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Symptoms & Signs

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

a)

sign

b)

symptom

2.

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

a)

sign

b)

symptom

3.

Another medical term for the signs observed while examining the patient

a)

demonstrations

b)

forms

c)

findings

d)

answers

4.

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

a)

consists of

b)

convinced of

c)

complains of

d)

care of

5.

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

a)

initial sign

b)

presenting complaint

c)

chief complaint

d)

basic complaint

6.

drowsy

a)

feeling tired

b)

feeling sleepy

c)

feeling energetic

d)

feeling dizzy

7.

fatigue

a)

abnormal appetite

b)

abnormal tiredness

c)

abnormal pain

d)

abnormal loss of appetite

8.

lassitude

a)

abnormal appetite

b)

abnormal pain

c)

abnormal weariness or debility

d)

abnormal loss of appetite

9.

malaise

a)

general feeling of being hungry

b)

general feeling of being unwell

c)

general feeling of being constipated

d)

general feeling of not being understood

10.

difficulty breathing (multiple answers)

a)

shortness of breath

b)

dyspnea

c)

breathlessness

11.

arteritis

a)

inflammation of the articulations

b)

inflammation of the arteries

12.

inflammation of the joints

a)

arthritis

b)

arteritis

13.

feeling somewhat ill; not quite well (multiple answers)

a)

off-colour

b)

off-side

c)

off-hand

d)

out of sorts

14.

exhausted, very weary (multiple answers)

a)

off-hand

b)

fatigued

c)

worn-out

d)

off-colour

15.

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

a)

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

b)

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

c)

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