NURS 6501 ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS 2026

NURS 6501 ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY MIDTERM EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS 2026



NURS 6501 ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY MIDTERM EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS 2026



• Quiz# 1
1 out of 1 points
An aide asks the nurse why people who have neurofibromatosis
will show varying degrees of the disease. Which genetic principle
should the nurse explain to the aide?
Selected Answer: b.
Expressivity
Correct Answer: b.
Expressivity
• Quiz# 2
1 out of 1 point
Why is potassium able to diffuse easily in and out of cells?
Selected c.
Answer: Because the resting plasma membrane is more
permeable to potassium
Correct c.
Answer: Because the resting plasma membrane is more
permeable to potassium
• Quiz# 3
1 out of 1 point
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A 15-year-old female is diagnosed with Prader-Willi syndrome.
This condition is an example of:
Selected Answer: a.
Gene imprinting
Correct Answer: a.
Gene imprinting
• Quiz# 4
1 out of 1 point
s
A nurse is reading a chart and sees the term oncotic pressure. The nurse
recalls that oncotic pressure (colloid osmotic pressure) is determined by:
Selected Answer: b.
Plasma proteins
Correct Answer: b.
Plasma proteins
• Quiz# 5
1 out of 1 point
s
During childhood, the thymus decreases in size, and this is referred to as
atrophy.
Selected Answer: a.
Physiologic
Correct Answer: a.
Physiologic

,NURS 6501 ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY MIDTERM EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS 2026

• Quiz# 6
1 out of 1 point
What is the role of cytokines in cell reproduction?
Selected a.
Answer: Provide growth factor for tissue growth and
development
Correct a.
Answer: Provide growth factor for tissue growth and
development
• Quiz# 7
1 out of 1 point
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When a patient asks what causes cystic fibrosis, how should the
nurse respond? Cystic fibrosis is caused by an gene.
Selected Answer: d.
Autosomal recessive
Correct Answer: d.
Autosomal recessive
• Quiz# 8
1 out of 1 point
s
A patient has a heart attack that leads to progressive cell injury that causes
cell death with severe cell swelling and breakdown of organelles. What
term would the nurse use to define this process?
Selected Answer: d.
Necrosis
Correct Answer: d.

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Necrosis
• Quiz# 9
1 out of 1 point
s A eukaryotic cell is undergoing DNA replication. In which
region of the cell would most of the genetic information be contained?
Selected Answer: c.
Nucleolus
Correct Answer: c.
Nucleolus
• Quiz# 10
1 out of 1 point
s
A nurse is discussing the movement of fluid across the arterial end of
capillary membranes into the interstitial fluid surrounding the capillary.
Which process of fluid movement is the nurse describing?
Selected Answer: a.
Hydrostatic pressure
Correct Answer: a.
Hydrostatic pressure
• Quiz# 11
1 out of 1 point
s
How are potassium and sodium transported across plasma
membranes?
Selected Answer: c.
By adenosine triphosphate enzyme (ATPase)
Correct Answer: c.
By adenosine triphosphate enzyme (ATPase)