Question 1
Outbreaks of hepatitis _____ often occur in young children attending day care
centers and can be attributed to poor hand washing.
Selected a.
Answer: A
Correct Answer: a.
A
Question 2
When an infant has increased bilirubin production and impaired hepatic
excretion of bilirubin, what does the nurse suspect is occurring in the patient?
Selected b.
Answer: Physiologic jaundice
Correct Answer: b.
Physiologic jaundice
Question 3
Cholecystitis is inflammation of the gallbladder wall usually caused by:
Selected b.
Answer: Obstruction of the cystic duct by a gallstone
Correct Answer: b.
Obstruction of the cystic duct by a gallstone
Question 4
Which of the following symptoms would help a health care provider distinguish
between ulcerative colitis and Crohn disease?
Selected Answer: d.
Malabsorption
Correct Answer: d.
Malabsorption
Question 5
, A 27-year-old male presents with fever, GI bleeding, hepatomegaly, and
transient joint pain. He reports that as a child he received blood transfusions
following a motor vehicle accident. He also indicates he was vaccinated against
hepatitis B. Which of the following types of hepatitis does the clinician think he
most likely has?
Selected c.
Answer: C
Correct Answer: c.
C
Question 6
Prolonged diarrhea is more serious in children than adults because:
Selected Answer: b.
Fluid reserves are lower in children.
Correct Answer: b.
Fluid reserves are lower in children.
Question 7
Marasmus is most common in children of which age group?
Selected a.
Answer: Younger than one
Correct Answer: a.
Younger than one
Question 8
A 3-month-old female presents with intention tremors, dystonia, greenish-
yellow rings in the cornea, and hepatomegaly. Tests reveal a defect on
chromosome 13. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?
Selected Answer: c.
Wilson disease
Correct Answer: c.
Wilson disease
Question 9