WGU D027 ADVANCED PATHOPHARMACOLOGICAL
FOUNDATIONS Question and Answer 2026 |
Complete Assessment Review Package for
Success | Grade A+
• Cholinesterase inhibitors -✓✓Treat sx related to memory, thinking, language,
judgment and other though processes.
• Ataxia symptoms -✓✓Mimic those of being drunk: slurred speech, stumbling, falling,
and incoordination.
• Cerebellum function -✓✓Balance and coordination
• Celiac Disease -✓✓malabsorption syndrome caused by an immune reaction to gluten
• Celiac disease genetic predisposition -✓✓HLA-DQ2 and HLA-DQ8
• Celiac diagnostic methods -✓✓IgA antibodies and HLA-DQ2 or HLA-DQ8; duodenal
biopsy
• Celiac treatment -✓✓Gluten-free diet, steroids or immunosuppressants
• Crohn's disease -✓✓a chronic autoimmune disorder that can occur anywhere in the
digestive tract; however, it is most often found in the ileum and in the colon
• Crohns appearance under microscope -✓✓Cobblestoning
• Crohns risk -✓✓People with atopic dermatitis and eczema
• Lab test for Crohns -✓✓Anti-Saccharamyces cerevisiae (ASCA)
• Lab test for ulcerative colitis -✓✓perinuclear anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody
(pANCA)
• 1st Medication tx for Crohns -✓✓Aminosalicylate (sulfasalazine or mesalamine)
• Most common color troubles with color blindness -✓✓Differentiating between red and
green
• Chronic bronchitis -✓✓inflammation of the bronchi persisting over a long time
, • Emphysema -✓✓a condition in which the air sacs of the lungs are damaged and
enlarged, causing breathlessness.
• COPD 1st line treatment -✓✓short-acting bronchodilator inhaler
• Generalized anxiety disorder is diagnosed when... -✓✓a person spends at least 6
months worrying excessively
• Generalized anxiety disorder meds -✓✓SSRIs, SNRIs, Benzos
• Non-pharm treatment for generalized anxiety disorder -✓✓cognitive behavioral
therapy (CBT)
• Flu vaccine in pregnancy -✓✓All women during flu season - safe
• Tdap during pregnancy -✓✓Safe and given between 27 - 36 weeks of pregnancy
• What 2 vaccines are contraindicated in pregnancy -✓✓Varicella and MMR
• Pediatric otitis media 1st line treatment -✓✓Amoxicillin
• Pleural effusion -✓✓abnormal accumulation of fluid in the pleural space
• Definition of HTN is -✓✓SBP of 130mmHg or more and DBP more than 80mmHg
• Most accurate method for diagnosing HTN -✓✓Ambulatory B/P measurement
• HTN meds -✓✓-ACE inhibitor -ARBs -Aldosterone Agonists -Direct Renin Inhibitors -
Calcium Channel Blockers -Alpha Blockers -Beta Blockers -Diuretics -Central Acting
Vasodilators
• Sx of thyrotoxic crisis -✓✓hyperthermia, tachycardia, agitation or delirium,
nausea/vomiting/diarrhea
• Labs drawn for a thyroid crisis -✓✓T4 and T3, and TSH
• Ulcerative colitis affects what part of the intestine? -✓✓large intestine and rectum
• Asthma - long-term control meds -✓✓Fluticasone, Budesonide, Mometasone (inhaled
corticosteroids)
• Asthma quick relief medications -✓✓Albuterol
FOUNDATIONS Question and Answer 2026 |
Complete Assessment Review Package for
Success | Grade A+
• Cholinesterase inhibitors -✓✓Treat sx related to memory, thinking, language,
judgment and other though processes.
• Ataxia symptoms -✓✓Mimic those of being drunk: slurred speech, stumbling, falling,
and incoordination.
• Cerebellum function -✓✓Balance and coordination
• Celiac Disease -✓✓malabsorption syndrome caused by an immune reaction to gluten
• Celiac disease genetic predisposition -✓✓HLA-DQ2 and HLA-DQ8
• Celiac diagnostic methods -✓✓IgA antibodies and HLA-DQ2 or HLA-DQ8; duodenal
biopsy
• Celiac treatment -✓✓Gluten-free diet, steroids or immunosuppressants
• Crohn's disease -✓✓a chronic autoimmune disorder that can occur anywhere in the
digestive tract; however, it is most often found in the ileum and in the colon
• Crohns appearance under microscope -✓✓Cobblestoning
• Crohns risk -✓✓People with atopic dermatitis and eczema
• Lab test for Crohns -✓✓Anti-Saccharamyces cerevisiae (ASCA)
• Lab test for ulcerative colitis -✓✓perinuclear anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody
(pANCA)
• 1st Medication tx for Crohns -✓✓Aminosalicylate (sulfasalazine or mesalamine)
• Most common color troubles with color blindness -✓✓Differentiating between red and
green
• Chronic bronchitis -✓✓inflammation of the bronchi persisting over a long time
, • Emphysema -✓✓a condition in which the air sacs of the lungs are damaged and
enlarged, causing breathlessness.
• COPD 1st line treatment -✓✓short-acting bronchodilator inhaler
• Generalized anxiety disorder is diagnosed when... -✓✓a person spends at least 6
months worrying excessively
• Generalized anxiety disorder meds -✓✓SSRIs, SNRIs, Benzos
• Non-pharm treatment for generalized anxiety disorder -✓✓cognitive behavioral
therapy (CBT)
• Flu vaccine in pregnancy -✓✓All women during flu season - safe
• Tdap during pregnancy -✓✓Safe and given between 27 - 36 weeks of pregnancy
• What 2 vaccines are contraindicated in pregnancy -✓✓Varicella and MMR
• Pediatric otitis media 1st line treatment -✓✓Amoxicillin
• Pleural effusion -✓✓abnormal accumulation of fluid in the pleural space
• Definition of HTN is -✓✓SBP of 130mmHg or more and DBP more than 80mmHg
• Most accurate method for diagnosing HTN -✓✓Ambulatory B/P measurement
• HTN meds -✓✓-ACE inhibitor -ARBs -Aldosterone Agonists -Direct Renin Inhibitors -
Calcium Channel Blockers -Alpha Blockers -Beta Blockers -Diuretics -Central Acting
Vasodilators
• Sx of thyrotoxic crisis -✓✓hyperthermia, tachycardia, agitation or delirium,
nausea/vomiting/diarrhea
• Labs drawn for a thyroid crisis -✓✓T4 and T3, and TSH
• Ulcerative colitis affects what part of the intestine? -✓✓large intestine and rectum
• Asthma - long-term control meds -✓✓Fluticasone, Budesonide, Mometasone (inhaled
corticosteroids)
• Asthma quick relief medications -✓✓Albuterol
