Advanced Health Assessment Final
Exam Question And Answers 2024
Select the correct sequence of techniques used during an
examination of a child's abdomen:
a. Percussion, inspection, palpation, auscultation
b. Inspection, palpation, percussion, auscultation
c. Inspection, auscultation, percussion, palpation
d. Auscultation, inspection, palpation, percussion -
correct answers✅c. Inspection, auscultation,
percussion, palpation
When percussing a child's abdomen, you note tympany.
This is indicative of the presence of:
a. Fluid
b. Air
c. Feces
d. Hepatomegaly - correct answers✅b. Air
When inspecting the child's abdomen, the examiner notes
a midline muscular separation with bulging at the child
cries. This finding is a(n):
a. Umbilical hernia
b. Inguinal hernia
c. Omphalocele
d. Diastasis recti - correct answers✅d. Diastasis recti
,Advanced Health Assessment Final
Exam Question And Answers 2024
A 10-month-old infant is brought to the clinic with
complaints of cough and rhinorrhea. When auscultating
the child's lungs, you note a large, bulging umbilical
mass. The mass is easily reducible but increases when
the child cries. This assessment finding is a(n):
a. Inguinal hernia
b. Umbilical hernia
c. Gastroschisis
d. Omphalocele - correct answers✅b. Umbilical hernia
The iliopsoas (psoas sign) test is used to identify:
a. Splenic enlargement
b. Costovertebral tenderness
c. Intra-abdominal inflammation
d. Decreased peristalsis or intestinal activity - correct
answers✅c. Intra-abdominal inflammation
When auscultating bowel sounds in an infant or a young
child, it is essential to use a pediatric stethoscope
because:
a. A stethoscope diaphragm that is too large may also
encompass lung sounds, confusing the clinical picture
,Advanced Health Assessment Final
Exam Question And Answers 2024
b. A stethoscope diaphragm that is too large may also
encompass vascular sounds, confusing the clinical picture
c. A stethoscope diaphragm that is too large may cause
pain in a small infant if pressure is applied during
auscultation
d. A stethoscope diaphragm that is too large may
decrease the child's cooperation - correct answers✅a.
A stethoscope diaphragm that is too large may also
encompass lung sounds, confusing the clinical picture
Decreased hepatic enzyme function in children from birth
until age 3 to 4 years causes:
a. Short drug half-lives
b. Long drug half-lives
c. Physiologic jaundice
d. Hypoglycemia - correct answers✅b. Long drug half-
lives
The stomach capacity in a neonate is approximately:
a. 30 mL
b. 60 mL
c. 90 mL
d. 120 mL - correct answers✅b. 60 mL
, Advanced Health Assessment Final
Exam Question And Answers 2024
A dull percussion note at or beyond the anterior axillary
line on the left indicates:
a. Hepatomegaly
b. Splenomegaly
c. A normal finding
d. A fibrotic spleen - correct answers✅b. Splenomegaly
Assessment for renal tenderness should be performed
with the child:
a. Lying supine
b. Lying prone
c. In a side-lying position
d. Sitting upright - correct answers✅d. Sitting upright
Indirect percussion can be used to detect:
a. Costovertebral tenderness
b. Abdominal masses
c. Rebound tenderness
d. Hepatomegaly - correct answers✅a. Costovertebral
tenderness
The lower left quadrant (LLQ) contains the:
a. Left ureter
Exam Question And Answers 2024
Select the correct sequence of techniques used during an
examination of a child's abdomen:
a. Percussion, inspection, palpation, auscultation
b. Inspection, palpation, percussion, auscultation
c. Inspection, auscultation, percussion, palpation
d. Auscultation, inspection, palpation, percussion -
correct answers✅c. Inspection, auscultation,
percussion, palpation
When percussing a child's abdomen, you note tympany.
This is indicative of the presence of:
a. Fluid
b. Air
c. Feces
d. Hepatomegaly - correct answers✅b. Air
When inspecting the child's abdomen, the examiner notes
a midline muscular separation with bulging at the child
cries. This finding is a(n):
a. Umbilical hernia
b. Inguinal hernia
c. Omphalocele
d. Diastasis recti - correct answers✅d. Diastasis recti
,Advanced Health Assessment Final
Exam Question And Answers 2024
A 10-month-old infant is brought to the clinic with
complaints of cough and rhinorrhea. When auscultating
the child's lungs, you note a large, bulging umbilical
mass. The mass is easily reducible but increases when
the child cries. This assessment finding is a(n):
a. Inguinal hernia
b. Umbilical hernia
c. Gastroschisis
d. Omphalocele - correct answers✅b. Umbilical hernia
The iliopsoas (psoas sign) test is used to identify:
a. Splenic enlargement
b. Costovertebral tenderness
c. Intra-abdominal inflammation
d. Decreased peristalsis or intestinal activity - correct
answers✅c. Intra-abdominal inflammation
When auscultating bowel sounds in an infant or a young
child, it is essential to use a pediatric stethoscope
because:
a. A stethoscope diaphragm that is too large may also
encompass lung sounds, confusing the clinical picture
,Advanced Health Assessment Final
Exam Question And Answers 2024
b. A stethoscope diaphragm that is too large may also
encompass vascular sounds, confusing the clinical picture
c. A stethoscope diaphragm that is too large may cause
pain in a small infant if pressure is applied during
auscultation
d. A stethoscope diaphragm that is too large may
decrease the child's cooperation - correct answers✅a.
A stethoscope diaphragm that is too large may also
encompass lung sounds, confusing the clinical picture
Decreased hepatic enzyme function in children from birth
until age 3 to 4 years causes:
a. Short drug half-lives
b. Long drug half-lives
c. Physiologic jaundice
d. Hypoglycemia - correct answers✅b. Long drug half-
lives
The stomach capacity in a neonate is approximately:
a. 30 mL
b. 60 mL
c. 90 mL
d. 120 mL - correct answers✅b. 60 mL
, Advanced Health Assessment Final
Exam Question And Answers 2024
A dull percussion note at or beyond the anterior axillary
line on the left indicates:
a. Hepatomegaly
b. Splenomegaly
c. A normal finding
d. A fibrotic spleen - correct answers✅b. Splenomegaly
Assessment for renal tenderness should be performed
with the child:
a. Lying supine
b. Lying prone
c. In a side-lying position
d. Sitting upright - correct answers✅d. Sitting upright
Indirect percussion can be used to detect:
a. Costovertebral tenderness
b. Abdominal masses
c. Rebound tenderness
d. Hepatomegaly - correct answers✅a. Costovertebral
tenderness
The lower left quadrant (LLQ) contains the:
a. Left ureter
