Question 1. Question : A patient complains of shortness of breath for the past few days. On examination, you note late inspiratory crackles in the lower third of the chest that were not present a week ago. What is the most likely explanation for these?
Asthma
COPD
Bronchiectasis
Heart failure
Question 2. Question : A sixty-year-old baker presents to your clinic, complaining of increasing shortness of breath and nonproductive cough over the last month. She feels like she can’t do as much activity as she used to do without becoming tired. She even has to sleep upright in her recliner at night to be able to breathe comfortably. She denies any chest pain, nausea, or sweating. Her past medical history is significant for high blood pressure and coronary artery disease. She had a hysterectomy in her 40s for heavy vaginal bleeding. She is married and is retiring from the local bakery soon. She denies any tobacco, alcohol, or drug use. Her mother died of a stroke, and her father died from prostate cancer.She denies any recent upper respiratory illness, and she has had no other symptoms. On examination, she is in no acute distress. Her blood pressure is 160/100, and her pulse is 100. She is afebrile, and her respiratory rate is 16. With auscultation, she has distant air sounds and she has late inspiratory crackles in both lower lobes. On cardiac examination, the S1 and S2 are distant and an S3 is heard over the apex.
Pneumonia
COPD
Pleural pain
Left-sided heart failure
Question 3. Question : A patient with long-standing COPD was told by another practitioner that his liver was enlarged and this needed to be assessed. Which of the following would be reasonable to do next?
Percuss the lower border of the liver.
Measure the span of the liver.
Order a hepatitis panel.
Obtain an ultrasound of the liver.
Question 4. Question : A fifty-five-year-old smoker complains of chest pain and gestures with a closed fist over her sternum to describe it. Which of the following diagnoses should be considered because of her gesture?
Bronchitis
Costochondritis
Pericarditis
Angina pectoris
Question 5. Question : When crackles, wheezes, or rhonchi clear with a cough, which of the following is a likely etiology?
Bronchitis
Simple asthma
Cystic fibrosis
Heart failure
Question 6. Question : Is the following information subjective or objective? Mr. Mazz has shortness of breath that has persisted for the past ten days; it is worse with activity and relieved by rest.
Subjective
Objective
Question 7. Question : All of the following are implicated in causing chronic cough except:
Chronic bronchitis
Allergic rhinitis
Acute viral upper respiratory infection
Gastroesophageal reflux disease
Question 8. Question : A mother brings her infant to you because of a “rattle” in his chest with breathing. Which of the following would you hear if there is a problem in the upper airway?
Different sounds from the nose and the chest
Asymmetric sounds
Inspiratory sounds
Sounds louder in the lower chest
Question 9. Question : Which of the following is consistent with good percussion technique?
Allow all of the fingers to touch the chest while performing percussion.
Maintain a stiff wrist and hand.
Leave the plexor finger on the pleximeter after each strike.
Strike the pleximeter over the distal interphalangeal joint
