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MN568 MIDTERM EXAM NEWEST 2025 ACTUAL
EXAM| COMPLETE 200 REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
ALREADY GRADED A+| MN568 MIDTERM 2025
(NEW!!)
You are doing a cerumen extraction and touch the external
meatus of your pt's ear. He winces and starts coughing. What is
the name of this reflex? .....ANSWER..... Arnold Reflex
Sam, age 78, presents to the clinic w/respiratory symptoms. His
PFTs are as follows: normal total lung capacity, decreased
PaO2, increased PaCO2. On assessment, you auscultate course
crackles and forced expiratory wheezes. What is your dx?
.....ANSWER..... Chronic Bronchitis
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George has COPD and an 80% forced expiratory volume in 1
second. How would you classify the severity of his COPD?
.....ANSWER..... Stage 1 mild COPD
African American pt's seems to have a negative reaction to which
of the following asthma meds? .....ANSWER..... Long-term beta-
agonist bronchodilators
You are using the CURB-65 clinical prediction tool to decide
whether Mabel, whom you have diagnosed with community-
acquired pneumonia (CAP), should be hospitalized or treated at
home. Her score is 3. What should you do? .....ANSWER.....
Hospitalize and consider admitting her to the ICU
Why do you suspect that your pt may have a decreased
response to the TB test? .....ANSWER..... She has been on long-
term corticosteroid therapy
Marci has been started on a TB regimen. Because isoniazid (INH)
may cause peripheral neuropathy, you consider ordering which
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of the following drugs prophilactically? .....ANSWER.....
Pyroxidine
Jolene has breast cancer that has been staged as T1, N0, M0.
What might this mean?
A. The tumor size cannot be evaluated; the cancer has not
spread to the lymph nodes; and the distant spread cannot be
evaluated.
B. The cancer is in situ; it is spreading into the lymph nodes but
the spread cannot be evaluated otherwise.
C. The cancer is less than 3 cm in size and has not spread to the
lymph nodes or other parts of the body.
D. The cancer is about 5 cm in size; nearby lymph nodes cannot
be evaluated; and there is no evidence of distant spreading.
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.....ANSWER..... The cancer is less than 3cm in size and has not
spread to the lymph nodes or other parts of the body
Nathan, a 32yo policeman, has a 15-pack-year history of
smoking and continues to smoke heavily. During every visit, he
gets irate when you try to talk to him about quitting. What
should you do? .....ANSWER..... Continue to ask him at every visit
if he is ready to quit
Your pt has decided to try to quit smoking with Chantix. You are
discussing his quit date and he will begin taking the med
tomorrow. When should he plan to quit smoking? .....ANSWER.....
His quit date should be in 1 week
Which info should be included when you are teaching your pt
about the use of nicotine gum? .....ANSWER..... The gum must be
correctly chewed to a softened state and then placed in the
buccal mucosa
MN568 MIDTERM EXAM NEWEST 2025 ACTUAL
EXAM| COMPLETE 200 REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
ALREADY GRADED A+| MN568 MIDTERM 2025
(NEW!!)
You are doing a cerumen extraction and touch the external
meatus of your pt's ear. He winces and starts coughing. What is
the name of this reflex? .....ANSWER..... Arnold Reflex
Sam, age 78, presents to the clinic w/respiratory symptoms. His
PFTs are as follows: normal total lung capacity, decreased
PaO2, increased PaCO2. On assessment, you auscultate course
crackles and forced expiratory wheezes. What is your dx?
.....ANSWER..... Chronic Bronchitis
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George has COPD and an 80% forced expiratory volume in 1
second. How would you classify the severity of his COPD?
.....ANSWER..... Stage 1 mild COPD
African American pt's seems to have a negative reaction to which
of the following asthma meds? .....ANSWER..... Long-term beta-
agonist bronchodilators
You are using the CURB-65 clinical prediction tool to decide
whether Mabel, whom you have diagnosed with community-
acquired pneumonia (CAP), should be hospitalized or treated at
home. Her score is 3. What should you do? .....ANSWER.....
Hospitalize and consider admitting her to the ICU
Why do you suspect that your pt may have a decreased
response to the TB test? .....ANSWER..... She has been on long-
term corticosteroid therapy
Marci has been started on a TB regimen. Because isoniazid (INH)
may cause peripheral neuropathy, you consider ordering which
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of the following drugs prophilactically? .....ANSWER.....
Pyroxidine
Jolene has breast cancer that has been staged as T1, N0, M0.
What might this mean?
A. The tumor size cannot be evaluated; the cancer has not
spread to the lymph nodes; and the distant spread cannot be
evaluated.
B. The cancer is in situ; it is spreading into the lymph nodes but
the spread cannot be evaluated otherwise.
C. The cancer is less than 3 cm in size and has not spread to the
lymph nodes or other parts of the body.
D. The cancer is about 5 cm in size; nearby lymph nodes cannot
be evaluated; and there is no evidence of distant spreading.
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.....ANSWER..... The cancer is less than 3cm in size and has not
spread to the lymph nodes or other parts of the body
Nathan, a 32yo policeman, has a 15-pack-year history of
smoking and continues to smoke heavily. During every visit, he
gets irate when you try to talk to him about quitting. What
should you do? .....ANSWER..... Continue to ask him at every visit
if he is ready to quit
Your pt has decided to try to quit smoking with Chantix. You are
discussing his quit date and he will begin taking the med
tomorrow. When should he plan to quit smoking? .....ANSWER.....
His quit date should be in 1 week
Which info should be included when you are teaching your pt
about the use of nicotine gum? .....ANSWER..... The gum must be
correctly chewed to a softened state and then placed in the
buccal mucosa
