Abdomen & skin
Lung
Heart & peripheral vascular
Neuro & musculoskeletal
Head, neck, eye, ENT, mouth, throat
100

McBurney’s point is located in the


  • Right upper quadrant
  • Right lower  quadrant
  • Left  upper quadrant
  • Left  lower  quadrant
  • Right lower  quadrant
100

The accessory muscles of respiration are:


  • Diaphragm and inter costal muscles
  • Neck and chest muscles
  • Chest and Intercostal muscles
  • Sternocledomastoid and trapezius muscles
  • Sternocledomastoid and trapezius muscles
100

The nurse notes increased warmth and  brownish pigmentation around ankle. She suspects the following condition:

  • Arterial disease
  • Pigmentation
  • Venous insufficiency /venous stasis
  • Varicose veins

Venous insufficiency /venous stasis

100

Which one of the following is the basic defense mechanism of the nervous system?


  • Cranial nerves
  • Motor system
  • Reflexes
  • Joints
  • Reflexes
100

The eye condition,  strabismus means

  • Eyes that look in different directions
  • Protruding eyes
  • Incomplete closure of eye lids
  • Unequal pupil size
  • Eyes that look in different directions
200

Hyperactive bowel sounds are seen in the following conditions  EXCEPT

  • Irritable bowel disease 
  • Bowel infection 
  • After abdominal surgery
  • Diarrhea
  • After abdominal surgery
200

Increased outward curvature of the thoracic spine is known as


  • Scoliosis
  • Kyphosis
  • Lordosis
  • Barrel chest
  • Kyphosis
200

The clubbing of fingers  indicate the following:

  • Chronic poor oxygen perfusion
  • Venous insufficiency
  • Disease of the nails
  • Thrombophlebitis

Chronic poor oxygen perfusion

200

The abnormalities of the cranial nerve X are following EXCEPT


  • Uvula deviates to side
  • No gag reflex
  • Dysphagia
  • Absent light reflex
  • Absent light reflex
200

The normal pupil size is

  • 3 – 5 mm
  • 10 -15 mm
  • 3 -5 cm
  • 10 – 15 cm
  • 3 – 5 mm
300

The following are the common sites of Referred  abdominal  pain EXCEPT


  • Liver—RUQ
  • Gallbladder—LUQ
  • Appendix—RLQ
  • Kidney—flank pain
  • Gallbladder—LUQ
300

Which of the following method helps in identifying the density and location of the lungs, diaphragm, and other anatomic structures?


  • Inspection
  • Palpation
  • Percussion
  • Auscultation
  • Percussion
300

Tortuous rope like bulging  veins  in the legs is known as


  • Arterial disease
  • Varicose veins
  • Peripheral edema
  • Lymphatic obstruction
  • Varicose veins
300

The nurse performs muscle testing by asking the person to:    


  • Flex and hold as you apply opposing force
  • Flex and extend
  • Adduct and adduct
  • Rotate the parts
  • Flex and hold as you apply opposing force
300

What is the normal response elicited in the  diagnostic positions test (Extraocular Muscle function)

  • Nystagmus
  • Failure to follow in a certain direction
  • Parallel tracking of the object with both eyes.
  • Eye movement is not parallel
  • Parallel tracking of the object with both eyes.
400

Elevated cavity containing fluid up to 1 cm is known as:

Vesicles

Bullas

Papule

Nodule

Vesicles

400

In which of the following condition, the percussion sounds are exaggerated?


  • Emphysema
  • Normal lung
  • Plural effusion
  • All of the above
  • Emphysema
400

The patient complaints cramping pain in the calves, thighs & weakness occurs with activity and relieved with rest. The nurse interprets these symptoms as intermittent claudication. She suspects the following condition:

  • Arterial disease
  • Venous disease
  • Venous stasis
  • Varicose veins
  • Arterial disease
400

Complete loss of muscle tone and paralysis of all four extremities is known as


  • Flaccid quadriplegia
  • Flaccid hemiplegia
  • Flaccidity
  • Spasticity
  • Flaccid quadriplegia
400

The absence of red reflex may indicate the following

  • Dilated pupils
  • Opacity of the lens
  • Squint eyes
  • Constricted pupils
  • Opacity of the lens
500

Non-blanchable erythema is seen in which stage of the pressure ulcer?

Stage I

Stage II

Stage III

Stage IV

Stage I

500

Crackles sounds are heard in the following condition (s)

  • Pleuritis 
  • Pneumonia
  • Air way obstruction
  • Lung fibrosis
  • Pneumonia
500

The nurse is assessing a patient’s risk for developing a deep vein thrombosis (DVT). The patient considered at the highest risk is a 60-year-old patient who:


A.has been on bed rest for 5 days.

B.has been receiving physical therapy for left knee replacement.

C. has calf and thigh measurements that have less than an inch of variation on both legs.

D. was admitted to the hospital with asthma exacerbation

A.has been on bed rest for 5 days.

500

The nurse performs plantar reflex (Babinski). Which of the following statement is not correct ?


  • Normal response is plantar flexion of toes and inversion and flexion of forefoot
  • Babinski is positive in infants
  • Babinski is positive in adults
  • Babinski is positive in UMN disease
  • Babinski is positive in adults
500

The common cause of conductive hearing loss.

  • Impacted cerumen
  • VIII  cranial nerve damage
  • Perforated ear drum
  • Polyps
  • Impacted cerumen