MAT 101 Final Exam Questions and Answers Latest Update 2025 (Already Passed)
A patient had a urine specimen sent for a culture frand sensitivity test. When the patient asks the nurse
about the purpose of this test, the nurse's best response is:
A. "It will tell us if you have a urinary tract infection."
B. "It will tell us how your kidney, ureters, and bladder are functioning."
C. "The results will help the physician know which antibiotic to nprescribe sj wghed dfor you."
D. "It wqsill tell us about the nitrogen levels in your urine." - Answers "The results will help the physician
know which antibiotic to prescribe for you."
Which of the following combining forms means pus?
A. pyel/o
B. perintine/o
C. py/o
D. none of these - Answers py/o
Which of the following is a disorder marked by abnormal increase in the size of air spaces distal to the
terminal bronchiole and destruction of the alveolar walls, resulting in loss of normal elasticity and in
progressive dyspnea?
A. cystic fibrosis
B. emphysema
C. legionellosis
D. pulmonary tuberculosis - Answers emphysema
Which combining form means stone?
A. keton/o
B. peritone/o
C. lith/o
D. glomerul/o - Answers lith/o
Which of the following combining forms means deficiency?
A. nephr/o
,B. vesic/o
C. pyel/o
D. olig/o - Answers olig/o
A patient with kidney stones may benefit from which of the following tests or procedures?
A. culture and sensitivity
B. extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy
C. urinary catheterization
D. voiding cystourethrography - Answers extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy
A patient diagnosed with a bladder infection is also said to have a:
A. URI.
B. UTI.
C. KUb.
D. BPH. - Answers UTI
Which of the following terms means pertaining to the bladder and urethra?
A. glomerulus
B. nephrolithiasis
C. glycosuria
D. none of these - Answers none of these
Which of the following tests most accurately detects the cause of gastric ulcers?
A. gastroccult
B. Helicobacter pylori test
C. laparoscopy
D. ultrasound - Answers Helicobacter pylori test
The term cholecystectomy means:
A. inflammation of the gallbladder.
,B. surgical excision of the pancreas.
C. surgical excision of the gallbladder.
D. cutting into the gallbladder. - Answers surgical excision of the gallbladder
Which of the following indicates a surgical procedure?
A. T&A
B. PPD
C. PND
D. MDI - Answers T&A
Which combining form means kidney?
A. keton/o
B. glomerul/o
C. ur/o
D. ren/o - Answers ren/o
The term peritoneal means:
A. pertaining to the peritoneum.
B. a condition of the peritoneum.
C. inflammation of the peritoneum.
D. a disease of the peritoneum. - Answers pertaining to the peritoneum
Which of the following is most useful in measuring the patient's lung capacity?
A. pulmonary function tests
B. Mantoux test
C. postural drainage
D. sputum analysis - Answers pulmonary function tests
A patient is suffering from congestive heart failure, which causes fluid to build up in her lungs. In order
to help her condition by getting rid of the excess fluid, the physician will most likely order a medication
that causes:
, A. enuresis.
B. glycosuria.
C. urolysis.
D. diuresis. - Answers diuresis
All of the following disorders involve the intestines EXCEPT:
A. cholelithiasis.
B. pseudomembranous enterocolitis.
C. ulcerative colitis.
D. diverticulosis. - Answers cholelithiasis
Which of the following terms means surgical fixation of the ureter?
A. urethroplasty
B. ureteropexy
C. urorrhaphy
D. ureteromegaly - Answers ureteropexy
Which of the following terms indicates the surgical removal of a lobe of a lung?
A. pneumothorax.
B. pleurocentesis.
C. pneumotomy.
D. lobectomy. - Answers lobectomy
Which of the following is a term for pathological changes in renal tissue that destroy nephrons and
impair kidney function?
A. nephrotic syndrome
B. hydronephrosis
C. interstitial cystitis
D. interstitial nephritis - Answers interstitial nephritis
A patient had a urine specimen sent for a culture frand sensitivity test. When the patient asks the nurse
about the purpose of this test, the nurse's best response is:
A. "It will tell us if you have a urinary tract infection."
B. "It will tell us how your kidney, ureters, and bladder are functioning."
C. "The results will help the physician know which antibiotic to nprescribe sj wghed dfor you."
D. "It wqsill tell us about the nitrogen levels in your urine." - Answers "The results will help the physician
know which antibiotic to prescribe for you."
Which of the following combining forms means pus?
A. pyel/o
B. perintine/o
C. py/o
D. none of these - Answers py/o
Which of the following is a disorder marked by abnormal increase in the size of air spaces distal to the
terminal bronchiole and destruction of the alveolar walls, resulting in loss of normal elasticity and in
progressive dyspnea?
A. cystic fibrosis
B. emphysema
C. legionellosis
D. pulmonary tuberculosis - Answers emphysema
Which combining form means stone?
A. keton/o
B. peritone/o
C. lith/o
D. glomerul/o - Answers lith/o
Which of the following combining forms means deficiency?
A. nephr/o
,B. vesic/o
C. pyel/o
D. olig/o - Answers olig/o
A patient with kidney stones may benefit from which of the following tests or procedures?
A. culture and sensitivity
B. extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy
C. urinary catheterization
D. voiding cystourethrography - Answers extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy
A patient diagnosed with a bladder infection is also said to have a:
A. URI.
B. UTI.
C. KUb.
D. BPH. - Answers UTI
Which of the following terms means pertaining to the bladder and urethra?
A. glomerulus
B. nephrolithiasis
C. glycosuria
D. none of these - Answers none of these
Which of the following tests most accurately detects the cause of gastric ulcers?
A. gastroccult
B. Helicobacter pylori test
C. laparoscopy
D. ultrasound - Answers Helicobacter pylori test
The term cholecystectomy means:
A. inflammation of the gallbladder.
,B. surgical excision of the pancreas.
C. surgical excision of the gallbladder.
D. cutting into the gallbladder. - Answers surgical excision of the gallbladder
Which of the following indicates a surgical procedure?
A. T&A
B. PPD
C. PND
D. MDI - Answers T&A
Which combining form means kidney?
A. keton/o
B. glomerul/o
C. ur/o
D. ren/o - Answers ren/o
The term peritoneal means:
A. pertaining to the peritoneum.
B. a condition of the peritoneum.
C. inflammation of the peritoneum.
D. a disease of the peritoneum. - Answers pertaining to the peritoneum
Which of the following is most useful in measuring the patient's lung capacity?
A. pulmonary function tests
B. Mantoux test
C. postural drainage
D. sputum analysis - Answers pulmonary function tests
A patient is suffering from congestive heart failure, which causes fluid to build up in her lungs. In order
to help her condition by getting rid of the excess fluid, the physician will most likely order a medication
that causes:
, A. enuresis.
B. glycosuria.
C. urolysis.
D. diuresis. - Answers diuresis
All of the following disorders involve the intestines EXCEPT:
A. cholelithiasis.
B. pseudomembranous enterocolitis.
C. ulcerative colitis.
D. diverticulosis. - Answers cholelithiasis
Which of the following terms means surgical fixation of the ureter?
A. urethroplasty
B. ureteropexy
C. urorrhaphy
D. ureteromegaly - Answers ureteropexy
Which of the following terms indicates the surgical removal of a lobe of a lung?
A. pneumothorax.
B. pleurocentesis.
C. pneumotomy.
D. lobectomy. - Answers lobectomy
Which of the following is a term for pathological changes in renal tissue that destroy nephrons and
impair kidney function?
A. nephrotic syndrome
B. hydronephrosis
C. interstitial cystitis
D. interstitial nephritis - Answers interstitial nephritis
