Quiz #3 Chapters 5 & 6

Question 0

True or False: placing a patient in the supine position is placing the on their back?

Answer 0

TRUE

Question 1

What is the acronym for body mass index?

Answer 1

BMI

Question 2

True or False: when the patient is placed into the Lithotomy Position, the drape should be positioned diagonally?

Answer 2

True

Question 3

True or False: 20/20 indicates normal distance visual acuity.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

True or False: when sitting for long periods of time proper body mechanics explains to use a footstool to raise one knee to reduce strain on the back?

Answer 4

True

Question 5

True or False: on a Ishihara test, the first page of the book is designed to be read correctly by all individuals?

Answer 5

True

Question 6

True or False: The Lithotomy position is used for vaginal, pelvic, and rectal examination.

Answer 6

True

Question 7

What test is a convenient and accurate method to detect total congenital color blindness and red-green color color blindness?

Answer 7

The Ishihara Test

Question 8

What is performed to soften impacted cerumen, to combat infection with the use of antibiotic ear drops, and to relieve pain?

Answer 8

Ear Instillation

Question 9

True or False: Percussion involves tapping the patient with the fingers and listening to sounds produced to determine the size, density, and location of organs.

Answer 9

True

Question 10

True or False: The ear functions in hearing and in maintaining equilibrium.

Answer 10

True

Question 11

True or False: When measuring someone’s weight, the lower calibration bar is divided into 100lb increments and the upper calibration bar is divided into pounds and quarter pounds.

Answer 11

False

Question 12

True or False: inspection involves observation of the patient for any signs of disease.

Answer 12

True

Question 13

True or False: An optician is a professional who interprets and fills prescriptions for eyeglasses and contact lenses.

Answer 13

True

Question 14

True or False: Examples of chronic illness included diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and emphysema?

Answer 14

True

Question 15

What is the essential organic hearing that is located in the inner ear?

Answer 15

The Cochlea

Question 16

Which is the examination of the body using the sense of touch?

Palpating or Percussion?

Answer 16

Palpation

Question 17

Which is dropping a liquid into a body cavity?

Irrigation or instillation?

Answer 17

Instillation

Question 18

True or False: Body mechanics is the utilization if correct muscles to maintain proper balance, posture, and body alignment.

Answer 18

True

Question 19

True or False: Eye irrigation is washing eye with a flowing solution.

Answer 19

True

Question 20

A patient examination consists of

A) Health History
B) Physical Examination
C) Laboratory and diagnostic tests
D) All of the above

Answer 20

D) All of the above

Question 21

______ is the transparent jellylike material that fills eyeball between lens and retina?

Answer 21

Vitreous humor

Question 22

True or False: auscultation is an examination technique that involves listening with a stethoscope to the sounds produced in the body.

Answer 22

True

Question 23

Another name for nearsightedness is _______

Answer 23

Myopia

Question 24

True or False: PE stands for patient examination

Answer 24

True

Question 25

True or False: visual acuity is a screening text to detect deficiencies in vision.

Answer 25

True

Question 26

True or False: when lifting an object always bend from the waist.

Answer 26

False

Question 27

______ describes a person who is farsighted and the eyeball is too short from front to back.

Answer 27

Hyperopia

Question 28

What is mensuration?

Answer 28

The process of measuring the patient.

Question 29

What are the three layers of the eye?

Answer 29

Sclera choroid retina

Question 30

True or False: patients who are active, informed participants in their health care, are more apt to follow the physicians instructions than patients who are passive recipients of medical services.

Answer 30

True

Question 31

How does a physician know whether a middle ear infection is present?

Answer 31

The eardrum will be red and swollen and pus and mucous can be seen behind the eardrum.

Question 32

After performing all necessary vitals, what should also be done if needed?

Answer 32

Patient should be asked to void.

Question 33

The most common cause of defects in visual acuity is_______?

Answer 33

Errors of Refraction

Question 34

How frequently should the testicular self-examination be done?

Answer 34

Every month beginning at age 15.

Question 35

How many major rights does the patient have when entering an office?

Answer 35

6 major rights