WGU PATHO PRE ASSESSMENT REVIEW 50
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS 2025/2026
Blood pH and partial pressure of carbon dioxide (PCO2) - CORRECT ANSWER What
are two components that are evaluated as part of the arterial blood gas (ABG)
analysis?
Insect - CORRECT ANSWER A patient presented with acute inflammation on both
arms after camping. Which type of organism is indicated as a contributor to this
reaction?
Asphyxiation
Hypoxemia - CORRECT ANSWER What are two signs of patients who experience a
near drowning? Choose 2 answers
Phagocytosis - CORRECT ANSWER Which process does the body use to protect
itself from disease?
Meningitis
Nerve damage - CORRECT ANSWER A patient was diagnosed with stage 2 Lyme
disease. Which two responses can the body have in response to this disease?
Choose 2 answers
Malaria - CORRECT ANSWER A patient presents with anemia, jaundice, fever, and
malaise due to destruction of red blood cells. Which infectious disease does this
describe?
, HIV - CORRECT ANSWER Which infection invades and replicates in T4 lymphocyte
cells, leaving the body open to opportunistic infections?
Special T cells that produce small proteins called cytokines - CORRECT ANSWER
What are helper cells?
Antibodies enhance the action of the phagocytic cells.
Antibodies recruit the complement system. - CORRECT ANSWER What are two
things that antibodies do as part of the immune system? Choose 2 answers.
XX, XY, XX, Hy - CORRECT ANSWER What are the possible child outcomes for
hemophilia, an X-linked genetic disorder, if one parent is XX and the other is XY?
Agenesis of the corpus callosum - CORRECT ANSWER What is one assessment
finding of Neurobehavioral Disorder Associated with Prenatal Alcohol Exposure
(ND-PAE)?
Mosaicism - CORRECT ANSWER What is one variation of Down syndrome?
Paget disease - CORRECT ANSWER A patient presented with swelling of the femur.
MRI results indicated enlargement and thickening of the bone. The urinalysis
showed hydroxyproline. The patient was prescribed NSAIDs and physical therapy,
and surgery was recommended.
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS 2025/2026
Blood pH and partial pressure of carbon dioxide (PCO2) - CORRECT ANSWER What
are two components that are evaluated as part of the arterial blood gas (ABG)
analysis?
Insect - CORRECT ANSWER A patient presented with acute inflammation on both
arms after camping. Which type of organism is indicated as a contributor to this
reaction?
Asphyxiation
Hypoxemia - CORRECT ANSWER What are two signs of patients who experience a
near drowning? Choose 2 answers
Phagocytosis - CORRECT ANSWER Which process does the body use to protect
itself from disease?
Meningitis
Nerve damage - CORRECT ANSWER A patient was diagnosed with stage 2 Lyme
disease. Which two responses can the body have in response to this disease?
Choose 2 answers
Malaria - CORRECT ANSWER A patient presents with anemia, jaundice, fever, and
malaise due to destruction of red blood cells. Which infectious disease does this
describe?
, HIV - CORRECT ANSWER Which infection invades and replicates in T4 lymphocyte
cells, leaving the body open to opportunistic infections?
Special T cells that produce small proteins called cytokines - CORRECT ANSWER
What are helper cells?
Antibodies enhance the action of the phagocytic cells.
Antibodies recruit the complement system. - CORRECT ANSWER What are two
things that antibodies do as part of the immune system? Choose 2 answers.
XX, XY, XX, Hy - CORRECT ANSWER What are the possible child outcomes for
hemophilia, an X-linked genetic disorder, if one parent is XX and the other is XY?
Agenesis of the corpus callosum - CORRECT ANSWER What is one assessment
finding of Neurobehavioral Disorder Associated with Prenatal Alcohol Exposure
(ND-PAE)?
Mosaicism - CORRECT ANSWER What is one variation of Down syndrome?
Paget disease - CORRECT ANSWER A patient presented with swelling of the femur.
MRI results indicated enlargement and thickening of the bone. The urinalysis
showed hydroxyproline. The patient was prescribed NSAIDs and physical therapy,
and surgery was recommended.
