Advanced health assessment exam practice test questions fall semester 2021. Read and review! Skin hair and nails

Chapter 03: Examination Techniques and Equipment

Ball: Seidel’s Guide to Physical Examination, 9th Edition

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. Guidelines for Standard Precautions indicate that mask and eye protection or a face mask

should be worn while performing:

ANS: B

Masks and eye protection or a face mask are indicated during procedures that are likely to

generate splashes or sprays of body fluids, which include endotracheal secretions.

TOP: Discipline: Pathophysiology MSC: Organ System: General

2. Standard Precautions apply to all patients:

ANS: D

Although all of these statements are true, the best answer is patients receiving care in

hospitals. Standard Precautions were developed with the intent of application to the care of all

hospitalized or outpatients; however, the standard has merit and should be applied to all cases

of patient care regardless of the environment where care is delivered.

TOP: Discipline: Pathophysiology MSC: Organ System: General

3. Which patient is at the highest risk for the development of latex allergy?

ANS: B

A patient who has had multiple procedures or surgeries has a higher exposure rate to rubber

gloves and to equipment and supplies that contain latex and therefore is at a higher risk for

developing an allergic response.

TOP: Discipline: Pathophysiology MSC: Organ System: General

4. Which patient position is useful for auscultating heart tones?