WGU D027 COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE
MULTIPLE QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A+
Autosomal Dominant ...ANS: 1 parent has, 50%
change of child having
Autosomal Recessive ...ANS: Both parents are
carriers, 25% change of child having, 50% chance child
is a carrier.
Cystic Fibrosis ...ANS: affects pancreas causing
secretions in lungs
21st Trisomy ...ANS: Down Syndrome
Klinefelter Syndrome (XXY) ...ANS: male has extra X,
female like qualities
Turner Syndrome ...ANS: Missing X in females
,ASCORERS STUVIA
Alpha Thalassemia ...ANS: inherited blood disorder;
mild to severe anemia
Beta Thallasemia ...ANS: low hemoglobin;
contraindicated medication ferrous sulfate
Prevalence Risk ...ANS: proportion of the population
affected at a certain time
Incidence rate ...ANS: number of new cases divided
by population
Innate immunity ...ANS: inflammation; increased
vascular permeability
B&T lymphocytes ...ANS: immune response
primary malignant tumor ...ANS: lack of organization
of cells
glucocorticoids ...ANS: used in combination with
other agent to treat lymphoid tissue (leukemia).
glucocorticoids are directly toxic to lymphoid tissues.
, ASCORERS STUVIA
Selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERM) ...ANS:
for hormone receptor positive and advanced breast
cancer. (Tamoxifin reduces risk and recurrence risk)
Heart failure ...ANS: impairment of the ventricle to fill
with or eject blood; heart cannot meet metabolic need
of the body.
CHF ...ANS: heart cannot keep up with metabolic
needs; volume overload in pulmonary area
Left Ventricular Dysfunction ...ANS: reduced ejection
fraction; ventricle having issue ejecting blood.
normal ejection fraction ...ANS: 55 - 60 % (blood
pumped out with each heartbeat)
Ejection fraction of 50% - reduced or
preserved? ...ANS: preserved
Diastolic CHF ...ANS: preserved ejection fraction,
problem is with filling