Test Bank for Understanding Pathophysiology 3rd Australian Edition

Test Bank for
Understand-
ing Patho-
physiology 3rd
Australian
Edition by
Craft

, Craft, Gordon: Understanding Pathophysiology, 3rd Edition
Chapter 1: Introduction to clinical science

Test Bank

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. A sign is:

a. an alteration to normal body function.
b. a subjective indication of the patient experience reported by the patient.
c. an objective measurement or recording.
d. a localised response to disease.

ANS: C REF: p 5

2. When a patient has a set of signs and symptoms that occur together and are specific
to a particular condition with an unknown cause, this is referred to as a/n:

a. disease.
b. disorder.
c. aetiology.
d. syndrome.

ANS: D REF: p 5

3. Frank presents to the emergency room at your local hospital and reports feelings of
nausea and pain in the abdomen. Frank’s self-reported experiences are referred to as:

a. disorders.
b. signs.
c. symptoms.
d. syndromes.

ANS: C REF: p 5

4. In relation to disease, the term incidence refers to:

a. the number of people who have the disease at any one time.
b. the number of new cases that have been diagnosed and confirmed within a set
time period.
c. the presence of several diseases in the same patient.
d. the proportion of the population with the disease.

ANS: B REF: p 6