PATHOPHYSIOLOGY FINAL EXAM GRADED 100% A
/. A characteristics of benign tumors includes which of the following?
A. Not invasive nor metastasize
B. Generally occur in limited places
C. Do not reappear once removed
D. Never lead to death - Answer-✅A. Not invasive nor metastasize
/.What condition would make a person more at risk for Hemorrhoidal Disease?
A. Constipation
B. GERD
C. Inflammatory Bowel Disease
D. Diverticulitis - Answer-✅A. Constipation
/.What is the treatment for Barrett esophagus?
A. Treat patient for GERD
B. Surgery for umbilical hernia
C. No known treatment
D. Surgical removal of affected esophagus - Answer-✅A. Treat patient for GERD
/.What is a clinical manifestation (sign or symptom) of respiratory acidosis?
a. Decreased rate and/or depth of breathing
b. Decreased neuromuscular excitability
c. Increased neuromuscular excitability
d. Increased rate and/or depth of breathing - Answer-✅d. Increased rate and/or depth
of breathing
/.A person reports a sudden and complete loss of vision in one eye? What condition is
this person most likely experiencing?
a. cataracts
b. glaucoma
c. hyperopia
d. retinal detachment - Answer-✅d. Retinal Detachment
/.A person has 20/60 vision. How would you explain this finding to this person?
a. You have normal vision
b. You can see at 60 feet what a person with normal vision can see at 20 feet
c. You are most likely experiencing cataracts
d. You can see at 20 feet what a person with normal vision can see at 60 feet - Answer-
✅d. You can see at 20 feet what a person with normal vision can see at 60 feet
,/.An infection in which part of the ear will most likely cause balance problems?
a. Middle ear
b. Tympanic membrane
c. Inner ear
d. Outer ear - Answer-✅c. Inner ear
/.What disease causes a lack of dopamine in the body?
a. Parkinson Disease
b. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
c. Multiple Sclerosis
d. Alzheimer Disease - Answer-✅a. Parkinson Disease
/.Which condition is characterized by tremors, "pill rolling", and cogwheeling?
a. Huntington Disease
b. Multiple Sclerosis
c. Parkinson Disease
d. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis - Answer-✅c. Parkinson Disease
/.What is the term for a person with enhanced and sustained electrical activity over 30
minutes?
a. Absent Seizure
b. Status Epilepticus
c. Full Seizure
d. Partial Seizure - Answer-✅b. Status Epilepticus
/.What condition results from the demyelination of the central nervous system neurons?
a. Multiple Sclerosis
b. Parkinson Disease
c. Guillan Barre
d. Huntington Disease - Answer-✅a. Multiple Sclerosis
/.Trigeminal Neuralgia will result in what clinical manifestation?
a. Pain in the hands
b. Pain in the face
c. Numbness in the face
d. Numbness in the hands - Answer-✅b. Pain in the face
/.Neurofibrillary tangles and senile plaques in the brain are characteristic of what
disease?
a. Alzheimer Disease
b. Multiple Sclerosis
c. Guillain-Barré syndrome
d. Myasthenia gravis - Answer-✅a. Alzheimer Disease
, /.True of False
In a spinal cord injury, the higher the injury, generally worse prognosis.
True
False - Answer-✅True
/.Which of the following is NOT a cause of hydrocephalus?
a. Obstruction within the ventricular system
b. Increased Fluid Production
c. Increased CSF absorption
d. Decreased CSF reabsorption - Answer-✅c. Increased CSF absorption
/.A patient reports severe head pain with ipsilateral autonomic manifestations. What is
the most likely diagnosis?
a. Traumatic Brain Injury
b. Tension headache
c. Hemorrhagic Stroke
d. Cluster headache - Answer-✅d. Cluster headache
/.Often arising after a viral infection or vaccine, what disease results in demyelination of
the peripheral nerves?
a. Alzheimer Disease
b. Multiple Sclerosis
c. Parkinson Disease
d. Guillain-Barré syndrome - Answer-✅d. Guillain-Barré syndrome
/.A patient presents with a cloudy or opaque discoloration of lens. What is the most
likely diagnosis?
a. Legal blindness
b. Cataracts
c. Retinal Detachment
d. Glaucoma - Answer-✅b. Cataracts
/.A patient can see objects nearby, but not objects far away. What condition does this
patient have?
a. Hyperopia
b. Myopia
c. Presbyopia
d. Astigmatism - Answer-✅b. Myopia
/.What is the expected initial treatment for acute otitis media?
a. No treatment required
b. Surgery
c. Antibiotics
d. Cochlear Implant - Answer-✅c. Antibiotics
/. A characteristics of benign tumors includes which of the following?
