CURRENT WGU D115 STUDY GUIDE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS 2025
When assessing a patient who has a diagnosis of major
depressive disorder, which would be considered a cognitive
symptom of depression?
Cognitive deficits associated with depression include
deficits in problem solving, decision making, and impaired
judgment, memory loss, and lack of concentration.
The FNP would expect which symptoms in a patient with a
diagnosis of schizophrenia?
Paranoia, delusions, hallucinations, and diminished self-care
Feedback: The characteristics of schizophrenia are
paranoia, delusions, tangential thought, suspiciousness,
disorganized behavior, and hallucinations.
A child with Down's syndrome has had frequent respiratory
tract infections since birth. What should the APRN tell the
parent is the underlying cause of this illness?
Gastroesophageal reflux disease causes aspiration of thin
fluids.
Feedback: Gastroesophageal reflux is commonly seen in
children with Down syndrome and can be severe enough to
result in aspiration of stomach contents, causing respiratory
symptoms such as persistent coughing, wheezing, and
pneumonia
,The FNP understands that a female patient with a complete
or partial absence of the second sex chromosome may also
display which of the following physical signs?
Ovarian failure
Feedback: Turner's syndrome occurs in approximately 1 in
2500 live births. It is diagnosed by complete or partial
absence of the second sex chromosome (45, X). Patients
may also demonstrate congenital lymphedema of hands
and feet, webbed neck, high-arched palate, and short
fourth metacarpal. Short stature, Ovarian failure,
cardiovascular and renal issues, ear malformations, and
other health problems, as well as amenorrhea due to
premature ovarian failure
An example of a disease that is caused by a chromosomal
deletion is cri du chat syndrome. Children affected with this
disorder commonly display which of the following
symptoms?
Symptoms associated with cri du chat include low birth
weight, severe intellectual disability, microcephaly, and
heart defects.
What type of immunity is the body's 3rd line of defense and
includes the primary characteristics of specificity and
memory.
Adaptive
Feedback: The third line of defense in the human body is
adaptive (acquired) immunity.
, The local manifestations of inflammation result from vascular
changes and the circulation of associated components into
the tissue. The 4 cardinal signs of inflammation include all of
the following:
Swelling, pain, heat, and redness are the cardinal signs of
inflammation.
Patients with trisomy of the 21st chromosome are also
predisposed to which of the following diseases, which is also
affected by alterations in the 21st chromosome?
Alzheimer Disease
Which assessment findings are typically associated with a
diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematous?
Joint pain, malar rash, and photosensitivity
Feedback: The symptoms most often experiences with SLE
are arthritis, arthralgias, fatigue, Reynaud phenomenon,
chronic low-grade fever, sun sensitivity, hair loss, weakness,
malar facial rash, and weight loss.
The FNP understands the the most common form of facial
paralysis is bells palsy. This disorder primarily affects which
cranial nerve?
Bell palsy may be caused by reactivation of herpesviruses in
cranial nerve VII
A patient presents with symptoms of fever, tachycardia,
chills, throbbing headache, severe photophobia, and
nuchal rigidity. Based on the presumed diagnosis, the FNP
understands that the following symptoms may also occur in
response to irritation and inflammation of the cranial nerves:
CORRECT ANSWERS 2025
When assessing a patient who has a diagnosis of major
depressive disorder, which would be considered a cognitive
symptom of depression?
Cognitive deficits associated with depression include
deficits in problem solving, decision making, and impaired
judgment, memory loss, and lack of concentration.
The FNP would expect which symptoms in a patient with a
diagnosis of schizophrenia?
Paranoia, delusions, hallucinations, and diminished self-care
Feedback: The characteristics of schizophrenia are
paranoia, delusions, tangential thought, suspiciousness,
disorganized behavior, and hallucinations.
A child with Down's syndrome has had frequent respiratory
tract infections since birth. What should the APRN tell the
parent is the underlying cause of this illness?
Gastroesophageal reflux disease causes aspiration of thin
fluids.
Feedback: Gastroesophageal reflux is commonly seen in
children with Down syndrome and can be severe enough to
result in aspiration of stomach contents, causing respiratory
symptoms such as persistent coughing, wheezing, and
pneumonia
,The FNP understands that a female patient with a complete
or partial absence of the second sex chromosome may also
display which of the following physical signs?
Ovarian failure
Feedback: Turner's syndrome occurs in approximately 1 in
2500 live births. It is diagnosed by complete or partial
absence of the second sex chromosome (45, X). Patients
may also demonstrate congenital lymphedema of hands
and feet, webbed neck, high-arched palate, and short
fourth metacarpal. Short stature, Ovarian failure,
cardiovascular and renal issues, ear malformations, and
other health problems, as well as amenorrhea due to
premature ovarian failure
An example of a disease that is caused by a chromosomal
deletion is cri du chat syndrome. Children affected with this
disorder commonly display which of the following
symptoms?
Symptoms associated with cri du chat include low birth
weight, severe intellectual disability, microcephaly, and
heart defects.
What type of immunity is the body's 3rd line of defense and
includes the primary characteristics of specificity and
memory.
Adaptive
Feedback: The third line of defense in the human body is
adaptive (acquired) immunity.
, The local manifestations of inflammation result from vascular
changes and the circulation of associated components into
the tissue. The 4 cardinal signs of inflammation include all of
the following:
Swelling, pain, heat, and redness are the cardinal signs of
inflammation.
Patients with trisomy of the 21st chromosome are also
predisposed to which of the following diseases, which is also
affected by alterations in the 21st chromosome?
Alzheimer Disease
Which assessment findings are typically associated with a
diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematous?
Joint pain, malar rash, and photosensitivity
Feedback: The symptoms most often experiences with SLE
are arthritis, arthralgias, fatigue, Reynaud phenomenon,
chronic low-grade fever, sun sensitivity, hair loss, weakness,
malar facial rash, and weight loss.
The FNP understands the the most common form of facial
paralysis is bells palsy. This disorder primarily affects which
cranial nerve?
Bell palsy may be caused by reactivation of herpesviruses in
cranial nerve VII
A patient presents with symptoms of fever, tachycardia,
chills, throbbing headache, severe photophobia, and
nuchal rigidity. Based on the presumed diagnosis, the FNP
understands that the following symptoms may also occur in
response to irritation and inflammation of the cranial nerves:
