NUR 631 Advanced Physiology and Pathophysiology
Midterm and Final Exam Prep Test Bank 1 with 350
Exam Questions and Correct Answers/ GCU NUR 631
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Signs and symptoms of clinical dehydration include?
A. Increased skin turgor
B. Decreased heart rate
C. Decreased urine output
D. Increased blood pressure - ANSWER-C. Decreased urine output
Failure of normal partitioning between the foregut and midgut can lead to a
congenital condition known as?
A. Intestinal atresia
B. Tracheoesophageal fistula
C. Esophageal atresia
D. Anal agenesis - ANSWER-A. Intestinal atresia
Acute pain at McBurney's point is indicative of?
A. Appendicitis
B. Peritonitis
C. Cholecystitis
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,D> Gastritis - ANSWER-A. Appendicitis
The propulsive movement of the GI tract is called?
A. Peristalsis
B. Contraction
C. Transmission
D. Constriction - ANSWER-A> Peristalsis
What information is true about acute pancreatitis?
A. Autoimmune process with IgG attacking pancreatic acinar cells
B. It is usually a severe disease with a high mortality rate
C. Pancreatic enzymes auto digest pancreatic cells and tissues
D. Over secretion of pancreatic enzymes and malnutrition - ANSWER-C.
Pancreatic enzymes auto digest pancreatic cells and tissues
Which statement best describes cystic fibrosis? - ANSWER-Pulmonary disorder
involving an abnormal expression of a protein-producing viscous mucus that
obstructs the airways, pancreas, sweat ducts, and vas deferens
You are a nurse practitioner working in an outpatient clinic. Your patient's
echocardiogram shows moderate aortic stenosis (narrowing of the aortic valve).
You know that the stenotic valve creates an increased resistance against which the
left ventricle contracts. The cellular adaptation most likely to occur in the left
ventricle is which of the following?
a. atrophy
b. hypertrophy
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,c. hyperplasia
d. metaplasia - ANSWER-B
Your patient has a long history of mitral stenosis (narrowing of the mitral valve).
As the years go by, the left atrium, which contracts against the increased resistance
of the stenotic valve, begins to fail--and output from the left ventricle begins to
decline. If the left ventricle were to undergo adaptation, what would it most likely
be?
a. atrophy.
b. hypertrophy.
c. hyperplasia.
d. metaplasia. - ANSWER-A
A patient is brought to the emergency department with a gunshot wound to the
chest. The health care professional assesses an abnormality involving a pleural
rupture that acts as a one-way valve, permitting air to enter on inspiration but
preventing its escape by closing expiration. What action by the health care
professional is the priority?
A. Draw arterial blood gasses
B. Assist with chest tube insertion
C. Give the patient low flow oxygen
D. Assess of clubbing of fingernails - ANSWER-B. Assist with chest tube
insertion
Which form of leukemia demonstrates the presence of the Philadelphia
chromosome?
A. ALL
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, B. AML
C. CML
D. CLL - ANSWER-C. CML
Which electrolyte imbalance may lead to clotting disorder?
A. Hypermagnesmia
B. Hypokalemia
C. Hypocalemia
D. Hypernatremia - ANSWER-B. Hypokalemia
Cancer grading is based on?
A. Local invastion
B. Cell differentiation
C. Tumor size
D. Matastasis - ANSWER-B. Cell differentiation
The prothrombin time (PT) and INR (international normalized ratio) measure the
integrity of?
A. Fibrinolysis
B. Platelet function
C. Intrinsic pathway
D. Extrinsic pathway - ANSWER-D. Extrinsic pathway
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Midterm and Final Exam Prep Test Bank 1 with 350
Exam Questions and Correct Answers/ GCU NUR 631
Latest Exam Prep Test Bank 2026-2027 (New!)
Signs and symptoms of clinical dehydration include?
A. Increased skin turgor
B. Decreased heart rate
C. Decreased urine output
D. Increased blood pressure - ANSWER-C. Decreased urine output
Failure of normal partitioning between the foregut and midgut can lead to a
congenital condition known as?
A. Intestinal atresia
B. Tracheoesophageal fistula
C. Esophageal atresia
D. Anal agenesis - ANSWER-A. Intestinal atresia
Acute pain at McBurney's point is indicative of?
A. Appendicitis
B. Peritonitis
C. Cholecystitis
1
,D> Gastritis - ANSWER-A. Appendicitis
The propulsive movement of the GI tract is called?
A. Peristalsis
B. Contraction
C. Transmission
D. Constriction - ANSWER-A> Peristalsis
What information is true about acute pancreatitis?
A. Autoimmune process with IgG attacking pancreatic acinar cells
B. It is usually a severe disease with a high mortality rate
C. Pancreatic enzymes auto digest pancreatic cells and tissues
D. Over secretion of pancreatic enzymes and malnutrition - ANSWER-C.
Pancreatic enzymes auto digest pancreatic cells and tissues
Which statement best describes cystic fibrosis? - ANSWER-Pulmonary disorder
involving an abnormal expression of a protein-producing viscous mucus that
obstructs the airways, pancreas, sweat ducts, and vas deferens
You are a nurse practitioner working in an outpatient clinic. Your patient's
echocardiogram shows moderate aortic stenosis (narrowing of the aortic valve).
You know that the stenotic valve creates an increased resistance against which the
left ventricle contracts. The cellular adaptation most likely to occur in the left
ventricle is which of the following?
a. atrophy
b. hypertrophy
2
,c. hyperplasia
d. metaplasia - ANSWER-B
Your patient has a long history of mitral stenosis (narrowing of the mitral valve).
As the years go by, the left atrium, which contracts against the increased resistance
of the stenotic valve, begins to fail--and output from the left ventricle begins to
decline. If the left ventricle were to undergo adaptation, what would it most likely
be?
a. atrophy.
b. hypertrophy.
c. hyperplasia.
d. metaplasia. - ANSWER-A
A patient is brought to the emergency department with a gunshot wound to the
chest. The health care professional assesses an abnormality involving a pleural
rupture that acts as a one-way valve, permitting air to enter on inspiration but
preventing its escape by closing expiration. What action by the health care
professional is the priority?
A. Draw arterial blood gasses
B. Assist with chest tube insertion
C. Give the patient low flow oxygen
D. Assess of clubbing of fingernails - ANSWER-B. Assist with chest tube
insertion
Which form of leukemia demonstrates the presence of the Philadelphia
chromosome?
A. ALL
3
, B. AML
C. CML
D. CLL - ANSWER-C. CML
Which electrolyte imbalance may lead to clotting disorder?
A. Hypermagnesmia
B. Hypokalemia
C. Hypocalemia
D. Hypernatremia - ANSWER-B. Hypokalemia
Cancer grading is based on?
A. Local invastion
B. Cell differentiation
C. Tumor size
D. Matastasis - ANSWER-B. Cell differentiation
The prothrombin time (PT) and INR (international normalized ratio) measure the
integrity of?
A. Fibrinolysis
B. Platelet function
C. Intrinsic pathway
D. Extrinsic pathway - ANSWER-D. Extrinsic pathway
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