Essentials of Human Diseases and Conditions 8/E
by Fuqua Chapters 1 to 15 Covered
TEST BANK
,Table of contents
1. Mechanisms of Disease, Diagnosis, and Treatment
2. Developmental, Congenital, and Childhood Diseases and Disorders
3. Immunologic Diseases and Conditions
4. Diseases and Conditions of the Endocrine System
5. Diseases and Disorders of the Eye and Ear
6. Diseases and Conditions of the Integumentary System
7. Diseases and Conditions of the Musculoskeletal System
8. Diseases and Conditions of the Digestive System
9. Diseases and Conditions of the Respiratory System
10. Diseases and Conditions of the Circulatory System
11. Diseases and Conditions of the Urinary System
12. Diseases and Conditions of the Reproductive System
13. Neurologic Diseases and Conditions
14. Mental Disorders
15. Disorders and Conditions Resulting from Trauma
,Chapter 01: Mechanisms of Disease, Diagnosis, and Treatment
Fuqua: Essentials of Human Diseases and Conditions, 8th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Signs of disease
a. always cause symptoms.
b. rarely correlate with symptoms.
c. include abnormal objective findings.
d. are always described by the patient.
ANS: C
Signs, or abnormal objective findings, are the evidence of disease found by physical examination and
diagnostic testing. Signs of disease often correlate with the symptoms.
REF: p. 2 OBJ: 2
2. Predisposing factors of disease
a. precisely predict the occurrence of disease.
b. make a person or group more vulnerable to disease.
c. never overlap or occur in combination.
d. can all be controlled by prevention.
ANS: B
A person may be susceptible to a greater or lesser degree, because of one or more risk factors that
overlap or occur in combination. Predisposing factors include age, gender, lifestyle, environment,
heredity, and immunodeficiency.
REF: p. 2 OBJ: 3
3. Genetic diseases may be
a. produced by an abnormality in or mutation of the genetic code in a single gene.
b. caused by several abnormal genes.
c. caused by the abnormal presence or absence of a chromosome or an alteration of the
structure of chromosomes.
d. All of the answer options
ANS: D
Genetic predisposition (inheritance) currently is considered a major risk factor. Hereditary factors in
disease that appear regularly in successive generations are likely to affect males and females equally.
Hereditary or genetic diseases often develop as a result of the combined effects of inheritance and
environmental factors.
REF: p. 6 OBJ: 8
4. Which statement is true of benign tumors?
a. Tend to remain encapsulated
b. Infiltrate surrounding tissue
c. Do not compress surrounding tissue or obstruct organs
d. Do not resemble the tissue of origin
, ANS: A
Benign tumors usually develop slowly and can arise from any tissue. They tend to remain
encapsulated and do not infiltrate surrounding tissue.
REF: p. 7 OBJ: 7
5. Which statement is true of malignant tumors?
a. Tend to infiltrate other tissue.
b. Tend to bleed, ulcerate, and become infected.
c. May spread to distant sites in the body.
d. All of the answer options
ANS: D
Malignant tumors can represent a serious threat to the health and life of a person. Cancer cells are
variable in appearance and disorderly (anaplastic) and tend to bleed, ulcerate, and become infected.
Malignant tumors have the ability to infiltrate and invade the surrounding tissue.
Often malignant cells enter the bloodstream or the lymphatic vessels and spread to distant sites
in the body leading to tumor growth in other areas of the body.
REF: p. 8 OBJ: 7
6. Which statement is true regarding the TNM (tumor, nodes, metastasis) cancer staging system?
a. Assesses the size and extent of the spread of the primary tumor.
b. Is a grading system based on the degree of differentiation of tumor cells.
c. Both answer options are true.
d. Neither answer options are true.
ANS: A
Although a number of different staging systems exist, the majority of cancers use a TNM system.
TNM staging assesses the neoplasm in three different areas: the size or extent of the primary tumor
(T), the extent of regional lymph node involvement by the tumor (N), and the number of distant
metastases (M).
REF: p. 10 OBJ: 10
7. The tumor Gleason grade reflects which information about the tumor?
a. Stage
b. Degree of abnormal microscopic appearance of the cells
c. Location
d. None of the answer options
ANS: B
The Gleason grade correlates with extent of disease throughout the body and with prognosis. Analysis
of prostate tumor histology is performed, and the two predominant patterns are recorded and scored
from 1 to 5 (1 represents a well-differentiated histology; 5 is the most poorly differentiated).
