PATHO 3505 ACTUAL EXAMS SCRIPT QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔d. Leukemic cells function as normal white blood cells. - ✔✔Which of the following
descriptions is not a characteristic of leukemia?
a. Leukemic cells crowd out the other cells in the bone marrow
b. There is an inherited susceptibility to leukemia-causing mutagens
c. Differentiation of the leukemic cell is blocked and it becomes immortal
d. Leukemic cells function as normal white blood cells.
✔✔d. acute or chronic. - ✔✔Leukemia is classified as:
a. differentiated or undifferentiated
b. benign or malignant
c. proliferative or nonproliferative
d. acute or chronic.
✔✔a. viral infection - ✔✔Lymphocytosis commonly occurs in response to:
a. viral infection
b. fungal infection
c. drug overdose
d. bone marrow failure
✔✔d. neutrophilia - ✔✔An increase in the production of neutrophils in response to
infection is called:
a. neutropenia
b. pancytopenia
c. right shift
d. neutrophilia
, ✔✔a. leukocytosis - ✔✔The term used to describe a leukocyte count that is higher than
normal is:
a. leukocytosis
b. leukemia
c. leukopenia
d. hemostasis
✔✔a. hypercoagulability, leading to organ infarction - ✔✔Pathophysiological
consequences of polycythemia vera include:
a. hypercoagulability, leading to organ infarction
b. decreased oxygen-carrying capacity of erythrocytes, leading to tissue hypoxia
c. malformed platelets, leading to spontaneous bleeding
d. production of deformed erythrocytes that lyse prematurely.
✔✔b. Increased erythrocyte production - ✔✔Secondary polycythemia caused by
hypoxemia at high altitude manifests with which of the following problems?
a. Severe anemia
b. Increased erythrocyte production
c. Thrombocytopenia
d. Neutrophilia
✔✔a. Autosomal dominant - ✔✔What is the pattern of inheritance of the gene for sickle
cell disease?
a. Autosomal dominant
b. Nondisjunction
c. X-linked recessive
d. Autosomal recessive
✔✔c. Black - ✔✔In the United States, sickle cell disease is most common among
_________ populations.
a. Hispanic/Latino
b. Asian
c. Black
d. Caucasian
✔✔a. Pain - ✔✔Vaso-occlusive crisis in sickle cell disease manifests with which of the
following symptoms?
a.Pain
b. Pancytopenia
c. Splenomegaly
AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔d. Leukemic cells function as normal white blood cells. - ✔✔Which of the following
descriptions is not a characteristic of leukemia?
a. Leukemic cells crowd out the other cells in the bone marrow
b. There is an inherited susceptibility to leukemia-causing mutagens
c. Differentiation of the leukemic cell is blocked and it becomes immortal
d. Leukemic cells function as normal white blood cells.
✔✔d. acute or chronic. - ✔✔Leukemia is classified as:
a. differentiated or undifferentiated
b. benign or malignant
c. proliferative or nonproliferative
d. acute or chronic.
✔✔a. viral infection - ✔✔Lymphocytosis commonly occurs in response to:
a. viral infection
b. fungal infection
c. drug overdose
d. bone marrow failure
✔✔d. neutrophilia - ✔✔An increase in the production of neutrophils in response to
infection is called:
a. neutropenia
b. pancytopenia
c. right shift
d. neutrophilia
, ✔✔a. leukocytosis - ✔✔The term used to describe a leukocyte count that is higher than
normal is:
a. leukocytosis
b. leukemia
c. leukopenia
d. hemostasis
✔✔a. hypercoagulability, leading to organ infarction - ✔✔Pathophysiological
consequences of polycythemia vera include:
a. hypercoagulability, leading to organ infarction
b. decreased oxygen-carrying capacity of erythrocytes, leading to tissue hypoxia
c. malformed platelets, leading to spontaneous bleeding
d. production of deformed erythrocytes that lyse prematurely.
✔✔b. Increased erythrocyte production - ✔✔Secondary polycythemia caused by
hypoxemia at high altitude manifests with which of the following problems?
a. Severe anemia
b. Increased erythrocyte production
c. Thrombocytopenia
d. Neutrophilia
✔✔a. Autosomal dominant - ✔✔What is the pattern of inheritance of the gene for sickle
cell disease?
a. Autosomal dominant
b. Nondisjunction
c. X-linked recessive
d. Autosomal recessive
✔✔c. Black - ✔✔In the United States, sickle cell disease is most common among
_________ populations.
a. Hispanic/Latino
b. Asian
c. Black
d. Caucasian
✔✔a. Pain - ✔✔Vaso-occlusive crisis in sickle cell disease manifests with which of the
following symptoms?
a.Pain
b. Pancytopenia
c. Splenomegaly