A. Not invasive nor metastasize
B. Generally occur in limited places
C. Do not reappear once removed
D. Never lead to death - Answer-✅A. Not invasive nor metastasize
/.What condition would make a person more at risk for Hemorrhoidal Disease?
A. Constipation
B. GERD
C. Inflammatory Bowel Disease
D. Diverticulitis - Answer-✅A. Constipation
/.What is the treatment for Barrett esophagus?
A. Treat patient for GERD
B. Surgery for umbilical hernia
C. No known treatment
D. Surgical removal of affected esophagus - Answer-✅A. Treat patient for GERD
/.What is a clinical manifestation (sign or symptom) of respiratory acidosis?
a. Decreased rate and/or depth of breathing
b. Decreased neuromuscular excitability
c. Increased neuromuscular excitability
d. Increased rate and/or depth of breathing - Answer-✅d. Increased rate and/or depth
of breathing
/.A person reports a sudden and complete loss of vision in one eye? What condition is
this person most likely experiencing?
a. cataracts
b. glaucoma
c. hyperopia
d. retinal detachment - Answer-✅d. Retinal Detachment
/.A person has 20/60 vision. How would you explain this finding to this person?
a. You have normal vision
b. You can see at 60 feet what a person with normal vision can see at 20 feet
c. You are most likely experiencing cataracts
d. You can see at 20 feet what a person with normal vision can see at 60 feet - Answer-
✅d. You can see at 20 feet what a person with normal vision can see at 60 feet
,/.An infection in which part of the ear will most likely cause balance problems?
a. Middle ear
b. Tympanic membrane
c. Inner ear
d. Outer ear - Answer-✅c. Inner ear
/.What disease causes a lack of dopamine in the body?
a. Parkinson Disease
b. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
c. Multiple Sclerosis
d. Alzheimer Disease - Answer-✅a. Parkinson Disease
/.Which condition is characterized by tremors, "pill rolling", and cogwheeling?
a. Huntington Disease
b. Multiple Sclerosis
c. Parkinson Disease
d. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis - Answer-✅c. Parkinson Disease
/.What is the term for a person with enhanced and sustained electrical activity over 30
minutes?
a. Absent Seizure
b. Status Epilepticus
c. Full Seizure
d. Partial Seizure - Answer-✅b. Status Epilepticus
/.What condition results from the demyelination of the central nervous system neurons?
a. Multiple Sclerosis
b. Parkinson Disease
c. Guillan Barre
d. Huntington Disease - Answer-✅a. Multiple Sclerosis
/.Trigeminal Neuralgia will result in what clinical manifestation?
a. Pain in the hands
b. Pain in the face
c. Numbness in the face
d. Numbness in the hands - Answer-✅b. Pain in the face
/.Neurofibrillary tangles and senile plaques in the brain are characteristic of what
disease?
a. Alzheimer Disease
b. Multiple Sclerosis
c. Guillain-Barré syndrome
d. Myasthenia gravis - Answer-✅a. Alzheimer Disease
, /.True of False
In a spinal cord injury, the higher the injury, generally worse prognosis.
True
False - Answer-✅True
/.Which of the following is NOT a cause of hydrocephalus?
a. Obstruction within the ventricular system
b. Increased Fluid Production
c. Increased CSF absorption
d. Decreased CSF reabsorption - Answer-✅c. Increased CSF absorption
/.A patient reports severe head pain with ipsilateral autonomic manifestations. What is
the most likely diagnosis?
a. Traumatic Brain Injury
b. Tension headache
c. Hemorrhagic Stroke
d. Cluster headache - Answer-✅d. Cluster headache
/.Often arising after a viral infection or vaccine, what disease results in demyelination of
the peripheral nerves?
a. Alzheimer Disease
b. Multiple Sclerosis
c. Parkinson Disease
d. Guillain-Barré syndrome - Answer-✅d. Guillain-Barré syndrome
/.A patient presents with a cloudy or opaque discoloration of lens. What is the most
likely diagnosis?
a. Legal blindness
b. Cataracts
c. Retinal Detachment
d. Glaucoma - Answer-✅b. Cataracts
/.A patient can see objects nearby, but not objects far away. What condition does this
patient have?
a. Hyperopia
b. Myopia
c. Presbyopia
d. Astigmatism - Answer-✅b. Myopia
/.What is the expected initial treatment for acute otitis media?
a. No treatment required
b. Surgery
c. Antibiotics
d. Cochlear Implant - Answer-✅c. Antibiotics
