HEALTH ASSESSMENT EXAM 3 WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS 2025
The Left Upper Quadrant (LUQ) contains the:
A) Gallbladder
B) Spleen
C) Liver
D) Appendix correct answers >> Spleen
The spleen is the largest lymphatic organ. However, instead of
lymph, its chambers are filled with blood.
Suppose that Tina reported pain when you assessed for
costovertebral angle (CVA) tenderness. Which of the following
would be true?
A) CVA tenderness may indicate kidney infection
B) CVA tenderness may indicate liver enlargement
C) CVA tenderness is an expected finding
D) CVA tenderness is a rare finding correct answers >> CVA
tenderness may indicate kidney infection
Percussion of the costovertebral angle should evoke no pain. The
elicitation of pain is indicative of inflammation in the underlying
kidney or surrounding tissue.
,Suppose that you suspected ascites because Tina's abdomen is
large. Which of the following assessment findings would confirm
ascites?
A) Shifting dullness
B) Murphy's sign
C) Deep organ palpation
D) Peristaltic fluid wave test correct answers >> Shifting
dullness
Ascites is the accumulation of fluid in the peritoneal space. This
fluid can be detected by abdominal percussion. The distribution of
fluid in the abdomen shifts according to gravity when the person
changes body position. To test for ascites, percuss for dullness in
the abdomen when Tina is in several different body positions.
The second heart sound is the result of which of the following?
A)Opening of aortic and pulmonic valves
B) Closing of aortic and pulmonic valves
C) Opening of mitral and tricuspid valve
D) Closing of mitral and tricuspid valve correct answers >>
Closing of aortic and pulmonic valves
The five cardiac areas of auscultation are not the anatomical
positions of the heart valves but are the best places to listen due
to the direction that sounds resonate in the thorax.
,Normal capillary refill is:
A) Nails turning from blanched to pink
B) > 2 seconds
C) 1-2 seconds
D) < 1 second correct answers >> 1-2 seconds
Most capillaries have such small inner diameters that only one red
blood cell can move through at a time.
Tina's left tibial pulse is graded as 2+. This finding is:
A)Bounding
B) Increased
C) Normal
D) Weak correct answers >> Normal
Pulses are graded on a 4 point scale in which 3+ is bounding, 2+
is normal, 1+ is weak, and 0 is absent.
When listening to the heart of an 18-month-old admitted to
Shadow General Hospital for physical abuse, what is the normal
heart rate range?
A) 90-150 beats per minute
B) 80-140 beats per minute
, C) 100-160 beats per minute
D) 60-100 beats per minute correct answers >> A) 90-150
beats per minute
Children have smaller heart chambers and lower blood volume
than adults, which results in a lower heart stroke volume.
An 82-year-old is on the cardiac floor of Shadow General Hospital
after being admitted for chest pain. Which of the following
findings would be due to vessel narrowing?
A) Bruits
B) Tachycardia
C) Harsh holosystolic murmur
D) Regurgitation correct answers >> A) Bruits
Bruits are heard when blood flow is obstructed, causing
turbulence. They are murmur-like sounds that originate from the
vasculature instead of from the heart that are heard with the bell
of the stethoscope.
A 2-month-old male child comes into the Shadow General Hospital
Emergency Department with dehydration due to projectile
vomiting since birth. On physical exam you note marked
peristalsis (waves visible on inspection of the abdomen). This is a
sign of what pathologic process?
A) Pyloric stenosis
B) Diastasis recti
CORRECT ANSWERS 2025
The Left Upper Quadrant (LUQ) contains the:
A) Gallbladder
B) Spleen
C) Liver
D) Appendix correct answers >> Spleen
The spleen is the largest lymphatic organ. However, instead of
lymph, its chambers are filled with blood.
Suppose that Tina reported pain when you assessed for
costovertebral angle (CVA) tenderness. Which of the following
would be true?
A) CVA tenderness may indicate kidney infection
B) CVA tenderness may indicate liver enlargement
C) CVA tenderness is an expected finding
D) CVA tenderness is a rare finding correct answers >> CVA
tenderness may indicate kidney infection
Percussion of the costovertebral angle should evoke no pain. The
elicitation of pain is indicative of inflammation in the underlying
kidney or surrounding tissue.
,Suppose that you suspected ascites because Tina's abdomen is
large. Which of the following assessment findings would confirm
ascites?
A) Shifting dullness
B) Murphy's sign
C) Deep organ palpation
D) Peristaltic fluid wave test correct answers >> Shifting
dullness
Ascites is the accumulation of fluid in the peritoneal space. This
fluid can be detected by abdominal percussion. The distribution of
fluid in the abdomen shifts according to gravity when the person
changes body position. To test for ascites, percuss for dullness in
the abdomen when Tina is in several different body positions.
The second heart sound is the result of which of the following?
A)Opening of aortic and pulmonic valves
B) Closing of aortic and pulmonic valves
C) Opening of mitral and tricuspid valve
D) Closing of mitral and tricuspid valve correct answers >>
Closing of aortic and pulmonic valves
The five cardiac areas of auscultation are not the anatomical
positions of the heart valves but are the best places to listen due
to the direction that sounds resonate in the thorax.
,Normal capillary refill is:
A) Nails turning from blanched to pink
B) > 2 seconds
C) 1-2 seconds
D) < 1 second correct answers >> 1-2 seconds
Most capillaries have such small inner diameters that only one red
blood cell can move through at a time.
Tina's left tibial pulse is graded as 2+. This finding is:
A)Bounding
B) Increased
C) Normal
D) Weak correct answers >> Normal
Pulses are graded on a 4 point scale in which 3+ is bounding, 2+
is normal, 1+ is weak, and 0 is absent.
When listening to the heart of an 18-month-old admitted to
Shadow General Hospital for physical abuse, what is the normal
heart rate range?
A) 90-150 beats per minute
B) 80-140 beats per minute
, C) 100-160 beats per minute
D) 60-100 beats per minute correct answers >> A) 90-150
beats per minute
Children have smaller heart chambers and lower blood volume
than adults, which results in a lower heart stroke volume.
An 82-year-old is on the cardiac floor of Shadow General Hospital
after being admitted for chest pain. Which of the following
findings would be due to vessel narrowing?
A) Bruits
B) Tachycardia
C) Harsh holosystolic murmur
D) Regurgitation correct answers >> A) Bruits
Bruits are heard when blood flow is obstructed, causing
turbulence. They are murmur-like sounds that originate from the
vasculature instead of from the heart that are heard with the bell
of the stethoscope.
A 2-month-old male child comes into the Shadow General Hospital
Emergency Department with dehydration due to projectile
vomiting since birth. On physical exam you note marked
peristalsis (waves visible on inspection of the abdomen). This is a
sign of what pathologic process?
A) Pyloric stenosis
B) Diastasis recti
