Midterm Pathophysiology Exam Solutions

Midterm Pathophysiology Exam Solutions

(Midterm Pathophysiology Exam Solutions)

NR 507 Midterm Exam (Version 10 Solutions)

1. Question: What is the most abundant class of plasma protein?

2. Question: Carcinoma in situ is characterized by which changes?

3. Question: Which laboratory test is considered adequate for an accurate and reliable diagnosis of gonococcal urethritis in a symptomatic man?

4. Question: The Papanicolaou (Pap) test is used to screen for which cancer?

5. Question: Causes of hyperkalemia include:

6. Question: What is the major concern regarding the treatment of gonococci infections?

7. Question: Hypersensitivity is best defined as a(an):

8. Question: Which immunoglobulin (Ig) is present in childhood asthma?

9. Question: Which criterion is used to confirm a diagnosis of asthma in an 8-year-old child?

10. Question: Continuous increases in left ventricular filing pressures result in which disorder?

11. Question: Which statement best describes a Schilling test?

12. Question: How high does the plasma glucose have to be before the threshold for glucose is achieved?

13. Question: What is the ratio of coronary capillaries to cardiac muscle cells?

14. Question: Deficiencies in which element can produce depression of both B- and T-cell function?

15. Question: Which congenital heart defects occur in trisomy 13, trisomy 18, and Down syndrome?

16. Question: Which of the following is classified as a megaloblastic anemia?

17. Question: The lung is innervated by the parasympathetic nervous system via which nerve?

18. Question: Which organ is stimulated during the alarm phase of the general adaptation syndrome (GAS)?

19. Question: Which type of antibody is involved in type I hypersensitivity reaction?

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20. Question: What is the life span of an erythrocyte (in days)?

21. Question: What is the life span of platelets (in days)?

22. Question: Perceived stress elicits an emotional, anticipatory response that begins where?

23. Question: What is the final stage of the infectious process?

24. Question: The coronary ostia are located in the:

25. Question: Which hepatitis virus is known to be sexually transmitted?

26. Question: What process allows the kidney to respond to an increase in workload?

27. Question: Which cardiac chamber has the thinnest wall and why?

28. Question: Which hormone is synthesized and secreted by the kidneys?

29. Question: If the sinoatrial (SA) node fails, then at what rate (depolarizations per minute) can the atrioventricular (AV) node depolarize?

30. Question: What is the purpose of the spirometry measurement?

31. Question: Fetal hematopoiesis occurs in which structure?

32. Question: What effects do exercise and body position have on renal blood flow?

33. Question: Which primary characteristic is unique for the immune response?

34. Question: What is the most common cause of insufficient erythropoiesis in children?

35. Question: What are the abnormalities in cytokines found in children with cystic fibrosis (CF)?

36. Question: Decreased lung compliance means that the lungs are demonstrating which characteristic?

37. Question: What is the action of urodilatin?

38. Question: The function of the foramen ovale in a fetus allows what to occur?

39. Question: Examination of the throat in a child demonstrating signs and symptoms of acute epiglottitis may contribute to which life-threatening complication?

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40. Question: Which statement concerning benign tumors is true?

41. Question: What is the role of collagen in the clotting process?

42. Question: What effect do natriuretic peptides have during heart failure when the heart dilates?

43. Question: Which cells have phagocytic properties similar to monocytes and contract like smooth muscles cells, thereby influencing the glomerular filtration rate?

44. Question: During an IgE-mediated hypersensitivity reaction, which leukocyte is activated?

45. Question: The most common site of metastasis for a patient diagnosed with prostate cancer is which location?

46. Question: Research supports the premise that exercise has a probable impact on reducing the risk of which cancer?

47. Question: When a patient has small, vesicular lesions that last between 10 and 20 days, which sexually transmitted infection is suspected?

48. Question: The glomerular filtration rate is directly related to which factor?

49. Question: Which disorder results in decreased erythrocytes and platelets with changes in leukocytes and has clinical manifestations of pallor, fatigue, petechiae, purpura, bleeding, and fever?

50. Question: Which complex (wave) represents the sum of all ventricular muscle cell depolarizations?

51. Question: Which cytokines initiate the production of corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH)?

52. Question: Innervation of the bladder and internal urethral sphincter is supplied by which nerves?

53. Question: Which T-lymphocyte phenotype is the key determinant of childhood asthma?

54. Question: What is the primary site for uncomplicated local gonococci infections in men?

55. Question: What is the trigone?

56. Question: What part of the kidney controls renal blood flow, glomerular filtration, and renin secretion?

57. Question: What is the primary problem resulting from respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) of the newborn?

58. Question: Infants are most susceptible to significant losses in total body water because of an infant’s:

59. Question: What is the first stage in the infectious process?

60. Question: It has been determined that a tumor is in stage 2. What is the meaning of this finding?