WGU D027 OA Exam Study Guide
2025/2026 Exam Questions and Answers
| A+ Score Assured
cystic fibrosis - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔effects pancreas, increased mucus
Klinefelter syndrome - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A chromosomal disorder in which
males have an extra X chromosome
Turner Syndrome - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A chromosomal disorder in females in
which either an X chromosome is missing, making the person XO instead
of XX, or part of one X chromosome is deleted.
Alpha Thalassemia - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Severe anemia, do not give ferrous
sulfate
, B and T cells - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Mature in bone marrow, the go to
thymus/spleen/liver
Lichen planus - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔causes extreme itching
Pityriasis Rosea - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Itchy patch-like rash in children
actinic keratosis - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔caused by UV exposure, precursor to
squamous cell carcinoma
Glucocorticoids - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Tx for cancers that arise from lymphoma
tissue, can be toxicities with long term treatment
Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators (SERMs) - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Tamoxifen; used for pts with hormone-receptor positive breast cancer
after mastectomy
Normal EF - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔55-60%
Best way to look at structure/fxn of heart - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Echo
Left sided heart failure - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔affects pulmonary vasculature,
increased JVP, S3, rales
right sided heart failure - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔1. Jungular Vein Distention
2025/2026 Exam Questions and Answers
| A+ Score Assured
cystic fibrosis - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔effects pancreas, increased mucus
Klinefelter syndrome - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A chromosomal disorder in which
males have an extra X chromosome
Turner Syndrome - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A chromosomal disorder in females in
which either an X chromosome is missing, making the person XO instead
of XX, or part of one X chromosome is deleted.
Alpha Thalassemia - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Severe anemia, do not give ferrous
sulfate
, B and T cells - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Mature in bone marrow, the go to
thymus/spleen/liver
Lichen planus - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔causes extreme itching
Pityriasis Rosea - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Itchy patch-like rash in children
actinic keratosis - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔caused by UV exposure, precursor to
squamous cell carcinoma
Glucocorticoids - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Tx for cancers that arise from lymphoma
tissue, can be toxicities with long term treatment
Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators (SERMs) - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Tamoxifen; used for pts with hormone-receptor positive breast cancer
after mastectomy
Normal EF - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔55-60%
Best way to look at structure/fxn of heart - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Echo
Left sided heart failure - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔affects pulmonary vasculature,
increased JVP, S3, rales
right sided heart failure - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔1. Jungular Vein Distention
