PATHOPHYSIOLOGY FINAL EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS
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When an aide asks the nurse about the purpose of the inflammatory
process, how should the nurse respond?
a. To lyse cell membranes of microorganisms.
b. To create immunity against subsequent tissue injury.
c. To prevent infection of the injured tissue.
d. To provide specific responses toward antigens. Ans✓✓✓c
The phase of the cell cycle during which the centromeres split and the
sister chromatids are pulled apart is referred to as:
a. anaphase.
b. prophase.
c. metaphase.
d. telophase. Ans✓✓✓a
While reading a textbook, a student reads the term apoptosis. The
student recalls that apoptosis is a condition in which cells program
themselves to:
a. regenerate.
b. die.
c. atrophy.
,d. age. Ans✓✓✓b
A 12-year-old male is diagnosed with Klinefelter syndrome. His
karyotype would reveal which of the following?
a. XXY
b. XYY
c. XX
d. XY Ans✓✓✓a
A 30-year-old male was involved in a motor vehicle accident. The glass
from the shattered window cut his face and neck. The scar, however,
was raised and extended beyond the original boundaries of the wound.
This pattern of scarring is caused by impaired:
a. nutritional status.
b. contraction.
c. epithelialization.
d. collagen synthesis. Ans✓✓✓d
When planning care for a cardiac patient, the nurse knows that in
response to an increased workload, cardiac myocardial cells will
experience hypertrophy which is an:
,a. increase in size.
b. increase in excitability.
c. decrease in number.
d. decrease in length. Ans✓✓✓a
The nurse identified each of the following clinical manifestations of
inflammation. Which would the nurse classify as a local response?
(select all that apply)
a. Swelling
b. Fever
c. Heat
d. Redness
e. Pain Ans✓✓✓a,c,d,e
Which finding would support the diagnosis of respiratory acidosis?
a. Hyperventilation
b. Pneumonia
c. An increase in noncarbonic acids
d. Vomiting Ans✓✓✓b
A patient wants to know the risk factors for Down syndrome. What is
the nurse's best response?
, a. Increased paternal age.
b. Fetal exposure to mutagens in the uterus.
c. Family history of Down syndrome.
d. Pregnancy in women over age 35. Ans✓✓✓d
For a patient with respiratory acidosis, chronic compensation by the
body will include:
a. protein buffering.
b. kidney excretion of H+.
c. kidney excretion of HCO3.
d. prolonged exhalations to blow off CO2. Ans✓✓✓b
Cystic fibrosis is caused by what gene abnormality?
a. X-linked dominant
b. Autosomal dominant
c. Autosomal recessive
d. X-linked recessive Ans✓✓✓c
A 10-year-old male is brought to the emergency room (ER) incoherent
and semiconscious. CT scan reveals that he is suffering from cerebral
edema. This type of edema is referred to as:
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
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When an aide asks the nurse about the purpose of the inflammatory
process, how should the nurse respond?
a. To lyse cell membranes of microorganisms.
b. To create immunity against subsequent tissue injury.
c. To prevent infection of the injured tissue.
d. To provide specific responses toward antigens. Ans✓✓✓c
The phase of the cell cycle during which the centromeres split and the
sister chromatids are pulled apart is referred to as:
a. anaphase.
b. prophase.
c. metaphase.
d. telophase. Ans✓✓✓a
While reading a textbook, a student reads the term apoptosis. The
student recalls that apoptosis is a condition in which cells program
themselves to:
a. regenerate.
b. die.
c. atrophy.
,d. age. Ans✓✓✓b
A 12-year-old male is diagnosed with Klinefelter syndrome. His
karyotype would reveal which of the following?
a. XXY
b. XYY
c. XX
d. XY Ans✓✓✓a
A 30-year-old male was involved in a motor vehicle accident. The glass
from the shattered window cut his face and neck. The scar, however,
was raised and extended beyond the original boundaries of the wound.
This pattern of scarring is caused by impaired:
a. nutritional status.
b. contraction.
c. epithelialization.
d. collagen synthesis. Ans✓✓✓d
When planning care for a cardiac patient, the nurse knows that in
response to an increased workload, cardiac myocardial cells will
experience hypertrophy which is an:
,a. increase in size.
b. increase in excitability.
c. decrease in number.
d. decrease in length. Ans✓✓✓a
The nurse identified each of the following clinical manifestations of
inflammation. Which would the nurse classify as a local response?
(select all that apply)
a. Swelling
b. Fever
c. Heat
d. Redness
e. Pain Ans✓✓✓a,c,d,e
Which finding would support the diagnosis of respiratory acidosis?
a. Hyperventilation
b. Pneumonia
c. An increase in noncarbonic acids
d. Vomiting Ans✓✓✓b
A patient wants to know the risk factors for Down syndrome. What is
the nurse's best response?
, a. Increased paternal age.
b. Fetal exposure to mutagens in the uterus.
c. Family history of Down syndrome.
d. Pregnancy in women over age 35. Ans✓✓✓d
For a patient with respiratory acidosis, chronic compensation by the
body will include:
a. protein buffering.
b. kidney excretion of H+.
c. kidney excretion of HCO3.
d. prolonged exhalations to blow off CO2. Ans✓✓✓b
Cystic fibrosis is caused by what gene abnormality?
a. X-linked dominant
b. Autosomal dominant
c. Autosomal recessive
d. X-linked recessive Ans✓✓✓c
A 10-year-old male is brought to the emergency room (ER) incoherent
and semiconscious. CT scan reveals that he is suffering from cerebral
edema. This type of edema is referred to as:
