Test Bank for
Understand-
ing Patho-
physiology 3rd
Australian
Edition by
Craft
, Craft, Gordon: Understanding Pathophysiology, 3rd Edition
Chapter 1: Introduction to clinical science
Test Bank
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A sign is:
a. an alteration to normal body function.
b. a subjective indication of the patient experience reported by the patient.
c. an objective measurement or recording.
d. a localised response to disease.
ANS: C REF: p 5
2. When a patient has a set of signs and symptoms that occur together and are specific
to a particular condition with an unknown cause, this is referred to as a/n:
a. disease.
b. disorder.
c. aetiology.
d. syndrome.
ANS: D REF: p 5
3. Frank presents to the emergency room at your local hospital and reports feelings of
nausea and pain in the abdomen. Frank’s self-reported experiences are referred to as:
a. disorders.
b. signs.
c. symptoms.
d. syndromes.
ANS: C REF: p 5
4. In relation to disease, the term incidence refers to:
a. the number of people who have the disease at any one time.
b. the number of new cases that have been diagnosed and confirmed within a set
time period.
c. the presence of several diseases in the same patient.
d. the proportion of the population with the disease.
ANS: B REF: p 6
Understand-
ing Patho-
physiology 3rd
Australian
Edition by
Craft
, Craft, Gordon: Understanding Pathophysiology, 3rd Edition
Chapter 1: Introduction to clinical science
Test Bank
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A sign is:
a. an alteration to normal body function.
b. a subjective indication of the patient experience reported by the patient.
c. an objective measurement or recording.
d. a localised response to disease.
ANS: C REF: p 5
2. When a patient has a set of signs and symptoms that occur together and are specific
to a particular condition with an unknown cause, this is referred to as a/n:
a. disease.
b. disorder.
c. aetiology.
d. syndrome.
ANS: D REF: p 5
3. Frank presents to the emergency room at your local hospital and reports feelings of
nausea and pain in the abdomen. Frank’s self-reported experiences are referred to as:
a. disorders.
b. signs.
c. symptoms.
d. syndromes.
ANS: C REF: p 5
4. In relation to disease, the term incidence refers to:
a. the number of people who have the disease at any one time.
b. the number of new cases that have been diagnosed and confirmed within a set
time period.
c. the presence of several diseases in the same patient.
d. the proportion of the population with the disease.
ANS: B REF: p 6
