NUR631-Advanced Health Assessment Test 1 PREP
Exam 113 Questions with 100% Correct Answers | Latest
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1. For which of the following patients would a comprehensive health history be appropriate?
A) A new patient with the chief complaint of "I sprained my ankle"
B) An established patient with the chief complaint of "I have an upper respiratory infection"
C) A new patient with the chief complaint of "I am here to establish care"
D) A new patient with the chief complaint of "I cut my hand" - correct answer -c) a new patient with
the CC of "I am here to establish care" the patient is new to the provider so a comprehensive health
history is needed
2. The components of the health history include all of the following except which one?
A) Review of systems
B) Thorax and lungs
C) Present illness
D) Personal and social items - correct answer -B) thorax and lungs these are part of the physical
examination
3. Is the following information subjective or objective?
Mr. M. has shortness of breath that has persisted for the past 10 days; it is worse with activity and
relieved by rest.
A) Subjective
B) Objective - correct answer -A) subjective this is information given by
the patient
4. Is the following information subjective or objective?
Mr. M. has a respiratory rate of 32 and a pulse rate of 120.
,A) Subjective
B) Objective - correct answer -B) objective this is information obtained by
the examiner
5. The following information is recorded in the health history: "The patient has had abdominal pain
for 1 week. The pain lasts for 30 minutes at a time; it comes and goes. The severity is 7 to 9 on a scale
of 1 to 10. It is accompanied by nausea and vomiting. It is located in the mid-epigastric area."
Which of these categories does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems - correct answer -B) Present illness
HPI
6. The following information is recorded in the health history: "The patient completed 8th grade. He
currently lives with his wife and two children. He works on old cars on the weekend. He works in a
glass factory during the week."
Which category does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems - correct answer -C) personal and social history
7. The following information is recorded in the health history: "I feel really tired."
Which category does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems - correct answer -A) chief complaint
,pt's own words
8. The following information is recorded in the health history: "Patient denies chest pain, palpitations,
orthopnea, and paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea."
Which category does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems - correct answer -D) review of systems
9. The following information is best placed in which category?
"The patient has had three cesarean sections."
A) Adult illnesses
B) Surgeries
C) Obstetrics/gynecology
D) Psychiatric - correct answer -B) surgeries
10. The following information is best placed in which category?
"The patient had a stent placed in the left anterior descending artery (LAD) in 1999."
A) Adult illnesses
B) Surgeries
C) Obstetrics/gynecology
D) Psychiatric - correct answer -A) adult illnesses
*a stent is a major procedure but does not involve a surgeon*
11. The following information is best placed in which category?
"The patient was treated for an asthma exacerbation in the hospital last year; the patient has never
been intubated."
, A) Adult illnesses
B) Surgeries
C) Obstetrics/gynecology
D) Psychiatric - correct answer -A) adult illnesses
A patient presents for evaluation of a sharp, aching chest pain which increases with breathing. Which
anatomic area would you localize the symptom to?
A) Musculoskeletal
B) Reproductive
C) Urinary
D) Endocrine - correct answer -A)musculoskeletal
A patient comes to the emergency room for evaluation of shortness of breath. To which anatomic region
would you assign the symptom?
A) Reproductive
B) Urinary
C) Cardiac
D) Hematologic - correct answer -C)cardiac
A patient presents for evaluation of a cough. Which of the following anatomic regions can be responsible
for a cough?
A) Ophthalmologic
B) Auditory
C) Cardiac
D) Endocrine - correct answer -C) cardiac
A 22-year-old advertising copywriter presents for evaluation of joint pain. The pain is new, located in the
wrists and fingers bilaterally, with some subjective fever. The patient denies a rash; she also denies
recent travel or camping activities. She has a family history significant for rheumatoid arthritis. Based on
this information, which of the following pathologic processes would be the most correct?
Exam 113 Questions with 100% Correct Answers | Latest
Version (2026/2027) Expert Verified
1. For which of the following patients would a comprehensive health history be appropriate?
A) A new patient with the chief complaint of "I sprained my ankle"
B) An established patient with the chief complaint of "I have an upper respiratory infection"
C) A new patient with the chief complaint of "I am here to establish care"
D) A new patient with the chief complaint of "I cut my hand" - correct answer -c) a new patient with
the CC of "I am here to establish care" the patient is new to the provider so a comprehensive health
history is needed
2. The components of the health history include all of the following except which one?
A) Review of systems
B) Thorax and lungs
C) Present illness
D) Personal and social items - correct answer -B) thorax and lungs these are part of the physical
examination
3. Is the following information subjective or objective?
Mr. M. has shortness of breath that has persisted for the past 10 days; it is worse with activity and
relieved by rest.
A) Subjective
B) Objective - correct answer -A) subjective this is information given by
the patient
4. Is the following information subjective or objective?
Mr. M. has a respiratory rate of 32 and a pulse rate of 120.
,A) Subjective
B) Objective - correct answer -B) objective this is information obtained by
the examiner
5. The following information is recorded in the health history: "The patient has had abdominal pain
for 1 week. The pain lasts for 30 minutes at a time; it comes and goes. The severity is 7 to 9 on a scale
of 1 to 10. It is accompanied by nausea and vomiting. It is located in the mid-epigastric area."
Which of these categories does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems - correct answer -B) Present illness
HPI
6. The following information is recorded in the health history: "The patient completed 8th grade. He
currently lives with his wife and two children. He works on old cars on the weekend. He works in a
glass factory during the week."
Which category does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems - correct answer -C) personal and social history
7. The following information is recorded in the health history: "I feel really tired."
Which category does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems - correct answer -A) chief complaint
,pt's own words
8. The following information is recorded in the health history: "Patient denies chest pain, palpitations,
orthopnea, and paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea."
Which category does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems - correct answer -D) review of systems
9. The following information is best placed in which category?
"The patient has had three cesarean sections."
A) Adult illnesses
B) Surgeries
C) Obstetrics/gynecology
D) Psychiatric - correct answer -B) surgeries
10. The following information is best placed in which category?
"The patient had a stent placed in the left anterior descending artery (LAD) in 1999."
A) Adult illnesses
B) Surgeries
C) Obstetrics/gynecology
D) Psychiatric - correct answer -A) adult illnesses
*a stent is a major procedure but does not involve a surgeon*
11. The following information is best placed in which category?
"The patient was treated for an asthma exacerbation in the hospital last year; the patient has never
been intubated."
, A) Adult illnesses
B) Surgeries
C) Obstetrics/gynecology
D) Psychiatric - correct answer -A) adult illnesses
A patient presents for evaluation of a sharp, aching chest pain which increases with breathing. Which
anatomic area would you localize the symptom to?
A) Musculoskeletal
B) Reproductive
C) Urinary
D) Endocrine - correct answer -A)musculoskeletal
A patient comes to the emergency room for evaluation of shortness of breath. To which anatomic region
would you assign the symptom?
A) Reproductive
B) Urinary
C) Cardiac
D) Hematologic - correct answer -C)cardiac
A patient presents for evaluation of a cough. Which of the following anatomic regions can be responsible
for a cough?
A) Ophthalmologic
B) Auditory
C) Cardiac
D) Endocrine - correct answer -C) cardiac
A 22-year-old advertising copywriter presents for evaluation of joint pain. The pain is new, located in the
wrists and fingers bilaterally, with some subjective fever. The patient denies a rash; she also denies
recent travel or camping activities. She has a family history significant for rheumatoid arthritis. Based on
this information, which of the following pathologic processes would be the most correct?
