PE Test 1

Question 1

What is the abbreviation for vital signs?

Answer 1

VS

Question 2

What is the abbreviation for general surgery?

Answer 2

GEN

Question 3

What is the abbreviation for head, eyes, ears, neck, throat?

Answer 3

HEENT

Question 4

What is the abbreviation for cardiovascular?

Answer 4

CV

Question 5

What is the abbreviation for breasts and axillae?

Answer 5

BRST

Question 6

What is the abbreviation for abdomen?

Answer 6

ABD

Question 7

What is the abbreviation for male genitourinary?

Answer 7

MGU

Question 8

What is the abbreviation for female genitourinary?

Answer 8

FGU

Question 9

What is the abbreviation for neurological?

Answer 9

NEURO

Question 10

What is the abbreviation for extremities or musculoskeletal?

Answer 10

EXT

Question 11

What is the abbreviation for mental status?

Answer 11

MS

Question 12

What is the abbreviation for lab findings?

Answer 12

LAB

Question 13

What is the abbreviation for radiological findings?

Answer 13

RAD

Question 14

What is the abbreviation for electrocardiograph?

Answer 14

ECG

Question 15

At a minimum you must do what before and after exams?

Answer 15

Wash hands

Question 16

What are the contents of vital signs?

Answer 16

Temperature - degrees
Blood Pressure - Sys/Dia
Pulse - 30 sec times 2
Respiration Rate - 60 sec
Oxygen saturation  - O2 %
Pain - 0-10

Question 17

What is the bell side of a stethoscope used for?

Answer 17

Low-pitched sounds

Question 18

What is the diaphragm side of a stethoscope detect?

Answer 18

High-pitched sounds

Question 19

What is the technique for taking BP in your patient?

Answer 19

• Pt avoid smoking or caffeine 30 minutes prior
• Pt sit for 5 minutes
• arm should be free of clothing, IVs or injury
• Apply cuff and inflate to 30mmHg above pulse disappears
• Deflate slowly
  
  • Systolic: 1st sound
  • Diastolic: sound disappears

Question 20

What is the 128 C tuning fork used for?

Answer 20

Vibratory sensation

Question 21

What is the 512 C tuning fork used for?

Answer 21

Auditory testing

Question 22

What is used to measure range of motion?

Answer 22

Goniometer

Question 23

What are Cotton-tipped Applicators used for?

Answer 23

Light touch

Sharp/dull sensation

Question 24

What are tongue blades used for?

Answer 24

Inspection of oral cavity and oral pharynx
Percussion of teeth
Demographic testing
Sharp/dull sensation

Question 25

What is the abbreviation for right eye?

Answer 25

OD

Question 26

What is the abbreviation for left eye?

Answer 26

OS

Question 27

What is the abbreviation for both eyes?

Answer 27

OU

Question 28

What would be the cause of a bitemporal hemianopia?

Answer 28

Optic chiasm lesion | Pituitary tumor

Question 29

What would cause a right nasal hemianopsia?

Answer 29

Outer optic lesion | Internal carotid artery thrombus

Question 30

What would cause a right homonymous hemianopsia?

Answer 30

Optic tract lesion

Question 31

What would cause a Right Superior Quadrantanopia?

Answer 31

Meyer's Loop lesion | Left temporal lesion

Question 32

What would cause a Right inferior quadrantanopia?

Answer 32

Dorsal optic radiation lesion | Left parietal lesion

Question 33

What would cause a right hemianopsia with muscular sparing?

Answer 33

PCA infarct

Question 34

What cranial nerve innervates the lateral rectus?

Answer 34

CN 6

Question 35

What cranial nerve innervates the superior oblique?

Answer 35

CN 4

Question 36

What cranial nerve innervates the inferior oblique?

Answer 36

CN 3 *LR6(SO4) 3

Question 37

Poor convergence of the eyes is a sign of what?

Answer 37

Hyperthyroidism

Question 38

What is a condition in which binocular fixation is not present?

Answer 38

Strabismus

Question 39

What is the term for misalignment that is always there in the eyes?

