WGU D236 PRE-ASSESSMENT UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Which type of sodium concentration change is caused by increased concentration of extracellular
sodium and a deficit of extracellular free water?
Answer:
Hypertonic fluid alteration
Question:
2. Which type of imbalance is caused by use of loop diuretics, osmotic diuresis, gastrointestinal losses, and
unconcentrated urine?
Answer:
Hypovolemic hypernatremia
Question:
3. Which condition results from compulsive water drinking, tap water enemas, near drowning, and use of
selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors?
Answer:
Dilutional hypotonic hyponatremia
Question:
4. Which response is associated with decreases in serum calcium levels?
Answer:
Secretion of parathyroid hormone by the parathyroid gland
Question:
5. How does the body respond to increases in serum calcium levels?
Answer:
Suppression of the secretion of parathyroid hormone
Question:
6. What is the disorder associated with hyperparathyroidism, bone metastases with calcium resorption,
sarcoidosis, excess vitamin D, calcium-containing antacids, and tumors that produce parathyroid hormone?
Answer:
Hypercalcemia
Question:
7. A patient has the chickenpox and has been around many family members while infected. Which person
is most susceptible to this disease, in general?
-A 50-year-old male
-A one-year-old male
-A 29-year-old male
-A 17-year-old male
, Answer:
A one-year-old male
Question:
8. A child falls and scrapes their knee.Which type of cell releases histamine to cause expanded capillary
walls as part of the immune response?
Answer:
Mast cell
Question:
9. A patient has the following symptoms:
-short limbs relative to trunk length
-prominent forehead
-low nasal bridge
-redundant skin folds in the arms and legs
Which condition does the patient likely have?
Answer:
Achondroplasia
Question:
10. What is the condition marked by increased metabolic activity in bone with abnormal and excessive
bone remodeling?
Answer:
Paget disease
Question:
11. A 12-year-old male patient has the following clinical manifestations:
-a herald patch on the trunk
-lesions with scales forming a collarette pattern
-itching
Which condition does the patient likely have?
Answer:
Pityriasis rosea
Question:
12. What is the disorder marked by inflammation of the blood vessel wall, resulting in bleeding aneurysm
formation or occlusion with infection of ischemia of surrounding tissue?
Answer:
Cutaneous vasculitis
Question:
13. A person falls from a horse and breaks their femur. The bone has separated into two pieces, but there is
no breakage in the skin.Which type of fracture does the person have, based on the information provided?
Answer:
Complete and closed
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Which type of sodium concentration change is caused by increased concentration of extracellular
sodium and a deficit of extracellular free water?
Answer:
Hypertonic fluid alteration
Question:
2. Which type of imbalance is caused by use of loop diuretics, osmotic diuresis, gastrointestinal losses, and
unconcentrated urine?
Answer:
Hypovolemic hypernatremia
Question:
3. Which condition results from compulsive water drinking, tap water enemas, near drowning, and use of
selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors?
Answer:
Dilutional hypotonic hyponatremia
Question:
4. Which response is associated with decreases in serum calcium levels?
Answer:
Secretion of parathyroid hormone by the parathyroid gland
Question:
5. How does the body respond to increases in serum calcium levels?
Answer:
Suppression of the secretion of parathyroid hormone
Question:
6. What is the disorder associated with hyperparathyroidism, bone metastases with calcium resorption,
sarcoidosis, excess vitamin D, calcium-containing antacids, and tumors that produce parathyroid hormone?
Answer:
Hypercalcemia
Question:
7. A patient has the chickenpox and has been around many family members while infected. Which person
is most susceptible to this disease, in general?
-A 50-year-old male
-A one-year-old male
-A 29-year-old male
-A 17-year-old male
, Answer:
A one-year-old male
Question:
8. A child falls and scrapes their knee.Which type of cell releases histamine to cause expanded capillary
walls as part of the immune response?
Answer:
Mast cell
Question:
9. A patient has the following symptoms:
-short limbs relative to trunk length
-prominent forehead
-low nasal bridge
-redundant skin folds in the arms and legs
Which condition does the patient likely have?
Answer:
Achondroplasia
Question:
10. What is the condition marked by increased metabolic activity in bone with abnormal and excessive
bone remodeling?
Answer:
Paget disease
Question:
11. A 12-year-old male patient has the following clinical manifestations:
-a herald patch on the trunk
-lesions with scales forming a collarette pattern
-itching
Which condition does the patient likely have?
Answer:
Pityriasis rosea
Question:
12. What is the disorder marked by inflammation of the blood vessel wall, resulting in bleeding aneurysm
formation or occlusion with infection of ischemia of surrounding tissue?
Answer:
Cutaneous vasculitis
Question:
13. A person falls from a horse and breaks their femur. The bone has separated into two pieces, but there is
no breakage in the skin.Which type of fracture does the person have, based on the information provided?
Answer:
Complete and closed
