WCU PATHOPHYSIOLOGY MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025
Angina caused by coronary artery spasm is called _____ angina. - (ANSWER)Prinzmetal Variant
Hypertrophy of the right ventricle is a compensatory response to - (ANSWER)Pulmonary Stenosis
Sings and symptoms of extracellular fluid volume excess include - (ANSWER)bounding pulse
Apoptosis is a process that results in cellular - (ANSWER)death
A patient presenting with fever, hypotension, and lactic acidosis is most likely to be experiencing what
type of shock? - (ANSWER)Septic
When systemic vascular resistance is decreased, blood flow - (ANSWER)decreases
Overproduction of nitric oxide is an important aspect of the pathophysiologic process of what type of
shock? - (ANSWER)Septic
Rheumatic heart disease is most often a consequence of - (ANSWER)β-hemolytic streptococcal infection.
A patient with heart failure who reports intermittent shortness of breath during the night is
experiencing - (ANSWER)paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea
The effects of histamine release include - (ANSWER)increased vascular permeability
A diagnostic laboratory finding in myeloma is - (ANSWER)Bence Jones proteins in the urine
Emesis causes - (ANSWER)metabolic alkalosis
Necrotic death of brain tissue usually produces _________ necrosis - (ANSWER)liquefactive
,WCU PATHOPHYSIOLOGY MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025
Metabolic alkalosis is often accompanied by - (ANSWER)hypokalemia
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 - (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."
Cancer grading is based on - (ANSWER)cell differentiation
The most common primary immune deficiency that affects only B cells is - (ANSWER)Selective IgA
Which dysrhythmia is thought to be associated with reentrant mechanisms? - (ANSWER)Preexcitation
syndrome tachycardia (Wolf-Parkinson-White syndrome)
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 - (ANSWER)Hemophilia
The majority of cardiac cells that die after myocardial infarction do so because of - (ANSWER)apoptosis
Dramatic hypotension sometimes accompanies type I hypersensitivity reactions because -
(ANSWER)massive histamine release from mast cells leads to vasodilation
What results when systemic blood pressure is increased? - (ANSWER)Vasoconstriction
The increased anterior-posterior chest diameter associated with obstructive lung disease is caused by -
(ANSWER)increased residual lung volume
Hypernatremia may be caused by - (ANSWER)decreased antidiuretic hormone secretion
, WCU PATHOPHYSIOLOGY MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025
Tumor necrosis factor α and interleukin-1 contribute to shock states because they induce production of -
(ANSWER)nitric oxide
Which finding is indicative of orthostatic hypotension in a person with a supine BP of 110/70 and a HR of
100? - (ANSWER)Sitting BP 88/60, HR 118
Familial retinoblastoma involves the transmission of what from parent to offspring? - (ANSWER)Mutant
tumor-suppressor gene
Neuromuscular disorders impair lung function primarily because of - (ANSWER)weak muscles of
respiration
Which acid are the kidneys unable to excrete? - (ANSWER)Carbonic
Myocarditis should be suspected in a patient who presents with - (ANSWER)acute onset of left
ventricular dysfunction
A type of shock that includes brain trauma that results in depression of the vasomotor center is
cardiogenic - (ANSWER)False, neurogenic shock
Your patient is scheduled for a staging procedure. She wants to know what that means. The correct
response is which of the following? - (ANSWER)It is a procedure for determining the extent of tumor
spread
Signs and symptoms of clinical dehydration include - (ANSWER)decreased urine output
The person at highest risk for developing hypernatremia is a person who - (ANSWER)receives tube
feedings because he or she is comatose after a stroke
Angina caused by coronary artery spasm is called _____ angina. - (ANSWER)Prinzmetal Variant
Hypertrophy of the right ventricle is a compensatory response to - (ANSWER)Pulmonary Stenosis
Sings and symptoms of extracellular fluid volume excess include - (ANSWER)bounding pulse
Apoptosis is a process that results in cellular - (ANSWER)death
A patient presenting with fever, hypotension, and lactic acidosis is most likely to be experiencing what
type of shock? - (ANSWER)Septic
When systemic vascular resistance is decreased, blood flow - (ANSWER)decreases
Overproduction of nitric oxide is an important aspect of the pathophysiologic process of what type of
shock? - (ANSWER)Septic
Rheumatic heart disease is most often a consequence of - (ANSWER)β-hemolytic streptococcal infection.
A patient with heart failure who reports intermittent shortness of breath during the night is
experiencing - (ANSWER)paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea
The effects of histamine release include - (ANSWER)increased vascular permeability
A diagnostic laboratory finding in myeloma is - (ANSWER)Bence Jones proteins in the urine
Emesis causes - (ANSWER)metabolic alkalosis
Necrotic death of brain tissue usually produces _________ necrosis - (ANSWER)liquefactive
,WCU PATHOPHYSIOLOGY MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025
Metabolic alkalosis is often accompanied by - (ANSWER)hypokalemia
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 - (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."
Cancer grading is based on - (ANSWER)cell differentiation
The most common primary immune deficiency that affects only B cells is - (ANSWER)Selective IgA
Which dysrhythmia is thought to be associated with reentrant mechanisms? - (ANSWER)Preexcitation
syndrome tachycardia (Wolf-Parkinson-White syndrome)
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 - (ANSWER)Hemophilia
The majority of cardiac cells that die after myocardial infarction do so because of - (ANSWER)apoptosis
Dramatic hypotension sometimes accompanies type I hypersensitivity reactions because -
(ANSWER)massive histamine release from mast cells leads to vasodilation
What results when systemic blood pressure is increased? - (ANSWER)Vasoconstriction
The increased anterior-posterior chest diameter associated with obstructive lung disease is caused by -
(ANSWER)increased residual lung volume
Hypernatremia may be caused by - (ANSWER)decreased antidiuretic hormone secretion
, WCU PATHOPHYSIOLOGY MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025
Tumor necrosis factor α and interleukin-1 contribute to shock states because they induce production of -
(ANSWER)nitric oxide
Which finding is indicative of orthostatic hypotension in a person with a supine BP of 110/70 and a HR of
100? - (ANSWER)Sitting BP 88/60, HR 118
Familial retinoblastoma involves the transmission of what from parent to offspring? - (ANSWER)Mutant
tumor-suppressor gene
Neuromuscular disorders impair lung function primarily because of - (ANSWER)weak muscles of
respiration
Which acid are the kidneys unable to excrete? - (ANSWER)Carbonic
Myocarditis should be suspected in a patient who presents with - (ANSWER)acute onset of left
ventricular dysfunction
A type of shock that includes brain trauma that results in depression of the vasomotor center is
cardiogenic - (ANSWER)False, neurogenic shock
Your patient is scheduled for a staging procedure. She wants to know what that means. The correct
response is which of the following? - (ANSWER)It is a procedure for determining the extent of tumor
spread
Signs and symptoms of clinical dehydration include - (ANSWER)decreased urine output
The person at highest risk for developing hypernatremia is a person who - (ANSWER)receives tube
feedings because he or she is comatose after a stroke
