PNP301 FINAL UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

PNP301 FINAL UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS

Question:
1. What is the most common cause of endocrine disorders?
a. Malignant neoplasm
b. Infection
c. Congenital defect
d. Benign tumor
Answer:
D.

Question:
2. Which of the following hormonal imbalances causes Addison's disease?
a. Increased glucocorticoids
b. Decreased glucocorticoids
c. Deficit of antidiuretic hormone (ADH)
d. Deficit of T3 and T4
Answer:
B.

Question:
3. Which of the following hormonal imbalances causes myxedema?
a. Increased glucocorticoids
b. Decreased glucocorticoids
c. Deficit of ADH
d. Deficit of T3 and T4
Answer:
D.

Question:
4. Which of the following applies to acromegaly?
a. It occurs in infants and children.
b. It causes excessive longitudinal bone growth.
c. It results from excessive secretion of growth hormone (GH).
d. It does not change soft tissue growth.
Answer:
C.

,Question:
5. Which of the following may cause goiter?
1. Hyperthyroidism
2. Hypothyroidism
3. Lack of iodine in the diet
4. Pheochromocytoma
a. 1, 4
b. 2, 3
c. 1, 2, 3
d. 1, 2, 3, 4
Answer:
C.
- both hyper + hypothyroidism
- lack of iodine

Question:
6. Which signs are typical of Graves' disease?
a. Facial puffiness, bradycardia, and lethargy
b. Exophthalmos and tachycardia
c. delayed physical and intellectual development
d. Goiter and decreased basal metabolic rate (BMR)
Answer:
B.

Question:
7. Characteristics of Cushing's syndrome include all of the following EXCEPT:
a. Heavy body and round face
b. Atrophied skeletal muscle in the limbs
c. Staring eyes with infrequent blinking
d. Atrophy of the lymph nodes
Answer:
C.

Question:
8. Which of the following is an effect of long-term glucocorticoid therapy?
a. Decreased secretion from the adrenal cortex gland
b. An increased inflammatory response to irritants
c. Hypotension and poor circulation
d. Increased number of hypersensitivity reactions
Answer:
A.

Question:
9. Which of the following is an effect of Addison's disease?
a. Elevated blood glucose levels
b. High blood pressure
c. Low serum potassium levels
d. Poor stress response

, Answer:
D.

Question:
10. What is/are the effect(s) of thyrotoxic crisis?
a. Hyperthermia and heart failure
b. Hypotension and hypoglycemia
c. Toxic goiter and hypometabolism
d. Decreased stress response
Answer:
A.

Question:
11. Which of the following conditions may cause immunosuppression?
a. Graves' disease
b. Acromegaly
c. Cushing's disease
d. Diabetes insipidus
Answer:
C.

Question:
12. Goiters occur more frequently in persons living in the:
a. Great Lakes or mountainous regions.
b. southwest United States.
c. temperate regions.
d. areas bordering the oceans.
Answer:
A.

Question:
13. Which of the following is caused by Graves' disease?
a. Hypermetabolism
b. Decreased size of thyroid gland
c. Bradycardia and hypothermia
d. Decreased blood levels of T3, T4, and TSH
Answer:
A.

Question:
14. Goiters may be caused by:
a. hypothyroid conditions only.
b. either hypothyroid or hyperthyroid conditions.
c. hyperthyroid conditions only.
d. fungal infections such as candidiasis.
Answer:
B.