of numbers.
b. five to eight
3. Recent memory may be tested by
c. showing the patient four items and asking him or
her to list the items about 10 minutes later.
4. Which condition is considered progressive rather than reversible?
b. Dementia
5. An older adult is administered the Set Test and scores a 14. The nurse interprets this score as indicative of
e. dementia.
6. Which of the following is usually related to structural diseases of the brain?
b. Dementia
7. A state of impaired cognition, consciousness, mood and behavioral dysfunction of acute onset refers to
b. delirium.
8. The Mini-Mental State Examination should be administered for a patient who
a. gets lost in her or his neighborhood.
9. The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE)
a. may be used to estimate cognitive changes
quantitatively.
10. While interviewing a 70-year-old female clinic patient, she tells you that she takes ginkgo biloba and St. John’s wort. You
make a short note to check for results of the
b. Mini-Mental State Examination.
11. For purposes of examination and communication of physical findings, the breast is divided into
1
, 2
c. four quadrants plus a tail.
12. When conducting a clinical breast examination, the examiner should
d. inspect both breasts simultaneously.
13. Which breast change is typical after menopause?
a. Thickening of the inframammary ridge
14. In a woman complaining of a breast lump, it is most important to ask about
a. its relationship to menses.
15. A 50-year-old woman presents as a new patient. Which finding in her personal and social history would increase her risk
profile for developing breast cancer?
c. Nulliparity
16. To begin the clinical breast examination (CBE) for a man, ask him to:
b. sit with his arms hanging at his sides.
17. Inspection of the breasts usually begins with the patient in which position?
b. Sitting
18. Which finding, found on inspection, is related to fibrotic tissue changes that occur with breast carcinoma?
b. Skin dimpling or retraction
19. Venous patterns on breasts are suggestive of pathology when they are
c. unilateral.
20. In patients with breast cancer, peau d’orange skin is often first evident
c. on or around the nipple.
21. Recent unilateral inversion of a previously everted nipple suggests
b. cancer.
22.You are conducting a clinical breast examination for a 30-year-old patient. Her breasts are symmetrical with bilateral,
multiple tender masses that are freely moveable with well-defined borders. You recognize that these symptoms and assessment
findings are consistent with
e. fibrocystic changes.
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