Free APEA Expert Instructors Questions and Answers

Question 1

When performing a musculoskeletal exam on a patient with mechanical low
back pain, osteoporosis is suspected. Positive findings would include all of the
following except:

Accepted Answer

Calf wasting

Answer

Itching

Answer

Ligamentous injury

Answer

Cancer of the sigmoid colon

Question 2

Pain and crepitus over the patella suggests?

Accepted Answer

Roughening of the patellar undersurface

Answer

In the right lateral fornix

Answer

Dilation of the pupils

Answer

Salty taste on the skin

Question 3

In older adults, the presence of heart sound S3 suggests:

Accepted Answer

Heart failure

Answer

Renal failure

Answer

Myocardial infarction

Answer

Hypertension

Question 4

Which one of the following procedures would confirm a definitive medical
diagnosis of Hirschsprung's disease?

Accepted Answer

A rectal biopsy

Answer

A bronchoscope

Answer

A tonic pupil

Answer

A barium enema

Question 5

While auscultating the patient's heart, a medium, soft murmur is audible. It is
pan systolic and heard loudest at the apex with radiation to the left axilla.
These findings are consistent with:

Accepted Answer

Mitral regurgitation

Answer

Heart failure

Answer

Aortic stenosis

Answer

Hypertension

When performing a musculoskeletal exam on a patient with mechanical low back pain, osteoporosis is suspected.Positive findings would include all of the following except:

When performing a musculoskeletal exam on a patient with mechanical low
back pain, osteoporosis is suspected.
Positive findings would include all of the
following except: