REAL APEA FINAL EXAM QUESTION AND ANSWERS LATEST SOLUTIONS 2023 - 2024(CORRECT ANSWERS HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN) 1- What characteristic should make the nurse practitioner suspect that a pneumonia is secondary to DRSP? Your answer is incorrect Recent airplane travel Exposure to another patient who has DRSP Adolescence Recent antibiotic exposure 2- What characteristic best distinguishes asthma from COPD? Your answer is incorrect Severity of shortness of breath Need for rescue medicine Use of steroids for exacerbations Presence of inflammation 3- A 70 year old smoker presents with right unilateral wheezing. A chest x-ray demonstrates right enlarged hilar nodes. What should be done next? Your answer is incorrect Refer to oncology Order CT chest with contrast Order pulmonary function tests Order CBC, CMP 4- A 74 year old patient has symptoms of depression. Treatment with sertraline is being considered. Which studies might be most important to order? Your answer is incorrect EKG, B12, TSH B12, folate, TSH CBC, B12, folate EKG, B12, folate, TSH5- A patient who was on Lisinopril developed a cough. What finding in this patient supports a diagnosis of ACE inhibitor related cough? Your answer is correct It is accompanied by a wheeze. It is a productive cough.