Bates’ Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking, 12th Edition
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Bates’ Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking,
12th EditionChapter 1: Overview: Physical Examination and
HistoryTaking
Multiple Choice
1. For which of the following patients would a comprehensive health history be appropriate?
A) Anew patient with the chief complaint of “I sprained my ankle”
B) An established patient with the chief complaint of “I have an upper respiratory infection”
C) A new patient with the chief complaint of “I am here to establish care”
D) Anew patient with the chief complaint of “I cut my hand”
Ans: C
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Feedback: This patient is here to establish care, and because she is new to you, a
comprehensivehealth history is appropriate.
2. The components of the health history include all of the following except which one?
A) Review of systems
B) Thorax and lungs
C) Present illness
D) Personal and social items
Ans: B
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Feedback: The thorax and lungs are part of the physical examination, not part of the
healthhistory. The others answers are all part of a complete health history.
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3. Is the following information subjective or objective?
Mr. M. has shortness of breath that has persisted for the past 10 days; it is worse with
activityandrelieved by rest.
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A) Subjective
B) Objective
Ans: A
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Feedback: This is information given by the patient about the circumstances of his
chiefcomplaint. It does not represent an objective observation by the examiner.
4. Is the following information subjective or objective?
Mr. M. has a respiratory rate of 32 and a pulse rate of
120.
A) Subjective
B) Objective
Ans: B
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Feedback: This is a measurement obtained by the examiner, so it is considered objective
data.The patient is unlikely to be able to give this information to the examiner.
5. The following information is recorded in the health history: “The patient has had
abdominalpain for 1 week. The pain lasts for 30 minutes at a time; it comes and goes. The
severity is 7 to 9on a scale of 1 to 10. It is accompanied by nausea and vomiting. It is
located 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
Ans: B
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Feedback: This information describes the problem of abdominal pain, which is the present
illness. The interviewer has obtained the location, timing, severity, and associated
manifestationsof the pain. The interviewer will still need to obtain information concerning
the quality of the pain, the setting in which it occurred, and the factors that aggravate and
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