PATH 370- CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING CH. 16, 18, 19, 20
QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY LATEST UPDATE 2026
A patient is diagnosed with cardiogenic shock. The patient is hyperventilating and is
therefore at risk for the respiratory complication of respiratory acidosis.
a. False
b. True - Answers a. False
A type of shock that includes brain trauma that results in depression of the vasomotor
center is cardiogenic.
a. True
b. False - Answers b. False
Sepsis has been recently redefined as
a. a systemic inflammatory response to ischemia.
b. a systemic inflammatory response to infection.
c. a systemic infection with viable organisms in the bloodstream.
d. severe hypotension in an infected patient. - Answers b. a systemic inflammatory
response to infection.
The prevalence of high blood pressure is higher in
a. non-Hispanic black adults.
b. non-Hispanic white adults.
c. Mexican-American adults.
d. Asian children. - Answers a. non-Hispanic black adults.
Which blood pressure reading is considered to be indicative of prehypertension
according to the JNC-7 criteria?
a. 140/88
b. 138/94
c. 118/78
d. 128/82 - Answers d. 128/82
Atherosclerotic plaques with large lipid cores are prone to
a. binding.
b. rupture.
c. dislodgement.
d. attachment. - Answers b. rupture.
An abnormally wide (more than 0.10 second) QRS complex is characteristic of
a. supraventricular tachycardia.
b. premature ventricular complexes.
c. paroxysmal atrial tachycardia.
d. junctional escape rhythm. - Answers b. premature ventricular complexes.
Cor pulmonale refers to
a. right ventricular failure secondary to right ventricular infarction.
b. left ventricular hypertrophy secondary to lung disease.
c. right ventricular hypertrophy secondary to pulmonary hypertension.
, d. biventricular failure. - Answers c. right ventricular hypertrophy secondary to
pulmonary hypertension.
Aortic regurgitation is associated with
a. diastolic murmur.
b. elevated left ventricular/aortic systolic pressure gradient.
c. shortened ventricular ejection phase.
d. elevated systemic diastolic blood pressure. - Answers a. diastolic murmur.
Increased preload of the cardiac chambers may lead to which patient symptom?
a. Decreased heart rate
b. Edema
c. Decreased respiratory rate
d. Excitability - Answers b. Edema
Which finding is indicative of orthostatic hypotension in a person with a supine blood
pressure (BP) of 110/70 and a heart rate (HR) of 100?
a. Sitting BP 88/60, HR 118
b. Sitting BP 108/68, HR 102
c. Sitting BP 110/78, HR 98
d. Sitting BP 120/80, HR 100 - Answers a. Sitting BP 88/60, HR 118
An example of an acyanotic heart defect is
a. all right-to-left shunt defects.
b. tetralogy of Fallo.
c. transposition of the great arteries.
d. ventricular septal defect. - Answers d. ventricular septal defect.
Hypertension is closely linked to
a. urinary tract infection.
b. spinal stenosis.
c. obstructive sleep apnea.
d. de Quervain syndrome. - Answers c. obstructive sleep apnea.
The most commonly recognized outcome of hypertension is pulmonary disease.
a. False
b. True - Answers a. False
Disseminated intravascular coagulation is a serious complication of septic shock
characterized by abnormal clot formation in the microvasculature throughout the
body.
a. True
b. False - Answers a. True
Hypotension, distended neck veins, and muffled heart sounds are classic
manifestations of
a. cardiac tamponade.
b. cardiomyopathy.
c. myocardial infarction.
d. congestive heart failure (CHF). - Answers a. cardiac tamponade.
QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY LATEST UPDATE 2026
A patient is diagnosed with cardiogenic shock. The patient is hyperventilating and is
therefore at risk for the respiratory complication of respiratory acidosis.
a. False
b. True - Answers a. False
A type of shock that includes brain trauma that results in depression of the vasomotor
center is cardiogenic.
a. True
b. False - Answers b. False
Sepsis has been recently redefined as
a. a systemic inflammatory response to ischemia.
b. a systemic inflammatory response to infection.
c. a systemic infection with viable organisms in the bloodstream.
d. severe hypotension in an infected patient. - Answers b. a systemic inflammatory
response to infection.
The prevalence of high blood pressure is higher in
a. non-Hispanic black adults.
b. non-Hispanic white adults.
c. Mexican-American adults.
d. Asian children. - Answers a. non-Hispanic black adults.
Which blood pressure reading is considered to be indicative of prehypertension
according to the JNC-7 criteria?
a. 140/88
b. 138/94
c. 118/78
d. 128/82 - Answers d. 128/82
Atherosclerotic plaques with large lipid cores are prone to
a. binding.
b. rupture.
c. dislodgement.
d. attachment. - Answers b. rupture.
An abnormally wide (more than 0.10 second) QRS complex is characteristic of
a. supraventricular tachycardia.
b. premature ventricular complexes.
c. paroxysmal atrial tachycardia.
d. junctional escape rhythm. - Answers b. premature ventricular complexes.
Cor pulmonale refers to
a. right ventricular failure secondary to right ventricular infarction.
b. left ventricular hypertrophy secondary to lung disease.
c. right ventricular hypertrophy secondary to pulmonary hypertension.
, d. biventricular failure. - Answers c. right ventricular hypertrophy secondary to
pulmonary hypertension.
Aortic regurgitation is associated with
a. diastolic murmur.
b. elevated left ventricular/aortic systolic pressure gradient.
c. shortened ventricular ejection phase.
d. elevated systemic diastolic blood pressure. - Answers a. diastolic murmur.
Increased preload of the cardiac chambers may lead to which patient symptom?
a. Decreased heart rate
b. Edema
c. Decreased respiratory rate
d. Excitability - Answers b. Edema
Which finding is indicative of orthostatic hypotension in a person with a supine blood
pressure (BP) of 110/70 and a heart rate (HR) of 100?
a. Sitting BP 88/60, HR 118
b. Sitting BP 108/68, HR 102
c. Sitting BP 110/78, HR 98
d. Sitting BP 120/80, HR 100 - Answers a. Sitting BP 88/60, HR 118
An example of an acyanotic heart defect is
a. all right-to-left shunt defects.
b. tetralogy of Fallo.
c. transposition of the great arteries.
d. ventricular septal defect. - Answers d. ventricular septal defect.
Hypertension is closely linked to
a. urinary tract infection.
b. spinal stenosis.
c. obstructive sleep apnea.
d. de Quervain syndrome. - Answers c. obstructive sleep apnea.
The most commonly recognized outcome of hypertension is pulmonary disease.
a. False
b. True - Answers a. False
Disseminated intravascular coagulation is a serious complication of septic shock
characterized by abnormal clot formation in the microvasculature throughout the
body.
a. True
b. False - Answers a. True
Hypotension, distended neck veins, and muffled heart sounds are classic
manifestations of
a. cardiac tamponade.
b. cardiomyopathy.
c. myocardial infarction.
d. congestive heart failure (CHF). - Answers a. cardiac tamponade.
