PATHO NGR6140 EXAM 1 MIDTERM UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
Which type of cellular adaptation occurs when normal columnar ciliated epithelial cells
of the bronchial lining have been replaced by stratified squamous epithelial cells?
Answer:
Metaplasia
Question:
Giving up an electron which causes injury to the chemical bonds of the cellular
membrane
Answer:
How do free radicals cause cellular damage?
Question:
Water movement between the intracellular fluid
(ICF) compartment and the extracellular fluid (ECF) compartment is primarily a
function of which of the following?
Answer:
Osmotic forces
Question:
High sodium in the blood pulls water out of the brain and into the blood vessels,
causing brain cells to shrink
Answer:
A patient has a serum sodium level of 165 mEq/L. The healthcare professional explains
that the clinical manifestations of confusion, convulsions, cerebral hemorrhage, and
coma are cause why which mechanism?
Question:
Renal failure
Answer:
A healthcare professional is caring for 4 patients. Which patient should the professional
assess for hypermagnesemia as a priority?
Question:
Congestive Heart Failure
Answer:
Which of the following is NOT a common cause of contracted extracellular fluid volume
induced hyponatremia?
, Question:
True
Answer:
CA-MRSA strains normally cause infections in different body systems than traditional
HA-MRSA strains.
Question:
traditional approaches to antibiotic prescribing that involve treating susceptible
infections with narrow-spectrum antimicrobials expose patients to the risk of
ineffective therapy.
Answer:
Which of these statements is TRUE regarding MRSA resistance?
Question:
Lactobacillus
Answer:
Which bacteria prepares the newborn gastrointestinal tract for subsequent microbial
successions until microbial maturity is reached?
Question:
Prodomal phase
Answer:
In this symptom phase of infection, initial symptoms are mild and generalized and
usually include fatigue/malaise.
Question:
ability to spread from one individual to others and cause disease
Answer:
Communicability
Question:
Capacity of a pathogen to cause severe disease; for example, measles virus is of low
virulence; while rabies virus is highly virulent
Answer:
Virulence
Question:
ability to produce disease/infection
Answer:
Pathogenicity
Question:
ability to enter and multiply in the host
Answer:
Infectivity
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
Which type of cellular adaptation occurs when normal columnar ciliated epithelial cells
of the bronchial lining have been replaced by stratified squamous epithelial cells?
Answer:
Metaplasia
Question:
Giving up an electron which causes injury to the chemical bonds of the cellular
membrane
Answer:
How do free radicals cause cellular damage?
Question:
Water movement between the intracellular fluid
(ICF) compartment and the extracellular fluid (ECF) compartment is primarily a
function of which of the following?
Answer:
Osmotic forces
Question:
High sodium in the blood pulls water out of the brain and into the blood vessels,
causing brain cells to shrink
Answer:
A patient has a serum sodium level of 165 mEq/L. The healthcare professional explains
that the clinical manifestations of confusion, convulsions, cerebral hemorrhage, and
coma are cause why which mechanism?
Question:
Renal failure
Answer:
A healthcare professional is caring for 4 patients. Which patient should the professional
assess for hypermagnesemia as a priority?
Question:
Congestive Heart Failure
Answer:
Which of the following is NOT a common cause of contracted extracellular fluid volume
induced hyponatremia?
, Question:
True
Answer:
CA-MRSA strains normally cause infections in different body systems than traditional
HA-MRSA strains.
Question:
traditional approaches to antibiotic prescribing that involve treating susceptible
infections with narrow-spectrum antimicrobials expose patients to the risk of
ineffective therapy.
Answer:
Which of these statements is TRUE regarding MRSA resistance?
Question:
Lactobacillus
Answer:
Which bacteria prepares the newborn gastrointestinal tract for subsequent microbial
successions until microbial maturity is reached?
Question:
Prodomal phase
Answer:
In this symptom phase of infection, initial symptoms are mild and generalized and
usually include fatigue/malaise.
Question:
ability to spread from one individual to others and cause disease
Answer:
Communicability
Question:
Capacity of a pathogen to cause severe disease; for example, measles virus is of low
virulence; while rabies virus is highly virulent
Answer:
Virulence
Question:
ability to produce disease/infection
Answer:
Pathogenicity
Question:
ability to enter and multiply in the host
Answer:
Infectivity
