NR569 Week 2: CEA Pre-Clinical Diagnostic Exam

NR569 Week 2: CEA Pre-Clinical Diagnostic Exam [Mar-2026]

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1. Multiple Choice — 1 point

When using a sphygmomanometer, which one of the following would result in an inaccurate, falsely decreased blood pressure?

• Having the patient’s arm positioned below their heart
• Having the patient lying in trendelenberg position
• Utilizing a cuff that is too small for a patient’s arm.
• ✔️ Utilizing a blood pressure cuff that is too large for the patient’s arm.

2. Multiple Choice — 1 point

Where would you anticipate hearing a S1 or S2 heart sound in the cardiac cycle?

• Neither in Systole
• Diastole
• S1 in diastole while S2 in systole
• ✔️ S1 in systole while S2 in diastole

3. Multiple Choice — 1 point

Where would the S2 heart sounds correlate with the electrocardiographic waves?

• Peak of the R wave.
• ✔️ At the end of the T wave.
• At the start of the P wave.
• At the start of the QRS wave.

4. Multiple Choice — 1 point

The point of maximum impulse (PMI) is MOST often palpable in healthy adults when positioned in the supine or left lateral decubitus position. Which one of the following valves is most likely to be heard in this location?

• Aortic valve
• Tricuspid valve
• ✔️ Mitral valve
• Pulmonic valve

5. Multiple Choice — 1 point

You auscultated abnormal breath sounds, and now assess transmission of voice sounds by having the patient say “ee” while auscultating the chest with the diaphragm of your stethoscope. Normally you should auscultate a muffled “e” sound, however, you hear a nasally “a” sound. Which one of the following is present?

• Stereognosis.
• Whispering pectoriloquy.
• Bronchophony.
• ✔️ Egophony.

148. Multiple Choice (1 point)

Patients who have a suspected pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) diagnosis should be treated with which of the following agents?

• Doxycycline (Vibramycin) alone.
• Ceftriaxone (Rocephin) IM plus Azithromycin (Zithromax) PO. ✅
• Cephalexin (Keflex) only.
• Amoxicillin (Amoxil) plus Metronidazole (Flagyl).

149. Multiple Choice (1 point)

This non-prescription agent may be helpful during menopause to help with hot flashes:

• Echinacea.
• St Johns Wort. ✅
• Dandelion root.
• Magnesium.

150. Multiple Choice (1 point)

The patient with symptoms of scabies would most likely be successfully treated with which of the following medications?

• Ivermectin (Stromectol). ✅
• Sulfamethoxazole/Trimethoprim (Bactrim DS)
• Benzylpenicillin (Penicillin G)
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