REF: p. 12 OBJ: 10
8. Which statement correctly states the sequence of an allergic response within the body?
a. Immunoglobulin E (IgE) antibodies enter the body and produce an allergen.
b. The release of histamine sensitizes mast cells and produces symptoms.
by Fuqua Chapters 1 to 15 Covered
TEST BANK
,Table of contents
1. Mechanisms of Disease, Diagnosis, and Treatment
2. Developmental, Congenital, and Childhood Diseases and Disorders
3. Immunologic Diseases and Conditions
4. Diseases and Conditions of the Endocrine System
5. Diseases and Disorders of the Eye and Ear
6. Diseases and Conditions of the Integumentary System
7. Diseases and Conditions of the Musculoskeletal System
8. Diseases and Conditions of the Digestive System
9. Diseases and Conditions of the Respiratory System
10. Diseases and Conditions of the Circulatory System
11. Diseases and Conditions of the Urinary System
12. Diseases and Conditions of the Reproductive System
13. Neurologic Diseases and Conditions
14. Mental Disorders
15. Disorders and Conditions Resulting from Trauma
,Chapter 01: Mechanisms of Disease, Diagnosis, and Treatment
Fuqua: Essentials of Human Diseases and Conditions, 8th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Signs of disease
a. always cause symptoms.
b. rarely correlate with symptoms.
c. include abnormal objective findings.
d. are always described by the patient.
ANS: C
Signs, or abnormal objective findings, are the evidence of disease found by physical examination and
diagnostic testing. Signs of disease often correlate with the symptoms.
REF: p. 2 OBJ: 2
2. Predisposing factors of disease
a. precisely predict the occurrence of disease.
b. make a person or group more vulnerable to disease.
c. never overlap or occur in combination.
d. can all be controlled by prevention.
ANS: B
A person may be susceptible to a greater or lesser degree, because of one or more risk factors that
overlap or occur in combination. Predisposing factors include age, gender, lifestyle, environment,
heredity, and immunodeficiency.
REF: p. 2 OBJ: 3
3. Genetic diseases may be
a. produced by an abnormality in or mutation of the genetic code in a single gene.
b. caused by several abnormal genes.
c. caused by the abnormal presence or absence of a chromosome or an alteration of the
structure of chromosomes.
d. All of the answer options
ANS: D
Genetic predisposition (inheritance) currently is considered a major risk factor. Hereditary factors in
disease that appear regularly in successive generations are likely to affect males and females equally.
Hereditary or genetic diseases often develop as a result of the combined effects of inheritance and
environmental factors.
REF: p. 6 OBJ: 8
4. Which statement is true of benign tumors?
a. Tend to remain encapsulated
b. Infiltrate surrounding tissue
c. Do not compress surrounding tissue or obstruct organs
d. Do not resemble the tissue of origin
, ANS: A
Benign tumors usually develop slowly and can arise from any tissue. They tend to remain
encapsulated and do not infiltrate surrounding tissue.
REF: p. 7 OBJ: 7
5. Which statement is true of malignant tumors?
a. Tend to infiltrate other tissue.
b. Tend to bleed, ulcerate, and become infected.
c. May spread to distant sites in the body.
d. All of the answer options
ANS: D
Malignant tumors can represent a serious threat to the health and life of a person. Cancer cells are
variable in appearance and disorderly (anaplastic) and tend to bleed, ulcerate, and become infected.
Malignant tumors have the ability to infiltrate and invade the surrounding tissue.
Often malignant cells enter the bloodstream or the lymphatic vessels and spread to distant sites
in the body leading to tumor growth in other areas of the body.
REF: p. 8 OBJ: 7
6. Which statement is true regarding the TNM (tumor, nodes, metastasis) cancer staging system?
a. Assesses the size and extent of the spread of the primary tumor.
b. Is a grading system based on the degree of differentiation of tumor cells.
c. Both answer options are true.
d. Neither answer options are true.
ANS: A
Although a number of different staging systems exist, the majority of cancers use a TNM system.
TNM staging assesses the neoplasm in three different areas: the size or extent of the primary tumor
(T), the extent of regional lymph node involvement by the tumor (N), and the number of distant
metastases (M).
REF: p. 10 OBJ: 10
7. The tumor Gleason grade reflects which information about the tumor?
a. Stage
b. Degree of abnormal microscopic appearance of the cells
c. Location
d. None of the answer options
ANS: B
The Gleason grade correlates with extent of disease throughout the body and with prognosis. Analysis
of prostate tumor histology is performed, and the two predominant patterns are recorded and scored
from 1 to 5 (1 represents a well-differentiated histology; 5 is the most poorly differentiated).
REF: p. 12 OBJ: 10
8. Which statement correctly states the sequence of an allergic response within the body?
a. Immunoglobulin E (IgE) antibodies enter the body and produce an allergen.
b. The release of histamine sensitizes mast cells and produces symptoms.
