ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY EXAM 1 || MOST RECENT
EXAM 2026-2027 ACTUAL COMPLETE REAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALREADY
GRADED A+ | GUARANTEED SUCCESS!! NEWEST
EXAM | JUST RELEASED!!
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
Which of the following is not characteristic of
cellular dysplasia? a. variation in size and shape of
cells
b. small, pale nuclei
c. disorderly arrangement of cells
d. preneoplastic change - ANSWER -B
If a normal individual began to take cortisol 100 mgs.
every day as a medication, which of the following
would result? a. hypertrophy of the adrenal gland
,b. hyperplasia of the adrenal gland
c. atrophy of the adrenal gland
d. hypertrophy and hyperplasia of the adrenal gland - ANSWER
-C
If a normal individual began to take thyroid hormone 100 mcgs.
every day as a
medication, which of the following
would result?
a. hypertrophy of the
thyroid gland
b. hyperplasia of the
thyroid gland
c. atrophy of the thyroid
gland
d. hypertrophy and hyperplasia of the thyroid gland -
ANSWER –B
Chronic alcoholism can result in the development of a fatty
liver because it results in which of the following?
a. increased production of free fatty acids
b. increased conversion of free fatty acids to triglycerides
c. decreased oxidation of cholesterol, triglycerides, and
phospholipids
d. decreased binding of cholesterol, triglycerides, and
phospholipids to apoproteins - ANSWER -A
,Which of the following components is not involved
in apoptosis? a. Bcl-2
b. apaf-1
c. caspase 9
d. cytochrome c
e. HLA 2 - ANSWER -E
Some cancer-causing viruses are able to protect the cells that
they transform
from undergoing apoptosis by interfering with the action
of the apoptosis
promoter
called:
a. TNF-
alpha.
b.
Fas.
c.
p53.
d. IL-
2.
e. INF-beta. -
ANSWER -C
Which of the following diseases is thought to be related to free
radical damage?
a.
osteoarthritis
, b. detached
retina
c. cerebral
aneurysm
d. cancer -
ANSWER –D
Which of the following enzymes, released from dying
cells, may indicate
problems in the
liver?
a. alanine
aminotransferase
b. aspartate aminotransferase c. alkaline
phosphatase
d. all of the
above
e. none of the above -
ANSWER -D
Researchers hypothesize that the disappearance of dopamine-
generating cells in the midbrain in Parkinson's Disease may be
related to oxidative stress due to a decrease in the amount of
glutathione in the midbrain. The best explanation for this theory
is which of the following?
a. DNA synthesis requires glutathione for optimal development.
b. Dopamine synthesis requires glutathione to prevent free
radical production.
EXAM 2026-2027 ACTUAL COMPLETE REAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALREADY
GRADED A+ | GUARANTEED SUCCESS!! NEWEST
EXAM | JUST RELEASED!!
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
Which of the following is not characteristic of
cellular dysplasia? a. variation in size and shape of
cells
b. small, pale nuclei
c. disorderly arrangement of cells
d. preneoplastic change - ANSWER -B
If a normal individual began to take cortisol 100 mgs.
every day as a medication, which of the following
would result? a. hypertrophy of the adrenal gland
,b. hyperplasia of the adrenal gland
c. atrophy of the adrenal gland
d. hypertrophy and hyperplasia of the adrenal gland - ANSWER
-C
If a normal individual began to take thyroid hormone 100 mcgs.
every day as a
medication, which of the following
would result?
a. hypertrophy of the
thyroid gland
b. hyperplasia of the
thyroid gland
c. atrophy of the thyroid
gland
d. hypertrophy and hyperplasia of the thyroid gland -
ANSWER –B
Chronic alcoholism can result in the development of a fatty
liver because it results in which of the following?
a. increased production of free fatty acids
b. increased conversion of free fatty acids to triglycerides
c. decreased oxidation of cholesterol, triglycerides, and
phospholipids
d. decreased binding of cholesterol, triglycerides, and
phospholipids to apoproteins - ANSWER -A
,Which of the following components is not involved
in apoptosis? a. Bcl-2
b. apaf-1
c. caspase 9
d. cytochrome c
e. HLA 2 - ANSWER -E
Some cancer-causing viruses are able to protect the cells that
they transform
from undergoing apoptosis by interfering with the action
of the apoptosis
promoter
called:
a. TNF-
alpha.
b.
Fas.
c.
p53.
d. IL-
2.
e. INF-beta. -
ANSWER -C
Which of the following diseases is thought to be related to free
radical damage?
a.
osteoarthritis
, b. detached
retina
c. cerebral
aneurysm
d. cancer -
ANSWER –D
Which of the following enzymes, released from dying
cells, may indicate
problems in the
liver?
a. alanine
aminotransferase
b. aspartate aminotransferase c. alkaline
phosphatase
d. all of the
above
e. none of the above -
ANSWER -D
Researchers hypothesize that the disappearance of dopamine-
generating cells in the midbrain in Parkinson's Disease may be
related to oxidative stress due to a decrease in the amount of
glutathione in the midbrain. The best explanation for this theory
is which of the following?
a. DNA synthesis requires glutathione for optimal development.
b. Dopamine synthesis requires glutathione to prevent free
radical production.
