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WGU PATHO 370 PATHOPHYSIOLOGY FINAL EXAM 2025 ACTUAL
EXAM COMPLETE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+|
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A patient presenting with fever, hypotension, and lactic acidosis is
most likely to be experiencing what type of shock?
a. Septic
b. Anaphylactic
c. Cardiogenic
d. Neurogenic - ANSWER-a. Septic
The disease that is similar to osteomalacia and occurs in growing
children is
a. osteopenia.
b. rickets.
c. osteosarcoma.
d. Paget disease. - ANSWER-b. rickets.
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The hypersecretion of mucus resulting for chronic bronchitis is the
result of
a. reduced inflammation.
b. destruction of alveolar septa.
c. recurrent infection.
d. barrel chest. - ANSWER-c. recurrent infection.
The most commonly recognized outcome of hypertension is
pulmonary disease.
a. True
b. False - ANSWER-b. False
A laboratory test finding helpful in confirming the diagnosis of iron-
deficiency anemia is
a. positive direct or indirect Coombs test.
b. elevated total iron-binding capacity.
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c. elevated total and indirect bilirubin.
d. elevated MCHC and MCV. - ANSWER-b. elevated total iron-
binding capacity.
________ disease is a rare autosomal recessive disorder in which
excessive amounts of copper accumulate in the liver.
a. Byler
b. Wilson
c. Kayser-Fleischer
d. Reye - ANSWER-b. Wilson
What compensatory sign would be expected during periods of
physical exertion in a patient with limited ventricular stroke
volume?
a. Aortic regurgitation
b. Bradycardia
c. Hypotension
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d. Tachycardia - ANSWER-d. Tachycardia
Findings that should prompt an evaluation for renal cancer include
a. red blood cell casts in the urine.
b. bacteria in the urine.
c. intermittent urinary colic.
d. hematuria. - ANSWER-d. hematuria.
A patient diagnosed with diabetes, smokes a pack of cigarettes
daily and eats very few green leafy vegetables. After experiencing
a fractured toe, this patient is at risk for
a. malunion.
b. dysunion.
c. nonunion.
d. delayed healing. - ANSWER-d. delayed healing.
Cystic fibrosis is associated with
WGU PATHO 370 PATHOPHYSIOLOGY FINAL EXAM 2025 ACTUAL
EXAM COMPLETE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+|
||PROFESSOR VERIFIED||
A patient presenting with fever, hypotension, and lactic acidosis is
most likely to be experiencing what type of shock?
a. Septic
b. Anaphylactic
c. Cardiogenic
d. Neurogenic - ANSWER-a. Septic
The disease that is similar to osteomalacia and occurs in growing
children is
a. osteopenia.
b. rickets.
c. osteosarcoma.
d. Paget disease. - ANSWER-b. rickets.
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The hypersecretion of mucus resulting for chronic bronchitis is the
result of
a. reduced inflammation.
b. destruction of alveolar septa.
c. recurrent infection.
d. barrel chest. - ANSWER-c. recurrent infection.
The most commonly recognized outcome of hypertension is
pulmonary disease.
a. True
b. False - ANSWER-b. False
A laboratory test finding helpful in confirming the diagnosis of iron-
deficiency anemia is
a. positive direct or indirect Coombs test.
b. elevated total iron-binding capacity.
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c. elevated total and indirect bilirubin.
d. elevated MCHC and MCV. - ANSWER-b. elevated total iron-
binding capacity.
________ disease is a rare autosomal recessive disorder in which
excessive amounts of copper accumulate in the liver.
a. Byler
b. Wilson
c. Kayser-Fleischer
d. Reye - ANSWER-b. Wilson
What compensatory sign would be expected during periods of
physical exertion in a patient with limited ventricular stroke
volume?
a. Aortic regurgitation
b. Bradycardia
c. Hypotension
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d. Tachycardia - ANSWER-d. Tachycardia
Findings that should prompt an evaluation for renal cancer include
a. red blood cell casts in the urine.
b. bacteria in the urine.
c. intermittent urinary colic.
d. hematuria. - ANSWER-d. hematuria.
A patient diagnosed with diabetes, smokes a pack of cigarettes
daily and eats very few green leafy vegetables. After experiencing
a fractured toe, this patient is at risk for
a. malunion.
b. dysunion.
c. nonunion.
d. delayed healing. - ANSWER-d. delayed healing.
Cystic fibrosis is associated with
