HEALTH ASSESSMENT-EXAM 2
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2025
Inspection: correct answers >> Careful scrutiny of individual
as a whole, then each body system.
Palpation: correct answers >> Using touch to asses factors of
texture, temperature, moisture, organ location/size/swelling,
vibration/pulsation, rigidity/spasticity, crepitation, lumps/masses,
and tenderness or pain.
Percussion: correct answers >> Tapping of person's skin
w/short, sharp strokes to assess underlying structures.
Light palpation: correct answers >> Detects surface
characteristics
Deep palpation: correct answers >> Used to identify
abdominal contents.
Indirect percussion: correct answers >> Two handed
percussion, when fixed hand is stationed on person's skin.
Direct percussion: correct answers >> Striking hand directly
contacts body wall.
,Resonant Percussion Notes: correct answers >> Quality-
Clear; hollow w/low pitch
Hyperresonant Percussion Notes: correct answers >>
Quality-Booming; lower pitch
Tympany Percussion Notes: correct answers >> Quality-
musical and drumlike; high pitch
Dull Percussion Notes: correct answers >> Quality-muffled
thud; high pitch
Flat Percussion Notes: correct answers >> Quality-a dead
stop of sound, absolute dullness; high pitch
Diaphragm: correct answers >> Part of stethoscope best
used on high pitch sounds
Bell: correct answers >> Part of stethoscope best used for
low pitched sounds
Otoscope: correct answers >> Funnels light into ear canal
Ophthalmoscope: correct answers >> Illuminates internal
eye structures
General approach: correct answers >> Being aware of
patient's and examiner's emotional state.
, Infant & toddler assessment: correct answers >> Heart &
Lungs first; bowel, ENT, then reflexes
Preschooler assessment: correct answers >> On parents lap;
warm-up games; thorax, abdomen, extremities first; head area
last.
Sick patient assessment: correct answers >> Episodic mini-
data base; not full assessment
Areas of the General Survey: correct answers >> Physical
appearance
Body structure
Mobility
Behavior
Physical appearance includes: correct answers >> Age
Sex
Level of consciousness (LOC)
Skin Color
Facial features
Body Structure includes: correct answers >> Stature
Nutrition
Symmetry
Posture
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2025
Inspection: correct answers >> Careful scrutiny of individual
as a whole, then each body system.
Palpation: correct answers >> Using touch to asses factors of
texture, temperature, moisture, organ location/size/swelling,
vibration/pulsation, rigidity/spasticity, crepitation, lumps/masses,
and tenderness or pain.
Percussion: correct answers >> Tapping of person's skin
w/short, sharp strokes to assess underlying structures.
Light palpation: correct answers >> Detects surface
characteristics
Deep palpation: correct answers >> Used to identify
abdominal contents.
Indirect percussion: correct answers >> Two handed
percussion, when fixed hand is stationed on person's skin.
Direct percussion: correct answers >> Striking hand directly
contacts body wall.
,Resonant Percussion Notes: correct answers >> Quality-
Clear; hollow w/low pitch
Hyperresonant Percussion Notes: correct answers >>
Quality-Booming; lower pitch
Tympany Percussion Notes: correct answers >> Quality-
musical and drumlike; high pitch
Dull Percussion Notes: correct answers >> Quality-muffled
thud; high pitch
Flat Percussion Notes: correct answers >> Quality-a dead
stop of sound, absolute dullness; high pitch
Diaphragm: correct answers >> Part of stethoscope best
used on high pitch sounds
Bell: correct answers >> Part of stethoscope best used for
low pitched sounds
Otoscope: correct answers >> Funnels light into ear canal
Ophthalmoscope: correct answers >> Illuminates internal
eye structures
General approach: correct answers >> Being aware of
patient's and examiner's emotional state.
, Infant & toddler assessment: correct answers >> Heart &
Lungs first; bowel, ENT, then reflexes
Preschooler assessment: correct answers >> On parents lap;
warm-up games; thorax, abdomen, extremities first; head area
last.
Sick patient assessment: correct answers >> Episodic mini-
data base; not full assessment
Areas of the General Survey: correct answers >> Physical
appearance
Body structure
Mobility
Behavior
Physical appearance includes: correct answers >> Age
Sex
Level of consciousness (LOC)
Skin Color
Facial features
Body Structure includes: correct answers >> Stature
Nutrition
Symmetry
Posture
