APEA 3P EXAM 1 2025 SPRING –SUMMER VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+ The groove of the metacarpophalangeal joint can be palpated by having the patient… Flex their hand/spread their fingers When auscultating breath sounds in a patient who has left sided heart failure, the breath sounds are… Vesicular with late inspiratory crackles in the dependent portions of the lungs and resonant on percussion The ankle-brachial index is a screening test used to assess a person’s risk for… Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) Olecranon bursitis maybe caused by all of the following except… Frozen shoulder In patients who have allergic rhinitis, the nasal mucosa appears… pale A term used to describe an increase in muscular bulk with diminished strength is… Pseudohypertrophy If abdominal pain persists when the patient raises his head and shoulders, the origin of the tenderness is probably… In the abdominal wall On auscultation of the abdomen, rushes of high-pitched sounds are audible and coincide with abdominal cramps. These findings are most consistent with… Intestinal obstruction Ophthalmoscopic examination of the fundus reveals tiny, round, red spots in and around the macular area. These findings are consistent with… microaneurysms Symptoms of subdural hematoma include…
