NR 511 CEA EXAM WITH CORRECT
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025
Your 22 year old male patient states during his review of systems thathis scrotum is very
enlarged and feels like it is full a powerlifter and works as a trash collector. You suspect the
patient likely has which of the following diagnoses?
A -Varicocele
B -Meningocele
C -Rectocele
D -Hydrocele - CORRECT-ANSWERSA -Varicocele
The point of maximum impulse (PMI) is MOST often palpable in healthy adults when positioned
in the supine or left lateral decubitus position. Which one of the following locations is most
commonly described as the PMI in a healthy adult?
A -Left 2nd intercostal space, midaxillary line
,B -Left 5th intercostal space, midclavicular line
C -Right 4th intercostal space, midaxillary line
D -Right 2nd intercostal space, midclavicular line - CORRECT-ANSWERSB -Left 5th intercostal
space, midclavicular line
A40 year old, female, African American patient presents for history and physical. Upon your
initial assessment, you notice she has severe exophthalmos as pictured below. Which one of the
following diagnoses below would be the highest on your differential diagnose of this physical
examination finding?
A -Bilateral conjunctivitis
B -Hyperthyroidism
C -hypothyroidism
D -Myexedma - CORRECT-ANSWERSB -Hyperthyroidism
,Your patient with a suspected diagnosis of COPD has been seen by pulmonology and has
underwent a pulmonary function test (PFT) with spirometry. As the patient's primary
healthcare provider, you have been asked to explain the findings of the PFT to the patient in
afollow-up visit at which time the patient asks what the study was evaluating. To describe the
PFT to the patient in more useful terms, you state that the large inspiration of air to the
furthest extent they could reasonably accomplish followed by a full exhalation is referred to as
which of the following measurements during the PFT?
A -Forced Expiratory Volume over 1 second (FEV1)
B -Functional Reserve Capacity
C -Inspiratory Reserve
D -Forced Vital Capacity - CORRECT-ANSWERSD -Forced vital capacity
Your patient has a diagnosis of Addison's disease. Which of the following might you expect to
find during examination?
, A -Abdominal striae
B -Dowager hump
C -Low body temperature
D -Moon face - CORRECT-ANSWERSB -Dowager hump
The nurse practitioner's evaluation of a patient with Diabetes Mellitus type 2 should include
which of the following while evaluating for end organ dysfunction of the disease?
A -Renal function panel
B -Urinalysis
C -Non-dilated eye exam
D -All of these are appropriate options - CORRECT-ANSWERSD -All of these are appropriate
options
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025
Your 22 year old male patient states during his review of systems thathis scrotum is very
enlarged and feels like it is full a powerlifter and works as a trash collector. You suspect the
patient likely has which of the following diagnoses?
A -Varicocele
B -Meningocele
C -Rectocele
D -Hydrocele - CORRECT-ANSWERSA -Varicocele
The point of maximum impulse (PMI) is MOST often palpable in healthy adults when positioned
in the supine or left lateral decubitus position. Which one of the following locations is most
commonly described as the PMI in a healthy adult?
A -Left 2nd intercostal space, midaxillary line
,B -Left 5th intercostal space, midclavicular line
C -Right 4th intercostal space, midaxillary line
D -Right 2nd intercostal space, midclavicular line - CORRECT-ANSWERSB -Left 5th intercostal
space, midclavicular line
A40 year old, female, African American patient presents for history and physical. Upon your
initial assessment, you notice she has severe exophthalmos as pictured below. Which one of the
following diagnoses below would be the highest on your differential diagnose of this physical
examination finding?
A -Bilateral conjunctivitis
B -Hyperthyroidism
C -hypothyroidism
D -Myexedma - CORRECT-ANSWERSB -Hyperthyroidism
,Your patient with a suspected diagnosis of COPD has been seen by pulmonology and has
underwent a pulmonary function test (PFT) with spirometry. As the patient's primary
healthcare provider, you have been asked to explain the findings of the PFT to the patient in
afollow-up visit at which time the patient asks what the study was evaluating. To describe the
PFT to the patient in more useful terms, you state that the large inspiration of air to the
furthest extent they could reasonably accomplish followed by a full exhalation is referred to as
which of the following measurements during the PFT?
A -Forced Expiratory Volume over 1 second (FEV1)
B -Functional Reserve Capacity
C -Inspiratory Reserve
D -Forced Vital Capacity - CORRECT-ANSWERSD -Forced vital capacity
Your patient has a diagnosis of Addison's disease. Which of the following might you expect to
find during examination?
, A -Abdominal striae
B -Dowager hump
C -Low body temperature
D -Moon face - CORRECT-ANSWERSB -Dowager hump
The nurse practitioner's evaluation of a patient with Diabetes Mellitus type 2 should include
which of the following while evaluating for end organ dysfunction of the disease?
A -Renal function panel
B -Urinalysis
C -Non-dilated eye exam
D -All of these are appropriate options - CORRECT-ANSWERSD -All of these are appropriate
options
