COPE HEALTH SCHOLAR WRITTEN EXAM 2026
UPDATE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED
ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A+ (BRAND NEW
VISION)
Caudal - ANS-Away from the head, towards the tail/hind parts
Flexion - ANS-Closing of a joint
Trendelenburg position - ANS-Lying on back with bed tilted so that
the head is lower than the feet
Used during insertion/removal of peripheral or jugular PICC lines
Reverse Trendelenburg Position - ANS-Lying on back with bed tilted so
that the head is higher than the feet
Used for head trauma patients (open wound)
Fowler's position - ANS-a semi-sitting position; the head of the bed
is raised between 45 and 60 degrees
Used after abdominal operations
Semi-Fowler's Position - ANS-Fowler's position but with knees flexed
and supported by pillow
Helps reduce pressure on back
ACU - ANS-Ambulatory Care Unit: Patients are able to walk, either
assisted or unassisted
,ICU - ANS-Intensive Care Unit
Where unstable medical patients go for constant care
NICU - ANS-Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: Where premature and/or
seriously ill or unstable babies are treated
PACU - ANS-Post-Anesthesia Care Unit: Provide care for patients
recovering from anesthesia after undergoing surgery
TKO - ANS-to keep open; order to keep just enough flow through
IV to keep vein open
PO - ANS-Per os: administer by mouth
PR - ANS-Per rectum: administer rectally
PRN - ANS-Pro Re Nata: Administer as needed
Atherosclerosis - ANS-Disease in which fatty material is deposited
on the walls of the arteries
MI - ANS-Myocardial infarction: heart attack; loss of blood supply
to the heart
CHF - ANS-Congestive heart failure: failure of the heart to pump
blood effectively
Stroke - ANS-Brain attack; loss of blood supply to the brain
Shock - ANS-decreased perfusion of blood to body tissues
, Symptoms of myocardial infarction - ANS-Severe retrosternal pain
Pain in left arm or jaw
Dyspnea (labored breathing)
Diaphoresis (sweating)
Pressure, heaviness, tightness
Nausea, vomiting
Risk factors for myocardial infarction - ANS-Smoking, atherosclerosis,
hypertension, hyperlipidemia
Complications from myocardial infarction - ANS-Arrhythmias, CHF,
stroke
Pneumonia - ANS-inflammation of the lungs by any microorganism
Tuberculosis - ANS-infectious disease caused by mycobacterium
tuberculosis
Asthma - ANS-Chronic condition characterized by airway
inflammation, bronchoconstriction, and hypersecretion of mucus
COPD - ANS-chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. due to a
variety of pulmonary conditions
Emphysema - ANS-Chronic expiratory airflow obstruction
accompanied by permanent enlargement of the airspace (alveoli);
subset of COPD
Neoplasia - ANS-uncontrolled, disorderly proliferation of cells
UPDATE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED
ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A+ (BRAND NEW
VISION)
Caudal - ANS-Away from the head, towards the tail/hind parts
Flexion - ANS-Closing of a joint
Trendelenburg position - ANS-Lying on back with bed tilted so that
the head is lower than the feet
Used during insertion/removal of peripheral or jugular PICC lines
Reverse Trendelenburg Position - ANS-Lying on back with bed tilted so
that the head is higher than the feet
Used for head trauma patients (open wound)
Fowler's position - ANS-a semi-sitting position; the head of the bed
is raised between 45 and 60 degrees
Used after abdominal operations
Semi-Fowler's Position - ANS-Fowler's position but with knees flexed
and supported by pillow
Helps reduce pressure on back
ACU - ANS-Ambulatory Care Unit: Patients are able to walk, either
assisted or unassisted
,ICU - ANS-Intensive Care Unit
Where unstable medical patients go for constant care
NICU - ANS-Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: Where premature and/or
seriously ill or unstable babies are treated
PACU - ANS-Post-Anesthesia Care Unit: Provide care for patients
recovering from anesthesia after undergoing surgery
TKO - ANS-to keep open; order to keep just enough flow through
IV to keep vein open
PO - ANS-Per os: administer by mouth
PR - ANS-Per rectum: administer rectally
PRN - ANS-Pro Re Nata: Administer as needed
Atherosclerosis - ANS-Disease in which fatty material is deposited
on the walls of the arteries
MI - ANS-Myocardial infarction: heart attack; loss of blood supply
to the heart
CHF - ANS-Congestive heart failure: failure of the heart to pump
blood effectively
Stroke - ANS-Brain attack; loss of blood supply to the brain
Shock - ANS-decreased perfusion of blood to body tissues
, Symptoms of myocardial infarction - ANS-Severe retrosternal pain
Pain in left arm or jaw
Dyspnea (labored breathing)
Diaphoresis (sweating)
Pressure, heaviness, tightness
Nausea, vomiting
Risk factors for myocardial infarction - ANS-Smoking, atherosclerosis,
hypertension, hyperlipidemia
Complications from myocardial infarction - ANS-Arrhythmias, CHF,
stroke
Pneumonia - ANS-inflammation of the lungs by any microorganism
Tuberculosis - ANS-infectious disease caused by mycobacterium
tuberculosis
Asthma - ANS-Chronic condition characterized by airway
inflammation, bronchoconstriction, and hypersecretion of mucus
COPD - ANS-chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. due to a
variety of pulmonary conditions
Emphysema - ANS-Chronic expiratory airflow obstruction
accompanied by permanent enlargement of the airspace (alveoli);
subset of COPD
Neoplasia - ANS-uncontrolled, disorderly proliferation of cells
