HCA 201B FINAL EXAM ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔What are white blood cells used for? - ✔✔Dealing with infections they are apart of
the healing process
✔✔What blood cells are used for clotting? - ✔✔Platelets
✔✔If someone is incontinent of urine, what do we need to take care of? - ✔✔Skin care
✔✔True or False
Insulin controls the amount of sugar in the blood - ✔✔True
✔✔What is orthopnea? - ✔✔Comfortable breathing while sitting up
✔✔What is a blood clot lodged in the blood vessel? - ✔✔Thrombus
✔✔What is an aneurysm? - ✔✔A weak spot in the blood vessel wall that bulges out of
place
✔✔What kind of care does a person with diabetes need? - ✔✔Foot care
✔✔What discharge is exulted through the mouth from the respiratory tract? -
✔✔Sputum
✔✔How is Hepatitis B and C spread? - ✔✔Blood and bodily fluids
✔✔Why do narcotics affect oxygen needs? - ✔✔narcotics depress on the respiratory in
the brain
✔✔Which glands secrete the growth hormone? - ✔✔Pituitary gland
✔✔True or False
Kidneys are apart of the digestive system. - ✔✔False
✔✔What is the largest artery? - ✔✔Aorta
✔✔What may a doctor order for a client who has heart failure? - ✔✔Ted stockings
✔✔What is the opening at the end of the urethra known as? - ✔✔Meatus
✔✔When may a person experience Gestational Diabetes? - ✔✔during pregnancy
, ✔✔True/False
During pregnancy the fertilized oleum grows in the fallopian tube. - ✔✔False
✔✔Where do we keep a drainage bag with someone using a catheter? - ✔✔On the
bedframe
below the level of the bladder
✔✔Loss of urine with exercise is what kind of incontinence? - ✔✔Stress incontinence
✔✔True/False
The thymus gland is in the lung gland. - ✔✔False
✔✔True/False
Cirrhosis is in the liver and clears up within 6 months - ✔✔False
✔✔True/False
Lymph fluid is drained from the tissue - ✔✔True
✔✔What is hyperglycemia? - ✔✔Too much sugar in the blood
✔✔Why is a client with emphysema experiencing shortness of breath? - ✔✔difficulty
expelling old air which can lead to barrel chest
✔✔Which secretion starts the digestion process? - ✔✔Saliva
✔✔What gives blood cells its colour? - ✔✔Hemoglobin
✔✔True/False
You can use test strips to test for viruses - ✔✔False
✔✔What produces antibodies? - ✔✔Lymphocytes
✔✔A client had incontinence due to not being able to get to the bathroom, which
incontinence did they experience? - ✔✔Functional incontinence
✔✔What hormones do the ovaries secrete? - ✔✔progesterone and estrogen
✔✔What is true about a rectal tube? - ✔✔it may be reinserted every 2-3 hours to
release gas
✔✔What is respiratory arrest? - ✔✔When breathing has stopped
✔✔What is a sign of fecal impaction? - ✔✔liquid stool that seeps from the anus
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔What are white blood cells used for? - ✔✔Dealing with infections they are apart of
the healing process
✔✔What blood cells are used for clotting? - ✔✔Platelets
✔✔If someone is incontinent of urine, what do we need to take care of? - ✔✔Skin care
✔✔True or False
Insulin controls the amount of sugar in the blood - ✔✔True
✔✔What is orthopnea? - ✔✔Comfortable breathing while sitting up
✔✔What is a blood clot lodged in the blood vessel? - ✔✔Thrombus
✔✔What is an aneurysm? - ✔✔A weak spot in the blood vessel wall that bulges out of
place
✔✔What kind of care does a person with diabetes need? - ✔✔Foot care
✔✔What discharge is exulted through the mouth from the respiratory tract? -
✔✔Sputum
✔✔How is Hepatitis B and C spread? - ✔✔Blood and bodily fluids
✔✔Why do narcotics affect oxygen needs? - ✔✔narcotics depress on the respiratory in
the brain
✔✔Which glands secrete the growth hormone? - ✔✔Pituitary gland
✔✔True or False
Kidneys are apart of the digestive system. - ✔✔False
✔✔What is the largest artery? - ✔✔Aorta
✔✔What may a doctor order for a client who has heart failure? - ✔✔Ted stockings
✔✔What is the opening at the end of the urethra known as? - ✔✔Meatus
✔✔When may a person experience Gestational Diabetes? - ✔✔during pregnancy
, ✔✔True/False
During pregnancy the fertilized oleum grows in the fallopian tube. - ✔✔False
✔✔Where do we keep a drainage bag with someone using a catheter? - ✔✔On the
bedframe
below the level of the bladder
✔✔Loss of urine with exercise is what kind of incontinence? - ✔✔Stress incontinence
✔✔True/False
The thymus gland is in the lung gland. - ✔✔False
✔✔True/False
Cirrhosis is in the liver and clears up within 6 months - ✔✔False
✔✔True/False
Lymph fluid is drained from the tissue - ✔✔True
✔✔What is hyperglycemia? - ✔✔Too much sugar in the blood
✔✔Why is a client with emphysema experiencing shortness of breath? - ✔✔difficulty
expelling old air which can lead to barrel chest
✔✔Which secretion starts the digestion process? - ✔✔Saliva
✔✔What gives blood cells its colour? - ✔✔Hemoglobin
✔✔True/False
You can use test strips to test for viruses - ✔✔False
✔✔What produces antibodies? - ✔✔Lymphocytes
✔✔A client had incontinence due to not being able to get to the bathroom, which
incontinence did they experience? - ✔✔Functional incontinence
✔✔What hormones do the ovaries secrete? - ✔✔progesterone and estrogen
✔✔What is true about a rectal tube? - ✔✔it may be reinserted every 2-3 hours to
release gas
✔✔What is respiratory arrest? - ✔✔When breathing has stopped
✔✔What is a sign of fecal impaction? - ✔✔liquid stool that seeps from the anus
