WCU PATHOPHYSIOLOGY MIDTERM TEST BANK EXAM ALL 500 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED SOLUTIONS RELEASED THIS YEAR

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WCU PATHOPHYSIOLOGY MIDTERM TEST BANK
EXAM ALL 500 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED SOLUTIONS RELEASED THIS YEAR
Question: Overproduction of nitric oxide is an important aspect of the pathophysiologic
process of what type of shock? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Septic




Question: Rheumatic heart disease is most often a consequence of - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔β-
hemolytic streptococcal infection.



Question: A patient with heart failure who reports intermittent shortness of breath during
the night is experiencing - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea




Question: The effects of histamine release include - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔increased vascular
permeability




Question: A diagnostic laboratory finding in myeloma is - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Bence Jones
proteins in the urine




Question: Emesis causes - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔metabolic alkalosis

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Question: Necrotic death of brain tissue usually produces _________ necrosis - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔liquefactive




Question: Metabolic alkalosis is often accompanied by - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔hypokalemia




Question: A patient diagnosed with chronic compensated heart failure reports that, "My feet
swell if I eat salt but I don't understand why" The nurse's best response is - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔"Salt holds water in your blood and makes more pressure against your blood
vessels, so fluid leaks out into your tissues and makes them swell."




Question: Cancer grading is based on - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔cell differentiation




Angina caused by coronary artery spasm is called _____ angina. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔Prinzmetal Variant




Question: Hypertrophy of the right ventricle is a compensatory response to - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔Pulmonary Stenosis




Question: Sings and symptoms of extracellular fluid volume excess include - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔bounding pulse




Question: Apoptosis is a process that results in cellular - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔death

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Question: A patient presenting with fever, hypotension, and lactic acidosis is most likely to be
experiencing what type of shock? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Septic




Question: When systemic vascular resistance is decreased, blood flow - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔decreases




Question: The most common primary immune deficiency that affects only B cells is -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Selective IgA




Question: Which dysrhythmia is thought to be associated with reentrant mechanisms? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Preexcitation syndrome tachycardia (Wolf-Parkinson-White syndrome)




Question: A 3-year old boy who exhibits prolonged bleeding after minor trauma and a
prolonged aPTT, bu a normal platelet count, is likely to be diagnosed with - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔Hemophilia




Question: The majority of cardiac cells that die after myocardial infarction do so because of -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔apoptosis

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Question: Dramatic hypotension sometimes accompanies type I hypersensitivity reactions
because - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔massive histamine release from mast cells leads to
vasodilation




Question: What results when systemic blood pressure is increased? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔Vasoconstriction




Question: The increased anterior-posterior chest diameter associated with obstructive lung
disease is caused by - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔increased residual lung volume




Question: Hypernatremia may be caused by - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔decreased antidiuretic
hormone secretion



Question: Tumor necrosis factor α and interleukin-1 contribute to shock states because they
induce production of - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔nitric oxide




Question: Which finding is indicative of orthostatic hypotension in a person with a supine BP
of 110/70 and a HR of 100? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Sitting BP 88/60, HR 118




Question: Familial retinoblastoma involves the transmission of what from parent to
offspring? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Mutant tumor-suppressor gene