Patient preparation

Question 1

best description of a differential diagnosis

Answer 1

Determining the correct diagnosis when two or more are possible

Question 2

Position for most gynecologic exams

Answer 2

Lithotomy

Question 3

position for an exam involving the back of the body or for examining the bottoms of feet

Answer 3

prone

Question 4

position has the patient lying on the left side, left leg slightly flexed, with the right leg flexed at a 90° angle

Answer 4

sims

Question 5

position elevates the legs above the head to force circulation to vital organs

Answer 5

Trendelenburg

Question 6

medical assistant would use this type of exam method when taking blood pressure on a patient

Answer 6

auscultation

Question 7

medical assistant would use this type of exam method when feeling for a vein during a phlebotomy procedure

Answer 7

palpation

Question 8

medical assistant would place the patient in this position for a rectal exam of sigmoidoscopy

Answer 8

jack knife

Question 9

exam method is used when the physician taps or strikes the body to hear sounds or feel vibrations

Answer 9

percussion

Question 10

exam method is used when the medical assistant takes the patient’s height and weight

Answer 10

mensuration

Question 11

responsibility of the medical assistant in a general physical exam

Answer 11

taking patients chief complaint

Question 12

objective info determined by physician

Answer 12

sign

Question 13

subjective info supplied by the patient

Answer 13

symptom

Question 14

probable course and outcome of the disorder & possibility of recovery

Answer 14

prognosis

Question 15

visual exam

Answer 15

inspection

Question 16

listening to sounds

Answer 16

auscultation

Question 17

touch

Answer 17

palpation

Question 18

touching or striking the body to hear sounds or feel vibrations

Answer 18

percussion

Question 19

process of measuring

Answer 19

mensuration