Advanced Pathophysiology (NR 507) – Final Exam
Edapt Questions And Answers
What is a symptom of a lower urinary tract infection? - CORRECT ANSWER
✅✅✅Urgency
What is true regarding complicated UTIs? - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅Can be
caused by a structural urinary tract disorder
What can help prevent a UTI? - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅Increased water
consumption
True/False: Women are at higher risk of developing UTI because they have a shorter
urethra - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅True
What is a risk factor for developing a UTI? - CORRECT ANSWER
✅✅✅Pregnancy
What is true regarding an uncomplicated UTI? - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅-
Occurs in the normal urinary tract
- Responds well to short-course of antibiotics
What is true regarding a complicated UTI? - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅- UTI
that extends beyond the bladder - Infants & older adults are usually affected
- Caused by structural/functional urinary tract abnormalities or a untreated UTI
What will the urinalysis of a patient with a UTI show? - CORRECT ANSWER
✅✅✅WBCs & casts
The NP knows an uncomplicated UTI because - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅the
UTI responds well to a short-course of antibiotic therapy
Highly suspective that causative bacteria of UTI is gram negative because of the
presence of - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅Nitrites
A common organism that causes a UTI includes - CORRECT ANSWER
✅✅✅Staphylococcus saprophyticus
True/False: There is a significant risk for men with BPH to develop cellular mutations
that lead to prostate cancer - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅False
True/False: The peripheral zone of the prostate is the largest zone - CORRECT
ANSWER ✅✅✅True
, On digital rectal exam to assess quality of prostate, NP would be concerned with a
hard nodule because - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅it indicates prostate cancer
The patient most often develops symptoms of BPH when - CORRECT ANSWER
✅✅✅the prostatic urethra becomes obstructed
True/False: The purpose of straining in BPH is to overcome the obstruction
encountered during urination - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅True
What is the reaction of 5-Alpha reductase inhibitors? - CORRECT ANSWER
✅✅✅To cause shrinkage of the prostate gland
Where are the hyper plastic nodules of BPH located? - CORRECT ANSWER
✅✅✅Periurethral zone
Why are men who have BPH prone to develop UTIs? - CORRECT ANSWER
✅✅✅Because of the stagnation of urine in the bladder that promotes bacterial
growth.
True/False: PSA helps liquefy semen post-ejaculation - CORRECT ANSWER
✅✅✅True
True/False: The underlying cause of BPH is that normal prostate cells respond to
increases in dihydrotestosterone that causes them to live longer & multiply -
CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅True
What is the most common type of formed stone? - CORRECT ANSWER
✅✅✅Calcium stone
What is the type of stone formed during a UTI? - CORRECT ANSWER
✅✅✅Struvite stone
True/False: The gold standard for diagnosing a renal stone is a urinalysis -
CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅False- CT scan is the gold standard for diagnosing a
renal stone
True/False: Renal stones are formed when calcium & oxalate in the urine combine
CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅True
True/False: Renal calculi are typically confined to the bladder - CORRECT ANSWER
✅✅✅False - Renal calculi can be found in the ureter or the bladder
Why can hematuria be seen with kidney stones? - CORRECT ANSWER
✅✅✅BTrecause the stone injures the urinary structures as it passes through
them
Edapt Questions And Answers
What is a symptom of a lower urinary tract infection? - CORRECT ANSWER
✅✅✅Urgency
What is true regarding complicated UTIs? - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅Can be
caused by a structural urinary tract disorder
What can help prevent a UTI? - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅Increased water
consumption
True/False: Women are at higher risk of developing UTI because they have a shorter
urethra - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅True
What is a risk factor for developing a UTI? - CORRECT ANSWER
✅✅✅Pregnancy
What is true regarding an uncomplicated UTI? - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅-
Occurs in the normal urinary tract
- Responds well to short-course of antibiotics
What is true regarding a complicated UTI? - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅- UTI
that extends beyond the bladder - Infants & older adults are usually affected
- Caused by structural/functional urinary tract abnormalities or a untreated UTI
What will the urinalysis of a patient with a UTI show? - CORRECT ANSWER
✅✅✅WBCs & casts
The NP knows an uncomplicated UTI because - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅the
UTI responds well to a short-course of antibiotic therapy
Highly suspective that causative bacteria of UTI is gram negative because of the
presence of - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅Nitrites
A common organism that causes a UTI includes - CORRECT ANSWER
✅✅✅Staphylococcus saprophyticus
True/False: There is a significant risk for men with BPH to develop cellular mutations
that lead to prostate cancer - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅False
True/False: The peripheral zone of the prostate is the largest zone - CORRECT
ANSWER ✅✅✅True
, On digital rectal exam to assess quality of prostate, NP would be concerned with a
hard nodule because - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅it indicates prostate cancer
The patient most often develops symptoms of BPH when - CORRECT ANSWER
✅✅✅the prostatic urethra becomes obstructed
True/False: The purpose of straining in BPH is to overcome the obstruction
encountered during urination - CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅True
What is the reaction of 5-Alpha reductase inhibitors? - CORRECT ANSWER
✅✅✅To cause shrinkage of the prostate gland
Where are the hyper plastic nodules of BPH located? - CORRECT ANSWER
✅✅✅Periurethral zone
Why are men who have BPH prone to develop UTIs? - CORRECT ANSWER
✅✅✅Because of the stagnation of urine in the bladder that promotes bacterial
growth.
True/False: PSA helps liquefy semen post-ejaculation - CORRECT ANSWER
✅✅✅True
True/False: The underlying cause of BPH is that normal prostate cells respond to
increases in dihydrotestosterone that causes them to live longer & multiply -
CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅True
What is the most common type of formed stone? - CORRECT ANSWER
✅✅✅Calcium stone
What is the type of stone formed during a UTI? - CORRECT ANSWER
✅✅✅Struvite stone
True/False: The gold standard for diagnosing a renal stone is a urinalysis -
CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅False- CT scan is the gold standard for diagnosing a
renal stone
True/False: Renal stones are formed when calcium & oxalate in the urine combine
CORRECT ANSWER ✅✅✅True
True/False: Renal calculi are typically confined to the bladder - CORRECT ANSWER
✅✅✅False - Renal calculi can be found in the ureter or the bladder
Why can hematuria be seen with kidney stones? - CORRECT ANSWER
✅✅✅BTrecause the stone injures the urinary structures as it passes through
them
