WCU PATHOPHYSIOLOGY MIDTERM
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM SCRIPT 2026 FULL
SOLUTION TESTED QUESTIONS
● 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
● 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
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM SCRIPT 2026 FULL
SOLUTION TESTED QUESTIONS
● 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
● 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
