NURSING PATHOPHYSIOLOGY SCRIPTED EXAMS
ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔d. Bandemia - ✔✔What is seen in early infections ('shift to the left')?
a. Increased B cells
b. Lymphocytosis
c. Thrombocytopenia
d. Bandemia
✔✔b. More preload, increased contraction - ✔✔What does Frank-Starling law predict
about heart function?
a. More afterload, less perfusion
b. More preload, increased contraction
c. Less afterload, more ischemia
d. More contraction, less output
✔✔a. Filter blood - ✔✔What is the function of the glomerulus?
a. Filter blood
b. Activate vitamin D
c. Actively reabsorb glucose
d. Regulate sodium excretion
✔✔b. Low serotonin - ✔✔What neurotransmitter changes in brain are associated with
mood depression?
a. High dopamine
b. Low serotonin
c. Increase acetylcholine (ACh)
d. Low norepinephrine
✔✔a. It is transmitted via breast milk
d. It can be transmitted by sharing needles - ✔✔Which is true about HIV transmission?
(select all that apply)
a. It is transmitted via breast milk
b. It has been transmitted via aerosol route
c. It cannot be transmitted during pregnancy until delivery
, d. It can be transmitted by sharing needles
e. Saliva is a common route for transmission
f. It can live for 48 hrs on surfaces outside the body
✔✔a. Flulike symptoms and rash - ✔✔Which of the following is associated with initial
HIV infection?
a. Flulike symptoms and rash
b. Decreased CD4 T cells
c. Seroconversion within 3-6 days
d. CD4 T cell count < 200 per mcg/L
✔✔b. The new rapid finger stick tests give results in 20 min - ✔✔Which of the following
statement is true regarding HIV testing?
a. The first test is the electrophoresis
b. The new rapid finger stick tests give results in 20 min
c. All patient's w/a positive test must have the ELISA performed
d. The Western blot is the initial test
✔✔b. Vitamin B12
c. Folate
e. Niacin
f. Ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) - ✔✔Which of the following are required for erythropoieses?
(select all that apply)
a. Vitamin K
b. Vitamin B12
c. Folate
d. Vitamin E
e. Niacin
f. Ascorbic acid (Vitamin C)
✔✔a. Chronic disease - ✔✔What causes a shift of the oxyhemoglobin curve to the
right?
a. Chronic disease.
b. Increased pH
c. Decreased H+ ions
d. Decreased temperature
✔✔b. Polycythemia - ✔✔What is the term used for an excess of RBCs?
a. Anemia
b. Polycythemia
c. Pancytopenia
d. Granulocytosis
✔✔b. It causes overproduction of hematopoietic tissue - ✔✔What is false regarding
aplastic anemia?
ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔d. Bandemia - ✔✔What is seen in early infections ('shift to the left')?
a. Increased B cells
b. Lymphocytosis
c. Thrombocytopenia
d. Bandemia
✔✔b. More preload, increased contraction - ✔✔What does Frank-Starling law predict
about heart function?
a. More afterload, less perfusion
b. More preload, increased contraction
c. Less afterload, more ischemia
d. More contraction, less output
✔✔a. Filter blood - ✔✔What is the function of the glomerulus?
a. Filter blood
b. Activate vitamin D
c. Actively reabsorb glucose
d. Regulate sodium excretion
✔✔b. Low serotonin - ✔✔What neurotransmitter changes in brain are associated with
mood depression?
a. High dopamine
b. Low serotonin
c. Increase acetylcholine (ACh)
d. Low norepinephrine
✔✔a. It is transmitted via breast milk
d. It can be transmitted by sharing needles - ✔✔Which is true about HIV transmission?
(select all that apply)
a. It is transmitted via breast milk
b. It has been transmitted via aerosol route
c. It cannot be transmitted during pregnancy until delivery
, d. It can be transmitted by sharing needles
e. Saliva is a common route for transmission
f. It can live for 48 hrs on surfaces outside the body
✔✔a. Flulike symptoms and rash - ✔✔Which of the following is associated with initial
HIV infection?
a. Flulike symptoms and rash
b. Decreased CD4 T cells
c. Seroconversion within 3-6 days
d. CD4 T cell count < 200 per mcg/L
✔✔b. The new rapid finger stick tests give results in 20 min - ✔✔Which of the following
statement is true regarding HIV testing?
a. The first test is the electrophoresis
b. The new rapid finger stick tests give results in 20 min
c. All patient's w/a positive test must have the ELISA performed
d. The Western blot is the initial test
✔✔b. Vitamin B12
c. Folate
e. Niacin
f. Ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) - ✔✔Which of the following are required for erythropoieses?
(select all that apply)
a. Vitamin K
b. Vitamin B12
c. Folate
d. Vitamin E
e. Niacin
f. Ascorbic acid (Vitamin C)
✔✔a. Chronic disease - ✔✔What causes a shift of the oxyhemoglobin curve to the
right?
a. Chronic disease.
b. Increased pH
c. Decreased H+ ions
d. Decreased temperature
✔✔b. Polycythemia - ✔✔What is the term used for an excess of RBCs?
a. Anemia
b. Polycythemia
c. Pancytopenia
d. Granulocytosis
✔✔b. It causes overproduction of hematopoietic tissue - ✔✔What is false regarding
aplastic anemia?
