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NURS 6501 Final Exam– Question
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Walden University NURS 6501Final Exam–
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Question 1
1 out of 1
An aide asks the nurse why people who have neurofibromatosis will show varying
degrees of the disease. Which genetic principle should the nurse explain to the
aide?
Selected Answer: b.
Expressivity
Correct Answer: b.
Expressivity
Question 2
Why is potassium able to diffuse easily in and out of cells?
1 out of 1
Selected
c.
Answer:
Because the resting plasma membrane is more permeable to
potassium
Correct Answer: c.
Because the resting plasma membrane is more permeable to
potassium
Question 3
A 15-year-old female is diagnosed with Prader-Willi syndrome. This condition is
1 out of 1
an example of:
Selected Answer: a.
Gene imprinting
Correct Answer: a.
Gene imprinting
Question 4
A nurse is reading a chart and sees the term oncotic pressure. The nurse recalls
1 out of 1
that oncotic pressure (colloid osmotic pressure) is determined by:
Selected Answer: b.
Plasma proteins
Correct Answer: b.
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Plasma proteins
Question 5
During childhood, the thymus decreases in size, and this is referred to as
1 out of 1
atrophy.
Selected Answer: a.
Physiologic
Correct Answer: a.
Physiologic
Question 6
What is the role of cytokines in cell
1 out of 1
reproduction? Selected Answer: a.
Provide growth factor for tissue growth and development
Correct Answer: a.
Provide growth factor for tissue growth and development
Question 7
When a patient asks what causes cystic fibrosis, how should the nurse respond?
1 out of 1
Cystic fibrosis is caused by an gene.
Selected Answer: d.
Autosomal recessive
Correct Answer: d.
Autosomal recessive
Question 8
A patient has a heart attack that leads to progressive cell injury that causes cell death
1 out of 1
with severe cell swelling and breakdown of organelles. What term would the nurse
use to define this process?
Selected Answer: d.
Necrosis
Correct Answer: d.
Necrosis
Question 9
A eukaryotic cell is undergoing DNA replication. In which region of the cell
1 out of 1
would most of the genetic information be contained?
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NURS 6501 Final Exam– Question
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, lOMoAR cPSD| 11763056
NURS 6501 Final Exam– Question
and
answers
Walden University NURS 6501Final Exam–
Question and Answers (Correct Answers).
Results Displayed: Selected Answers and Correct Answers
Question 1
1 out of 1
An aide asks the nurse why people who have neurofibromatosis will show varying
degrees of the disease. Which genetic principle should the nurse explain to the
aide?
Selected Answer: b.
Expressivity
Correct Answer: b.
Expressivity
Question 2
Why is potassium able to diffuse easily in and out of cells?
1 out of 1
Selected
c.
Answer:
Because the resting plasma membrane is more permeable to
potassium
Correct Answer: c.
Because the resting plasma membrane is more permeable to
potassium
Question 3
A 15-year-old female is diagnosed with Prader-Willi syndrome. This condition is
1 out of 1
an example of:
Selected Answer: a.
Gene imprinting
Correct Answer: a.
Gene imprinting
Question 4
A nurse is reading a chart and sees the term oncotic pressure. The nurse recalls
1 out of 1
that oncotic pressure (colloid osmotic pressure) is determined by:
Selected Answer: b.
Plasma proteins
Correct Answer: b.
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NURS 6501 Final Exam– Question
and
answers
Plasma proteins
Question 5
During childhood, the thymus decreases in size, and this is referred to as
1 out of 1
atrophy.
Selected Answer: a.
Physiologic
Correct Answer: a.
Physiologic
Question 6
What is the role of cytokines in cell
1 out of 1
reproduction? Selected Answer: a.
Provide growth factor for tissue growth and development
Correct Answer: a.
Provide growth factor for tissue growth and development
Question 7
When a patient asks what causes cystic fibrosis, how should the nurse respond?
1 out of 1
Cystic fibrosis is caused by an gene.
Selected Answer: d.
Autosomal recessive
Correct Answer: d.
Autosomal recessive
Question 8
A patient has a heart attack that leads to progressive cell injury that causes cell death
1 out of 1
with severe cell swelling and breakdown of organelles. What term would the nurse
use to define this process?
Selected Answer: d.
Necrosis
Correct Answer: d.
Necrosis
Question 9
A eukaryotic cell is undergoing DNA replication. In which region of the cell
1 out of 1
would most of the genetic information be contained?
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