Question Bank for Grade 9 Other

Which of the following blood pressure readings in within a normal range for an adult?

• 50/40

• 135/110

• 130/85

• 190/120

A health assistant is providing care to a child in a hospital setting. As the health assistant is leaving the room the child's mother tells the health assistant in confidence that her husband physically abuses both her and the child. The assistant should

• report the conversation to his or her supervisor

• talk to the husband and encourage him to get counseling

• talk to the child to see if the mother is telling the truth

• keep the information confidential as the mother requested

A health assistant finds a soiled bandage on the floor while in a patient's room. The health assistant should

• place the bandage in the garbage

• place the bandage in a red "biohazard" bag

• inform housekeeping of the need to clean the room

• inform the head nurse of the bandage location

Before performing any patient procedure, the health assistant should first

• identify the patient

• wash hands

• explain the procedure

• record the procedure

The best way for a health assistant to confirm the identity of a patient is to

• address him or her by name and ensure that he or she responds

• ask the patient his or her name and confirm on the chart

• check the patient's name band

• check the room number

A health assistant answers the telephone at work, and the caller states that he is experiencing crushing chest pain. The correct response is for the health assistant to

• put the caller on hold and get a physician to handle the call

• get the caller's address, then hang up and call 911

• call 911 for the caller, and keep the caller on the phone

• urge the caller to have someone drive himto the emergency room

The diaphragm is positionally ______ to the heart.

• lateral

• inferior

• medial

• superior

The surgical removal of the gallbladder is known as a

• lobectomy

• gastrectomy

• colectomy

• cholecystectomy

A trauma victim with damage to an eye would be referred to a/an

• opthalmologist

• pulmonologist

• audiologist

• orthopedist

Neoplasm is a new growth of tissue that is

• an ostomy

• abnormal

• inflamed

• infected