NURS-6501N-32 Advanced Pathophysiology Week 6 Midterm Exam Spring 2020,...

What is the blood type of a person who is heterozygous, having A and B alleles as codominant? Selected Answer: AB Question 2 1 out of 1 points The data reporting that sickle cell disease affects approximately 1 in 600 American blacks is an example of which concept? Selected Answer: Incidence Question 3 2 out 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? Selecte d Answer : To measure the volume and flow rate during forced expiration Question 4 0 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: Erythema 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? Selecte d Answer : Ammonia-forming bacteria in the colon are sources of increased ammonia. Question 6 2 out 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 Which renal change is found in older adults? 1 out of 1 points 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? Selecte d Answer : Histaminase, which limits the effects of histamine during acute inflammation Question 10 1 out of 1 points Under anaerobic conditions, what process provides energy for the cell? Selected Answer: Glycolysis Question 11 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 Question 12 0 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: Insulin resistance Question 13 1 out 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: Rhonchi Question 14 2 out 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. Question 15 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 Question 16 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? Selecte d Answer : Inflammation and damage leading to cirrhosis begin in the bile canaliculi. Question 17 1 out of 1 points The pathophysiologic process of edema is related to which mechanism? Selected Answer: Question 18 Increased plasma oncotic pressure 2 out of 1 points How does progressive nephron injury affect angiotensin II activity? Selected Answer: Angiotensin II activity is elevated. Question 19 1 out of 1 points A student asks the professor to explain what effect natriuretic peptides have during heart failure when the heart dilates. Which response by the professor is best? Selected Answer: Inhibits renin and aldosterone Question 20 Whe