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,Chapter 1. Assessment and Clinical Decision-Making: Overview
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Multiple Choice ki
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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1. Which type of clinical decision-making is most reliable?
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A. Intuitive
B. Analytical
C. Experiential
D. Augenblick
2. Which of the following is false? To obtain adequate history, health-care
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providers must be:
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A. Methodical and systematic ki ki
B. Attentive to the patient’s verbal and ki ki ki ki ki
nonverbal language ki
C. Able to accurately interpret the patient’s ki ki ki ki ki
responses
D. Adept at reading into the patient’s ki ki ki ki ki
statements
3. Essential parts of a health history include all of the following except:
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A. Chief complaint ki
B. History of the present illness ki ki ki ki
C. Current vital signs ki ki
D. All of the above are essential history ki ki ki ki ki ki
components
4. Which of the following is false? While performing the physical
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examination, the examiner must be able to:
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A. Differentiate between normal and ki ki ki
abnormal findings ki
B. Recall knowledge of a range of conditions ki ki ki ki ki ki
and their associated signs and symptoms ki ki ki ki ki
C. Recognize how certain conditions affect ki ki ki ki
the response to other conditions ki ki ki ki
D. Foresee unpredictable findings ki ki
5. The following is the least reliable source of information for diagnostic
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ki statistics:
A. Evidence-based investigations ki
B. Primary reports of research ki ki ki
C. Estimation based on a provider’s ki ki ki ki
experience
D. Published meta-analyses ki
, 6. The following can be used to assist in sound clinical decision-making:
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A. Algorithm published in a peer-reviewed ki ki ki ki
journal article ki
B. Clinical practice guidelines ki ki
C. Evidence-based research ki
D. All of the above ki ki ki
7. If a diagnostic study has high sensitivity, this indicates a:
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A. High percentage of persons with the given ki ki ki ki ki ki
condition will have an abnormal result ki ki ki ki ki
B. Low percentage of persons with the given ki ki ki ki ki ki
condition will have an abnormal result ki ki ki ki ki
C. Low likelihood of normal result in ki ki ki ki ki
persons without a given condition ki ki ki ki
D. None of the above ki ki ki
8. If a diagnostic study has high specificity, this indicates a:
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A. Low percentage of healthy individuals ki ki ki ki
will show a normal result ki ki ki ki
B. High percentage of healthy individuals ki ki ki ki
will show a normal result ki ki ki ki
C. High percentage of individuals with a ki ki ki ki ki
disorder will show a normal result ki ki ki ki ki
D. Low percentage of individuals with a ki ki ki ki ki
disorder will show an abnormal result ki ki ki ki ki
9. A likelihood ratio above 1 indicates that a diagnostic test showing a:
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A. Positive result is strongly associated with ki ki ki ki ki
the disease ki
B. Negative result is strongly associated with ki ki ki ki ki
absence of the disease ki ki ki
C. Positive result is weakly associated with ki ki ki ki ki
the disease ki
D. Negative result is weakly associated with ki ki ki ki ki
absence of the disease ki ki ki
10. Which of the following clinical reasoning tools is defined as evidence-
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based resource based on mathematical modeling to express the likelihood of a condition
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in select situations, settings, and/or patients?
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A. Clinical practice guideline ki ki
B. Clinical decision rule ki ki
C. Clinical algorithm ki
D. Clinical recommendation ki
Chapter 1. Assessment and Clinical Decision-Making: Overview
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,Chapter 1. Assessment and Clinical Decision-Making: Overview
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Multiple Choice ki
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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1. Which type of clinical decision-making is most reliable?
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A. Intuitive
B. Analytical
C. Experiential
D. Augenblick
2. Which of the following is false? To obtain adequate history, health-care
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providers must be:
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A. Methodical and systematic ki ki
B. Attentive to the patient’s verbal and ki ki ki ki ki
nonverbal language ki
C. Able to accurately interpret the patient’s ki ki ki ki ki
responses
D. Adept at reading into the patient’s ki ki ki ki ki
statements
3. Essential parts of a health history include all of the following except:
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A. Chief complaint ki
B. History of the present illness ki ki ki ki
C. Current vital signs ki ki
D. All of the above are essential history ki ki ki ki ki ki
components
4. Which of the following is false? While performing the physical
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examination, the examiner must be able to:
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A. Differentiate between normal and ki ki ki
abnormal findings ki
B. Recall knowledge of a range of conditions ki ki ki ki ki ki
and their associated signs and symptoms ki ki ki ki ki
C. Recognize how certain conditions affect ki ki ki ki
the response to other conditions ki ki ki ki
D. Foresee unpredictable findings ki ki
5. The following is the least reliable source of information for diagnostic
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ki statistics:
A. Evidence-based investigations ki
B. Primary reports of research ki ki ki
C. Estimation based on a provider’s ki ki ki ki
experience
D. Published meta-analyses ki
, 6. The following can be used to assist in sound clinical decision-making:
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A. Algorithm published in a peer-reviewed ki ki ki ki
journal article ki
B. Clinical practice guidelines ki ki
C. Evidence-based research ki
D. All of the above ki ki ki
7. If a diagnostic study has high sensitivity, this indicates a:
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A. High percentage of persons with the given ki ki ki ki ki ki
condition will have an abnormal result ki ki ki ki ki
B. Low percentage of persons with the given ki ki ki ki ki ki
condition will have an abnormal result ki ki ki ki ki
C. Low likelihood of normal result in ki ki ki ki ki
persons without a given condition ki ki ki ki
D. None of the above ki ki ki
8. If a diagnostic study has high specificity, this indicates a:
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A. Low percentage of healthy individuals ki ki ki ki
will show a normal result ki ki ki ki
B. High percentage of healthy individuals ki ki ki ki
will show a normal result ki ki ki ki
C. High percentage of individuals with a ki ki ki ki ki
disorder will show a normal result ki ki ki ki ki
D. Low percentage of individuals with a ki ki ki ki ki
disorder will show an abnormal result ki ki ki ki ki
9. A likelihood ratio above 1 indicates that a diagnostic test showing a:
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A. Positive result is strongly associated with ki ki ki ki ki
the disease ki
B. Negative result is strongly associated with ki ki ki ki ki
absence of the disease ki ki ki
C. Positive result is weakly associated with ki ki ki ki ki
the disease ki
D. Negative result is weakly associated with ki ki ki ki ki
absence of the disease ki ki ki
10. Which of the following clinical reasoning tools is defined as evidence-
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based resource based on mathematical modeling to express the likelihood of a condition
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in select situations, settings, and/or patients?
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A. Clinical practice guideline ki ki
B. Clinical decision rule ki ki
C. Clinical algorithm ki
D. Clinical recommendation ki
Chapter 1. Assessment and Clinical Decision-Making: Overview
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