ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY ACTUAL EXAM 1 PRACTICE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS AND A MULTIPLE ANSWERS
LATEST VERSION UPDATED 2026
Which of the following mediators of inflammation causes increased capillary
permeability and pain?
A. Serotonin
B. Histamine
C. Bradykinin
D. Nitric oxide
C
An older adult patient has just sheared the skin on her elbow while attempting
to boost herself up in bed, an event that has precipitated acute inflammation in
the region surrounding the wound. Which of the following events will occur
during the vascular stage of the patient's inflammation?
A. Outpouring of exudate into interstitial spaces
B. Chemotaxis
C. Accumulation of leukocytes along epithelium
D. Phagocytosis of cellular debris
A
When the body produces antibodies against its own tissue, the condition is
called
A. alloimmunity
B. opsonization
C. autoimmunity
D. hypersensitivity
C
DiGeorge syndrome is a primary immune deficiency caused by:
A. failure of B cells to mature
B. congenital lack of thymic tissue
C. Failure of formed elements of blood to develop
,D. Selective IgG deficiency
E. Selective IgA deficiency
B
A nurse is explaining to a pt the difference between primary and secondary
immunodeficiency disorders and explains that secondary immunodeficiencies
(select all that apply):
A. May develop after viral infections
B. Develop before birth
C. May develop following immunosuppressive therapies
D. Are caused by superimposed conditions
E. Are not always readily evident
A, C, D, E
A pt presents with a rash from poison ivy. The nurse knows that this is which
type of hypersensitivity?
A. Type I
B. Type II
C. Type III
D. Type IV
D
Which is not an autoimmune disease?
A. multiple sclerosis
B. pernicious anemia
C. ulcerative colitis
D. transfusion reaction
E. goodpasture disease
D
A nurse is teaching a class about immune deficiencies, and a person from the
audience asks which cells are affected by severe combined immune deficiency
(SCID) syndrome, and the nurse answers:
A. B cell deficits
B. T cell deficits
, C. complement deficits
D. B and T cell deficits
D
When a patient asks the nurse what hypersensitivity is, how should the nurse
respond? Hypersensitivity is best defined as:
A. a reduced immune response found in most pathologic states
B. a normal immune response to an infectious agent
C. an excessive or inappropriate response of immune system to sensitizing
antigen
D. antigenic desensitization
C
When the maternal immune system becomes sensitized against antigens
expressed by the fetus, what type of immune reaction occurs?
A. autoimmune
B. anaphylaxis
C. alloimmune
D. allergic
C
Which information would indicate more teaching is needed regarding
hypersensitivity reactions? Type _______ hypersensitivity reactions involve an
antibody response.
A. I
B. II
C. III
D. IV
D
A 10-year-old male presents to his primary care provider reporting wheezing
and difficulty breathing. History reveals that both of the child's parents suffer
from allergies. Which of the following terms would be used to classify the child?
A. desensitized
B. atopic
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS AND A MULTIPLE ANSWERS
LATEST VERSION UPDATED 2026
Which of the following mediators of inflammation causes increased capillary
permeability and pain?
A. Serotonin
B. Histamine
C. Bradykinin
D. Nitric oxide
C
An older adult patient has just sheared the skin on her elbow while attempting
to boost herself up in bed, an event that has precipitated acute inflammation in
the region surrounding the wound. Which of the following events will occur
during the vascular stage of the patient's inflammation?
A. Outpouring of exudate into interstitial spaces
B. Chemotaxis
C. Accumulation of leukocytes along epithelium
D. Phagocytosis of cellular debris
A
When the body produces antibodies against its own tissue, the condition is
called
A. alloimmunity
B. opsonization
C. autoimmunity
D. hypersensitivity
C
DiGeorge syndrome is a primary immune deficiency caused by:
A. failure of B cells to mature
B. congenital lack of thymic tissue
C. Failure of formed elements of blood to develop
,D. Selective IgG deficiency
E. Selective IgA deficiency
B
A nurse is explaining to a pt the difference between primary and secondary
immunodeficiency disorders and explains that secondary immunodeficiencies
(select all that apply):
A. May develop after viral infections
B. Develop before birth
C. May develop following immunosuppressive therapies
D. Are caused by superimposed conditions
E. Are not always readily evident
A, C, D, E
A pt presents with a rash from poison ivy. The nurse knows that this is which
type of hypersensitivity?
A. Type I
B. Type II
C. Type III
D. Type IV
D
Which is not an autoimmune disease?
A. multiple sclerosis
B. pernicious anemia
C. ulcerative colitis
D. transfusion reaction
E. goodpasture disease
D
A nurse is teaching a class about immune deficiencies, and a person from the
audience asks which cells are affected by severe combined immune deficiency
(SCID) syndrome, and the nurse answers:
A. B cell deficits
B. T cell deficits
, C. complement deficits
D. B and T cell deficits
D
When a patient asks the nurse what hypersensitivity is, how should the nurse
respond? Hypersensitivity is best defined as:
A. a reduced immune response found in most pathologic states
B. a normal immune response to an infectious agent
C. an excessive or inappropriate response of immune system to sensitizing
antigen
D. antigenic desensitization
C
When the maternal immune system becomes sensitized against antigens
expressed by the fetus, what type of immune reaction occurs?
A. autoimmune
B. anaphylaxis
C. alloimmune
D. allergic
C
Which information would indicate more teaching is needed regarding
hypersensitivity reactions? Type _______ hypersensitivity reactions involve an
antibody response.
A. I
B. II
C. III
D. IV
D
A 10-year-old male presents to his primary care provider reporting wheezing
and difficulty breathing. History reveals that both of the child's parents suffer
from allergies. Which of the following terms would be used to classify the child?
A. desensitized
B. atopic
