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1. 1. For which of the following patients would a com- c) a new patient
prehensive health history be appropriate? with the CC of "I
am here to estab-
A) A new patient with the chief complaint of "I lish care"
sprained my ankle"
B) An established patient with the chief complaint of the patient is new
"I have an upper respiratory infection" to the provider so
C) A new patient with the chief complaint of "I am here a comprehensive
to establish care" health history is
D) A new patient with the chief complaint of "I cut my needed
hand"
2. 2. The components of the health history include all of B) thorax and
the following except which one? lungs
A) Review of systems these are part of
B) Thorax and lungs the physical exam-
C) Present illness ination
D) Personal and social items
3. 3. Is the following information subjective or objec- A) subjective
tive?
Mr. M. has shortness of breath that has persisted for this is information
the past 10 days; it is worse with activity and relieved given by the pa-
by rest. tient
A) Subjective
B) Objective
4. 4. Is the following information subjective or objec- B) objective
tive?
Mr. M. has a respiratory rate of 32 and a pulse rate of this is information
120. obtained by the
examiner
A) Subjective
B) Objective
5. 5. The following information is recorded in the health
history: "The patient has had abdominal pain for 1
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week. The pain lasts for 30 minutes at a time; it comes B) Present illness
and goes. The severity is 7 to 9 on a scale of 1 to 10. It
is accompanied by nausea and vomiting. It is located HPI
in the mid-epigastric area."
Which of these categories does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems
6. 6. The following information is recorded in the health C) personal and
history: "The patient completed 8th grade. He cur- social history
rently lives with his wife and two children. He works
on old cars on the weekend. He works in a glass
factory during the week."
Which category does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems
7. 7. The following information is recorded in the health A) chief complaint
history: "I feel really tired."
Which category does it belong to? pt's own words
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems
8. 8. The following information is recorded in the health D) review of sys-
history: "Patient denies chest pain, palpitations, or- tems
thopnea, and paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea."
Which category does it belong to?
A) Chief complaint
B) Present illness
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C) Personal and social history
D) Review of systems
9. 9. The following information is best placed in which B) surgeries
category?
"The patient has had three cesarean sections."
A) Adult illnesses
B) Surgeries
C) Obstetrics/gynecology
D) Psychiatric
10. 10. The following information is best placed in which A) adult illnesses
category?
"The patient had a stent placed in the left anterior *a stent is a ma-
descending artery (LAD) in 1999." jor procedure but
A) Adult illnesses does not involve a
B) Surgeries surgeon*
C) Obstetrics/gynecology
D) Psychiatric
11. 11. The following information is best placed in which A) adult illnesses
category?
"The patient was treated for an asthma exacerbation
in the hospital last year; the patient has never been
intubated."
A) Adult illnesses
B) Surgeries
C) Obstetrics/gynecology
D) Psychiatric
12. A patient presents for evaluation of a sharp, aching A)musculoskeletal
chest pain which increases with breathing. Which
anatomic area would you localize the symptom to?
A) Musculoskeletal
B) Reproductive
C) Urinary
D) Endocrine
13. A patient comes to the emergency room for evalua- C)cardiac
tion of shortness of breath. To which anatomic region
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would you assign the symptom?
A) Reproductive
B) Urinary
C) Cardiac
D) Hematologic
14. A patient presents for evaluation of a cough. Which C) cardiac
of the following anatomic regions can be responsible
for a cough?
A) Ophthalmologic
B) Auditory
C) Cardiac
D) Endocrine
15. A 22-year-old advertising copywriter presents for B) inflammatory
evaluation of joint pain. The pain is new, located in
the wrists and fingers bilaterally, with some subjec-
tive fever. The patient denies a rash; she also denies
recent travel or camping activities. She has a family
history significant for rheumatoid arthritis. Based on
this information, which of the following pathologic
processes would be the most correct?
A) Infectious
B) Inflammatory
C) Hematologic
D) Traumatic
16. A 47-year-old contractor presents for evaluation of C) degenerative
neck pain, which has been intermittent for several
years. He normally takes over-the-counter medica-
tions to ease the pain, but this time they haven't
worked as well and he still has discomfort. He re-
cently wallpapered the entire second floor in his
house, which caused him great discomfort. The pain
resolved with rest. He denies fever, chills, rash, upper
respiratory symptoms, trauma, or injury to the neck.
Based on this description, what is the most likely
pathologic process?
A) Infectious
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