What technique is accurate in assessment of the heart and neck vessels?

a. Ask the client to take a breath, exhale, and hold and then listen for a bruit.
b. Begin the objective assessment with palpation.
c. Palpate carotid artery high in the neck.
d. Assist the client into an upright position to assess the jugular pulsation. Use the diaphragm of the stethoscope to listen to the carotid artery.