APEA 3P Exam Correctly Answered
A 60-year-old patient with severe, deep left eye pain. Findings reveal dilated and
fixed left pupil and the cornea is cloudy. There is no ocular discharge noted. These
findings are most likely consistent with? - ✅✅ Acute angle closure glaucoma
A patient has a papule with an ulcerated center on the lower lid and medial canthus
of the eye. This is consistent with? - ✅✅ Basal cell carcinoma
Patients with prior hypospadias surgery who develop slow and painful urination as
well as prostatitis are experiencing symptoms of? - ✅✅ urethral stricture
Which substance used during pregnancy accounts for one-third of all low-birth-
weight infants, placental abruption, and preterm labor? - ✅✅ Tobacco
When screening for bladder cancer in a primary care setting, the test that would be
least appropriate is? - ✅✅ Cystoscopy
The axioscapular group of muscles include which of the following? - ✅✅
Trapezius
A mental health condition characterized by over-the-top behavior such as
emotional outbursts, noisy displays of temper, compulsive attention seeking and
self-centered actions is? - ✅✅ Historionic
Social phobia, panic disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are all
examples of? - ✅✅ Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
In older adults, the presence of heart sound S3 suggests? - ✅✅ Heart failure
Depigmented macules appearing on the face, hands, feet, and other parts of the
body due to the lack of melanin are termed? - ✅✅ Vitiligo
Restrictions of internal and external rotation of the hip are sensitive indicators of? -
✅✅ Arthritis
The groove of the metacarpophalangeal joint can be palpated by having the patient
- ✅✅ Flex their hand/spread their fingers
, When auscultating breath sounds in a patient who has left-sided heart failure, the
breath sounds are - ✅✅ Vesicular with late inspiratory crackles in the dependent
portions of the lungs and resonant on percussion
The ankle-brachial index is a screening test used to assess a person's risk for? -
✅✅ Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD)
Olecranon bursitis may be caused by all of the following except? - ✅✅ Frozen
shoulder
In patients who have allergic rhinitis, the nasal mucosa appears? - ✅✅ pale
A term used to describe an increase in muscular bulk with diminished strength is? -
✅✅ Pseudohypertrophy
If abdominal pain persists when the patient raises his head and shoulders, the
origin of the tenderness is probably? - ✅✅ In the abdominal wall
On auscultation of the abdomen, rushes of high-pitched sounds are audible and
coincide with abdominal cramps. These findings are most consistent with? - ✅✅
Intestinal obstruction
Ophthalmoscopic examination of the fundus reveals tiny, round, red spots in and
around the macular area. These findings are consistent with? - ✅✅
microaneurysms
Symptoms of subdural hematoma include? - ✅✅ Noticeable bleeding between
the dura and cerebrum on x-ray
On examination of the adult patient, symptoms of fixed posture, tremor, rigidity,
and shuffling gait are observed. These findings are consistent with? - ✅✅
Parkinson's disease
When discussing the musculoskeletal system, all of the following statements
related to articular structure disease are true except which one? - ✅✅ Articular
disease is usually due to stiffness or pain
Focal tenderness over the trochanter confirms? - ✅✅ Bursitis
A 60-year-old patient with severe, deep left eye pain. Findings reveal dilated and
fixed left pupil and the cornea is cloudy. There is no ocular discharge noted. These
findings are most likely consistent with? - ✅✅ Acute angle closure glaucoma
A patient has a papule with an ulcerated center on the lower lid and medial canthus
of the eye. This is consistent with? - ✅✅ Basal cell carcinoma
Patients with prior hypospadias surgery who develop slow and painful urination as
well as prostatitis are experiencing symptoms of? - ✅✅ urethral stricture
Which substance used during pregnancy accounts for one-third of all low-birth-
weight infants, placental abruption, and preterm labor? - ✅✅ Tobacco
When screening for bladder cancer in a primary care setting, the test that would be
least appropriate is? - ✅✅ Cystoscopy
The axioscapular group of muscles include which of the following? - ✅✅
Trapezius
A mental health condition characterized by over-the-top behavior such as
emotional outbursts, noisy displays of temper, compulsive attention seeking and
self-centered actions is? - ✅✅ Historionic
Social phobia, panic disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are all
examples of? - ✅✅ Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
In older adults, the presence of heart sound S3 suggests? - ✅✅ Heart failure
Depigmented macules appearing on the face, hands, feet, and other parts of the
body due to the lack of melanin are termed? - ✅✅ Vitiligo
Restrictions of internal and external rotation of the hip are sensitive indicators of? -
✅✅ Arthritis
The groove of the metacarpophalangeal joint can be palpated by having the patient
- ✅✅ Flex their hand/spread their fingers
, When auscultating breath sounds in a patient who has left-sided heart failure, the
breath sounds are - ✅✅ Vesicular with late inspiratory crackles in the dependent
portions of the lungs and resonant on percussion
The ankle-brachial index is a screening test used to assess a person's risk for? -
✅✅ Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD)
Olecranon bursitis may be caused by all of the following except? - ✅✅ Frozen
shoulder
In patients who have allergic rhinitis, the nasal mucosa appears? - ✅✅ pale
A term used to describe an increase in muscular bulk with diminished strength is? -
✅✅ Pseudohypertrophy
If abdominal pain persists when the patient raises his head and shoulders, the
origin of the tenderness is probably? - ✅✅ In the abdominal wall
On auscultation of the abdomen, rushes of high-pitched sounds are audible and
coincide with abdominal cramps. These findings are most consistent with? - ✅✅
Intestinal obstruction
Ophthalmoscopic examination of the fundus reveals tiny, round, red spots in and
around the macular area. These findings are consistent with? - ✅✅
microaneurysms
Symptoms of subdural hematoma include? - ✅✅ Noticeable bleeding between
the dura and cerebrum on x-ray
On examination of the adult patient, symptoms of fixed posture, tremor, rigidity,
and shuffling gait are observed. These findings are consistent with? - ✅✅
Parkinson's disease
When discussing the musculoskeletal system, all of the following statements
related to articular structure disease are true except which one? - ✅✅ Articular
disease is usually due to stiffness or pain
Focal tenderness over the trochanter confirms? - ✅✅ Bursitis
