Demo Quiz
Welcome to the Demo Quiz! Below, you will find numerous sample questions. This demo quiz is set up with questions and the question's answer with Answer reason.
The Correct Answer is Option D
A. Kernig’s
B. Chadwick
C. McBurney’s
D. Chvostek’s
The test for Chvostek’s sign is performed by tapping the facial nerve (C7) and the trigeminal nerve (C5) and observing for grimacing. Answer A is incorrect because Kernig’s sign is nuchal (neck) rigidity associated with meningitis. Answer B is incorrect because Chadwick’s sign is a bluish vagina associated with hormonal changes. Answer C is incorrect because McBurney’s sign is rebound tenderness associated with appendicitis.
The Correct Answer is Option D
A. 10
B. 15
C. 20
D. 25
The normal ICP reading is 10–20. 25 would be increased and abnormal. Answers A, B, and C are all within the normal range, so they are incorrect.
The Correct Answer is Option C
A. Weight loss
B. Decreased appetite
C. Hirsutism
D. Integumentary bronzing
Notice that the testing strategy “odd item out” can be used in this question. Answers A, B, and D are symptoms of Addison’s disease. Answer C is the answer that is different from the rest. Hirsutism, or facial hair, is a side effect of cortisone therapy.
The Correct Answer is Option A
The child with conduct disorder and the adult with antisocial personality disorder are characterized by lack of guilt or remorse for wrongdoings. Answer B is incorrect because both can have a higher than average IQ. Answer C is incorrect because both have a history of parental neglect or inconsistent parenting. Answer D is incorrect because both lack close friendships.
The Correct Answer is Option C
A. 3-4 days
B. 5-9 days
C. 10-14 days
D. 2-3 weeks
The incubation period (the period of time from exposure to the onset of the first symptoms) is 10 to 14 days. The first symptoms of smallpox infection include an abrupt onset of chills, high fever, headache, backache, severe malaise, vomiting, possible delirium, stupor and coma
The Correct Answer is Option C
A. Creatinine
B. Cortisol levels
C. Blood glucose
D. Liver profile
Terbutaline (Brethine) is a bronchodilator that can also relax smooth muscles. Brethine can cause elevations in blood glucose levels so the client should have blood glucose levels checked prior to beginning treatment with Brethine. Answers A, B, and D are not laboratory studies that are required prior to beginning Brethine.
The Correct Answer is Option D
A. Avoid driving a car
B. Avoid eating food cooked in a microwave
C. Refrain from using a cellular phone
D. Report swelling at the site
The client with an implantable defibrillator should report redness, pain, and swelling at the site of the implant. Answers A, B, and C are incorrect because the client can drive a car, eat food cooked in a microwave, and use a cellular phone. The client probably will be told to wait three months to drive a car. He should put his food in the microwave and step five feet away from the microwave during cooking. A cellular phone can be used but should be held in the right hand.
The Correct Answer is Option A
A. Private room or cohort client
B. Personal respiratory protection device
C. Private room with negative airflow pressure
D. Mask worn by staff when the client needs to leave the room
Meningitis is transmitted by droplet infection. Precautions for this disease include a private room or cohort client and use of a standard precaution mask. Private negative airflow pressure rooms and personal respiratory protection devices are required for clients with airborne disease such as tuberculosis. When appropriate, a mask must be worn by the client and not the staff when the client leaves the room.
The Correct Answer is Option A
A. Potassium level of 2.5
B. Sodium level of 140
C. Glucose level of 110
D. Calcium level of 8
Furosemide (Lasix) is a loop diuretic. Note that most of the loop diuretics end in ide. In answers B, C, and D, the findings are all within normal limits.
The Correct Answer is Option B
A. A schizophrenic client having visual and auditory hallucinations and the client with ulcerative colitis
B. The client who is six months pregnant with abdominal pain and the client with facial lacerations and a broken arm
C. A child whose pupils are fixed and dilated and his parents and a client with a frontal head injury
D. The client who arrives with a large puncture wound to the abdomen and the client with chest pain
Out of all these clients, it is best to hold the pregnant client and the client with a broken arm and facial lacerations in the same room. The other clients need to be placed in separate rooms, so answers A, C, and D are incorrect.
