ACTIVITY FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING
EXAM Q & A
1. What function of the skeletal system is essential to proper function of all other cells
and tissues?
A) supporting soft tissues of the body
B) protecting delicate body structures
C) providing storage area for fats
D) producing blood cells
2. What is the role of the flat bones in the body?
A) height
B) shape
C) movement
D) length
3. A patient with severe osteoarthritis is having a surgical hip replacement. This is
possible because of the type of joint found in the hip. What type is it?
A) pivot joint
B) gliding joint
C) ball-and-socket joint
D) hinge joint
4. A nurse performing range-of-motion exercises on a bedfast patient moves the
patient's chin down onto the chest and then back to an upright position. The nurse
then tilts the head as far as possible to each shoulder. What therapeutic movement is
, ACTIVITY FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING
EXAM Q & A
the nurse achieving with this exercise? Select all that apply.
A) flexion
B) adduction
C) extension
D) dorsiflexion
E) pronation
F) abduction
5. While performing range-of-motion exercises on a patient, a nurse bends a patient's foot
so that the toes are brought up, as though to point them at the knee. What is the term for
this type of movement?
A) dorsiflexion
B) inversion
C) rotation
D) eversion
EXAM Q & A
1. What function of the skeletal system is essential to proper function of all other cells
and tissues?
A) supporting soft tissues of the body
B) protecting delicate body structures
C) providing storage area for fats
D) producing blood cells
2. What is the role of the flat bones in the body?
A) height
B) shape
C) movement
D) length
3. A patient with severe osteoarthritis is having a surgical hip replacement. This is
possible because of the type of joint found in the hip. What type is it?
A) pivot joint
B) gliding joint
C) ball-and-socket joint
D) hinge joint
4. A nurse performing range-of-motion exercises on a bedfast patient moves the
patient's chin down onto the chest and then back to an upright position. The nurse
then tilts the head as far as possible to each shoulder. What therapeutic movement is
, ACTIVITY FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING
EXAM Q & A
the nurse achieving with this exercise? Select all that apply.
A) flexion
B) adduction
C) extension
D) dorsiflexion
E) pronation
F) abduction
5. While performing range-of-motion exercises on a patient, a nurse bends a patient's foot
so that the toes are brought up, as though to point them at the knee. What is the term for
this type of movement?
A) dorsiflexion
B) inversion
C) rotation
D) eversion
