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NURS 6501 Midterm Exam
Course NURS-6501N-32,Advanced Pathophysiology.2020 Spring Qtr 02/24-
05/17-PT27
Test Exam - Week 6 Midterm
Started 4/4/20 3:01 PM
Submitted 4/4/20 5:01 PM Due
Date 4/6/20 1:59 AM
Status Completed
Attempt Score 98 out of 100 points
ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY MIDTERM- SPRING 2020
Question 1
1 out of 1 points
When endothelial cells are injured, what alteration contributes to atherosclerosis?
Selected Answer: Cells are unable to make the normal amount of vasodilating cytokines.
Question 2
1 out of 1 points
A patient has been diagnosed with an empyema. What does the healthcare professional tell the patient
about this condition?
Selected Answer: We will have to drain the pus out of your pleural space.
Question 3
1 out of 1 points
A patient has been admitted for a possible small intestinal obstruction. What is the first sign the healthcare
professional assesses for that would indicate the presence of this condition?
Selected Answer: Vomiting
Question 4
1 out of 1 points
Autocrine stimulation is the ability of cancer cells to do what?
Selected Answer: Secrete growth factors that stimulate their own growth
Question 5
1 out of 1 points
A patient had a myocardial infarction that damaged the SA node, which is no longer functioning as the
, pacemaker of the heart. What heart rate would the healthcare provider expect the patient to have?
Selected Answer: 40 to 60 beats/min
Question 6
1 out of 1 points
Which type of immunity is produced by an individual after either natural exposure to the antigen or after
immunization against the antigen?
Selected Answer: Active-acquired immunity
Question 7
1 out of 1 points
In teaching a women's community group, which risk factor does the healthcare professional teach is
related to high morbidity of cancer of the colon, uterus, and kidney?
Selected Answer: Women who have a high body mass index
Question 8
1 out of 1 points
A student asks the healthcare professional to describe exotoxins. Which statement by the professional is
best?
Selected Answer: Exotoxins are released during bacterial growth
Question 9
1 out of 1 points
A student studying biology asks the professor to describe how the ras gene is involved in cancer
proliferation. What explanation by the professor is best?
Selected Answer: A mutation in this gene allows continuous cell growth.
Question 10
1 out of 1 points
A healthcare professional cares for older adults in a skilled nursing facility. What should the professional
assess for in these individuals related to cardiovascular functioning?
Selected Answer: Increased rate of falling and dizzy spells
Question 11
1 out of 1 points
A healthcare professional is educating a patient on asthma. The professional tells the patient that the most
successful treatment for chronic asthma begins with which action?
Selected Answer: Avoidance of the causative agent
Question 12
1 out of 1 points
A healthcare professional is conducting community education on vaccinations. Which statement about
, vaccines does the professional include in the presentation?
Selected Answer:
Most viral vaccines are made by using dead organisms.
Question 13
1 out of 1 points
Renal failure is the most common cause of which type of hyperparathyroidism?
Selected Answer: Secondary
Question 14
1 out of 1 points
Which renal change is found in older adults?
Selected Answer: Decrease in the number of nephrons
Question 15
1 out of 1 points
What is the single most common cause of cellular injury?
Selected Answer: Hypoxic injury
Question 16
1 out of 1 points
What organic compound facilitates transportation across cell membranes by acting as receptors, transport
channels for electrolytes, and enzymes to drive active pumps?
Selected Answer: Proteins
Question 17
1 out of 1 points
In regulating vascular mediators released from mast cells, the role of eosinophils is to release what?
Selected Answer: Histaminase, which limits the effects of histamine during acute inflammation
Question 18
1 out of 1 points
A patient in the clinic reports projectile vomiting without nausea or other gastrointestinal symptoms. What
action by the healthcare professional is most appropriate?
Selected Answer: Administer intravenous hydration.
Question 19
1 out of 1 points
What does vomiting-induced metabolic alkalosis cause?
Selected Answer: Retention of bicarbonate to maintain the anion balance
, Question 20
1 out of 1 points
A patient diagnosed with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) has the following laboratory values: arterial pH 7.20;
serum glucose 500 mg/dL; positive urine glucose and ketones; serum potassium (K +) 2 mEq/L; serum
sodium (Na +) 130 mEq/L. The patient reports that he has been sick with the flu for 1 week. What
relationship do these values have to his insulin deficiency?
Selected Decreased glucose use causes fatty acid use, ketogenesis, metabolic acidosis, and
Answer: osmotic diuresis.
Question 21
1 out of 1 points
A student asks the professor how a faulty negative-feedback mechanism results in a hormonal imbalance.
What response by the professor is best?
Selected Answer: .
Excessive hormone production results from a failure to turn
Question 22
1 out of 1 points
The acute inflammatory response is characterized by fever that is produced by the hypothalamus being
affected by what?
Selected Answer: Endogenous pyrogens
Question 23
1 out of 1 points
A student asks the professor to differentiate Type 2 diabetes mellitus from Type 1. The professors'
response would be that Type 2 is best described as what?
Selected Answer: Resistance to insulin by insulin-sensitive tissues
Question 24
1 out of 1 points
A student asks about the mechanism that results in type II hypersensitivity reactions. What description by
the professor is best?
Selected Cytotoxic T lymphocytes or lymphokine-producing helper T 1 cells directly attack and
Answer: destroy cellular targets.
Question 25
1 out of 1 points
A healthcare professional is educating a patient about asthma. The professional states that good control is
necessary due to which pathophysiologic process?
Selected Uncontrolled inflammation leads to increased bronchial hyperresponsiveness and
Answer: eventual scarring.
Question 26
1 out of 1 points
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