Pediatrics BATES TEST BANK
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epistaxis
A 62-year-old smoker complains of "coughing up small amounts of blood," so you
consider hemoptysis. Which of the following should you also consider?
A) Intestinal bleeding
B) Hematoma of the nasal septum
C) Epistaxis
D) Bruising of the tongue
Skin between the ribs moves inward with inspiration
Which of the following occurs in respiratory distress?
A) Speaking in sentences of 10-20 words
B) Skin between the ribs moves inward with inspiration
C) Neck muscles are relaxed
D) Patient torso leans posteriorly
Strike the pleximeter over the distal interphalangeal joint.
Which of the following is consistent with good percussion technique?
A) Allow all of the fingers to touch the chest while performing percussion.
B) Maintain a stiff wrist and hand.
C) Leave the plexor finger on the pleximeter after each strike.
D) Strike the pleximeter over the distal interphalangeal joint.
Tympany
Which of the following percussion notes would you obtain over the gastric bubble?
A) Resonance
B) Tympany
C) Hyperresonance
D) Flatness
,Large pneumothorax
Which of the following conditions would produce a hyperresonant percussion note?
A) Large pneumothorax
B) Lobar pneumonia
C) Pleural effusion
D) Empyema
Bronchial
Which lung sound possesses the characteristics of being louder and higher in pitch,
with a short silence between inspiration and expiration and with expiration being
longer than inspiration?
A) Bronchovesicular
B) Vesicular
C) Bronchial
D) Tracheal
heart failure
A patient complains of shortness of breath for the past few days. On examination,
you note late inspiratory crackles in the lower third of the chest that were not present
a week ago. What is the most likely explanation for these?
bronchitis
When crackles, wheezes, or rhonchi clear with a cough, which of the following is a
likely etiology?
Measure the span of the liver
A patient with longstanding COPD was told by another practitioner that his liver was
enlarged and this needed to be assessed. Which of the following would be
reasonable to do next?
A) Percuss the lower border of the liver
B) Measure the span of the liver
C) Order a hepatitis panel
D) Obtain an ultrasound of the liver
Press on his sternum and spine simultaneously
You are at your family reunion playing football when your uncle takes a hit to his right
lateral thorax and is in pain. He asks you if you think he has a rib fracture. You are in
a very remote area. What would your next step be?
A) Call a medevac helicopter
,B) Drive him to the city (4 hours away)
C) Press on his sternum and spine simultaneously
D) Examine him for tenderness over the injured area
tenderness
You are assessing a patient with joint pain and are trying to decide whether it is
inflammatory or noninflammatory in nature. Which one of the following symptoms is
consistent with an inflammatory process?
A) Tenderness
B) Cool temperature
C) Ecchymosis
D) Nodules
lupus
You are assessing a patient with diffuse joint pains and want to make sure that only
the joints are the problem, and that the pain is not related to other diseases. Which
of the following is a systemic cause of joint pain?
A) Gout
B) Osteoarthritis
C) Lupus
D) Spondylosis
lyme disease
A 19-year-old college sophomore comes to the clinic for evaluation of joint pains.
The student has been back from spring break for 2 weeks; during her holiday, she
went camping. She notes that she had a red spot, shaped like a target, but then it
started spreading, and then the joint pains started. She used insect repellant but was
in an area known to have ticks. She has never been sick and takes no medications
routinely; she has never been sexually active. What is the most likely cause of her
joint pain?
foot arched
An 85-year-old retired housewife comes with her daughter to establish care. Her
daughter is concerned because her mother has started to fall more. As part of her
physical examination, you ask her to walk across the examination room. Which of
the following is not part of the stance phase of gait?
A) Foot arched
, B) Heel strike
C) Mid-stance
D) Push-off
straight leg-raise
A 32-year-old warehouse worker presents for evaluation of low back pain. He notes
a sudden onset of pain after lifting a set of boxes that were heavier than usual. He
also states that he has numbness and tingling in the left leg. He wants to know if he
needs to be off of work. What test should you perform to assess for a herniated disc?
mechanical low back pain
A 33-year-old construction worker comes for evaluation and treatment of acute onset
of low back pain. He notes that the pain is an aching located in the lumbosacral area.
It has been present intermittently for several years; there is no known trauma or
injury. He points to the left lower back. The pain does not radiate and there is no
numbness or tingling in the legs or incontinence. He was moving furniture for a friend
over the weekend. On physical examination, you note muscle spasm, with normal
deep tendon reflexes and muscle strength. What is the most likely cause of this
patient's low back pain?
Cervical sprain
A 50-year-old realtor comes to your office for evaluation of neck pain. She was in a
motor vehicle collision 2 days ago and was assessed by the emergency medical
technicians on site, but she didn't think that she needed to go to the emergency room
at that time. Now, she has severe pain and stiffness in her neck. On physical
examination, you note pain and spasm over the paraspinous muscles on the left side
of the neck, and pain when you make the patient do active range of motion of the
cervical spine. What is the most likely cause of this neck pain?
Fibromyalgia
A 28-year-old graduate student comes to your clinic for evaluation of pain "all over."
With further questioning, she is able to relate that the pain is worse in the neck,
shoulders, hands, low back, and knees. She denies swelling in her joints; she states
that the pain is worse in the morning; there is no limitation in her range of motion. On
physical examination, she has several points on the muscles of the neck, shoulders,
and back that are tender to palpation; muscle strength and range of motion are
normal. Which of the following is likely the cause of her pain?
