Symptoms & Signs - Assessment

1.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Subjective evidence of disease or physical disturbance observed and reported by the patient

sign

symptom

2.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Objective evidence of disease especially as observed and interpreted by the physician rather than by the patient

sign

symptom

3.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Another medical term for the signs observed while examining the patient

demonstrations

forms

findings

answers

4.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

In the doctor's notes on a patient's medical history c/o stands for

consists of

convinced of

complains of

care of

5.

Multiple Select

1 min

1 pt

The symptom that causes a patient to visit a doctor is called (multiple answers)

initial sign

presenting complaint

chief complaint

basic complaint

6.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

drowsy

feeling tired

feeling sleepy

feeling energetic

feeling dizzy

7.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

fatigue

abnormal appetite

abnormal tiredness

abnormal pain

abnormal loss of appetite

8.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

lassitude

abnormal appetite

abnormal pain

abnormal weariness or debility

abnormal loss of appetite

9.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

malaise

general feeling of being hungry

general feeling of being unwell

general feeling of being constipated

general feeling of not being understood

10.

Multiple Select

1 min

1 pt

difficulty breathing (multiple answers)

shortness of breath

dyspnea

breathlessness

11.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

arteritis

inflammation of the articulations

inflammation of the arteries

12.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

inflammation of the joints

arthritis

arteritis

13.

Multiple Select

1 min

1 pt

feeling somewhat ill; not quite well (multiple answers)

off-colour

off-side

off-hand

out of sorts

14.

Multiple Select

1 min

1 pt

exhausted, very weary (multiple answers)

off-hand

fatigued

worn-out

off-colour

15.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

A 67-year-old man ___(a)___ with a 9-month ___(b)___ of increasing ___(c)___ of breath.

(a) complained; (b) case; (c) difficulty

(a) presenting; (b) complaint; (c) shortage

(a) presented; (b) history; (c) shortness

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