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Health Assessment

CHAPTER^25

PRACTICING FOR NCLEX

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

Circle the letter that corresponds to the best

answer for each question.

1.Which of the following describes a normal

assessment of the eye?

a.The patient’s eyes should not converge when

you move your finger toward his/her nose.

b.The patient’s pupils should be black, equal

in size, and round and smooth.

c.The pupils should be pale and cloudy in

older adults.

d.The patient’s pupils should dilate when

looking at a near object and constrict

when looking at a distant object.

2.Which of the following assessment measures

is used to assess the location, shape, size, and

density of tissues?

a.Observation

b.Palpation

c.Percussion

d.Auscultation

3.When percussing the stomach, which of the

following sounds would most likely be heard?

a.Tympany

b.Hyperresonance

c.Dullness

d.Flatness

4.A patient who presents with a dusky, bluish

skin color is experiencing which of the

following conditions?

a.Flushing

b.Jaundice

c.Cyanosis

d.Pallor

5.Which of the following is a normal finding

when assessing internal eye structures?

a.A uniform yellow reflex

b.A clear, reddish optic nerve disc

c.Dark-red arteries and light-red veins

d.A reddish retina

6.Which of the following are soft, low-pitched

sounds heard best over the base of the lungs

during inspiration?

a.Bronchial sounds

b.Vesicular breath sounds

c.Bronchovesicular sounds

d.Adventitious breath sounds

7.A soft, high-pitched, flat sound that is usually

percussed over muscle tissue is which of the

following?

a.Flatness

b.Resonance

c.Hyperresonance

d.Dullness

8.Which of the following conditions would be

a normal finding when palpating the skin of

a patient?

a.The skin is cool and dry.

b.When picked up in a fold, the skin fold

slowly returns to normal.

c.The skin is taut and moist to the touch.

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