Answer 39

Tropia

Question 40

What is the term for a misalignment of the eyes that only occurs some of the time?

Answer 40

Phoria

Question 41

What test is used to check for tropria?

Answer 41

Hirschberg's test *use penlight, aim between eyes, inspect reflected light in eyes

Question 42

What test is used to check for phorias?

Answer 42

Cross-cover test

Question 43

What are bilateral small pupils that constrict when the patient focuses on a near object, but do not constrict when exposed to bright light?

Answer 43

Argyll Robertson (AR) pupils

Question 44

What is the specific sign for AR pupils?

Answer 44

Neurosyphilis

Question 45

What type of pupils have minimal or no reaction to light, but slow reaction to convergence due to damage?

Answer 45

Tonic pupil

Question 46

What is the most common cause of Marcus Gunn pupil?

Answer 46

Lesion of the optic nerve

Question 47

What is a relative afferent pupillary defect indicating a decreased pupillary response to light in the affected eye?

Answer 47

Marcus Gunn pupil

Question 48

What is drooping of the upper eye lid called?

Answer 48

Ptosis

Question 49

What are red inflamed lid margins?

Answer 49

Blepharitits

Question 50

What are painful, tender red infections in a gland at the eye lid margin?

Answer 50

Sty

Question 51

What are non-tender, usually painless nodule of the meibomian gland?

Answer 51

Chalazion

Question 52

What are yellowish, slightly raised, plaques?

Answer 52

Xanthelasma

Question 53

What is bleeding underneath the conjunctiva called?

Answer 53

Hyposphagma *subconjunctival hemorrhage

Question 54

What is a sign of bilirubin retention in the sclera called?

Answer 54

Icterus

Question 55

What is a thin grayish white arc or circle not quite at the edge of the cornea?

Answer 55

Corneal arcus

Question 56

What is triangular thickening of the bulbar conjunctiva that grows slowly across the outer surface of the cornea?

Answer 56

Pterygium

Question 57

What is a collection of fat, medial or lateral to the iris, but DOES NOT extend onto the cornea?

Answer 57

Pinguecula

Question 58

What type of lighting is it when you shine you light directly from the temporal side of each eye?

Answer 58

Tangential lighting

Question 59

Swelling of the optic disc with bulging of the physiologic cup is known as what?

Answer 59

Papilledema

Question 60

What are white, yellowish, or grayish, ovoid lesions with irregular "soft' borders?

Answer 60

Soft exudate

Question 61

What are yellowish round spots with soft or hard borders?

Answer 61

Drusen

Question 62

How many salivary glands are in the head?

Answer 62

3 pairs (6)

Question 63

What is the alternate name for the submandibular gland?

Answer 63

Wharton's duct

Question 64

What is the alternate name for the parotid gland?

Answer 64

Stenson's duct

Question 65

What is a firm hypertrophic mass of scar tissue extending beyond the area of injury?

Answer 65

Keloid

Question 66

What is a chronic inflammatory lesion that starts out as painful, tender papillae on the helix or antihelix, then ulcerated and crusts?

Answer 66

Chondrodermatitis Helicis

Question 67

What are hard nodules on the helix or antihelix that is a deposit of uric acid crystals?

Answer 67

Tophi

Question 68

What is a dome-shaped lump in the dermis that forms a benign closed, firm sac attached to the epidermis?

Answer 68

Cyst

Question 69

What does the "Weber Test" test for?

Answer 69

Lateralization of hearing

Question 70

What does the "Rinne Test" test for?

Answer 70

Compares Air Conduction and Bone Conduction

Question 71

What are the test characteristics if you have Conductive Hearing Loss?

Answer 71

Weber lateralizes to impaired ear BC > AC

Question 72

What is something that starts with softening of the skin at the angles of the mouth and is followed by a fissure?

Answer 72

Angular Cheilitis

Question 73

What is non-pitting, tense swelling of the skin and subcutaneous tissue, that develops rapidly due to allergy or hives?

Answer 73

Angioedema

Question 74

What are early signs of measles located in the buccal mucosa near the first or second molars?

Answer 74

Koplik's spots