COMPLETE TEST BANK:
FOR PORTH PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: CONCEPTS OF ALTERED
HEALTH STATES SECOND EDITION
BY RUTH HANNON BSCN MHA MSFNP (AUTHOR)
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
, PORTH PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
CONCEPTS OF ALTERED HEALTH
STATES 2ND CANADIAN EDITION TEST
BANK
CHAPTER 01: CONCEPTS OF HEALTH AND DISEASE
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WOULD BE THE MOST LIKELY CAUSE OF AN IATROGENIC
DISEASE?
a. AN INHERITED DISORDER
b. A COMBINATION OF SPECIFIC ETIOLOGICAL FACTORS
c. AN UNWANTED EFFECT OF A PRESCRIBED DRUG
d. PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO TOXIC CHEMICALS IN THE ENVIRONMENT
ANS: C REF: 6
2. THE MANIFESTATIONS OF A DISEASE ARE BEST DEFINED AS THE:
a. SUBJECTIVE FEELINGS OF DISCOMFORT DURING A CHRONIC ILLNESS.
b. SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF A DISEASE.
c. FACTORS THAT PRECIPITATE AN ACUTE EPISODE OF A CHRONIC ILLNESS.
d. EARLY INDICATORS OF THE PRODROMAL STAGE OF INFECTION.
ANS: B REF: 6
3. THE BEST DEFINITION OF THE TERM PROGNOSIS IS THE:
a. PRECIPITATING FACTORS CAUSING AN ACUTE EPISODE.
b. NUMBER OF REMISSIONS TO BE EXPECTED DURING THE COURSE OF A CHRONIC
ILLNESS.
c. PREDICTED OUTCOME OR LIKELIHOOD OF RECOVERY FROM A SPECIFIC DISEASE.
, d. EXACERBATIONS OCCURRING DURING CHRONIC ILLNESS.
ANS: C REF: 7
4. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS CONSIDERED A SYSTEMIC SIGN OF DISEASE?
a. SWELLING OF THE KNEE
b. FEVER
c. PAIN IN THE NECK
d. RED RASH ON THE FACE
ANS: B REF: 6
5. ETIOLOGY IS DEFINED AS THE STUDY OF THE:
a. CAUSES OF A DISEASE.
b. COURSE OF A DISEASE.
c. EXPECTED COMPLICATIONS OF A DISEASE.
d. MANIFESTATIONS OF A DISEASE.
ANS: A REF: 5
6. A TYPE OF CELLULAR ADAPTATION IN WHICH THERE IS A DECREASE IN CELL SIZE IS
REFERRED TO AS:
a. HYPERTROPHY.
b. METAPLASIA.
c. ANAPLASIA.
d. ATROPHY.
ANS: D REF: 8
, 7. A CHANGE IN A TISSUE MARKED BY CELLS THAT VARY IN SIZE AND SHAPE
AND SHOW INCREASED MITOTIC FIGURES WOULD BE CALLED:
a. METAPLASIA.
b. ATROPHY.
c. DYSPLASIA.
d. HYPERTROPHY.
ANS: C REF: 8
8. A DEFICIT OF OXYGEN IN THE CELLS USUALLY DUE TO RESPIRATORY OR CIRCULATORY
PROBLEMS IS CALLED:
a. APOPTOSIS.
b. ISCHEMIA.
c. HYPERTROPHY.
d. NECROSIS.
ANS: B REF: 9
9. WHEN A GROUP OF CELLS IN THE BODY DIES, THE CHANGE IS CALLED:
a. ISCHEMIA.
b. GANGRENE.
c. HYPOXIA.
d. NECROSIS.
ANS: D REF: 10
10. RIGOROUS WEIGHT LIFTING/BODY BUILDING REGIMENS MAY
RESULT IN THE SKELETAL MUSCLE CELLS UNDERGOING:
FOR PORTH PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: CONCEPTS OF ALTERED
HEALTH STATES SECOND EDITION
BY RUTH HANNON BSCN MHA MSFNP (AUTHOR)
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
, PORTH PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
CONCEPTS OF ALTERED HEALTH
STATES 2ND CANADIAN EDITION TEST
BANK
CHAPTER 01: CONCEPTS OF HEALTH AND DISEASE
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WOULD BE THE MOST LIKELY CAUSE OF AN IATROGENIC
DISEASE?
a. AN INHERITED DISORDER
b. A COMBINATION OF SPECIFIC ETIOLOGICAL FACTORS
c. AN UNWANTED EFFECT OF A PRESCRIBED DRUG
d. PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO TOXIC CHEMICALS IN THE ENVIRONMENT
ANS: C REF: 6
2. THE MANIFESTATIONS OF A DISEASE ARE BEST DEFINED AS THE:
a. SUBJECTIVE FEELINGS OF DISCOMFORT DURING A CHRONIC ILLNESS.
b. SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF A DISEASE.
c. FACTORS THAT PRECIPITATE AN ACUTE EPISODE OF A CHRONIC ILLNESS.
d. EARLY INDICATORS OF THE PRODROMAL STAGE OF INFECTION.
ANS: B REF: 6
3. THE BEST DEFINITION OF THE TERM PROGNOSIS IS THE:
a. PRECIPITATING FACTORS CAUSING AN ACUTE EPISODE.
b. NUMBER OF REMISSIONS TO BE EXPECTED DURING THE COURSE OF A CHRONIC
ILLNESS.
c. PREDICTED OUTCOME OR LIKELIHOOD OF RECOVERY FROM A SPECIFIC DISEASE.
, d. EXACERBATIONS OCCURRING DURING CHRONIC ILLNESS.
ANS: C REF: 7
4. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS CONSIDERED A SYSTEMIC SIGN OF DISEASE?
a. SWELLING OF THE KNEE
b. FEVER
c. PAIN IN THE NECK
d. RED RASH ON THE FACE
ANS: B REF: 6
5. ETIOLOGY IS DEFINED AS THE STUDY OF THE:
a. CAUSES OF A DISEASE.
b. COURSE OF A DISEASE.
c. EXPECTED COMPLICATIONS OF A DISEASE.
d. MANIFESTATIONS OF A DISEASE.
ANS: A REF: 5
6. A TYPE OF CELLULAR ADAPTATION IN WHICH THERE IS A DECREASE IN CELL SIZE IS
REFERRED TO AS:
a. HYPERTROPHY.
b. METAPLASIA.
c. ANAPLASIA.
d. ATROPHY.
ANS: D REF: 8
, 7. A CHANGE IN A TISSUE MARKED BY CELLS THAT VARY IN SIZE AND SHAPE
AND SHOW INCREASED MITOTIC FIGURES WOULD BE CALLED:
a. METAPLASIA.
b. ATROPHY.
c. DYSPLASIA.
d. HYPERTROPHY.
ANS: C REF: 8
8. A DEFICIT OF OXYGEN IN THE CELLS USUALLY DUE TO RESPIRATORY OR CIRCULATORY
PROBLEMS IS CALLED:
a. APOPTOSIS.
b. ISCHEMIA.
c. HYPERTROPHY.
d. NECROSIS.
ANS: B REF: 9
9. WHEN A GROUP OF CELLS IN THE BODY DIES, THE CHANGE IS CALLED:
a. ISCHEMIA.
b. GANGRENE.
c. HYPOXIA.
d. NECROSIS.
ANS: D REF: 10
10. RIGOROUS WEIGHT LIFTING/BODY BUILDING REGIMENS MAY
RESULT IN THE SKELETAL MUSCLE CELLS UNDERGOING:
