ACTUAL ACCURATE EXAM COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED VERIFIED
ANSWERS GRADED A+ 100% VERIFIED 2026-
2027 UPDATE
You see a 63-year-old man with suspected upper gastrointestinal
bleed. Expected laboratory findings would include:
A. elevated BUN; elevated serum creatinine
B. normal BUN; elevated serum creatinine
C. elevated BUN; normal serum creatinine
D. lower BUN; elevated serum creatinine - CORRECT
ANSWER> C. elevated BUN; normal serum creatinine
You are treating a patient in your office whom you suspect has
chronic lung disease, but you are unsure if you should start
treatment today. What do you consider ordering first?
A. A pulmonary consult
B. A chest x-ray
C. An office spirometry
D. A pulmonary function test - CORRECT ANSWER>
C. An office spirometry
,Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors can limit the
progression of some forms of renal disease by:
A. increasing intraglomerular pressure
B. reducing efferent arteriolar resistance
C. enhancing afferent arteriolar tone
D. increasing urinary protein excretion - CORRECT ANSWER>
B. reducing efferent arteriolar resistance
A 36-year-old afebrile woman with no health problems presents
with dysuria and frequency of urination. Her urinalysis findings
include results positive for nitrites and leukocyte esterase. You
evaluate these results and consider that she likely has:
A. purulent vulvovaginitis
B. a gram-negative UTI
C. cystitis caused by Staphylococcus saprophyticus
D. urethral syndrome - CORRECT ANSWER> B. a gram-
negative UTI
The most likely causative organism in community-acquired UTI in
women during the reproductive years is:
A. Klebsiella species
B. Proteus mirabilis
C. Escherichia coli
,D. Staphylococcus saprophyticus - CORRECT ANSWER> C.
Escherichia
, coli
Objective findings in patients with glomerulonephritis include all
of the following except:
A. edema
B. urinary red blood cell (RBC) casts
C. proteinuria
D. hypotension - CORRECT ANSWER> D. hypotension
An increase in creatinine from 1 to 2 mg/dL is typically seen with
a loss in renal function
A. 25%
B. 50%
C. 75%
D. 100% - CORRECT ANSWER> B. 50% Creatinine clearance
usually:
A. approximates glomerular filtration rate (GFR)
B. does not change as part of normative aging
C. is greater in women compared with men
D. increases with hypotension - CORRECT ANSWER> A.
approximates glomerular filtration rate (GFR)
Creatinine is best described as: