WALDEN UNIVERSITY NURS 6501 FINAL EXAM- QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

WALDEN UNIVERSITY NURS 6501
FINAL EXAM- QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY (WALDEN UNIVERSITY)




Selected Answers and Correct Answers


Question 1
1 out of 1 points


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
1 out of 1 points
Why is potassium able to diffuse easily in and out of cells?

SelectedAnswer: c.
Because the resting plasma membrane is more permeable topotassium

Correct Answer: c.
Because the resting plasma membrane is more permeable topotassium

,Question 3
1 out of 1 points

A 15-year-old female is diagnosed with Prader-Willi syndrome. This condition is anexample of:


Selected Answer: a.
Gene imprinting

Correct Answer: a.
Gene imprinting

Question 4
1 out of 1 points

A nurse is reading a chart and sees the term oncotic pressure. The nurse recalls thatoncotic
pressure (colloid osmotic pressure) is determined by:


Selected Answer: b.
Plasma proteins

Correct Answer: b.
Plasma proteins

Question 5
1 out of 1 points
During childhood, the thymus decreases in size, and this is referred to as
atrophy.
Selected Answer: a.
Physiologic

Correct Answer: a.
Physiologic

Question 6
1 out of 1 points

, What is the role of cytokines in cell 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
1 out of 1 points

When a patient asks what causes cystic fibrosis, how should the nurse respond? Cysticfibrosis is
caused by an gene.


Selected Answer: d.
Autosomal recessive

Correct Answer: d.
Autosomal recessive

Question 8
1 out of 1 points
Autosomal recessive

A patient has a heart attack that leads to progressive cell injury that causes cell death with severe
cell swelling and breakdown of organelles. What term would the nurse useto define this process?
Selected Answer: d.
Necrosis

Correct Answer: d.
Necrosis

Question 9
1 out of 1 points

A eukaryotic cell is undergoing DNA replication. In which region of the cell wouldmost of the
genetic information be contained?

Selected Answer: c.
Nucleolus