WCU PATHOPHYSIOLOGY EVALUATION EXAMS 2025/2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Which condition may result in chronic pulmonary hypertension, right ventricular
hypertrophy, and right-sided heart failure? - ✔✔Mitral Valve Stenosis
✔✔What likelihood is there that gestational diabetes will persist or recur after
pregnancy? - ✔✔Between 30% to 84%of women with a history of gestational diabetes
mellitus will have a recurrence in subsequent pregnancies
✔✔A patient with chronic renal failure who exhibits the inability to excrete fluid is likely
to present with which of the following? (Select all that apply.) - ✔✔Rales
Bounding pulses
Peripheral edema
Jugular venous distention
✔✔Which statement is true regarding cystic fibrosis? - ✔✔It is the most common
genetic disease in the US
✔✔Postrenal failure is a result of: - ✔✔Obstruction
✔✔Which is a characteristic of intrinsic (non-allergic) asthma? - ✔✔Attacks are often
severe.Response Feedback:Intrinsic asthma attacks may be often and are often severe.
Intrinsic asthma has a less favorable prognosis, is adult onset and develops in middle
age, and is not IgE-mediated.
✔✔What is the marker of choice for detecting a myocardial infarction? - ✔✔Elevated
serum levels of cardiac troponin
✔✔Signs and symptoms of a disease first occur during the: - ✔✔The prodromal period,
or prodrome, refers to the appearance of the first signs and symptoms indicating the
onset of a disease. Prodromal symptoms often are nonspecific, such as headache,
malaise, anorexia, and nausea.
✔✔A characteristic of benign prostatic hypertrophy includes which of the following?
(Select all that apply.) - ✔✔Hesitancy
Weak urine flow
Incomplete Bladder emptying
✔✔Clinical manifestations of hypocalcemia include which of the following? (Select all
that apply.) - ✔✔Positive Trousseau signPositive Chvostek signHyperactive
reflexes.Muscle twitchingParesthesias
, ✔✔A 10-year-old boy has a metastatic lesion in the metaphyseal region of the femur
that is referred to as: - ✔✔An osteosarcoma
✔✔What is a common site for bone metastases to occur? - ✔✔The most common sites
for bone metastases include vertebral bodies
✔✔A common cause of heart failure is which of the following? (Select all that apply.) -
✔✔Coronary artery disease
cardiomyopathy
hypertension
✔✔The uncontrolled hormone production in acromegaly and gigantism is most often the
result of: - ✔✔Growth Hormone
✔✔At what period during the life span would a finding of leiomyomas be less likely? -
✔✔During the years after menopause
✔✔Which describes a pathologic manifestation of neurogenic shock? - ✔✔Loss of
sympathetic activation of arteriolar smooth muscle.
✔✔Which term is used to identify hypertension that has a specific disease as its cause?
- ✔✔SecondaryResponse Feedback
✔✔A current diagnosis of tuberculosis requires a: - ✔✔Positive sputum culture for acid-
fast bacillus
✔✔The term diverticulosis refers to a condition characterized by - ✔✔Acquired
herniations of the muscular colon wall mucosa and submucosa
✔✔Heartburn is most likely the consequence of which of the following? (Select all that
apply.) - ✔✔The backflow of gastric contents into the esophagus
Stimulation of the esophageal sensory nerve endings
An esophageal spasm
✔✔Which clinical manifestation differentiates myocardial infarction (MI) from angina
pectoris? (Select all that apply.) - ✔✔Radiating chest painST segment changes on the
ECGElevated serum levels of troponin
✔✔Which is a risk factor for cerebral palsy? - ✔✔Prematurity***
Infection
Inflammation
Trauma
Coagulation disorders
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Which condition may result in chronic pulmonary hypertension, right ventricular
hypertrophy, and right-sided heart failure? - ✔✔Mitral Valve Stenosis
✔✔What likelihood is there that gestational diabetes will persist or recur after
pregnancy? - ✔✔Between 30% to 84%of women with a history of gestational diabetes
mellitus will have a recurrence in subsequent pregnancies
✔✔A patient with chronic renal failure who exhibits the inability to excrete fluid is likely
to present with which of the following? (Select all that apply.) - ✔✔Rales
Bounding pulses
Peripheral edema
Jugular venous distention
✔✔Which statement is true regarding cystic fibrosis? - ✔✔It is the most common
genetic disease in the US
✔✔Postrenal failure is a result of: - ✔✔Obstruction
✔✔Which is a characteristic of intrinsic (non-allergic) asthma? - ✔✔Attacks are often
severe.Response Feedback:Intrinsic asthma attacks may be often and are often severe.
Intrinsic asthma has a less favorable prognosis, is adult onset and develops in middle
age, and is not IgE-mediated.
✔✔What is the marker of choice for detecting a myocardial infarction? - ✔✔Elevated
serum levels of cardiac troponin
✔✔Signs and symptoms of a disease first occur during the: - ✔✔The prodromal period,
or prodrome, refers to the appearance of the first signs and symptoms indicating the
onset of a disease. Prodromal symptoms often are nonspecific, such as headache,
malaise, anorexia, and nausea.
✔✔A characteristic of benign prostatic hypertrophy includes which of the following?
(Select all that apply.) - ✔✔Hesitancy
Weak urine flow
Incomplete Bladder emptying
✔✔Clinical manifestations of hypocalcemia include which of the following? (Select all
that apply.) - ✔✔Positive Trousseau signPositive Chvostek signHyperactive
reflexes.Muscle twitchingParesthesias
, ✔✔A 10-year-old boy has a metastatic lesion in the metaphyseal region of the femur
that is referred to as: - ✔✔An osteosarcoma
✔✔What is a common site for bone metastases to occur? - ✔✔The most common sites
for bone metastases include vertebral bodies
✔✔A common cause of heart failure is which of the following? (Select all that apply.) -
✔✔Coronary artery disease
cardiomyopathy
hypertension
✔✔The uncontrolled hormone production in acromegaly and gigantism is most often the
result of: - ✔✔Growth Hormone
✔✔At what period during the life span would a finding of leiomyomas be less likely? -
✔✔During the years after menopause
✔✔Which describes a pathologic manifestation of neurogenic shock? - ✔✔Loss of
sympathetic activation of arteriolar smooth muscle.
✔✔Which term is used to identify hypertension that has a specific disease as its cause?
- ✔✔SecondaryResponse Feedback
✔✔A current diagnosis of tuberculosis requires a: - ✔✔Positive sputum culture for acid-
fast bacillus
✔✔The term diverticulosis refers to a condition characterized by - ✔✔Acquired
herniations of the muscular colon wall mucosa and submucosa
✔✔Heartburn is most likely the consequence of which of the following? (Select all that
apply.) - ✔✔The backflow of gastric contents into the esophagus
Stimulation of the esophageal sensory nerve endings
An esophageal spasm
✔✔Which clinical manifestation differentiates myocardial infarction (MI) from angina
pectoris? (Select all that apply.) - ✔✔Radiating chest painST segment changes on the
ECGElevated serum levels of troponin
✔✔Which is a risk factor for cerebral palsy? - ✔✔Prematurity***
Infection
Inflammation
Trauma
Coagulation disorders
