WALDEN UNIVERSITY NURS
6501FINAL EXAM– QUESTION
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CORRECT ANSWERS NEW
UPDATE 2025-2026
Walden University NURS 6501Final Exam– Question
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Question 1
1 out of 1 points
An aide asks the nurse why people who have neurofibromatosis will show varying
degrees of the disease. Which genetic principle should the nurse explain to the aide?
Selected Answer: b.
Question 3
1 out of 1 points
diagnosed with Prader-Willi syndrome. This condition is an
15-year-old female
is example of: a.
Selected Answer:
Gene imprinting
Correct Answer: a.
Gene imprinting
Question 4 Page 1 of 23 1 out of 1
points
Expressivity
Correct Answer: b.
Expressivity
Question 2
1 out of 1 points
Why is potassium able to diffuse easily in and out of cells?
Selected c.
,Answer: Because the resting plasma membrane is more permeable to
potassium
Correct Answer: c.
Because the resting plasma membrane is more permeable to
potassium
A
A nurse is reading a chart and sees the term oncotic pressure. The nurse recalls that
oncotic pressure (colloid osmotic pressure) is determined by:
Selected Answer: b.
Plasma proteins
Correct Answer: b.
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, Plasma proteins
Question 5
1 out of 1 points
During childhood, the t
atrophy. hymus decreases in size, and this is referred to as a.
Selected Answer:
Physiologic
Correct Answer: a.
Physiologic
Question 6
1 out of 1 points
What is the role of cytokines in cell reproduction?
Selected Answer: a.
Provide growth factor for tissue growth and development
Correct Answer: a.
Provide growth factor for tissue growth and development
Question 7
1 out of 1 points
When a patient asks causes cystic fibrosis, how should the nurse respond? Cystic
what fibrosis is caused gene.
by an Selected Answer: d.
Autosomal recessive
Correct Answer: d.
Autosomal recessive
Question 8
1 out of 1 points
A patient has a heart attack that leads to progressive cell injury that causes cell death
with severe cell swelling and breakdown of organelles. What term would the nurse
use to define this process?
Selected Answer: d.
Necrosis
Correct Answer: d.
Necrosis
Question 9
1 out of 1 points
A eukaryotic cell is undergoing DNA replication. In which region of the cell would
most of the genetic information be contained?
Selected Answer: c.
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6501FINAL EXAM– QUESTION
AND
CORRECT ANSWERS NEW
UPDATE 2025-2026
Walden University NURS 6501Final Exam– Question
and Answers (Correct Answers).
Results Displayed: Selected Answers and Correct Answers
Question 1
1 out of 1 points
An aide asks the nurse why people who have neurofibromatosis will show varying
degrees of the disease. Which genetic principle should the nurse explain to the aide?
Selected Answer: b.
Question 3
1 out of 1 points
diagnosed with Prader-Willi syndrome. This condition is an
15-year-old female
is example of: a.
Selected Answer:
Gene imprinting
Correct Answer: a.
Gene imprinting
Question 4 Page 1 of 23 1 out of 1
points
Expressivity
Correct Answer: b.
Expressivity
Question 2
1 out of 1 points
Why is potassium able to diffuse easily in and out of cells?
Selected c.
,Answer: Because the resting plasma membrane is more permeable to
potassium
Correct Answer: c.
Because the resting plasma membrane is more permeable to
potassium
A
A nurse is reading a chart and sees the term oncotic pressure. The nurse recalls that
oncotic pressure (colloid osmotic pressure) is determined by:
Selected Answer: b.
Plasma proteins
Correct Answer: b.
Page 2 of 25
, Plasma proteins
Question 5
1 out of 1 points
During childhood, the t
atrophy. hymus decreases in size, and this is referred to as a.
Selected Answer:
Physiologic
Correct Answer: a.
Physiologic
Question 6
1 out of 1 points
What is the role of cytokines in cell reproduction?
Selected Answer: a.
Provide growth factor for tissue growth and development
Correct Answer: a.
Provide growth factor for tissue growth and development
Question 7
1 out of 1 points
When a patient asks causes cystic fibrosis, how should the nurse respond? Cystic
what fibrosis is caused gene.
by an Selected Answer: d.
Autosomal recessive
Correct Answer: d.
Autosomal recessive
Question 8
1 out of 1 points
A patient has a heart attack that leads to progressive cell injury that causes cell death
with severe cell swelling and breakdown of organelles. What term would the nurse
use to define this process?
Selected Answer: d.
Necrosis
Correct Answer: d.
Necrosis
Question 9
1 out of 1 points
A eukaryotic cell is undergoing DNA replication. In which region of the cell would
most of the genetic information be contained?
Selected Answer: c.
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