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 100 out of 100 points
Time Elapsed 2 hours, 0 minute out of 2 hours
Results Submitted Answers, Incorrectly Answered Questions
Displayed
1 out of 1 points
Question 1
What is the blood type of a person who is heterozygous, having A and B alleles as codominant?
Selected Answer: AB
Question 2
1out of 1 poin
,The data reporting that sickle cell disease affects approximately 1 in 600 American blacks is an example of
which concept?
Selected Answer: Incidence prevalence ratio risk
Question 3 1out of 1 points
A patient is having a spirometry measurement done and asks the healthcare
professional to explain this test. What response by the professional is best?
Selected To measure the volume and flow rate during forced
Answer: expiration
Question 4 1 out of 1 points
A healthcare professional is caring for a patient undergoing chemotherapy. What is the
skin-related health risk the professional should assess the patient for and be prepared to
treat?
Selected Answer: Infection
Question 5 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 6 1out of 1 points
What is the second most commonly recognized genetic cause of intellectual disability?
Selected Answer: Fragile X syndrome
Question 7 1 out of 1 points
, What is the role of reverse transcriptase in HIV infection?
Selected Answer: It converts RNA into double-stranded DNA.
Question 8 1 out of 1 points
Which renal change is found in older adults?
Selected Answer: Decrease in the number of nephrons
Question 9 1 out of 1 points
In regulating vascular mediators released from mast cells, the role of eosinophils is to
release what?
Selected Histaminase, which limits the effects of histamine during
Answer: acute inflammation
Question10 1 out of 1 points
Under anaerobic conditions, what process provides energy for the cell?
Selected Answer: Glycolysis
Question11 1 out of 1 points
A patient had a motor vehicle crash and suffered critical injuries to the brainstem. What
physiological responses would the healthcare professional expect to see?
Selected Answer: Pulse and blood pressure changes
Question12 1 out of 1 points
A parent wants to know how to prevent type 1 diabetes in the newborn. The
healthcare professional explains that prevention is not possible, because which of these is
a major characteristic of type 1 diabetes mellitus?
Selected Answer: An autoimmune cause factor
, Question13 1out of 1 points
A patient has a pulmonary capillary wedge pressure of 30mmHg. What assessment
finding by the healthcare professional would be most consistent with this reading?
Selected Answer: Pink, frothy sputum
Question14 1out of 1 points
A patient is having an IgE-mediated hypersensitivity reaction. What action by the
healthcare professional is best?
Selected Answer: Give the patient an antihistamine.
Question15 1 out of 1 points
A healthcare professional is educating a patient on asthma. The professional tells the
patient that the most successful treatment for chronic asthma begins with which
action?
Selected Answer: Avoidance of the causative agent
Question16 1 out of 1 points
A student asks the healthcare professional to explain the pathophysiologic process of
alcoholic cirrhosis. What statement by the professional would not be consistent with
complete knowledge about this process?
Selected Inflammation and damage leading to cirrhosis begin in the bile
Answer: canaliculi.
Question17 1out of 1 points
The pathophysiologic process of edema is related to which mechanism?
Selected Answer: Lymphatic obstruction
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 100 out of 100 points
Time Elapsed 2 hours, 0 minute out of 2 hours
Results Submitted Answers, Incorrectly Answered Questions
Displayed
1 out of 1 points
Question 1
What is the blood type of a person who is heterozygous, having A and B alleles as codominant?
Selected Answer: AB
Question 2
1out of 1 poin
,The data reporting that sickle cell disease affects approximately 1 in 600 American blacks is an example of
which concept?
Selected Answer: Incidence prevalence ratio risk
Question 3 1out of 1 points
A patient is having a spirometry measurement done and asks the healthcare
professional to explain this test. What response by the professional is best?
Selected To measure the volume and flow rate during forced
Answer: expiration
Question 4 1 out of 1 points
A healthcare professional is caring for a patient undergoing chemotherapy. What is the
skin-related health risk the professional should assess the patient for and be prepared to
treat?
Selected Answer: Infection
Question 5 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 6 1out of 1 points
What is the second most commonly recognized genetic cause of intellectual disability?
Selected Answer: Fragile X syndrome
Question 7 1 out of 1 points
, What is the role of reverse transcriptase in HIV infection?
Selected Answer: It converts RNA into double-stranded DNA.
Question 8 1 out of 1 points
Which renal change is found in older adults?
Selected Answer: Decrease in the number of nephrons
Question 9 1 out of 1 points
In regulating vascular mediators released from mast cells, the role of eosinophils is to
release what?
Selected Histaminase, which limits the effects of histamine during
Answer: acute inflammation
Question10 1 out of 1 points
Under anaerobic conditions, what process provides energy for the cell?
Selected Answer: Glycolysis
Question11 1 out of 1 points
A patient had a motor vehicle crash and suffered critical injuries to the brainstem. What
physiological responses would the healthcare professional expect to see?
Selected Answer: Pulse and blood pressure changes
Question12 1 out of 1 points
A parent wants to know how to prevent type 1 diabetes in the newborn. The
healthcare professional explains that prevention is not possible, because which of these is
a major characteristic of type 1 diabetes mellitus?
Selected Answer: An autoimmune cause factor
, Question13 1out of 1 points
A patient has a pulmonary capillary wedge pressure of 30mmHg. What assessment
finding by the healthcare professional would be most consistent with this reading?
Selected Answer: Pink, frothy sputum
Question14 1out of 1 points
A patient is having an IgE-mediated hypersensitivity reaction. What action by the
healthcare professional is best?
Selected Answer: Give the patient an antihistamine.
Question15 1 out of 1 points
A healthcare professional is educating a patient on asthma. The professional tells the
patient that the most successful treatment for chronic asthma begins with which
action?
Selected Answer: Avoidance of the causative agent
Question16 1 out of 1 points
A student asks the healthcare professional to explain the pathophysiologic process of
alcoholic cirrhosis. What statement by the professional would not be consistent with
complete knowledge about this process?
Selected Inflammation and damage leading to cirrhosis begin in the bile
Answer: canaliculi.
Question17 1out of 1 points
The pathophysiologic process of edema is related to which mechanism?
Selected Answer: Lymphatic obstruction
