HOSMERIT
NR507 ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY MIDTERM
EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
(CHAMBERLAIN COLLEGE OF NURSING)
Which of the following is NOT a complication of uncontrolledhypertension?
a. CVA
b. Anemia
c. Renal injury
d. Cardiac hypertrophy. - ANSWER>> B. Anemia
What is the trigger for angina pectoris?
a. Myocardial ischemia
b. Atherosclerotic lesions
c. Hyperlipidemia
d. Myocardial necrosis - ANSWER>> A. Myocardial ischemia
Reflex control of total cardiac output and total peripheral resistance iscontrolled by what
mechanism?
a. Parasympathetic stimulation of the heart, arterioles, and veins
b. Sympathetic stimulation of the heart, arterioles, and veins
c. Autonomic control of the heart only
d. Somatic control of the heart, arterioles, and veins - ANSWER>> B.Sympathetic stimulation
of the heart, arterioles, and veins
Which disorder causes a transitory truncal rash that is nonpruritic andpink with erythematous
macules that may fade in the center, making them appear as a ringworm?
a. Fat emboli
b. Rheumatic fever
c. Bacterial endocarditis
d. Myocarditis of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome - ANSWER>> B.Rheumatic fever
Amyloidosis, hemochromatosis, or glycogen storage disease usuallycauses which form of
cardiomyopathy?
a. Infiltrative
b. Restrictive
c. Septal
d. Hypertrophic - ANSWER>> B. Restrictive
,An early diastole peak caused by filling of the atrium from peripheral veins is identified by
which intracardiac pressure?
a. A wave
b.V wave
c.C wave
d. X descent - ANSWER>> V wave
What is an expected change in the cardiovascular system that occurswith aging?
a. Arterial stiffening
b. Decreased left ventricular wall tension
c. Decreased aortic wall thickness
d. Arteriosclerosis - ANSWER>> Arterial stiffening
The risk of developing coronary artery disease is increased up tothreefold by which factor?
a. Diabetes mellitus
b. Hypertension
c. Obesity
d. High alcohol consumption - ANSWER>> B. Hypertension
What term is used to identify when a cell is temporarily deprived ofblood supply?
A.Infarction
B Ischemia
C. Necrosis
D. Inflammation - ANSWER>> B. Ischemia
Which laboratory test is an indirect measure of atherosclerotic plaque?
a. Homocysteine
b. Low-density lipoprotein (LDL)
c. Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)
d. C-reactive protein (CRP) - ANSWER>> D. C-reactive protein (CRP)
What period follows depolarization of the myocardium and representsa period during which no
new cardiac potential can be propagated?
a. Refractory
b. Hyperpolarization
c. Threshold
d. Sinoatrial (SA) - ANSWER>> Refractory
How does angiotensin II increase the workload of the heart after amyocardial infarction (MI)?
a. By increasing the peripheral vasoconstriction
, b. By causing dysrhythmias as a result of hyperkalemia
c. By reducing the contractility of the myocardium
d. By stimulating the sympathetic nervous system - ANSWER>> Byincreasing the peripheral
vasoconstriction
What term is used to identify when a cell is temporarily deprived ofblood supply?
a. Infarction
b. Ischemia
c. Necrosis
d. Inflammation - ANSWER>> Ischemia
Continuous increases in left ventricular filing pressures result in whichdisorder?
a. Mitral regurgitation
b. Mitral stenosis
c. Pulmonary edema
d. Jugular vein distention - ANSWER>> Pulmonary Edema
The resting heart rate in a healthy person is primarily under the controlof which nervous
system?
a. Sympathetic
b. Parasympathetic
c.Somatic
d. Spinal - ANSWER>> Parasympathetic
Which factor is responsible for the hypertrophy of the myocardiumassociated with
hypertension?
a. Adducin.
b. Increased norepinephrine
c. Angiotensin II - ANSWER>> Angiotensin II
In the normal electrocardiogram, what does the PR interval represent?
a.Atrial depolarization
b. Ventricular depolarization
c. Atrial activation to onset of ventricular activity
d. Electrical systole of the ventricles - ANSWER>> Atrial activation to onsetof ventricular
activity
When the volume of blood in the ventricle at the end of diastole increases, the force of the
myocardial contraction during the next systole will also increase, which is an example of which
law or theoryabout the heart?
