NURS 340 PATHO EXAM 1
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY
, 1) Which of these manifestations of inflammation is systemic?
a. Formulation of exudates
b. Fever and leukocytosis
c. Redness and heat
d. Pain and edema
2) What process causes the local erythema that occurs during the inflammatory process?
a. Vasodilation
b. Increased capillary permeability
c. Endothelial cell contraction
d. Emigration of neutrophils
3) When looking at white blood cell differentials, nurses know that patients have an early,
acute inflammatory reaction when they notice an elevation of which leukocyte?
a. Monocytes
b. Eosinophils
c. Neutrophils
d. Basophils
4) Which type of cell adaptation occurs when normal columnar ciliated epithelial cells of
the bronchial lining are replaced by stratified squamous epithelial cells?
a. Hyperplasia
b. Metaplasia
c. Dysplasia
d. Anaplasia
5) Diseases caused by fungi are called:
a. Ringworm
b. Mycoses
c. Dysplasia’s
d. Sepsis
6) A 65-year-old woman complains of a progressively worsening pain in her left knee that
is more severe in the morning when she arises. The most likely cause of this is:
a. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA)
b. Gouty arthritis
c. Osteoarthritis
d. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
(I “threw” this question out as more people got this incorrect than correct, everyone got
3 extra points on their total score)
7) The body’s lines of defense include (select all that apply):
a. Inflammatory response
b. Angiogenesis
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY
, 1) Which of these manifestations of inflammation is systemic?
a. Formulation of exudates
b. Fever and leukocytosis
c. Redness and heat
d. Pain and edema
2) What process causes the local erythema that occurs during the inflammatory process?
a. Vasodilation
b. Increased capillary permeability
c. Endothelial cell contraction
d. Emigration of neutrophils
3) When looking at white blood cell differentials, nurses know that patients have an early,
acute inflammatory reaction when they notice an elevation of which leukocyte?
a. Monocytes
b. Eosinophils
c. Neutrophils
d. Basophils
4) Which type of cell adaptation occurs when normal columnar ciliated epithelial cells of
the bronchial lining are replaced by stratified squamous epithelial cells?
a. Hyperplasia
b. Metaplasia
c. Dysplasia
d. Anaplasia
5) Diseases caused by fungi are called:
a. Ringworm
b. Mycoses
c. Dysplasia’s
d. Sepsis
6) A 65-year-old woman complains of a progressively worsening pain in her left knee that
is more severe in the morning when she arises. The most likely cause of this is:
a. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA)
b. Gouty arthritis
c. Osteoarthritis
d. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
(I “threw” this question out as more people got this incorrect than correct, everyone got
3 extra points on their total score)
7) The body’s lines of defense include (select all that apply):
a. Inflammatory response
b. Angiogenesis
