MSN 5200 Advanced Health Assessment WEEK 8 Mock Test 96.00out of 100.00(2025 LATEST UPDATED) Latest Update 2025-2026 405 Questions and 100% Verified Correct Answers Guaranteed A+
- y/o presents to your office with blood pressures different in the arms and legs,
cyanosis, and diminished pulses. What congenital disorder is this? - CORRECT
ANSWER: Coarctation of the aorta
21 y/o male patient presents to your office with a red swollen ear. You do an ear exam and see purulent drainage. What do you suspect? What may the cause be? How do you
want to treat it? - CORRECT ANSWER: Otitis externa
Usually staph or pseudomonas
Patient may be a surfer or swimmer
Keep the ear dry + cortisporin drops (neomycin + steroid)
24 y/o female presents to your office with "blue fingers." She tells you that when she goes out in the cold her fingers rapidly change color and turn "red, white, and blue," bilaterally. They also burn. She has no other medical history and physical exam is
normal. What is this? - CORRECT ANSWER: Raynaud's Syndrome
- y/o female presents to your office with an ear ache. Parents tell you she has been
cranky and pulling at her ear in pain. On physical exam you see bulging and redness of
the tympanic membrane. What is the treatment? - CORRECT ANSWER: Otitis media -
Amoxicillin 1 / 4
Augmentin if this has happened before
If PCN allergy - erythromycin
- y/o male presents to your ER with "shortness of breath." Patient is leaning forward
trying to breathe. He has inspiratory stridor, a muffled voice, and is drooling. What is it?
What don't you want to do? - CORRECT ANSWER: Epiglottitis
Do not put anything in the mouth, could cause spasm and block the airway, this is a medical emergency
- y/o male presents to your office with a rash above the lips and round the nose. Mom
tells you it used to be a bunch of little "boils" but now it looks to you as if it crusted over like a honey-colored plaque. What is the likely diagnosis? What bacteria is likely the
source? - CORRECT ANSWER: Impetigo
Staph aureus or group A strep
42 y/o female presents to your office for a well visit. She tells you that her sister was just diagnosed with a "thyroid problem" and she wants to know if she could have it to. What questions do you want to ask her to develop her history of present illness? - CORRECT
ANSWER: Neck swelling?
Changes in hair, skin, nails?Changes in mood or emotional stability?Palpitations?Changes in mensuration?Changes in bowel habits?Changes in temperature preference?
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46 y/o male presents to your office complaining of a headache. He says it comes and goes for a few weeks once every year. They feel like an "ice pick" stabbing him in the pack of his eye and last for about 15 minutes, sometimes waking him up from sleep.
What is the diagnosis? What is the first line for treatment? - CORRECT ANSWER:
Cluster headache
Oxygen therapy
50 y/o overweight female presents to your office complaining that her husband complains she snores very loud. She says in the morning she feels tired still and sometimes she wakes herself up in the middle of the night gasping. What is the probably diagnosis? How do you confirm it? What do you suggest for treatment? -
CORRECT ANSWER: Obstructive sleep apnea
Confirm with polysomnogram (sleep study)
Suggest weight loss, smoking cessation, CPAP, possibly uvelectomy
51 y/o male presents to you office for a new onset HTN follow up. His blood pressure is 132/74 on his medications. He tells you he feels great but he thinks he might be getting a cold because he can't stop coughing. What are you thinking? What do you want to do
about it? - CORRECT ANSWER: Possibly bradykinin cough from ACEi
If it's really bothering him you can switch to an ARB
- y/o male patient presents to your office with a bad high pitched intractable cough,
along with nasal congestion, fever, and vomiting lasting for over a month. What is high
on your differential? - CORRECT ANSWER: Pertussis
A 7 y/o boy presents to your office having recently been treated for strep throat. He now has a fine sandpaper rash covering his entire body and a strawberry red tongue. What
is this? - CORRECT ANSWER: Scarlet fever 3 / 4
Aniscoria is unequal pupil size by how much? Is this normal? - CORRECT ANSWER: > 0.5 mm
It can be normal
Arterial versus venous pressure ulcers? - CORRECT ANSWER: Arterial = painful,
minimal drainage, smooth, occur at pressure areas like toes, LATERAL ankle
Venous = painless, irregular bleeding, occur at lower legs or MEDIAL ankle
Bulla - CORRECT ANSWER: a large blister that is usually more than 0.5 cm in diameter
Capillary hemangioma - CORRECT ANSWER:
Cherry angioma - CORRECT ANSWER:
Compare your physical exam for a patient with pneumonia, pleural effusion, and
pneumothorax. - CORRECT ANSWER: Pneumonia =
dull percussion increased fremitus bronchial breath sounds positive egophony
Pleural effusion = dull percussion decreased fremitus decreased breath sounds
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