PA Recertifying Exam PANRE Practice Exam - Question List

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21. The total lung capacity is the total volume of the lungs. The total volume of the lungs depend on the following values:
  1. Tidal volume, inspiratory reserve volume, residual volume
  2. Tidal volume, expiratory reserve volume, residual volume
  3. Tidal volume, inspiratory capacity, expiratory reserve volume, residual volume
  4. Vital capacity, residual volume
22. Which of the following is closely associated with rape victims?
  1. Depersonalization
  2. Sublimation
  3. Projection
  4. Depression
23. A 19-year-old comes to the office to be screened for tuberculosis. The patient works in a long-term care facility. She says that she lives with a friend who was diagnosed with tuberculosis 2 months ago and is currently on treatment. The PPD test is administered and the patient returns 48 hours after the test to have the result read. The site of the test is reddened and raised about 7 mm. This PPD would be read as having which of the following results?
  1. Negative
  2. Positive
  3. Indeterminate
  4. Needs to be redone
24. A newly admitted patient presents with altered behavior and changes in mood. Upon closer inspection, the patient also has muscle rigidity which progressed to choreiform movements. What is the best diagnosis for this?
  1. Huntington’s disease
  2. Syndenham’s chorea
  3. Parkinson’s disease
  4. Dyskinetic syndrome
25. An HIV-positive woman is 8 weeks pregnant. To prevent maternal-fetal HIV transmission, zidovudine (AZT) is administered. Which of the following shows the appropriate way and schedule of administrating this medication to pregnant women?
  1. The mother is administered with zidovudine orally beginning at 8 weeks gestation until 6 months after the delivery. The neonate should take the medication for 6 months.
  2. The mother is administered with zidovudine orally beginning at 14 weeks gestation and intravenously during labor. The neonate should take the medication after birth for 6 weeks and in its syrup form.
  3. The mother is administered with zidovudine orally beginning at 14 weeks gestation and intravenously during labor. The neonate should take the medication beginning at 6 weeks of life until their second birthday.
  4. The mother is administered with zidovudine orally beginning at 28 weeks gestation. The child and the mother take the zidovudine syrup after birth.

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