2026 RN Pharmacology Exam Prep: High-Yield Concepts & Practice Questions for A+ Performance

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HESI RN ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY (NEW UPDATED VERSION)
LATEST ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS)- GUARANTEED PASS A+ UPDATED 2026




An initial disturbance in a system sets off a chain of events that does not favor
stability and often abruptly displaces a system from its steady state: what is
that?
a. Positive Feedback
b. Negative Feedback
c. Disease

d. Homeostasis - CORRECT ANSWER a. positive feedback


QUESTION : What organ shrinks with age?
a. Prostate
b. Gums
c. Heart

d. All of the above - CORRECT ANSWER b. gums


QUESTION : Which of the following is true?
a. An infant will have a slower heart rate than an adult
b. The elderly have better temperature sensations
c. There are more sweat glands in an elderly person

d. There is less thirst perception in the elderly - CORRECT ANSWER d.
there is less thirst perception in the elderly

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QUESTION : Which of the following is true?
a. Women snore more than men
b. Men have higher calcium levels
c. Women have a lower hemoglobin than men

d. Men have a lower creatinine level than women - CORRECT ANSWER
c. Women have a lower hemoglobin than men


QUESTION : An increase in normal adaptive response to the decreased
availability of oxygen at high altitude is termed which?
a. Circadian
b. Acclimatization
c. Population

d. Diurnal - CORRECT ANSWER b. Acclimatization


QUESTION : What does it mean when the cause of the disease is unwanted
medical treatment?
a. Idiopathic
b. Ecogenetic
c. Genotypical

d. Iatrogenic - CORRECT ANSWER d. Iatrogenic


QUESTION : Which term is used for the first two months of life?
a. Infancy
b. Childhood


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c. Prenatal

d. Neonatal - CORRECT ANSWER d. Neonatal


QUESTION : Which is an objectively identifiable aberration of the disease?
a. Symptom
b. Syndrome
c. Stage

d. Sign - CORRECT ANSWER d. Sign


QUESTION : Which of the following is true regarding catecholamines?
a. They are from the parasympathetic nervous system
b. They cross the blood brain barrier
c. They include epinephrine and norepinephrine

d. They cause of decrease in heart rate - CORRECT ANSWER c. They
include epinephrine and norepinephrine


QUESTION : Which of the following is a true statement?
a. Antidiuretic hormone is not important for blood volume regulation
b. Endorphins increase with stress, resulting in a decrease in pain perception
c. Epinephrine and cortisol act very differently

d. Cortisol negates epinephrine's activity - CORRECT ANSWER b.
Endorphins increase with stress, resulting in a decrease in pain perception


QUESTION : By what mechanism do lipid molecules cross cell membranes?
a. They use channel proteins as a membrane transport system

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b. They are transported across the plasma membrane by endocytosis and
exocytosis
c. They use voltage-gated ion channels

d. They cross by diffusion - CORRECT ANSWER d. They cross by
diffusion


QUESTION : Which of the following metabolic processes is a component of
anabolic metabolism?
a. Protein synthesis
b. Glycolysis
c. Citric acid cycle

d. Oxidative phosphorylation - CORRECT ANSWER a. Protein synthesis


QUESTION : Which of the following electrochemical mechanism is responsible
for maintaining cell volume?
a. The calcium pump
b. Glucose transporters
c. The sodium-potassium pump

d. ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters - CORRECT ANSWER c. The
sodium-potassium pump


QUESTION : Cellular hypoxia results in:
a. Enhanced ATP activity
b. Loss of intracellular calcium
c. Increased pH



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