Tests

Question 1

Testing thyroid

Answer 1

Stand behind patient, ask them to swallow

Question 2

Snellen E chart

Answer 2

Testing vision
Patient stands 20 feet away
Tells direction of E

Question 3

Convergence and accomadation

Answer 3

Cross-eyed, looking at nose
CN 4
Accommodation is pupillary response

Question 4

Peripheral vision

Answer 4

Reaching test

Coming from all sides behind patient as they look straight ahead

Question 5

In right ear, cone of light appears @

Answer 5

5 o’clock

Question 6

In left ear, cone of light appears @

Answer 6

7 o’clock

Question 7

Whisper test

Answer 7

Stand behind patient
Have them cover 1 ear
Short phrase
Repeat phrase

Question 8

Rinne’s test

Answer 8

Tuning fork placed on mastoid process (bone conduction)

Hold in front of ear (air conduction)

Question 9

Weber test

Answer 9

Bone conduction on top of head

Question 10

Romberg’s test

Answer 10

CN 8
Have patient stand, swaying back and fourth
Equilibrium

Question 11

Bronchophony

Answer 11

99 while listening w/ stethoscope

Question 12

Egophony

Answer 12

E every time you move stethoscope

Question 13

Whispered pectoriloquy

Answer 13

Say 1 2 3 every time you move stethoscope

Question 14

Testing all pulses

Answer 14

Brachial 
Radial
Ulnar
Popliteal
Dorsalis pedis
Carotid

Question 15

Testing reflexes

Answer 15

Bicep
Tricep
Brachio-radialis
Pantellar
Ankle
Plantar

Question 16

Rebound tenderness

Answer 16

Hand at 90 degree angle
Press deeply in abdomen
Quickly remove hand

Question 17

Rovsing’s sign

Answer 17

Pain in left side of abdomen

Sign of appendicitis

Question 18

Psoas sign

Answer 18

Performed in suspected appendicitis

As pt is laying, ask to raise right leg

Question 19

Murphy’s sign

Answer 19

While palpating liver, ask pt to take deep breath

Question 20

Homan’s sign

Answer 20

Pain in calf during dorsiflexion

Question 21

Allen’s test

Answer 21

Patency of radial and ulnar arteries

Question 22

Babinski response

Answer 22

Fanning of toes (abnormal)

Tested with plantar reflex

Question 23

Blumberg’s sign

Answer 23

Pain when area is no longer compressed

Relates to rebound tenderness

Question 24

Scoliosis

Answer 24

Checking alignment of spine

Question 25

Phalen’s test

Answer 25

Carpel tunnel syndrome
Join back of hands together
Positive sign: pain or tingling sensation