HESI Pathophysiology Exit Exam Complete
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An initial disturbance in a system sets off a chain of events that does not favor
stability and often abruptly displaces a system from its steady state: what is that?
a. Positive Feedback
b. Negative Feedback
c. Disease
d. Homeostasis --- correct answer ---a. positive feedback
What organ shrinks with age?
a. Prostate
b. Gums
c. Heart
d. All of the above --- correct answer ---b. gums
Which of the following is true?
a. An infant will have a slower heart rate than an adult
b. The elderly have better temperature sensations
c. There are more sweat glands in an elderly person
d. There is less thirst perception in the elderly --- correct answer ---d. there is less
thirst perception in the elderly
Which of the following is true?
a. Women snore more than men
,b. Men have higher calcium levels
c. Women have a lower hemoglobin than men
d. Men have a lower creatinine level than women --- correct answer ---c. Women
have a lower hemoglobin than men
An increase in normal adaptive response to the decreased availability of oxygen at
high altitude is termed which?
a. Circadian
b. Acclimatization
c. Population
d. Diurnal --- correct answer ---b. Acclimatization
What does it mean when the cause of the disease is unwanted medical treatment?
a. Idiopathic
b. Ecogenetic
c. Genotypical
d. Iatrogenic --- correct answer ---d. Iatrogenic
Which term is used for the first two months of life?
a. Infancy
b. Childhood
c. Prenatal
d. Neonatal --- correct answer ---d. Neonatal
Which is an objectively identifiable aberration of the disease?
a. Symptom
b. Syndrome
,c. Stage
d. Sign --- correct answer ---d. Sign
Which of the following is true regarding catecholamines?
a. They are from the parasympathetic nervous system
b. They cross the blood brain barrier
c. They include epinephrine and norepinephrine
d. They cause of decrease in heart rate --- correct answer ---c. They include
epinephrine and norepinephrine
Which of the following is a true statement?
a. Antidiuretic hormone is not important for blood volume regulation
b. Endorphins increase with stress, resulting in a decrease in pain perception
c. Epinephrine and cortisol act very differently
d. Cortisol negates epinephrine's activity --- correct answer ---b. Endorphins
increase with stress, resulting in a decrease in pain perception
By what mechanism do lipid molecules cross cell membranes?
a. They use channel proteins as a membrane transport system
b. They are transported across the plasma membrane by endocytosis and
exocytosis
c. They use voltage-gated ion channels
d. They cross by diffusion --- correct answer ---d. They cross by diffusion
Which of the following metabolic processes is a component of anabolic
metabolism?
a. Protein synthesis
b. Glycolysis
, c. Citric acid cycle
d. Oxidative phosphorylation --- correct answer ---a. Protein synthesis
Which of the following electrochemical mechanism is responsible for maintaining
cell volume?
a. The calcium pump
b. Glucose transporters
c. The sodium-potassium pump
d. ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters --- correct answer ---c. The sodium-
potassium pump
Cellular hypoxia results in:
a. Enhanced ATP activity
b. Loss of intracellular calcium
c. Increased pH
d. Failure of the sodium-potassium pump --- correct answer ---d. Failure of the
sodium-potassium pump
A 75 yo woman develops weakness in her lower extremities after a prolonged
period of bed rest. This is most likely caused by:
a. Atrophy of her leg muscles
b. Dysplasia of her leg muscles
c. Hypertrophy of her leg muscles
d. Hyperplasia of her leg muscles --- correct answer ---a. Atrophy of her leg muscles
Which of the following types of cellular adaption is most likely to occur from
chronic ischemia?
a. Hypertrophy
Questions Bank with All Versions Actual Exam
Answered Correctly latest revised update 2025
An initial disturbance in a system sets off a chain of events that does not favor
stability and often abruptly displaces a system from its steady state: what is that?
a. Positive Feedback
b. Negative Feedback
c. Disease
d. Homeostasis --- correct answer ---a. positive feedback
What organ shrinks with age?
a. Prostate
b. Gums
c. Heart
d. All of the above --- correct answer ---b. gums
Which of the following is true?
a. An infant will have a slower heart rate than an adult
b. The elderly have better temperature sensations
c. There are more sweat glands in an elderly person
d. There is less thirst perception in the elderly --- correct answer ---d. there is less
thirst perception in the elderly
Which of the following is true?
a. Women snore more than men
,b. Men have higher calcium levels
c. Women have a lower hemoglobin than men
d. Men have a lower creatinine level than women --- correct answer ---c. Women
have a lower hemoglobin than men
An increase in normal adaptive response to the decreased availability of oxygen at
high altitude is termed which?
a. Circadian
b. Acclimatization
c. Population
d. Diurnal --- correct answer ---b. Acclimatization
What does it mean when the cause of the disease is unwanted medical treatment?
a. Idiopathic
b. Ecogenetic
c. Genotypical
d. Iatrogenic --- correct answer ---d. Iatrogenic
Which term is used for the first two months of life?
a. Infancy
b. Childhood
c. Prenatal
d. Neonatal --- correct answer ---d. Neonatal
Which is an objectively identifiable aberration of the disease?
a. Symptom
b. Syndrome
,c. Stage
d. Sign --- correct answer ---d. Sign
Which of the following is true regarding catecholamines?
a. They are from the parasympathetic nervous system
b. They cross the blood brain barrier
c. They include epinephrine and norepinephrine
d. They cause of decrease in heart rate --- correct answer ---c. They include
epinephrine and norepinephrine
Which of the following is a true statement?
a. Antidiuretic hormone is not important for blood volume regulation
b. Endorphins increase with stress, resulting in a decrease in pain perception
c. Epinephrine and cortisol act very differently
d. Cortisol negates epinephrine's activity --- correct answer ---b. Endorphins
increase with stress, resulting in a decrease in pain perception
By what mechanism do lipid molecules cross cell membranes?
a. They use channel proteins as a membrane transport system
b. They are transported across the plasma membrane by endocytosis and
exocytosis
c. They use voltage-gated ion channels
d. They cross by diffusion --- correct answer ---d. They cross by diffusion
Which of the following metabolic processes is a component of anabolic
metabolism?
a. Protein synthesis
b. Glycolysis
, c. Citric acid cycle
d. Oxidative phosphorylation --- correct answer ---a. Protein synthesis
Which of the following electrochemical mechanism is responsible for maintaining
cell volume?
a. The calcium pump
b. Glucose transporters
c. The sodium-potassium pump
d. ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters --- correct answer ---c. The sodium-
potassium pump
Cellular hypoxia results in:
a. Enhanced ATP activity
b. Loss of intracellular calcium
c. Increased pH
d. Failure of the sodium-potassium pump --- correct answer ---d. Failure of the
sodium-potassium pump
A 75 yo woman develops weakness in her lower extremities after a prolonged
period of bed rest. This is most likely caused by:
a. Atrophy of her leg muscles
b. Dysplasia of her leg muscles
c. Hypertrophy of her leg muscles
d. Hyperplasia of her leg muscles --- correct answer ---a. Atrophy of her leg muscles
Which of the following types of cellular adaption is most likely to occur from
chronic ischemia?
a. Hypertrophy
