NURS 6501N Midterm Exam (3 Versions, Each Version 100 Q & A) / NURS6501 Midterm Exam: Advanced Pathophysiology (Latest 2021)

NURS 6501 Midterm Exam
Course NURS-6501N-32,Advanced Pathophysiology.2020 Spring Qtr 02/24-
05/17-PT27
Test Exam - Week 6 Midterm
Started 4/4/20 3:01 PM
Submitted 4/4/20 5:01 PM Due
Date 4/6/20 1:59 AM
Status Completed
Attempt Score 97 out of 100 points

 Question 1
The action of platelet-derived growth factor is to stimulate the production of which cells?


Selected Platele
Answer: ts

 Question 2
1 out of 1 points
A healthcare professional is educating a patient about asthma. The professional states
that good control is necessary due to which pathophysiologic process?


Selected Uncontrolled inflammation leads to increased bronchial
Answer: hyperresponsiveness and eventual scarring.

 Question 3
1 out of 1 points
What is an expected change in the cardiovascular system that occurs with aging?


Selected Arterial
Answer: stiffening

 Question 4
1 out of 1 points
People diagnosed with neurofibromatosis have varying degrees of the condition because
of which genetic principle?


Selected Expressivi
Answer: ty

 Question 5
1 out of 1 points
When endothelial cells are injured, what alteration contributes to atherosclerosis?


Selected
Cells are unable to make the normal amount of vasodilating
Answer: cytokines.

, Question 6
1 out of 1 points
A healthcare professional cares for older adults in a skilled nursing facility. What should
the professional assess for in these individuals related to cardiovascular functioning?


Selected Increased rate of falling and dizzy
Answer: spells

 Question 7
1 out of 1 points
What physical sign does the healthcare professional relate to the result of turbulent blood
flow through a vessel?


Selected Murmur heard on
Answer: auscultation

 Question 8
1 out of 1 points
What are tumor cell markers?


Selected Hormones, enzymes, antigens, and antibodies that are produced
Answer: by cancer cells

 Question 9
1 out of 1 points
Once they have penetrated the first line of defense, which microorganisms do natural
killer (NK) cells actively attack?


Selected mycoplasma
Answer:

 Question 10
1 out of 1 points
Which gastric hormone inhibits acid and pepsinogen secretion, as well as decreases the
release of gastrin?


Selected Somatosta
Answer: tin

 Question 11
1 out of 1 points
What is the single most common cause of cellular injury?


Selected Hypoxic
Answer: injury

 Question 12
1 out of 1 points
A professor has taught the students about the sources of increased ammonia in patients
with hepatic encephalopathy. What statement by a student indicates the professor
should review this material?

, Selected Accumulation of short-chain fatty acids are a source of
Answer: increased ammonia.

 Question 13
1 out of 1 points
Surfactant produced by type II alveolar cells facilitates alveolar distention and ventilation
by which mechanism?


Selected Decreasing surface tension in the
Answer: alveoli

 Question 14
1 out of 1 points
A patient is brought to the Emergency Department with a gunshot wound to the chest.
The healthcare 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 during expiration. What action by the healthcare professional is the priority?


Selected Assist with a chest tube
Answer: insertion.

 Question 15
1 out of 1 points
What is the only surface inside the nephron where cells are covered with microvilli to
increase the reabsorptive surface area called?


Selected Proximal convoluted
Answer: tubules

 Question 16
1 out of 1 points
A patient is having an IgE-mediated hypersensitivity reaction. What action by the
healthcare professional is best?


Selected Give the patient an
Answer: antihistamine.

 Question 17
1 out of 1 points
A patient has been diagnosed with a renal stone. Based on knowledge of common stone
types, what self-care measure does the healthcare professional plan to teach the patient
when stone analysis has returned?


Selected Ingest 1000 mg of calcium
Answer: a day.

 Question 18
1 out of 1 points
Which hormone is required for water to be reabsorbed in the distal tubule and collecting
duct?


Selected Antidiuretic
hormone

, Answer:

 Question 19
1 out of 1 points
The cardiac electrical impulse normally begins spontaneously in the sinoatrial (SA) node
because of what reason?


Selected It depolarizes more rapidly than other automatic cells of
Answer: the heart.

 Question 20
1 out of 1 points
What is one function of the tumor cell marker?


Selected To screen individuals at high risk for
Answer: cancer

 Question 21
1 out of 1 points
When comparing the clinical manifestations of both diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) and
hyperglycemic hyperosmolar nonketotic syndrome (HHNKS), which condition is
associated with only DKA?


Selected Kussmaul
Answer: respirations

 Question 22
1 out of 1 points
Which cAMP-mediated response is related to antidiuretic hormone?


Selected Increased retention of
Answer: water

 Question 23
1 out of 1 points
The student wants information about a patient's renal function. What test does the
healthcare professional tell the student to evaluate?


Selected Serum blood urea nitrogen and
Answer: creatinine

 Question 24
1 out of 1 points
What is the most important cause of pulmonary artery constriction?


Selected Low alveolar partial pressure of arterial
Answer: oxygen (PaO 2)

 Question 25
1 out of 1 points
In teaching a women's community group, which risk factor does the healthcare
professional teach is related to high morbidity of cancer of the colon, uterus, and kidney?