Weeks 4–6 Pathophysiology Quiz Review 2026 | Complete
Study Guide & Attempt Scores Breakdown
Instructions
This is a timed quiz. You will have 60 minutes to complete this quiz.
Study the material from weeks 4 - 6 to prepare for this quiz.
Attempt History
Attempt Time Score
LATEST Attempt 1 28 minutes 22.5 out of 30
Score for this quiz: 22.5 out of 30
Submitted Oct 10 at 2:33am
This attempt took 28 minutes.
Question 1 pts
A nurse is discussing preinvasive epithelial tumors of glandular or squamous cell origin. What is the nurse
describing?
Tumor in differentiation
Dysplastic
Correct! Cancer in situ
Cancer beyond (meta) situ
Early-stage growths that are localized to the epithelium and have not invaded are called cancer in
situ. Cancer in situ is early-stage growth and not a tumor in differentiation but is more mature
growth. Dysplastic cells do not define cancer in situ.
1/15
, Question 2 pts
What is the effect of telomere caps on cancer cells?
rect Answer Repeated divisions
Clonal distinction
u Answered Limited mitosis
Mutation abilities
The presence of telomere caps gives cancer cells the ability to divide over and over again, thus
cancer cells have unlimited mitosis. Telomere caps do not give cells clonal distinction. Mutation
capability is a characteristic of cancer cells, but this property is not related to telomeres.
Question 3 pts
Which of the following indicates a nurse understands a proto-oncogene? A proto-oncogene is best defined
as a(n) gene.
Correct! normal
altered
inactive
tumor-suppressor
In its normal, nonmutant state, an oncogene is referred to as a proto-oncogene.
A proto-oncogene is not an altered gene, an inactive gene, or a tumor-suppressor gene.
Question 4 pts
A patient has a tissue growth that was diagnosed as cancer. Which of the following terms best describes
this growth?
Study Guide & Attempt Scores Breakdown
Instructions
This is a timed quiz. You will have 60 minutes to complete this quiz.
Study the material from weeks 4 - 6 to prepare for this quiz.
Attempt History
Attempt Time Score
LATEST Attempt 1 28 minutes 22.5 out of 30
Score for this quiz: 22.5 out of 30
Submitted Oct 10 at 2:33am
This attempt took 28 minutes.
Question 1 pts
A nurse is discussing preinvasive epithelial tumors of glandular or squamous cell origin. What is the nurse
describing?
Tumor in differentiation
Dysplastic
Correct! Cancer in situ
Cancer beyond (meta) situ
Early-stage growths that are localized to the epithelium and have not invaded are called cancer in
situ. Cancer in situ is early-stage growth and not a tumor in differentiation but is more mature
growth. Dysplastic cells do not define cancer in situ.
1/15
, Question 2 pts
What is the effect of telomere caps on cancer cells?
rect Answer Repeated divisions
Clonal distinction
u Answered Limited mitosis
Mutation abilities
The presence of telomere caps gives cancer cells the ability to divide over and over again, thus
cancer cells have unlimited mitosis. Telomere caps do not give cells clonal distinction. Mutation
capability is a characteristic of cancer cells, but this property is not related to telomeres.
Question 3 pts
Which of the following indicates a nurse understands a proto-oncogene? A proto-oncogene is best defined
as a(n) gene.
Correct! normal
altered
inactive
tumor-suppressor
In its normal, nonmutant state, an oncogene is referred to as a proto-oncogene.
A proto-oncogene is not an altered gene, an inactive gene, or a tumor-suppressor gene.
Question 4 pts
A patient has a tissue growth that was diagnosed as cancer. Which of the following terms best describes
this growth?
