HESI RN ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY 300 FINAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026 VERIFIED ANSWERS ACTUAL
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300 hesi rn questions and answers
An initial disturbance in a system sets off a chain of events that does not favor
stability and often abruptly displaces a system from its steady state: what is
that?
a. Positive Feedback
b. Negative Feedback
c. Disease
d. Homeostasis - CORRECT ANSWER -a. positive feedback
What organ shrinks with age?
a. Prostate
b. Gums
c. Heart
d. All of the above - CORRECT ANSWER -b. gums
Which of the following is true?
a. An infant will have a slower heart rate than an adult
b. The elderly have better temperature sensations
c. There are more sweat glands in an elderly person
d. There is less thirst perception in the elderly - CORRECT ANSWER -d.
there is less thirst perception in the elderly
Which of the following is true?
,a. Women snore more than men
b. Men have higher calcium levels
c. Women have a lower hemoglobin than men
d. Men have a lower creatinine level than women - CORRECT ANSWER -
c. Women have a lower hemoglobin than men
An increase in normal adaptive response to the decreased availability of oxygen
at high altitude is termed which?
a. Circadian
b. Acclimatization
c. Population
d. Diurnal - CORRECT ANSWER -b. Acclimatization
What does it mean when the cause of the disease is unwanted medical
treatment?
a. Idiopathic
b. Ecogenetic
c. Genotypical
d. Iatrogenic - CORRECT ANSWER -d. Iatrogenic
Which term is used for the first two months of life?
a. Infancy
b. Childhood
c. Prenatal
d. Neonatal - CORRECT ANSWER -d. Neonatal
Which is an objectively identifiable aberration of the disease?
a. Symptom
,b. Syndrome
c. Stage
d. Sign - CORRECT ANSWER -d. Sign
Which of the following is true regarding catecholamines?
a. They are from the parasympathetic nervous system
b. They cross the blood brain barrier
c. They include epinephrine and norepinephrine
d. They cause of decrease in heart rate - CORRECT ANSWER -c. They
include epinephrine and norepinephrine
Which of the following types of cellular adaption is most likely to occur from
chronic ischemia?
a. Hypertrophy
b. Metaplasia
c. Atrophy
d. Hyperplasia - CORRECT ANSWER -c. Atrophy
What is the mechanism of cellular injury that occurs when deep sea divers get
'the bends'?
a. Free radicals form abnormal chemical bonds which destroy the cellular
membranes
b. Carbon monoxide binds tightly to hemoglobin, preventing the RBCs from
carrying O2
c. Intracellular calcium accumlation create muscle tetany
d. Gas bubbles from in the blood, blocking circulation and resulting in ischemia
- CORRECT ANSWER -d. Gas bubbles from in the blood, blocking
circulation and resulting in ischemia
, Which type of cellular adaption would create the greatest concern if found on a
biopsy report?
a. Dysplasia
b. Metaplasia
c. Hyperplasia
d. Atrophy - CORRECT ANSWER -a. Dysplasia
Which of the following is the process by which mRNA is synthesized from
single stranded DNA?
a. Sense stranding
b. Replication
c. Translation
D. Transcription - CORRECT ANSWER -d. Transcription
Which of the following is not one of the 4 cell types found in adult humans?
a. Epithelium
b. Connective tissue
c. Hematopoietic tissue
d. Nervous tissue - CORRECT ANSWER -c. Hematopoietic tissue
If a patient has a recessive trait, which of the following is the genotype of this
patient?
a. aa
b. AA
c. Aa
d. aA - CORRECT ANSWER -a. aa
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026 VERIFIED ANSWERS ACTUAL
UPDATED PRACTICE QUESTIONS HIGH YIELD STUDY GUIDE
NURSING EXAM PREPARATION GRADED A+ CLINICAL
COMPETENCY SUCCESS REVIEW
300 hesi rn questions and answers
An initial disturbance in a system sets off a chain of events that does not favor
stability and often abruptly displaces a system from its steady state: what is
that?
a. Positive Feedback
b. Negative Feedback
c. Disease
d. Homeostasis - CORRECT ANSWER -a. positive feedback
What organ shrinks with age?
a. Prostate
b. Gums
c. Heart
d. All of the above - CORRECT ANSWER -b. gums
Which of the following is true?
a. An infant will have a slower heart rate than an adult
b. The elderly have better temperature sensations
c. There are more sweat glands in an elderly person
d. There is less thirst perception in the elderly - CORRECT ANSWER -d.
there is less thirst perception in the elderly
Which of the following is true?
,a. Women snore more than men
b. Men have higher calcium levels
c. Women have a lower hemoglobin than men
d. Men have a lower creatinine level than women - CORRECT ANSWER -
c. Women have a lower hemoglobin than men
An increase in normal adaptive response to the decreased availability of oxygen
at high altitude is termed which?
a. Circadian
b. Acclimatization
c. Population
d. Diurnal - CORRECT ANSWER -b. Acclimatization
What does it mean when the cause of the disease is unwanted medical
treatment?
a. Idiopathic
b. Ecogenetic
c. Genotypical
d. Iatrogenic - CORRECT ANSWER -d. Iatrogenic
Which term is used for the first two months of life?
a. Infancy
b. Childhood
c. Prenatal
d. Neonatal - CORRECT ANSWER -d. Neonatal
Which is an objectively identifiable aberration of the disease?
a. Symptom
,b. Syndrome
c. Stage
d. Sign - CORRECT ANSWER -d. Sign
Which of the following is true regarding catecholamines?
a. They are from the parasympathetic nervous system
b. They cross the blood brain barrier
c. They include epinephrine and norepinephrine
d. They cause of decrease in heart rate - CORRECT ANSWER -c. They
include epinephrine and norepinephrine
Which of the following types of cellular adaption is most likely to occur from
chronic ischemia?
a. Hypertrophy
b. Metaplasia
c. Atrophy
d. Hyperplasia - CORRECT ANSWER -c. Atrophy
What is the mechanism of cellular injury that occurs when deep sea divers get
'the bends'?
a. Free radicals form abnormal chemical bonds which destroy the cellular
membranes
b. Carbon monoxide binds tightly to hemoglobin, preventing the RBCs from
carrying O2
c. Intracellular calcium accumlation create muscle tetany
d. Gas bubbles from in the blood, blocking circulation and resulting in ischemia
- CORRECT ANSWER -d. Gas bubbles from in the blood, blocking
circulation and resulting in ischemia
, Which type of cellular adaption would create the greatest concern if found on a
biopsy report?
a. Dysplasia
b. Metaplasia
c. Hyperplasia
d. Atrophy - CORRECT ANSWER -a. Dysplasia
Which of the following is the process by which mRNA is synthesized from
single stranded DNA?
a. Sense stranding
b. Replication
c. Translation
D. Transcription - CORRECT ANSWER -d. Transcription
Which of the following is not one of the 4 cell types found in adult humans?
a. Epithelium
b. Connective tissue
c. Hematopoietic tissue
d. Nervous tissue - CORRECT ANSWER -c. Hematopoietic tissue
If a patient has a recessive trait, which of the following is the genotype of this
patient?
a. aa
b. AA
c. Aa
d. aA - CORRECT ANSWER -a. aa
