PATHOPHYSIOLOGY EXAM 3 PRACTICE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 2026
UPDATE | WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Adult polycystic kidney disease - Answer-manifests with decreasing renal function
and hypertension in adulthood
In chronic glomerulonephritis - Answer-progression to end-stage renal disease is
common
Movement of renal calculi into the ureter produces - Answer-renal colic
Risk factors for acute pyelonephritis include all of the following except?
A) diabetes mellitus
B) kidney trauma
C) pregnancy
D) elderly age - Answer-B) Kidney trauma
the finding of white blood cell casts in the urine is indicative of - Answer-
pyelonephritis
The finding of red blood cell casts in the urine is indicative of - Answer-
Glomerulonephritis
, polycystic kidney disease (PKD) - Answer-Genetic disorder in which fluid-filled
cysts develop in the kidneys.
Prerenal kidney injury, regardless of the specific cause, has a single common
etiologic factor, which is - Answer-decreased kidney perfusion
All of the following could produce prerenal kidney in jury except - Answer-
pyelonephritis
Kidney injury produces all of the following characteristic alterations in laboratory
values except?
A) increased creatinine levels
B) increased potassium levels
C) increased phosphorus levels
D) increased calcium levels - Answer-D) increased calcium levels
Which of the following patients is at highest risk for developing prerenal acute
kidney injury? - Answer-A young man with significant post surgical hemorrhage
The cause of death of most patients with chronic kidney disease is - Answer-
cardiovascular disease
Cystitis is: - Answer-an inflammation of the bladder lining
Risk factors for the development of cystitis include all of the following except?
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 2026
UPDATE | WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Adult polycystic kidney disease - Answer-manifests with decreasing renal function
and hypertension in adulthood
In chronic glomerulonephritis - Answer-progression to end-stage renal disease is
common
Movement of renal calculi into the ureter produces - Answer-renal colic
Risk factors for acute pyelonephritis include all of the following except?
A) diabetes mellitus
B) kidney trauma
C) pregnancy
D) elderly age - Answer-B) Kidney trauma
the finding of white blood cell casts in the urine is indicative of - Answer-
pyelonephritis
The finding of red blood cell casts in the urine is indicative of - Answer-
Glomerulonephritis
, polycystic kidney disease (PKD) - Answer-Genetic disorder in which fluid-filled
cysts develop in the kidneys.
Prerenal kidney injury, regardless of the specific cause, has a single common
etiologic factor, which is - Answer-decreased kidney perfusion
All of the following could produce prerenal kidney in jury except - Answer-
pyelonephritis
Kidney injury produces all of the following characteristic alterations in laboratory
values except?
A) increased creatinine levels
B) increased potassium levels
C) increased phosphorus levels
D) increased calcium levels - Answer-D) increased calcium levels
Which of the following patients is at highest risk for developing prerenal acute
kidney injury? - Answer-A young man with significant post surgical hemorrhage
The cause of death of most patients with chronic kidney disease is - Answer-
cardiovascular disease
Cystitis is: - Answer-an inflammation of the bladder lining
Risk factors for the development of cystitis include all of the following except?
