Pathophysiology Midterm Practice Questions
with answers 2026
When a baby has been identified as having featal exposure to alcohol,
which assesment parameter should be concidered
A. low birth rate
B. mental retardation
C. facial anomalies
D. All of the above - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔D. All of the above
A nurse documents tattooing and stippling in a trauma patient which type
of injury does the patient have? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Gunshot
wounds tattooing and stapling are caused by gunpowder and occur on
the skin surrounding the entrance wound.
The nurse is caring for a new mother who just gave birth to a baby with
Down syndrome. The nurse explains that this syndrome is a result of
trisomy with which chromosome? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Chromsome 21
A couple has two offspring's one child has an autosomal recessive
disease trait and one is normal what most likely conclusion can the nurse
,make about the parents? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔both parents could
be Carriers
If an Ovum has chromosomal nondisjunction which condition could
result in the embryo? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Monosomies and
trisomies
If the patient has liquefactive necrosis which organ should the nurse
assess first? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Brain
hypoxic injury to the brain results in liquefactive necrosis because the
central nervous system contains little connective tissue.
A nurse recalls that adaptive cellular mechanisms function too -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔protect cells from injury adaptive cellular
mechanisms actually help cells adjust to environmental changes thereby
protecting them from injury and death
The nurse is caring for a patient with a genetic disease that is transmitted
through autosomal recessive inheritance which is most likely the
diagnosis for the patient? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔cystic fibrosis is
an autosomal recessive disease
Which organ is most frequently affected by chronic alcohol injury -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Liver
,Which of the following statements by a clinician about mutations is
correct
Mutations always lead to genetic disease
A. Mutations always lead to genetic disease
B. spontaneous mutations occur as a result of exposure to a mutagen
C. mutations are alterations in a normal DNA sequence
D. Mutations are always inherited - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔C.
The nurse in the genetic clinic is describing a genetic disease that leads
to progressive dementia in middle to late adulthood. Which disease is the
nurse most likely referring to? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Huntington
disease
When the clinician is discussing the DNA Helix which information should
be included? In the DNA Helix guanine pairs with: - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Cytosine
When a patient has an extreme laceration (laceration with a flap), which
medical term should the nurse document in the chart?
A. Contusion
B. An Avulsion
C. A hemotoma
, D. An incision - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔B. An Avulsion
Which information indicates that the nurse has a good understanding of
Clastogens? Clastogens agents that cause?
A. Chromosomal duplications
B. single gene mutations
C. Chromosomal breakage
D. Sex Chromosome aneuploidies - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔C.
Chromosomal Breakage
An individual who is heterozygous for a gene has: - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Alleles at a given locus that are different from one
another.
A patient is having a reaction to a bee sting. Which type of
hypersensitivity reaction does the nurse expect to see documented in the
patient's chart? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Type 1 typical allergic
responses are characterized as type one hypersensitivity reactions.
A patient has Westcott Aldrich syndrome. Which typical assessment
findings should the nurse monitor for in the patient? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Decreased IgM and bleeding
with answers 2026
When a baby has been identified as having featal exposure to alcohol,
which assesment parameter should be concidered
A. low birth rate
B. mental retardation
C. facial anomalies
D. All of the above - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔D. All of the above
A nurse documents tattooing and stippling in a trauma patient which type
of injury does the patient have? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Gunshot
wounds tattooing and stapling are caused by gunpowder and occur on
the skin surrounding the entrance wound.
The nurse is caring for a new mother who just gave birth to a baby with
Down syndrome. The nurse explains that this syndrome is a result of
trisomy with which chromosome? - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Chromsome 21
A couple has two offspring's one child has an autosomal recessive
disease trait and one is normal what most likely conclusion can the nurse
,make about the parents? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔both parents could
be Carriers
If an Ovum has chromosomal nondisjunction which condition could
result in the embryo? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Monosomies and
trisomies
If the patient has liquefactive necrosis which organ should the nurse
assess first? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Brain
hypoxic injury to the brain results in liquefactive necrosis because the
central nervous system contains little connective tissue.
A nurse recalls that adaptive cellular mechanisms function too -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔protect cells from injury adaptive cellular
mechanisms actually help cells adjust to environmental changes thereby
protecting them from injury and death
The nurse is caring for a patient with a genetic disease that is transmitted
through autosomal recessive inheritance which is most likely the
diagnosis for the patient? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔cystic fibrosis is
an autosomal recessive disease
Which organ is most frequently affected by chronic alcohol injury -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Liver
,Which of the following statements by a clinician about mutations is
correct
Mutations always lead to genetic disease
A. Mutations always lead to genetic disease
B. spontaneous mutations occur as a result of exposure to a mutagen
C. mutations are alterations in a normal DNA sequence
D. Mutations are always inherited - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔C.
The nurse in the genetic clinic is describing a genetic disease that leads
to progressive dementia in middle to late adulthood. Which disease is the
nurse most likely referring to? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Huntington
disease
When the clinician is discussing the DNA Helix which information should
be included? In the DNA Helix guanine pairs with: - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Cytosine
When a patient has an extreme laceration (laceration with a flap), which
medical term should the nurse document in the chart?
A. Contusion
B. An Avulsion
C. A hemotoma
, D. An incision - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔B. An Avulsion
Which information indicates that the nurse has a good understanding of
Clastogens? Clastogens agents that cause?
A. Chromosomal duplications
B. single gene mutations
C. Chromosomal breakage
D. Sex Chromosome aneuploidies - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔C.
Chromosomal Breakage
An individual who is heterozygous for a gene has: - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Alleles at a given locus that are different from one
another.
A patient is having a reaction to a bee sting. Which type of
hypersensitivity reaction does the nurse expect to see documented in the
patient's chart? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Type 1 typical allergic
responses are characterized as type one hypersensitivity reactions.
A patient has Westcott Aldrich syndrome. Which typical assessment
findings should the nurse monitor for in the patient? - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Decreased IgM and bleeding
