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WGU D027 Questions and Answers
(100% Pass)
What organ does cystic fibrosis affect?
✓ Affects the pancreas causing secretions into the lungs
What is Klinefelter syndrome?
✓ An extra X chromosome for males so example XXY causing female-like
qualities
What is Turner Syndrome?
✓ females. missing or deformed x chromosome. right hemisphere
dysfunction, hearing loss, ear infection, language and articulation
disorders, visual spatial and attentional problems
What is beta thalassemia?
✓ a condition in which the synthesis of the beta-globin chains is
decreased or absent. Causes low hemoglobin.
Which medication is contraindicated in a patient with Beta Thalassemia?
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✓ Ferrous Sulfate
What drug is used in combination with other agent to treat lymphoid tissue
(leukemia). Directly toxic to lymphoid tissues Selective estrogen receptor
modulators (SERM) - for hormone receptor positive and advanced breast
cancer. (Tomaxafin - reduces risk and recurrence risk)
✓ Glucocorticoids
What is the normal ejection fraction?
✓ 55-60%. Less than 50% is BAD
Is an ejection fraction of 50% reduced or preserved?
✓ Preserved
What are symptoms of left sided heart failure?
✓ Think PULMONARY. JVD, FVO, rails, S3 murmurs. Number one cause of
right sided heart failure!
What are symptoms of right sided heart failure?
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✓ Think peripheral vascular. Lower extremity edema, abdominal
distension.
What is the gold standard lab test for heart failure?
✓ BNP. Heart failure is a result greater than 100
What heart disease is worse with exertion?
✓ Ischemic heart disease because the demand requirements are higher.
What should you assess before giving Digoxin?
✓ Apical pulse
How should Warfarin be started?
✓ Start initial dose at half to monitor the effects
What causes the destruction of alveolar walls? Air goes in but can't get out
which leads to hyperinflation
✓ Emphysema
What causes excess mucus production and smooth muscle hypertrophy?
Master01 | October, 2024/2025 | Latest update
WGU D027 Questions and Answers
(100% Pass)
What organ does cystic fibrosis affect?
✓ Affects the pancreas causing secretions into the lungs
What is Klinefelter syndrome?
✓ An extra X chromosome for males so example XXY causing female-like
qualities
What is Turner Syndrome?
✓ females. missing or deformed x chromosome. right hemisphere
dysfunction, hearing loss, ear infection, language and articulation
disorders, visual spatial and attentional problems
What is beta thalassemia?
✓ a condition in which the synthesis of the beta-globin chains is
decreased or absent. Causes low hemoglobin.
Which medication is contraindicated in a patient with Beta Thalassemia?
Master01 | October, 2024/2025 | Latest update
, 1 | P a g e | © copyright 2024/2025 | Grade A+
✓ Ferrous Sulfate
What drug is used in combination with other agent to treat lymphoid tissue
(leukemia). Directly toxic to lymphoid tissues Selective estrogen receptor
modulators (SERM) - for hormone receptor positive and advanced breast
cancer. (Tomaxafin - reduces risk and recurrence risk)
✓ Glucocorticoids
What is the normal ejection fraction?
✓ 55-60%. Less than 50% is BAD
Is an ejection fraction of 50% reduced or preserved?
✓ Preserved
What are symptoms of left sided heart failure?
✓ Think PULMONARY. JVD, FVO, rails, S3 murmurs. Number one cause of
right sided heart failure!
What are symptoms of right sided heart failure?
Master01 | October, 2024/2025 | Latest update
, 1 | P a g e | © copyright 2024/2025 | Grade A+
✓ Think peripheral vascular. Lower extremity edema, abdominal
distension.
What is the gold standard lab test for heart failure?
✓ BNP. Heart failure is a result greater than 100
What heart disease is worse with exertion?
✓ Ischemic heart disease because the demand requirements are higher.
What should you assess before giving Digoxin?
✓ Apical pulse
How should Warfarin be started?
✓ Start initial dose at half to monitor the effects
What causes the destruction of alveolar walls? Air goes in but can't get out
which leads to hyperinflation
✓ Emphysema
What causes excess mucus production and smooth muscle hypertrophy?
Master01 | October, 2024/2025 | Latest update
