NGR 5149 MIDTERM EXAM FALL 2024/2025
NURS 509 MIDTERM EXAM FALL 2024/2025
ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
What is the skin-related health risk induced by some types of chemotherapy?
A) infection
B) ultraviolet damage
C) pain
D) erythema
Ans: A- infection
Oncogenes are genes that:
a. Encode proteins that negatively regulate the synthesis of proteins to slow or halt
replacement of tissue
b. Direct synthesis of proteins to regulate growth and provide necessary
replacement of tissue c. Have undergone mutation to direct malignant tissue
toward blood vessels and lymph nodes for metastasis
d. Have undergone mutation that direct the synthesis of protein to accelerate the
rate of tissue proliferation
,NGR 5149 MIDTERM EXAM FALL 2024/2025
Have undergone mutation that direct the synthesis of protein to accelerate the rate
of tissue proliferation
Reflex activities concerned with heart rate, blood pressure, respirations, sneezing,
swallowing, and coughing are controlled by which area of the brain?
A) pons
B) midbrain
C) cerebellum
D) medulla oblongata
Ans: D- medulla oblongata
The edema of the upper cervical cord after a spinal cord injury is considered life
threatening because of which possible outcome?
A) hypovolemic shock from blood loss during the injury
B) breathing difficulties from an impairment to the diaphragm
C) head injury that likely occurred during the injury
D) spinal shock immediately after the injury
Ans: B- breathing difficulties from an impairment to the diaphragm
,NGR 5149 MIDTERM EXAM FALL 2024/2025
A 3-day old infant is noted to have a mildly elevated unconjugated bilirubin level
and icterus. Your concern is that this child may have:
a. physiologic jaundice
b. kernicterus
c. glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency
d. pathologic jaundice
physiologic jaundice
Which cell component is capable of cellular autodigestion when it is released
during cell injury?
a. lysosomes
b. ribosomesc. smooth endoplasmi
c reticulum
d. golgi complex
Lysosomes
Which component of the cell produces hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) by using
oxygen to remove hydrogen atoms from specific substrates in an oxidative
reaction?
A) lysosomes
B) peroxisomes
C) ribosomes
D) oxyhydrosomes
, NGR 5149 MIDTERM EXAM FALL 2024/2025
Ans: B- peroxisomes
The difference between eukaryotes and prokaryotes is that eukaryotes:
a. all of these answers are correct
b. are smaller in size
c. contain organelles
d. have no nuclear membrane
Contain organelles and complex internal membranes
What is a consequence of plasma membrane damage to the mitochondria?
A) enzymatic digestion halts deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) synthese
B) influx of calcium ions halts adenosine triphosphate (ATP) production
C) edema from an influx in sodium causes a reduction in ATP production
D) potassium shifts out of the mitochondria, which destroys the infrastructure
Ans: B- influx of calcium ions halts adenosine triphosphate (ATP) production
Which of the following is function of Golgi?
a. Packages protein for secretion to the outside of the cell
b. Produces ATP for cell function
c. Contains hydrolytic enzymes
NURS 509 MIDTERM EXAM FALL 2024/2025
ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
What is the skin-related health risk induced by some types of chemotherapy?
A) infection
B) ultraviolet damage
C) pain
D) erythema
Ans: A- infection
Oncogenes are genes that:
a. Encode proteins that negatively regulate the synthesis of proteins to slow or halt
replacement of tissue
b. Direct synthesis of proteins to regulate growth and provide necessary
replacement of tissue c. Have undergone mutation to direct malignant tissue
toward blood vessels and lymph nodes for metastasis
d. Have undergone mutation that direct the synthesis of protein to accelerate the
rate of tissue proliferation
,NGR 5149 MIDTERM EXAM FALL 2024/2025
Have undergone mutation that direct the synthesis of protein to accelerate the rate
of tissue proliferation
Reflex activities concerned with heart rate, blood pressure, respirations, sneezing,
swallowing, and coughing are controlled by which area of the brain?
A) pons
B) midbrain
C) cerebellum
D) medulla oblongata
Ans: D- medulla oblongata
The edema of the upper cervical cord after a spinal cord injury is considered life
threatening because of which possible outcome?
A) hypovolemic shock from blood loss during the injury
B) breathing difficulties from an impairment to the diaphragm
C) head injury that likely occurred during the injury
D) spinal shock immediately after the injury
Ans: B- breathing difficulties from an impairment to the diaphragm
,NGR 5149 MIDTERM EXAM FALL 2024/2025
A 3-day old infant is noted to have a mildly elevated unconjugated bilirubin level
and icterus. Your concern is that this child may have:
a. physiologic jaundice
b. kernicterus
c. glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency
d. pathologic jaundice
physiologic jaundice
Which cell component is capable of cellular autodigestion when it is released
during cell injury?
a. lysosomes
b. ribosomesc. smooth endoplasmi
c reticulum
d. golgi complex
Lysosomes
Which component of the cell produces hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) by using
oxygen to remove hydrogen atoms from specific substrates in an oxidative
reaction?
A) lysosomes
B) peroxisomes
C) ribosomes
D) oxyhydrosomes
, NGR 5149 MIDTERM EXAM FALL 2024/2025
Ans: B- peroxisomes
The difference between eukaryotes and prokaryotes is that eukaryotes:
a. all of these answers are correct
b. are smaller in size
c. contain organelles
d. have no nuclear membrane
Contain organelles and complex internal membranes
What is a consequence of plasma membrane damage to the mitochondria?
A) enzymatic digestion halts deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) synthese
B) influx of calcium ions halts adenosine triphosphate (ATP) production
C) edema from an influx in sodium causes a reduction in ATP production
D) potassium shifts out of the mitochondria, which destroys the infrastructure
Ans: B- influx of calcium ions halts adenosine triphosphate (ATP) production
Which of the following is function of Golgi?
a. Packages protein for secretion to the outside of the cell
b. Produces ATP for cell function
c. Contains hydrolytic enzymes
