NURS 6501Week 2 Quiz Advanced Pathophysiology
1. A 40-year-old female is diagnosed with SLE. Which of the following findings would be
considered a symptom of this disease?
Correct Answer:Photosensitivity
2. When trying to distinguish between an infectious disease and noninfectious disease, what
is the hallmark symptom for most infectious diseases?
Correct Answer:Fever
3. A 30-year-old female complains of fatigue, arthritis, rash, and changes in urine color.
Laboratory testing reveals anemia, lymphopenia, and kidney inflammation. Assuming a
diagnosis of SLE, which of the following is also likely to be present?
Correct Answer:Antinuclear antibiodies
4. Tinea corporis (ringworm) is a __________ infection of the skin.
Correct Answer:Fungal
5. A 5-year-old female takes a hike through the woods during a school field trip. Upon
returning home, she hugs her father, and he later develops poison ivy. Which of the following
immune reactions is he experiencing?
Correct Answer:Cell-mediated
6. A patient has chicken pox. How does the varicella replicate?
Correct Answer:Using host cell RNA
7. A 46-year-old male presents with severe pain, redness, and tenderness in the right big toe.
He was diagnosed with gouty arthritis. He is at risk for developing:
Correct Answer:Uric acid
8. After studying about viruses, which information indicates the study has a good
understanding of viruses? Viruses:
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, Correct Answer:Replicate their genetic material inside host cells
9. Rubella, rubeola, and roseola are common communicable diseases caused by _______
infection.
Correct Answer:Viral
10. A 46-year-old male presents with severe pain, redness, and tenderness in the right big toe.
He was diagnosed with gouty arthritis. The symptoms he experienced are caused by the
crystallization of _______ within the synovial fluid.
Correct Answer:Uric Acid
11. A 34-year-old female was recently diagnosed with RA. Physical examination revealed
that inflammation started in the:
Correct Answer:Synovial membrane
12. A 5-year-old female develops chickenpox after exposure at her day care center. This
disease is caused by:
Correct Answer:A herpes virus
13. When a nurse cares for a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), the nurse
remembers this disease is an example of
Correct Answer:Autoimmunity
14. The incidence of fractures of the pelvis is highest in:
Correct Answer:Older adults
15. When bacterial pathogens enter a patient’s body, they can defend themselves form an
immune response by:
Correct Answer:Producing capsules
16. Which patient will develop active immunity? A patient who:
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1. A 40-year-old female is diagnosed with SLE. Which of the following findings would be
considered a symptom of this disease?
Correct Answer:Photosensitivity
2. When trying to distinguish between an infectious disease and noninfectious disease, what
is the hallmark symptom for most infectious diseases?
Correct Answer:Fever
3. A 30-year-old female complains of fatigue, arthritis, rash, and changes in urine color.
Laboratory testing reveals anemia, lymphopenia, and kidney inflammation. Assuming a
diagnosis of SLE, which of the following is also likely to be present?
Correct Answer:Antinuclear antibiodies
4. Tinea corporis (ringworm) is a __________ infection of the skin.
Correct Answer:Fungal
5. A 5-year-old female takes a hike through the woods during a school field trip. Upon
returning home, she hugs her father, and he later develops poison ivy. Which of the following
immune reactions is he experiencing?
Correct Answer:Cell-mediated
6. A patient has chicken pox. How does the varicella replicate?
Correct Answer:Using host cell RNA
7. A 46-year-old male presents with severe pain, redness, and tenderness in the right big toe.
He was diagnosed with gouty arthritis. He is at risk for developing:
Correct Answer:Uric acid
8. After studying about viruses, which information indicates the study has a good
understanding of viruses? Viruses:
1
, Correct Answer:Replicate their genetic material inside host cells
9. Rubella, rubeola, and roseola are common communicable diseases caused by _______
infection.
Correct Answer:Viral
10. A 46-year-old male presents with severe pain, redness, and tenderness in the right big toe.
He was diagnosed with gouty arthritis. The symptoms he experienced are caused by the
crystallization of _______ within the synovial fluid.
Correct Answer:Uric Acid
11. A 34-year-old female was recently diagnosed with RA. Physical examination revealed
that inflammation started in the:
Correct Answer:Synovial membrane
12. A 5-year-old female develops chickenpox after exposure at her day care center. This
disease is caused by:
Correct Answer:A herpes virus
13. When a nurse cares for a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), the nurse
remembers this disease is an example of
Correct Answer:Autoimmunity
14. The incidence of fractures of the pelvis is highest in:
Correct Answer:Older adults
15. When bacterial pathogens enter a patient’s body, they can defend themselves form an
immune response by:
Correct Answer:Producing capsules
16. Which patient will develop active immunity? A patient who:
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