Nurse Practitioner Certification Exam
2024/2025 Exam Questions and Answers
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primary lesion - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔lesion that develops on previously
unaltered skin
lesion - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a region in an organ or tissue that has suffered
damage thru injury or disease
secondary lesion - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔lesion that either changes impression
over time or occurs when a primary lesion is scratched it may be infected
macule - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔circumscribed flat area; different color and texture
from surrounding tissue, <1cm
ex.) ephelides (freckles), petechia, flat nevi (moles)
patch - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a large macule; >1cm
ex.) mongolian spot, Cafe, au lair spot
papule - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Small solid elevated lesion; <1cm
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,ex.) bug bite, elevated nevus (mole) or verruca (wart)
plaque - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔elevation of skin; >1cm; example psoriasis lesion
pustule - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a visible accumulation of purulent fluid under skin;
<1cm; examples acne and impetigo
vesicle - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a circumscribed elevation of skin contains
"SEROUS FLUID: <1cm; examples, herpes simples, varicella, shingles
nodule - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔solid mass of skin, is elevated or palpated >1cm;
often extends deeper into dermis: examples xanthoma and fibroma
bulla - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔blister, circumscribed elevation containing fluid >1cm
, extends only into epidermis, examples burns, superficial blister, contact
dermatitis
wheal - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔elevated white or pink compressible papule or
plaque, a red, axon-mediated flare often surround it, commonly associated
with allergic reaction, examples PPD test and mosquito bites
cyst - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔any closed cavity or sac; contains fluid or semisolid
material, normal or abnormal epithelium. example sebaceous cyst
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,Abscess - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a localized collection of purulent fluid in a cavity
formed by disintegration or necrosis of tissues >1cm
tumor - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔"MASS: > few cm in diameter; firm or soft; benign
or malignant
configuration: annular - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔circular, begins in center and
spreads to periphery
configuration: confluent - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔lesions run together
configuration: grouped - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔lesion cluster
configuration: gyrate - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔twisted, coiled, spiral and snake like
configuration: linear - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔scratch, streak, line stripe
configuration: polycyclic - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔annular lesions merge
configuration: solitary or discrete - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔individual and distinct
lesions that remain separate
configuration: target (iris) - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔resembles iris of eye; lesion with
concentric rings of color
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, configuration: zosteriform - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔linear arrangement along nerve
route
comedones - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔open are called black heads (openings
capped with a blackened skin debris); and closed are called white head
(obstructed)
acne - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔can be comedones, pustules, papules (pimples and
zits), cysts, nodules and scaring
nonpharmacological management of acne - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔wash several
times daily with soap and water; avoid topical oil based; use oil free
cleansers and moisterizers
pharmacological management of acne - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔comedolytic
agents: benzoyl peroxice, salicylic acid, topical antibiotics (clindamycin,
erythromycin, tetracycline and metronidazole for rosacea). May consider
oral antibiotics and oral contraceptives
folliculitis - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔inflammation of hair follicle; common cause
staphylococci
furuncle - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔"boil" localized infection in hair follicle, caused by
staph
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2024/2025 Exam Questions and Answers
| A+ Score Assured
primary lesion - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔lesion that develops on previously
unaltered skin
lesion - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a region in an organ or tissue that has suffered
damage thru injury or disease
secondary lesion - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔lesion that either changes impression
over time or occurs when a primary lesion is scratched it may be infected
macule - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔circumscribed flat area; different color and texture
from surrounding tissue, <1cm
ex.) ephelides (freckles), petechia, flat nevi (moles)
patch - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a large macule; >1cm
ex.) mongolian spot, Cafe, au lair spot
papule - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Small solid elevated lesion; <1cm
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,ex.) bug bite, elevated nevus (mole) or verruca (wart)
plaque - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔elevation of skin; >1cm; example psoriasis lesion
pustule - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a visible accumulation of purulent fluid under skin;
<1cm; examples acne and impetigo
vesicle - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a circumscribed elevation of skin contains
"SEROUS FLUID: <1cm; examples, herpes simples, varicella, shingles
nodule - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔solid mass of skin, is elevated or palpated >1cm;
often extends deeper into dermis: examples xanthoma and fibroma
bulla - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔blister, circumscribed elevation containing fluid >1cm
, extends only into epidermis, examples burns, superficial blister, contact
dermatitis
wheal - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔elevated white or pink compressible papule or
plaque, a red, axon-mediated flare often surround it, commonly associated
with allergic reaction, examples PPD test and mosquito bites
cyst - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔any closed cavity or sac; contains fluid or semisolid
material, normal or abnormal epithelium. example sebaceous cyst
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STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
,Abscess - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a localized collection of purulent fluid in a cavity
formed by disintegration or necrosis of tissues >1cm
tumor - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔"MASS: > few cm in diameter; firm or soft; benign
or malignant
configuration: annular - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔circular, begins in center and
spreads to periphery
configuration: confluent - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔lesions run together
configuration: grouped - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔lesion cluster
configuration: gyrate - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔twisted, coiled, spiral and snake like
configuration: linear - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔scratch, streak, line stripe
configuration: polycyclic - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔annular lesions merge
configuration: solitary or discrete - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔individual and distinct
lesions that remain separate
configuration: target (iris) - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔resembles iris of eye; lesion with
concentric rings of color
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STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
, configuration: zosteriform - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔linear arrangement along nerve
route
comedones - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔open are called black heads (openings
capped with a blackened skin debris); and closed are called white head
(obstructed)
acne - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔can be comedones, pustules, papules (pimples and
zits), cysts, nodules and scaring
nonpharmacological management of acne - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔wash several
times daily with soap and water; avoid topical oil based; use oil free
cleansers and moisterizers
pharmacological management of acne - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔comedolytic
agents: benzoyl peroxice, salicylic acid, topical antibiotics (clindamycin,
erythromycin, tetracycline and metronidazole for rosacea). May consider
oral antibiotics and oral contraceptives
folliculitis - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔inflammation of hair follicle; common cause
staphylococci
furuncle - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔"boil" localized infection in hair follicle, caused by
staph
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STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
