WCC PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS.
1) What types of cancers are MOST often sites of extension for fungating malignant
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wounds? -- Correct Answer ✔✔ Oral and breast
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2) What term can be used to describe the wound edges when undermining is noted? --
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Correct Answer ✔✔ Unattached
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3) What pressure injury stage involves full-thickness tissue loss involving epidermis,
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dermis, and into but not through subcutaneous fat? -- Correct Answer ✔✔ Stage 3
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4) What risk factor MUST be present for a pressure injury to develop? -- Correct
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Answer ✔✔ Mobility/activity limitations
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5) What type of support surface is classified as an active support surface? -- Correct
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Answer ✔✔ Alternating pressure mattress
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6) Pain that results from dressing changes would be classified as: -- Correct Answer
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✔✔ Episodic pain
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7) When using the PQRST mnemonic, what question would you ask to assess the "Q"
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portion? -- Correct Answer ✔✔ What does the pain feel like?
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8) What is one of the reasons to alleviate pain in our wound care patients? -- Correct
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Answer ✔✔ Acute pain increases circulating epinephrine which leads to
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vasoconstriction.
9) What type of wound closure is used for surgical incisions? -- Correct Answer ✔✔
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Secondary intention _
, 10) What type of wound closure has a higher risk for infection and recurrence? --
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Correct Answer ✔✔ Delayed primary intention
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11) What type of wound closure has a faster rate of healing? -- Correct Answer ✔✔
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Primary intention _
12) Wounds closed by tertiary intention allow: -- Correct Answer ✔✔ Time for
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infection to resolve. _ _
13) In what sequence do the phases of wound healing normally progress? -- Correct
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Answer ✔✔ Hemostasis, inflammatory, proliferative, maturation
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14) What is the function of the platelet in wound healing? -- Correct Answer ✔✔ To
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aggregate and attract fibrin to form a clot
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15) Hemostasis is initiated when: -- Correct Answer ✔✔ Platelets encounter collagen in
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_injured tissues. _
16) What type of tissue is normally present during the proliferative phase of full-
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thickness wound healing? -- Correct Answer ✔✔ Red granulation
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17) During the inflammatory phase of full-thickness wound healing, which cell arrives
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first to kill bacteria and decontaminate the wound? -- Correct Answer ✔✔
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Neutrophil
18) Angiogenesis occurs during which phase of wound healing? -- Correct Answer ✔✔
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Proliferative
19) What is the maximum tensile strength of scar tissue? -- Correct Answer ✔✔ 80%
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20) What is fibrinolysis? -- Correct Answer ✔✔ A process that prevents clot extension
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and dissolves the fibrin clot
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21) What phrase is used to describe the sequence of events set in motion when tissue is
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_injured? -- Correct Answer ✔✔ Cascade of healing
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ANSWERS.
1) What types of cancers are MOST often sites of extension for fungating malignant
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
wounds? -- Correct Answer ✔✔ Oral and breast
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
2) What term can be used to describe the wound edges when undermining is noted? --
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Correct Answer ✔✔ Unattached
_ _ _ _
3) What pressure injury stage involves full-thickness tissue loss involving epidermis,
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
dermis, and into but not through subcutaneous fat? -- Correct Answer ✔✔ Stage 3
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
4) What risk factor MUST be present for a pressure injury to develop? -- Correct
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Answer ✔✔ Mobility/activity limitations
_ _ _
5) What type of support surface is classified as an active support surface? -- Correct
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Answer ✔✔ Alternating pressure mattress
_ _ _ _
6) Pain that results from dressing changes would be classified as: -- Correct Answer
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
✔✔ Episodic pain
_ _
7) When using the PQRST mnemonic, what question would you ask to assess the "Q"
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
portion? -- Correct Answer ✔✔ What does the pain feel like?
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
8) What is one of the reasons to alleviate pain in our wound care patients? -- Correct
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Answer ✔✔ Acute pain increases circulating epinephrine which leads to
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
vasoconstriction.
9) What type of wound closure is used for surgical incisions? -- Correct Answer ✔✔
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Secondary intention _
, 10) What type of wound closure has a higher risk for infection and recurrence? --
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Correct Answer ✔✔ Delayed primary intention
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11) What type of wound closure has a faster rate of healing? -- Correct Answer ✔✔
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Primary intention _
12) Wounds closed by tertiary intention allow: -- Correct Answer ✔✔ Time for
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
infection to resolve. _ _
13) In what sequence do the phases of wound healing normally progress? -- Correct
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Answer ✔✔ Hemostasis, inflammatory, proliferative, maturation
_ _ _ _ _
14) What is the function of the platelet in wound healing? -- Correct Answer ✔✔ To
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
aggregate and attract fibrin to form a clot
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
15) Hemostasis is initiated when: -- Correct Answer ✔✔ Platelets encounter collagen in
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_injured tissues. _
16) What type of tissue is normally present during the proliferative phase of full-
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
thickness wound healing? -- Correct Answer ✔✔ Red granulation
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
17) During the inflammatory phase of full-thickness wound healing, which cell arrives
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
first to kill bacteria and decontaminate the wound? -- Correct Answer ✔✔
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Neutrophil
18) Angiogenesis occurs during which phase of wound healing? -- Correct Answer ✔✔
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Proliferative
19) What is the maximum tensile strength of scar tissue? -- Correct Answer ✔✔ 80%
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
20) What is fibrinolysis? -- Correct Answer ✔✔ A process that prevents clot extension
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and dissolves the fibrin clot
_ _ _ _
21) What phrase is used to describe the sequence of events set in motion when tissue is
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_injured? -- Correct Answer ✔✔ Cascade of healing
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