TEST BANK FOR PATHOPHYSIOLOGY 7TH EDITION EXAM 2025/2026

TEST BANK FOR
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY 7TH EDITION
EXAM 2025/2026

1. What does the term Etiology refer to?
a. Symptoms of disease
b. Cause or causes of a disease process ✅
c. Treatment options
d. Course of illness
2. What is Primary prevention focused on?
a. Detecting disease early
b. Preventing disease by reducing susceptibility ✅
c. Rehabilitating affected clients
d. Managing developed disease
3. What is the goal of Secondary prevention?
a. Restoring function after disease
b. Early detection and management of disease ✅
c. Eliminating disease causes
d. Reducing risk factors
4. What does Tertiary prevention involve?
a. Rehabilitative care to restore function ✅
b. Screening healthy individuals
c. Disease prevention education
d. Immunization campaigns
5. Disease treatment primarily means:
a. Disease prevention
b. Management of an already developed disease ✅
c. Screening
d. Counseling
6. Pharyngitis is defined as:
a. Ear infection
b. Inflammation of the throat ✅
c. Lung inflammation
d. Sinus congestion
7. Group A Streptococcus causes:
a. Pneumonia
b. Pharyngeal infections ✅
c. Urinary infections
d. Ear infections



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,8. The Meningitis vaccine helps prevent:
a. Tuberculosis
b. Infection from meningitis-causing organisms ✅
c. Common cold
d. Flu
9. How is obesity best managed?
a. Surgery only
b. Diet and exercise for weight reduction ✅
c. Medications only
d. Vitamin supplements
10. Sodium restriction is recommended for:
a. Diabetes
b. High blood pressure ✅
c. Anemia
d. Low blood pressure
11. What does Dysphagia mean?
a. Painful urination
b. Difficulty swallowing ✅
c. Vomiting
d. Loss of appetite
12. Malaise refers to:
a. Fever
b. General feeling of discomfort or unease ✅
c. Cough
d. Rash
13. A clinical manifestation refers to:
a. Laboratory test
b. Observable signs of a disease ✅
c. Medical history
d. Genetic factor
14. What is a throat culture used to identify?
a. Viral load
b. Pathogens in the throat ✅
c. Blood group
d. Allergies
15. A skin rash indicates:
a. A change in skin appearance often indicating disease ✅
b. Digestive issue
c. Joint pain
d. Ear infection
16. Pustules are:
a. Small, inflamed, pus-filled blisters ✅
b. Red patches
c. Bruises
d. Scabs



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, 17. A temperature of 102.3°F indicates:
a. Hypothermia
b. Fever, a common infection sign ✅
c. Normal temperature
d. Dehydration
18. Joint stiffness means:
a. Reduced flexibility in joints, often due to inflammation ✅
b. Muscle loss
c. Swelling of tissues
d. Bone fracture
19. Vaccination involves:
a. Treating diseases
b. Administering a vaccine to induce immunity ✅
c. Collecting samples
d. Using antibiotics
20. Health counseling provides:
a. Advice to improve health outcomes ✅
b. Medical prescriptions
c. Lab tests
d. Hospital referrals
21. Infection symptoms indicate:
a. Allergic reaction
b. Presence of pathogens ✅
c. Hormonal imbalance
d. Nutritional deficiency
22. Disease susceptibility refers to:
a. Inherent likelihood of developing a disease ✅
b. Disease prevention
c. Disease cure
d. Disease elimination
23. A clinical examination means:
a. Physical assessment to diagnose health issues ✅
b. Blood donation
c. Mental evaluation only
d. Lab test only
24. The incubation period is:
a. Time from exposure to first symptoms ✅
b. Recovery time
c. Disease elimination stage
d. Diagnostic testing phase
25. The prodromal stage of disease is characterized by:
a. Recovery
b. Initial nonspecific symptoms indicating onset ✅
c. Death
d. Diagnosis confirmation



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