NURS 116 - Pathophysiology and Pharmacology I
NURS 116 QUIZ 1/WEEK 1 ANSWERS 2025
– ACCURATE SPRING/ SUMMER LATEST
QUESTION AND ANSWER (GRADED A)
1 A 17-year-old student receives a vaccine against an organism that
causes meningitis. This is an example of __________________.
Secondary prevention
Primary prevention
Tertiary prevention
All of these are true
Primary prevention
2. Which of the following statements is false?
Proto-oncogenes are normal genes but can become cancer-causing
oncogenes if mutated.
Metastasis is defined as the process in which tumors spread from primary
to distant sites.
Determining the size of the tumor, the degree of node involvement, and
the extent of distant metastasis is called tumor staging.
University of Alberta
,NURS 116 - Pathophysiology and Pharmacology I
Surgical biopsy of a tumor involves removing the tumor with adequate
margins of normal tissue to maximize the chances of curing the disease.
Surgical biopsy of a tumor involves removing the tumor with adequate
margins of normal tissue to maximize the chances of curing the disease.
3. Which of the following characteristics is predicted for drugs having a
volume of distribution less than the volume of blood in the human body?
Decreased distribution to peripheral tissues
Decreased drug excretion
Increased drug excretion
Increased distribution to peripheral tissues
Decreased distribution to peripheral tissues
4. Which of the following factors limit the extent to which a drug may
produce a response in the human body?
Protein binding
Maximal receptor occupancy
Ineffective drug absorption
All of the above are correct
University of Alberta
, NURS 116 - Pathophysiology and Pharmacology I
All of the above are correct
5. Your diabetic patient is having an ulcer and infection in his big toe. He
was started on oral antibiotics but they are not working, the infection is
getting worse. You recognize this to be a problem with ___________________.
Distribution
Absorption
Metabolism
Excretion
Distribution
6. A normal body process in which cells die when they are worn out,
produced in excess, or have incurred genetic damage is called _________.
Apoptosis
Necrosis
Hypoplasia
Atrophy
Apoptosis
University of Alberta
NURS 116 QUIZ 1/WEEK 1 ANSWERS 2025
– ACCURATE SPRING/ SUMMER LATEST
QUESTION AND ANSWER (GRADED A)
1 A 17-year-old student receives a vaccine against an organism that
causes meningitis. This is an example of __________________.
Secondary prevention
Primary prevention
Tertiary prevention
All of these are true
Primary prevention
2. Which of the following statements is false?
Proto-oncogenes are normal genes but can become cancer-causing
oncogenes if mutated.
Metastasis is defined as the process in which tumors spread from primary
to distant sites.
Determining the size of the tumor, the degree of node involvement, and
the extent of distant metastasis is called tumor staging.
University of Alberta
,NURS 116 - Pathophysiology and Pharmacology I
Surgical biopsy of a tumor involves removing the tumor with adequate
margins of normal tissue to maximize the chances of curing the disease.
Surgical biopsy of a tumor involves removing the tumor with adequate
margins of normal tissue to maximize the chances of curing the disease.
3. Which of the following characteristics is predicted for drugs having a
volume of distribution less than the volume of blood in the human body?
Decreased distribution to peripheral tissues
Decreased drug excretion
Increased drug excretion
Increased distribution to peripheral tissues
Decreased distribution to peripheral tissues
4. Which of the following factors limit the extent to which a drug may
produce a response in the human body?
Protein binding
Maximal receptor occupancy
Ineffective drug absorption
All of the above are correct
University of Alberta
, NURS 116 - Pathophysiology and Pharmacology I
All of the above are correct
5. Your diabetic patient is having an ulcer and infection in his big toe. He
was started on oral antibiotics but they are not working, the infection is
getting worse. You recognize this to be a problem with ___________________.
Distribution
Absorption
Metabolism
Excretion
Distribution
6. A normal body process in which cells die when they are worn out,
produced in excess, or have incurred genetic damage is called _________.
Apoptosis
Necrosis
Hypoplasia
Atrophy
Apoptosis
University of Alberta
