Week 5 Comprehensive Practice
Question 1
1 out of 1 points
Martin is a 41 y/o male who comes to the clinic with the following symptoms: fever, chills,
and malaise. On physical exam, the NP notes that he has a new murmur that was not
present at his last visit and is aware that he has a prosthetic valve. He also has splinter
hemorrhages on his nails, and petechiae on his palate. Additional diagnostic criteria for
Martin’s presumed diagnosis would include which of the following:
Selected
Answer: All of the above
Answers: Blood cultures
Echocardiography
Transesophageal
echocardiography
All of the above
A & B only
Question 2
1 out of 1 points
Hemoglobin A1C is the average glucose level of what length of time?
Selected
Answer: 3 months
Answers: 1 month
2 months
3 months
4 months
Question 3
1 out of 1 points
Randy is a 29 y/o African American male who has a body mass index (BMI) of 30,
does not exercise, and has evidence of metabolic syndrome. His most likely
diagnosis is:
Selected
Answer: DM type 2
, Answers: DM type 1
DM type 2
None of the above
Question 4
1 out of 1 points
Diabetes mellitus causes both microvascular and macrovascular damage. All of
the following are indications of microvascular damage except:
Selected
Answer: Atherosclerosis
Answers: Retinopathy
Nephropathy
Neuropathy
Atherosclerosis
Question 5
0 out of 1 points
The definition of a UTI is >100,000 CFU/mL of one organism.
Selected
Answer: Fals
e
Answers:
True
Fals
e
Question 6
1 out of 1 points
Metabolic syndrome is characterized by all the following traits except
Selected
Answer: Hypoglycemia
Answers: Obesity
Hypertension
Dyslipidemia