Module 2 questions: Advanced Health
Assessment
Which approach provides the most objective basis for determining if a patient is developing facies
associated with a particular condition or syndrome? - correct answer Ask the patient to show you an old
photograph of himself or herself.
Ms. Jones is a 25-year-old patient who presents to your office with a complaint of severe pulsating
headaches accompanied by nausea, vomiting, and scotoma. Which type of headache would you
conclude that Ms. Jones has? - correct answer Migraine
Mr. Valen is a 28-year-old patient who presents to your office with a complaint of asymmetry of the
mouth. The examiner should suspect a problem with - correct answer the peripheral trigeminal nerve
Which two muscles allow movement and provide support to the head and neck? - correct answer
Trapezius and sternocleidomastoid
The anterior triangle is located: - correct answer under the mandible, medial to the sternocleidomastoid
muscle
On meeting a new patient, you observe a nodding movement of the patient's head. Based on this
observation, what assessment should you include as part of your examination of the patient? - correct
answer Check for synchronization of the nod and the pulse
A 45-year-old man tells you that he often has headaches in the evening that feel like a band is being
tightened around his head. These characteristics are indicative of which type of headache? - correct
answer Tension
Mrs. Tamber presents to your office with her 3-month-old infant son. On examination, your findings
include nuchal rigidity or resistance to flexion of the neck. Because of this finding you suspect: - correct
answer meningeal irritation.
