Quiz 1 - Introduction to clinical reasoning in health challenges

Question 1

A sign is:

• a localised response to disease.
• a subjective indication of the patient experience reported by the patient.
• an objective measurement or recording.
• an alteration to normal body function.

Answer 1

an objective measurement or recording.

Question 2

When a patient has a set of signs and symptoms that occur together and are specific to a particular condition with an unknown cause, this is referred to as a/n:

• syndrome
• aetiology
• disease
• disorder

Answer 2

syndrome

Question 3

Frank presents to the emergency room at your local hospital and reports feelings of nausea and pain in the abdomen. Frank’s self-reported experiences are referred to as:

• disorder
• signs
• symptoms
• syndromes

Answer 3

symptoms

Question 4

Jane has been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, and her physician has told her that she is also obese and will need to lose some weight. In Jane’s case, obesity is:

• a comorbidity
• a measure of mortality
• an incidence
• a symptom

Answer 4

a comorbidity

Question 5

The projected life expectancy for a female in Australia in 2025 is:

• 84.2 years
• 75.1 years
• 97.6 years
• 94.5 years

Answer 5

94.5 years

Question 6

The most obvious condition that leads to altered health status in Australia and New Zealand is:

• obesity
• vascular disease
• poverty
• hypertension

Answer 6

obesity

Question 7

A person who lives in a rural area is most likely to:

• have a lower life expectancy than their urban counterparts
• have the same life expectancy as their urban counterparts
• have a lower life expectancy than their Indigenous counterparts
• have a higher life expectancy than their urban counterparts

Answer 7

have a lower life expectancy than their urban counterparts

Question 8

The highest ranking cause of deaths in Australia is:

• stroke
• colorectal cancer
• suicide
• coronary heart disease

Answer 8

coronary heart disease

Question 9

A 45-year-old female who is 160 cm tall and weighs 90 kg does not consider herself overweight. This is because:

• she has the correct BMI for her age
• she considers her weight within the acceptable range
• all her family members are of a similar weight
• she is peri-menopausal

Answer 9

she considers her weight within the acceptable range

Question 10

For 16–85 years olds, it has been estimated that mental illness in Australia will effect

• 10% of the population
• 20% of the population
• 45% of the population
• 60% of the population

Answer 10

20% of the population

Question 11

The life expectancy of an Indigenous Australian male is approximately:

• the same as a non-Indigenous Australian male
• 11.5 years fewer than a non-Indigenous Australian male
• slowly increasing
• 20 years fewer than a non-Indigenous Australian male

Answer 11

11.5 years fewer than a non-Indigenous Australian male