NUR 221 EXAM #1 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
You teach a patient to avoid alcohol when they have what disease? - Answer-
Pancreatitis
What disease does Jack have and is located in the Small Intestine? - Answer-Crohn's
Disease
What is the process of moving certain cells to the cite of injury? - Answer-Chemotaxis
What is the term for a Dynamic Balance in the body; which keeps the body in a steady
state? - Answer-Homeostasis
What is the term for Function Impairment of the cells, tissues, organ or organ systems?
- Answer-Disease
What is another term for Death? - Answer-Mortality
What is the term for Negative Outcomes with disease complications that impact the
quality of life? - Answer-Morbidity
What is the Rate of Occurrence of a disease at any given time? - Answer-Incidence
Which level of prevention, prevents/prohibits a disease condition from occuring? -
Answer-Primary Level
Which level of prevention is the Early detection of disease through screening and early
treatment? - Answer-Secondary Level
Which level of prevention is the Rehabilitation of a patient after the detection of the
disease? - Answer-Tertiary Level
Which of the following is the most common cause of acute gastritis?
A.) Poor Gastric Profusion
B.) Too much stomach acid
C.) Ingestion of aspirin, alcohol, or other chemicals
D.) H.Pylori infection - Answer-D.) H. Pylori Infection
What part of the GI Tract does Ulcerative Colitis take place in? - Answer-Large Intestine
What happens when germs like bacteria and fungi develop the ability to defeat the
drugs designed to kill them? - Answer-Antibiotic Resistance
, What are single celled organisms? Also known as germs. - Answer-Bacteria
Which disease has Chronic Inflammation of synovial membranes and synovial
hyperplasia? - Answer-Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)
These clinical manifestations pertain to which disease?
Pain, stiffness, redness, heat, swelling, decreased mobility, asymmetrical joints, mild to
debilitating. - Answer-Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)
What are major goals of Inflammatory response? - Answer-1.) To Increase Blood Flow
to site of injury "Vascular Response"
2.) To Alert the products of healing to attend the site of injury "Cellular Response"
3.) To Remove injured tissue & Prepare the site for Repair & Healing
Inflammation is ultimately needed to:
A.) Increase inflammatory mediators at the site to vasoconstrict the area
B.) Increase platelets at the site for clotting
C.) Restore functional cells
D.) Prepare site for healing - Answer-D.) Prepare site for healing
You are expecting your first child and are told that the child has a 1 in 800 chance of
being born with a congenital anomaly. This statistic refers to the:
A.) Incidence
B.) Prevalence
C.) Epidemic
D.) Diagnosis - Answer-A.) Incidence
Joe has many risk factors for the development of lung cancer. Which of these is NOT
modifiable?
A.) Smoking
B.) Family history of lung cancer
C.) Working in an asbestos-filled area
D.) Poor nutritional Intake - Answer-B.) Family history of Lung Cancer
Which of the following terms indicates the dynamic steady state that the body strives to
achieve every day?
A.) Homeostasis
B.) Mortality
C.) Morbidity
D.) Health - Answer-A.) Homeostasis
ANSWERS
You teach a patient to avoid alcohol when they have what disease? - Answer-
Pancreatitis
What disease does Jack have and is located in the Small Intestine? - Answer-Crohn's
Disease
What is the process of moving certain cells to the cite of injury? - Answer-Chemotaxis
What is the term for a Dynamic Balance in the body; which keeps the body in a steady
state? - Answer-Homeostasis
What is the term for Function Impairment of the cells, tissues, organ or organ systems?
- Answer-Disease
What is another term for Death? - Answer-Mortality
What is the term for Negative Outcomes with disease complications that impact the
quality of life? - Answer-Morbidity
What is the Rate of Occurrence of a disease at any given time? - Answer-Incidence
Which level of prevention, prevents/prohibits a disease condition from occuring? -
Answer-Primary Level
Which level of prevention is the Early detection of disease through screening and early
treatment? - Answer-Secondary Level
Which level of prevention is the Rehabilitation of a patient after the detection of the
disease? - Answer-Tertiary Level
Which of the following is the most common cause of acute gastritis?
A.) Poor Gastric Profusion
B.) Too much stomach acid
C.) Ingestion of aspirin, alcohol, or other chemicals
D.) H.Pylori infection - Answer-D.) H. Pylori Infection
What part of the GI Tract does Ulcerative Colitis take place in? - Answer-Large Intestine
What happens when germs like bacteria and fungi develop the ability to defeat the
drugs designed to kill them? - Answer-Antibiotic Resistance
, What are single celled organisms? Also known as germs. - Answer-Bacteria
Which disease has Chronic Inflammation of synovial membranes and synovial
hyperplasia? - Answer-Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)
These clinical manifestations pertain to which disease?
Pain, stiffness, redness, heat, swelling, decreased mobility, asymmetrical joints, mild to
debilitating. - Answer-Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)
What are major goals of Inflammatory response? - Answer-1.) To Increase Blood Flow
to site of injury "Vascular Response"
2.) To Alert the products of healing to attend the site of injury "Cellular Response"
3.) To Remove injured tissue & Prepare the site for Repair & Healing
Inflammation is ultimately needed to:
A.) Increase inflammatory mediators at the site to vasoconstrict the area
B.) Increase platelets at the site for clotting
C.) Restore functional cells
D.) Prepare site for healing - Answer-D.) Prepare site for healing
You are expecting your first child and are told that the child has a 1 in 800 chance of
being born with a congenital anomaly. This statistic refers to the:
A.) Incidence
B.) Prevalence
C.) Epidemic
D.) Diagnosis - Answer-A.) Incidence
Joe has many risk factors for the development of lung cancer. Which of these is NOT
modifiable?
A.) Smoking
B.) Family history of lung cancer
C.) Working in an asbestos-filled area
D.) Poor nutritional Intake - Answer-B.) Family history of Lung Cancer
Which of the following terms indicates the dynamic steady state that the body strives to
achieve every day?
A.) Homeostasis
B.) Mortality
C.) Morbidity
D.) Health - Answer-A.) Homeostasis
