WGU PATHOPHYSIOLOGY PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

WGU PATHOPHYSIOLOGY PRACTICE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS


A patient experiencing chronic diarrhea, sores, fistula, and weight
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loss likely has? - CORRECT ANSWER-Chrons
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A patient noted to have pallor, ascites, cachexia,hepatomegaly, a
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nd alternating diarrhea/constipation resulting in biopsy is likely ex
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periencing what? - CORRECT ANSWER-Colon cancer k k k k k




A patient experiencing fever, pain in the lower abdomen with guar
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ding,l which is relieved by a BM is likely to have what diagnosis? -
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CORRECT ANSWER-Diverticulitis
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Right upper quadrant pain which radiates to back, and nausea/vo
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miting with loss of appetite and an ultrasound that shows obstruct
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ion of the bile duct likely has what? - CORRECT ANSWER-
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Cholecystitis

Is it true or false that restrictive lung disorders impair lung ventilati
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on and inflation? - CORRECT ANSWER-True
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Obstructive lung diseases like COPD impair lung ventilation, lung
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inflation, or lung perfusion? - CORRECT ANSWER-
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Asthma is a restrictive or obstructive pulmonary disorder? -
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CORRECT ANSWER-Obstructive
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True or false Pulmonary hypertension can lead to right sided hear
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t failure - CORRECT ANSWER-True
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,How does pneumonia impair gas exchange? -
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CORRECT ANSWER-It fills the alveoli with purulent material
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Crackles are caused by what? - CORRECT ANSWER-
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The process of oxygen moving across the alveolar membrane int
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o the bloodstream is called what? - CORRECT ANSWER-
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Viruses or bacteria are the most common cause of gastroenteritis
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- CORRECT ANSWER-Viruses
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Chron's and Ulcerative Colitis are both conditions of what? -
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CORRECT ANSWER-Inflammatory bowel disease
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This hepatitis presents with flu-
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like symptoms, hepatomegaly, jaundice, pale stool, dark urine, a
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nd pruritis. It is mostly spread fecal-oral route -
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kCORRECT ANSWER-Hepatitis A k k




This hepatitis presents months after infection with anorexia, RUQ
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or epigastric pain, pruritis, dark urine, pale stool. Spread by blood
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body fluid or sex. - CORRECT ANSWER-Hepatitis B
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This type of hepatitis presents with fever, nausea, vomiting, fatigu
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e, weight loss. Is spread mostly by blood like IV drug use rarely vi
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a sex - CORRECT ANSWER-Hepatitis C
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pyelonephritis is inflammation most commonly caused by e.coli o k k k k k k k k


r renal calculi? - CORRECT ANSWER-e.coli
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Multiple sclerosis is a risk factor for what renal system condition?
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,GFR or BUN is used to stage chronic renal disease? -
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CORRECT ANSWER-GFR
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At what stage of renal failure (IV OR V) does a patient require dial
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ysis? - CORRECT ANSWER-Stage V
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What is the primary determinant of oncotic pressure? -
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CORRECT ANSWER-Albumin
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Form of osmotic pressure exerted by proteins -
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CORRECT ANSWER-Oncotic Pressure
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What is the difference between adult and child immunity? -
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CORRECT ANSWER-Naive T Cells
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Fluid and electrolyte levels are regulated by ________________
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_, which regulates actions such as thirst, ADH, the kidneys, and R
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AAS. - CORRECT ANSWER-Osmoreceptors
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What are the causes of dehydration? - CORRECT ANSWER-
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What s/sx are associated with dehydration? -
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CORRECT ANSWER-#Dry mucous membranes
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#Low blood pressure
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#Confusion

A patient with a viral illness and severe vomiting has an elevated
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CO2 level and pH of 7.53. She is breathing slowly. What condition
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does she have? - CORRECT ANSWER-Metabolic alkalosis
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, The patient's pH and CO2 levels are both elevated (moving in the
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same direction). This indicates metabolic alkalosis. The CO2 leve
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l is high because her respiratory system is attempting to compens
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ate for the high pH by exhaling less and retaining more CO2.
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Normal CO2 level - CORRECT ANSWER-35-45
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Normal pH level - CORRECT ANSWER-7.35-7.45
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Normal HCO3 level - CORRECT ANSWER-22-26
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Michael's pulmonary edema leads to respiratory acidosis. How d
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oes pH impact Michael's basal metabolic panel? Choose 3 answ
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ers.

His CO2 level is increased because his lungs have difficulty remo
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ving it from the bloodstream.
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His calcium level is reduced because the elevated concentration
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of H+ makes it easier for Ca+ to bind to albumin.
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His CO2 level is decreased because his lungs have difficulty addi
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ng it into the bloodstream.
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His sodium level is decreased due to hypervolemia.
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His K+ is elevated because, as H+ moves inside of cells in an atte
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mpt to get it out of the bloodstream, K+ moves from cells into the b
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loodstream. - CORRECT ANSWER- k k k


His CO2 level is increased because his lungs have difficulty remo
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ving it from the bloodstream.
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His sodium level is decreased due to hypervolemia.
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His K+ is elevated because, as H+ moves inside of cells in an atte
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mpt to get it out of the bloodstream, K+ moves from cells into the b
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loodstream.