PATHOPHYSIOLOGY MULTIPLE CHOICE
SECTION TEST GUIDE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Screening test: cervical (pap) smear - Answer-cervical cancer
screening test: blood count - Answer-anemia, leukemia
Screening test: urianalysis - Answer-bladder or kidney disease
screening test: fecal occult blood test - Answer-colon cancer
screening test: serum lipids (especially cholesterol) - Answer-risk factor for
atherosclerosis
screening test: serology - Answer-syphilis, prior to pregnancy
screening test: dental x-ray - Answer-caries
screening test: chest x-ray - Answer-lung cancer, tuberculosis
screening test: mammography - Answer-breast cancer
screening test: visual acuity test - Answer-problems with vision
Screening test: audiograms - Answer-problems with hearing
Screening test: tuberculin skin test - Answer-tuberculosis
screening test: sigmoidoscopy - Answer-colon cancer
screening test: serum PSA - Answer-prostate cancer
signs - Answer-findings made by examiner (exam)
symptoms - Answer-what the patient tells you (history)
incidence - Answer-the number of new diagnoses in a set time frame. more useful for
the impact of an acute illness
prevalence - Answer-the total number of individuals with the disease at any given time.
more useful for the impact of chronic illness
SECTION TEST GUIDE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Screening test: cervical (pap) smear - Answer-cervical cancer
screening test: blood count - Answer-anemia, leukemia
Screening test: urianalysis - Answer-bladder or kidney disease
screening test: fecal occult blood test - Answer-colon cancer
screening test: serum lipids (especially cholesterol) - Answer-risk factor for
atherosclerosis
screening test: serology - Answer-syphilis, prior to pregnancy
screening test: dental x-ray - Answer-caries
screening test: chest x-ray - Answer-lung cancer, tuberculosis
screening test: mammography - Answer-breast cancer
screening test: visual acuity test - Answer-problems with vision
Screening test: audiograms - Answer-problems with hearing
Screening test: tuberculin skin test - Answer-tuberculosis
screening test: sigmoidoscopy - Answer-colon cancer
screening test: serum PSA - Answer-prostate cancer
signs - Answer-findings made by examiner (exam)
symptoms - Answer-what the patient tells you (history)
incidence - Answer-the number of new diagnoses in a set time frame. more useful for
the impact of an acute illness
prevalence - Answer-the total number of individuals with the disease at any given time.
more useful for the impact of chronic illness