General Physical Exam

Which of these is an example of a patient sign?

• nosebleed

• pain

• nausea

• headache

Which of these is a patient symptom?

• nosebleed

• pain

• rash

• cough

Which of these terms is a likely course of a disease, a prediction of how things usually proceed.

• diagnosis

• symptom

• prognosis

• palpation

I am in a prone position so I am lying on my

• side

• back

• stomach

• sitting upright

I am sitting upright with my back leaning on the upright exam table. I am in which position?

• Sims

• Prone

• Proctologic

• Fowlers

The HCP is examining my heart with a stethoscope. What exam method are they using?

• mensuration

• palpation

• auscultation

• prone

I am having my reflexes tested. What exam method is this?

• percussion

• palpation

• auscultation

• mensuration

The doctor is palpating my belly. I must be in this position.

• supine

• prone

• Fowlers

• Sims

You just completed recording your patient's height and weight. Which exam method did you use?

• palpation

• percussion

• mensuration

• inspection

The patient is coming in for an ear ache. Which instrument will the HCP need for this?

• ophthalmoscope

• otoscope

• endoscope

• tongue depressor