NUR 631 Final Study Guide
1. DNA formation occurs in which of the cell's structures?
a. nucleus
b. cytoplasm
c. organelle
d. membrane
Answer
a. nucleus
2. A health professions student asks the professor to explain apoptosis.What response is most
accurate?
a. programmed cell death
b. due to chemical injury
c. unpredictable patterns of cell death
d. results in benign malignancies
Answer
a. programmed cell death
3. Where is most of the cell's genetic information, including RNA and DNA contained?
a. mitochondria
b. ribosome
c. nucleolus
d. lysosome
Answer
c. nucleolus
4. A student asks why carbon monoxide causes tissue damage. What response by the
professor is best?
a. competes with carbon dioxide so that it cannot be excreted
b. binds to hemoglobin so that it cannot carry oxygen
c. destroys the chemical bonds of hemoglobin so it cannot carry oxygen
d. removes iron from hemoglobin so it cannot carry oxygen
,Answer
b. binds to hemoglobin so that it cannot carry oxygen
5. A patient's blood gases reveal the following finding
Answer
pH 7.3, bicarbonate (HCO3) 27 mEq/L; carbon dioxide (CO2) 58 mmHg. What is the
interpretation of these gases?
a. respiratory alkalosis
b. metabolic acidosis
c. respiratory acidosis
d. metabolic alkalosis
Answer
c. respiratory acidosis
6. Water movement between the intracellular fluid (ICF) and compartment and the extracellular
fluid (ECF) compartment is primarily a function of what?
a. osmotic forces
b. plasma oncotic pressure
c. antidiuretic hormone
d. hydrostatic forces
Answer
a. osmotic forces
7. What does vomiting-induced metabolic alkalosis cause?
a. retained sodium to bind with the chloride
b. hydrogen to move into the cell and exchange with potassium
c. retention of bicarbonate to maintain the anion balance
d. hypoventilation to compensate for the metabolic alkalosis
Answer
c. retention of bicarbonate to maintain the anion balance
8. An amniocentesis indicates a neural tube defect when an increase in which protein is present?
a. cytochrome P-450
, b. alpha fetoprotein
c. DNA polymerase
d. embryonic proteins
Answer
b. alpha fetoprotein
9. A healthcare professional is assessing a child who has complete trisomy of the twenty-first
chromosome. What findings does the professional relate to this condition?
a. widely spaced nipples, reduced carrying angle at the elbow, and sparse body hair
b. an IQ of 25 to 70, low nasal bridge, protruding tongue, and flat, low-set ears
c. high-pitched voice, tall stature, gynecomastia, and an IQ of 60 to 90
d. circumoral cyanosis, edema of the feet, short stature, mental slowness
Answer
b. an IQ of 25 to 70, low nasal bridge, protruding tongue, and flat, low-set ears
10. A parent wants to know how to prevent type 1 diabetes in the newborn. The
healthcareprofessional explains that prevention is not possible, because of which of
these major characteristics of type 1 diabetes mellitus?
a. partial insulin secretion
b. an autoimmune cause factor
c. insulin resistance
d. obesity is a common risk factor
Answer
b. an autoimmune cause factor
11. What genes are responsible for the maintenance of all cells referred to as?
a. universal
b. managerial
c. housekeeping
d. executive
Answer
c. housekeeping
12. Some older adults have impaired inflammation and wound healing be- cause of which
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