The Correct Answer is Option C
A. Vaccination with a live virus
B. Weakened immune system
C. Inoculation with BCG vaccine
D. Poor testing technique
Inoculation with BCG vaccine will produce a false positive TB skin test. Vaccination with a live virus, weakened immune system, and poor testing technique are factors that can produce a false negative TB skin test, therefore Answers A, B, and D are incorrect.
The Correct Answer is Option C
A. Amevive (alefacept)
B. Folex (methotrexate)
C. Famvir (famciclovir)
D. Raptiva (efalizumab)
Famvir (famciclovir), an antiviral medication, is used to shorten the outbreak of herpes zoster. Amevive, Folex, and Raptiva are used in the treatment of the client with psoriasis; therefore, answers A, B, and D are incorrect.
The Correct Answer is Option B
A. Prolactin
B. Human chorionic gonadotropin
C. Lecithin-sphingomyelin
D. Estriol
HCG levels elevate rapidly and can be detected as early as two days after the missed period. Answer A is incorrect because prolactin is elevated with a prolactinoma, a type of pituitary tumor. Answer C is incorrect because lecithin/sphingomyelin (L/S ratio) is indicative of lung maturity. Answer D is incorrect because estriol levels indicate fetal well-being.
The Correct Answer is Option D
A. Hemarthrosis of the elbow
B. Bruise of the ankle
C. Bruise of the ankle
D. Unilateral numbness and lack of movement of arm
The neurological symptoms could mean an intracranial bleed has occurred. The answers in A, B, and C are reasons for concern, but they are not the priority, so they are incorrect.
The Correct Answer is Option D
A. Aplastic
B. Vaso-occlusive
C. Splenic sequestration
D. Erythropoiesis
Erythropoiesis is the formation of RBCs not related to sickle cell crisis. The answers in A, B, and C are types of sickle cell anemia crises, so they are incorrect.
The Correct Answer is Option A
A. Kernig’s sign
B. Brown-Sequard’s syndrome
C. Brudsinski’s sign
D. Doll’s eye reflex
A positive result would be indicated by pain in the hamstring when the actions in the stem are done. Answers B and D do not relate to meningitis. Brudsinski’s sign, Answer C, is elicited by attempting to flex the patients’ head causing severe pain if positive, so this is incorrect. Both Kernig’s and Brudsinski’s signs are indications of meningeal irritation found in meningitis.
The Correct Answer is Option B
A. LDH
B. Troponin
C. Creatinine
D. AST
The best diagnostic tool for confirming that the client has experienced a myocardial infarction is the troponin level. Another lab value associated with a myocardial infarction is the CKMB. Answer A is incorrect because the LDH is also elevated in clients with muscle trauma not associated with an MI. Answer C is incorrect because the creatinine level indicates renal function. Answer D is incorrect because the AST level is elevated with gallbladder and liver disease as well as muscle inflammation.
The Correct Answer is Option D
A. Autograft
B. Isograft
C. Allograft
D. Xenograft
Xenografts are taken from animal sources. Answers A, B, and C are incorrect because they originate from human donors.
The Correct Answer is Option B
A. Surgical ANTT
B. Standard ANTT
C. Sterile ANTT
D. Clean procedure
Simple procedures requiring asepsis will require Standard ANTT. These procedures include simple wound dressings, IV medication preparation and administration, removal of surgical drains, and changing of IV fluids.
Surgical ANTT is for invasive procedures such as IV cannulation and Urinary catheterization
Clean procedures are for non-invasive, non-sterile skills such as NGT insertion or colostomy care.
The Correct Answer is Option B
A. The correct way to perform postural drainage
B. The preparation and use of isotonic enemas
C. The collection of a specimen using the tape test
D. The use of pinwheels and suckers to improve speech
The parents of a child with Hirschsprung’s disease should be taught how to prepare and administer isotonic enemas. Answers A, C, and D are incorrect because they do not relate to the care of the child with Hirschsprung’s disease.
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