2021/22
Exam 4:
1. The coagulation cascade involves each of the following except
1. Make thrombocytes
2. Activate the intrinsic and extrinsic pathways
3. Convert fibrinogen to fibrin
4. Convert prothrombin to thrombin
b. Which of the following medications would decrease a person’s risk for clotting? Select all
that apply.
1. Heparin
2. Warfarin
3. Vitamin K
4. Lovenox
b. Which of the following is NOT a hypercoagulable state? Select all that apply.
1. pregnancy
2. Mutation of factor V Leiden
3. Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome
4. Thrombocytopenia
5. Cancer
b. Which of the following is FALSE of disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC)? Select
all that apply.
1. Microthrombi cause vessel occlusion and tissue ischemia
2. It can cause multiple organ failure
3. Severe hemorrhage results
4. Obstetric disorders are the main cause of DIC
5. Lab results show a decreased PT, PTT
b. In which of the following ways is blood flow NOT negatively affected?
1. Blood viscosity
2. Diameter of the vessel
3. Low hematocrit
4. Compliance
b. Cardiac output is determined by what 2 factors? Select all that apply.
1. Stroke volume
2. Ejection fraction
3. Heart rate
4. Preload
b. Which of the following terms refers to the end-diastolic pressure when the ventricle has
been filled?
1. Preload
b. Antiphospholipid syndrome is NOT associated with which of the following? Select all that
apply.
1. Bleeding risk