Rotator cuff tendinitis
EXAM GRADED A+ Pass 100% Solved
Questions And All Correct Answers
2025-2026 New Update VERIFIED
epistaxis
A 62-year-old smoker complains of "coughing up small amounts of blood," so you
consider hemoptysis. Which of the following should you also consider?
A) Intestinal bleeding
B) Hematoma of the nasal septum
C) Epistaxis
D) Bruising of the tongue
Skin between the ribs moves inward with inspiration
Which of the following occurs in respiratory distress?
A) Speaking in sentences of 10-20 words
B) Skin between the ribs moves inward with inspiration
C) Neck muscles are relaxed
D) Patient torso leans posteriorly
Strike the pleximeter over the distal interphalangeal joint.
Which of the following is consistent with good percussion technique?
A) Allow all of the fingers to touch the chest while performing percussion.
B) Maintain a stiff wrist and hand.
C) Leave the plexor finger on the pleximeter after each strike.
D) Strike the pleximeter over the distal interphalangeal joint.
Tympany
Which of the following percussion notes would you obtain over the gastric bubble?
A) Resonance
B) Tympany
C) Hyperresonance
D) Flatness
,Large pneumothorax
Which of the following conditions would produce a hyperresonant percussion note?
A) Large pneumothorax
B) Lobar pneumonia
C) Pleural effusion
D) Empyema
Bronchial
Which lung sound possesses the characteristics of being louder and higher in pitch,
with a short silence between inspiration and expiration and with expiration being
longer than inspiration?
A) Bronchovesicular
B) Vesicular
C) Bronchial
D) Tracheal
heart failure
A patient complains of shortness of breath for the past few days. On examination,
you note late inspiratory crackles in the lower third of the chest that were not present
a week ago. What is the most likely explanation for these?
bronchitis
When crackles, wheezes, or rhonchi clear with a cough, which of the following is a
likely etiology?
Measure the span of the liver
A patient with longstanding COPD was told by another practitioner that his liver was
enlarged and this needed to be assessed. Which of the following would be
reasonable to do next?
A) Percuss the lower border of the liver
B) Measure the span of the liver
C) Order a hepatitis panel
D) Obtain an ultrasound of the liver
Press on his sternum and spine simultaneously
You are at your family reunion playing football when your uncle takes a hit to his right
lateral thorax and is in pain. He asks you if you think he has a rib fracture. You are in
a very remote area. What would your next step be?
A) Call a medevac helicopter
,B) Drive him to the city (4 hours away)
C) Press on his sternum and spine simultaneously
D) Examine him for tenderness over the injured area
tenderness
You are assessing a patient with joint pain and are trying to decide whether it is
inflammatory or noninflammatory in nature. Which one of the following symptoms is
consistent with an inflammatory process?
A) Tenderness
B) Cool temperature
C) Ecchymosis
D) Nodules
lupus
You are assessing a patient with diffuse joint pains and want to make sure that only
the joints are the problem, and that the pain is not related to other diseases. Which
of the following is a systemic cause of joint pain?
A) Gout
B) Osteoarthritis
C) Lupus
D) Spondylosis
lyme disease
A 19-year-old college sophomore comes to the clinic for evaluation of joint pains.
The student has been back from spring break for 2 weeks; during her holiday, she
went camping. She notes that she had a red spot, shaped like a target, but then it
started spreading, and then the joint pains started. She used insect repellant but was
in an area known to have ticks. She has never been sick and takes no medications
routinely; she has never been sexually active. What is the most likely cause of her
joint pain?
foot arched
An 85-year-old retired housewife comes with her daughter to establish care. Her
daughter is concerned because her mother has started to fall more. As part of her
physical examination, you ask her to walk across the examination room. Which of
the following is not part of the stance phase of gait?
A) Foot arched
, B) Heel strike
C) Mid-stance
D) Push-off
straight leg-raise
A 32-year-old warehouse worker presents for evaluation of low back pain. He notes
a sudden onset of pain after lifting a set of boxes that were heavier than usual. He
also states that he has numbness and tingling in the left leg. He wants to know if he
needs to be off of work. What test should you perform to assess for a herniated disc?
mechanical low back pain
A 33-year-old construction worker comes for evaluation and treatment of acute onset
of low back pain. He notes that the pain is an aching located in the lumbosacral area.
It has been present intermittently for several years; there is no known trauma or
injury. He points to the left lower back. The pain does not radiate and there is no
numbness or tingling in the legs or incontinence. He was moving furniture for a friend
over the weekend. On physical examination, you note muscle spasm, with normal
deep tendon reflexes and muscle strength. What is the most likely cause of this
patient's low back pain?
Cervical sprain
A 50-year-old realtor comes to your office for evaluation of neck pain. She was in a
motor vehicle collision 2 days ago and was assessed by the emergency medical
technicians on site, but she didn't think that she needed to go to the emergency room
at that time. Now, she has severe pain and stiffness in her neck. On physical
examination, you note pain and spasm over the paraspinous muscles on the left side
of the neck, and pain when you make the patient do active range of motion of the
cervical spine. What is the most likely cause of this neck pain?
Fibromyalgia
A 28-year-old graduate student comes to your clinic for evaluation of pain "all over."
With further questioning, she is able to relate that the pain is worse in the neck,
shoulders, hands, low back, and knees. She denies swelling in her joints; she states
that the pain is worse in the morning; there is no limitation in her range of motion. On
physical examination, she has several points on the muscles of the neck, shoulders,
and back that are tender to palpation; muscle strength and range of motion are
normal. Which of the following is likely the cause of her pain?
Rotator cuff tendinitis
