NUR 6501ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY MIDTERM EXAM 11/06/2025
NUR 6501 ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY MIDTERM EXAM
(WALDEN UNIVERSITY) LATEST 2025/2026 ACTUAL SUMMER-
FALL SEMESTER EXAM GRADED A
A runner has depleted all the oxygen available for muscle energy. Which of the following will facilitate
his continued muscle performance?
Correct answer: Anaerobic glycolysis
What causes the rapid change in the resting membrane potential that initiates an action potential?
Correct answer: Sodium gates open, and sodium rushes into the cell, changing the membrane
potential from negative to positive.
A 12-year-old male is diagnosed with Klinefelter syndrome. His karyotype would reveal which of the
following?
Correct answer: XXY
A nurse is reviewing the pedigree chart. When checking for a proband, what is the nurse looking for?
Correct answer: The person who is first diagnosed with a genetic disease
An aide asks the nurse why people who have neurofibromatosis will show varying degrees of the
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disease. Which genetic principle should the nurse explain to the aide?
Correct answer: Expressivity
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, NUR 6501ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY MIDTERM EXAM 11/06/2025
In teaching a patient with cirrhosis, which information should the nurse include regarding cholesterol?
Correct answer: Cholesterol decreases the membrane fluidity of the erythrocyte, which reduces its
ability to carry oxygen.
When a patient asks what causes cystic fibrosis, how should the nurse respond? Cystic fibrosis is caused
by an _____ gene
Correct answer: Autosomal recessive
How are potassium and sodium transported across plasma membranes?
Correct answer: By adenosine triphosphate enzyme (ATPase)
The nurse would be correct in identifying the predominant extracellular cation as:
Correct answer: Sodium
The early dilation (swelling) of the cell's endoplasmic reticulum results in:
Correct answer: Reduced protein synthesis
What principle should the nurse remember when trying to distinguish aging from diseases?
Correct answer: It is difficult to tell the difference because both processes are believed to result from
cell injury.
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NUR 6501 ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY MIDTERM EXAM
(WALDEN UNIVERSITY) LATEST 2025/2026 ACTUAL SUMMER-
FALL SEMESTER EXAM GRADED A
A runner has depleted all the oxygen available for muscle energy. Which of the following will facilitate
his continued muscle performance?
Correct answer: Anaerobic glycolysis
What causes the rapid change in the resting membrane potential that initiates an action potential?
Correct answer: Sodium gates open, and sodium rushes into the cell, changing the membrane
potential from negative to positive.
A 12-year-old male is diagnosed with Klinefelter syndrome. His karyotype would reveal which of the
following?
Correct answer: XXY
A nurse is reviewing the pedigree chart. When checking for a proband, what is the nurse looking for?
Correct answer: The person who is first diagnosed with a genetic disease
An aide asks the nurse why people who have neurofibromatosis will show varying degrees of the
11/6/2025
disease. Which genetic principle should the nurse explain to the aide?
Correct answer: Expressivity
1
, NUR 6501ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY MIDTERM EXAM 11/06/2025
In teaching a patient with cirrhosis, which information should the nurse include regarding cholesterol?
Correct answer: Cholesterol decreases the membrane fluidity of the erythrocyte, which reduces its
ability to carry oxygen.
When a patient asks what causes cystic fibrosis, how should the nurse respond? Cystic fibrosis is caused
by an _____ gene
Correct answer: Autosomal recessive
How are potassium and sodium transported across plasma membranes?
Correct answer: By adenosine triphosphate enzyme (ATPase)
The nurse would be correct in identifying the predominant extracellular cation as:
Correct answer: Sodium
The early dilation (swelling) of the cell's endoplasmic reticulum results in:
Correct answer: Reduced protein synthesis
What principle should the nurse remember when trying to distinguish aging from diseases?
Correct answer: It is difficult to tell the difference because both processes are believed to result from
cell injury.
11/6/2025
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