NR507 ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY MIDTERM
EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
(CHAMBERLAIN COLLEGE OF NURSING)
Which of the following is NOT a complication of uncontrolledhypertension?
a. CVA
b. Anemia
c. Renal injury
d. Cardiac hypertrophy. - ANSWER>> B. Anemia
What is the trigger for angina pectoris?
a. Myocardial ischemia
b. Atherosclerotic lesions
c. Hyperlipidemia
d. Myocardial necrosis - ANSWER>> A. Myocardial ischemia
Reflex control of total cardiac output and total peripheral resistance iscontrolled by what
mechanism?
a. Parasympathetic stimulation of the heart, arterioles, and veins
b. Sympathetic stimulation of the heart, arterioles, and veins
c. Autonomic control of the heart only
d. Somatic control of the heart, arterioles, and veins - ANSWER>> B.Sympathetic stimulation
of the heart, arterioles, and veins
Which disorder causes a transitory truncal rash that is nonpruritic andpink with erythematous
macules that may fade in the center, making them appear as a ringworm?
a. Fat emboli
b. Rheumatic fever
c. Bacterial endocarditis
d. Myocarditis of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome - ANSWER>> B.Rheumatic fever
Amyloidosis, hemochromatosis, or glycogen storage disease usuallycauses which form of
cardiomyopathy?
a. Infiltrative
b. Restrictive
c. Septal
d. Hypertrophic - ANSWER>> B. Restrictive
,An early diastole peak caused by filling of the atrium from peripheral veins is identified by
which intracardiac pressure?
a. A wave
b.V wave
c.C wave
d. X descent - ANSWER>> V wave
What is an expected change in the cardiovascular system that occurswith aging?
a. Arterial stiffening
b. Decreased left ventricular wall tension
c. Decreased aortic wall thickness
d. Arteriosclerosis - ANSWER>> Arterial stiffening
The risk of developing coronary artery disease is increased up tothreefold by which factor?
a. Diabetes mellitus
b. Hypertension
c. Obesity
d. High alcohol consumption - ANSWER>> B. Hypertension
What term is used to identify when a cell is temporarily deprived ofblood supply?
A.Infarction
B Ischemia
C. Necrosis
D. Inflammation - ANSWER>> B. Ischemia
Which laboratory test is an indirect measure of atherosclerotic plaque?
a. Homocysteine
b. Low-density lipoprotein (LDL)
c. Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)
d. C-reactive protein (CRP) - ANSWER>> D. C-reactive protein (CRP)
What period follows depolarization of the myocardium and representsa period during which no
new cardiac potential can be propagated?
a. Refractory
b. Hyperpolarization
c. Threshold
d. Sinoatrial (SA) - ANSWER>> Refractory
How does angiotensin II increase the workload of the heart after amyocardial infarction (MI)?
a. By increasing the peripheral vasoconstriction
, b. By causing dysrhythmias as a result of hyperkalemia
c. By reducing the contractility of the myocardium
d. By stimulating the sympathetic nervous system - ANSWER>> Byincreasing the peripheral
vasoconstriction
What term is used to identify when a cell is temporarily deprived ofblood supply?
a. Infarction
b. Ischemia
c. Necrosis
d. Inflammation - ANSWER>> Ischemia
Continuous increases in left ventricular filing pressures result in whichdisorder?
a. Mitral regurgitation
b. Mitral stenosis
c. Pulmonary edema
d. Jugular vein distention - ANSWER>> Pulmonary Edema
The resting heart rate in a healthy person is primarily under the controlof which nervous
system?
a. Sympathetic
b. Parasympathetic
c.Somatic
d. Spinal - ANSWER>> Parasympathetic
Which factor is responsible for the hypertrophy of the myocardiumassociated with
hypertension?
a. Adducin.
b. Increased norepinephrine
c. Angiotensin II - ANSWER>> Angiotensin II
In the normal electrocardiogram, what does the PR interval represent?
a.Atrial depolarization
b. Ventricular depolarization
c. Atrial activation to onset of ventricular activity
d. Electrical systole of the ventricles - ANSWER>> Atrial activation to onsetof ventricular
activity
When the volume of blood in the ventricle at the end of diastole increases, the force of the
myocardial contraction during the next systole will also increase, which is an example of which
law or theoryabout the heart?
