PATHO 3505 CORRECT FINAL EXAMS QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔c. chronic gastrointestinal bleeding - ✔✔Iron-deficiency anemia among adult
populations in the United States is most commonly caused by:
a. chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases
b. inadequate dietary iron
c. chronic gastrointestinal bleeding
d. renal disease.
✔✔c. Severe diarrhea - ✔✔Which of the following problems is not a known cause of
iron deficiency?
a. Blood loss
b. Inadequate dietary iron
c. Severe diarrhea
d. Disorders of iron metabolism
✔✔a.microcytic and hypochromic - ✔✔Iron deficiency anemia usually exhibits a red
blood cell morphology that is:
a. microcytic and hypochromic
b. macrocytic and normochromic
c. normocytic and normochromic
d. macrocytic and hypochromic
✔✔b. Alcoholics - ✔✔Which of the following population groups are at the highest risk for
developing a folate deficiency anemia?
a. Children born with a congenital intrinsic factor deficiency
b. Alcoholics
c. Menstruating women
, d. Vegetarians
✔✔d. paresthesias, muscle weakness, and ataxia. - ✔✔Clinical manifestations unique
to vitamin B12 anemia (i.e., usually absent in other types of anemia) include:
a. fatigue, dyspnea on exertion, and pale skin
b. palpitations, chest pain, and signs of heart failure
c. dizziness, headaches, and nausea
d. paresthesias, muscle weakness, and ataxia.
✔✔b. Intrinsic factor production by the gastric epithelium is reduced - ✔✔Why is gastric
bypass surgery for morbid obesity a risk factor for the development of pernicious
(vitamin B12 deficiency) anemia?
a. Vitamin B12 is absorbed in the stomach
b. Intrinsic factor production by the gastric epithelium is reduced
c. Postoperative antibodies to vitamin B12 are produced
d. Vitamin B12 stores are in the adipose tissue.
✔✔b. macrocytic and normochromic - ✔✔Vitamin B12 or folate deficiency anemia
usually exhibits a red blood cell morphology that is:
a. microcytic and hypochromic
b. macrocytic and normochromic
c. normocytic and normochromic
d. macrocytic and hypochromic.
✔✔d. vitamin B12 deficiency. - ✔✔Pernicious anemia is caused by:
a. iron deficiency
b. bone marrow failure
c. folate deficiency
d. vitamin B12 deficiency.
✔✔c. dehydration - ✔✔General causes of the decreased number of erythrocytes in
anemia include all of the following except:
a. hemorrhage
b. hemolysis
c. dehydration
d. decreased erythropoiesis.
✔✔b. Tissue hypoxia - ✔✔In anemia, what factor stimulates the production of
erythropoietin?
a. Low blood viscosity
AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔c. chronic gastrointestinal bleeding - ✔✔Iron-deficiency anemia among adult
populations in the United States is most commonly caused by:
a. chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases
b. inadequate dietary iron
c. chronic gastrointestinal bleeding
d. renal disease.
✔✔c. Severe diarrhea - ✔✔Which of the following problems is not a known cause of
iron deficiency?
a. Blood loss
b. Inadequate dietary iron
c. Severe diarrhea
d. Disorders of iron metabolism
✔✔a.microcytic and hypochromic - ✔✔Iron deficiency anemia usually exhibits a red
blood cell morphology that is:
a. microcytic and hypochromic
b. macrocytic and normochromic
c. normocytic and normochromic
d. macrocytic and hypochromic
✔✔b. Alcoholics - ✔✔Which of the following population groups are at the highest risk for
developing a folate deficiency anemia?
a. Children born with a congenital intrinsic factor deficiency
b. Alcoholics
c. Menstruating women
, d. Vegetarians
✔✔d. paresthesias, muscle weakness, and ataxia. - ✔✔Clinical manifestations unique
to vitamin B12 anemia (i.e., usually absent in other types of anemia) include:
a. fatigue, dyspnea on exertion, and pale skin
b. palpitations, chest pain, and signs of heart failure
c. dizziness, headaches, and nausea
d. paresthesias, muscle weakness, and ataxia.
✔✔b. Intrinsic factor production by the gastric epithelium is reduced - ✔✔Why is gastric
bypass surgery for morbid obesity a risk factor for the development of pernicious
(vitamin B12 deficiency) anemia?
a. Vitamin B12 is absorbed in the stomach
b. Intrinsic factor production by the gastric epithelium is reduced
c. Postoperative antibodies to vitamin B12 are produced
d. Vitamin B12 stores are in the adipose tissue.
✔✔b. macrocytic and normochromic - ✔✔Vitamin B12 or folate deficiency anemia
usually exhibits a red blood cell morphology that is:
a. microcytic and hypochromic
b. macrocytic and normochromic
c. normocytic and normochromic
d. macrocytic and hypochromic.
✔✔d. vitamin B12 deficiency. - ✔✔Pernicious anemia is caused by:
a. iron deficiency
b. bone marrow failure
c. folate deficiency
d. vitamin B12 deficiency.
✔✔c. dehydration - ✔✔General causes of the decreased number of erythrocytes in
anemia include all of the following except:
a. hemorrhage
b. hemolysis
c. dehydration
d. decreased erythropoiesis.
✔✔b. Tissue hypoxia - ✔✔In anemia, what factor stimulates the production of
erythropoietin?
a. Low blood viscosity
