WCU PATHOPHYSIOLOGY CORRECT TEST PAPER
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Glomerulonephritis results from
a. Trauma to the kidney
b. Obstructive pathology
c. Antigen-antibody complexes
d. Infection caused by Streptococcus - ✔✔c. Antigen-antibody complexes
✔✔Cholecystitis is caused by
a. A fatty diet
b. Chronic gastritis
c. Spicy food intake
d. Inflammatory reactions - ✔✔d. Inflammatory reactions
The term cholecystitis refers to inflammation of the gallbladder wall. The continued
presence of gallstones within the gallbladder ultimately promotes inflammatory changes
in the gallbladder wall, with fibrosis and thickening.
A fatty diet doesn't cause cholecystitis, but can aggravate the condition.
Chronic gastritis is not associated with cholecystitis.
Spicy food may not be tolerated well, but that is not the cause of cholecystitis.
✔✔When a patient receives bone marrow from a closely matched relative, it is referred
to as what type of transplant?
a. Allogenic
b. Autologous
c. Graft-versus-host
d. Peripheral stem cell - ✔✔a. Allogenic
- Allogenic is the term for a transplant from a closely matched relative.
Autologous transplants collect stem cells from the patient's own blood to be stored and
then re-infused after chemotherapy and irradiation.
,Graft-versus-host disease is a serious problem that can occur from allogenic
transplants.
Using peripheral stem cell transplantation (which is a form of autologous transplant)
helps eliminate the problem of graft-versus-host disease.
✔✔What is the pathophysiologic phenomenon underlying disseminated intravascular
coagulation (DIC)?
a. Elevated platelet and fibrinogen levels
b. Clotting that leads to bleeding
c. Inadequate cardiac output
d. Mast cell degranulation - ✔✔b. Clotting that leads to bleeding
✔✔A current diagnosis of tuberculosis requires a
a. Chest x-ray
b. Positive Mantoux test
c. Positive sputum culture for acid-fast bacillus
d. Presentation of typical symptoms including night sweats - ✔✔c. Positive sputum
culture for acid-fast bacillus
✔✔High blood pressure can be treated with lifestyle modification related to which of the
following? (Select all that apply.)
a. Decreased sodium intake
b. Relaxation techniques
c. Weight management
d. Medication therapy
e. Exercise - ✔✔a. Decreased sodium intake
b. Relaxation techniques
c. Weight management
e. Exercise
A low-sodium diet decreases sodium retention and blood volume, altering stroke volume
and cardiac output, which results in a lower blood pressure.
Relaxation techniques help manage stress which helps lower blood pressure.
Obesity is a major risk factor for hypertension.
Exercise increases vascular tone, thus decreasing systemic vascular resistance and
blood pressure.
Medication therapy is not considered a lifestyle modification.
✔✔The strong risk factors for colon cancer include which of the following? (Select all
that apply.)
a. Aging
b. Gender
c. Heredity
d. Crohn disease
e. High-fat diet - ✔✔a. Aging
, c. Heredity
d. Crohn disease
e. High-fat diet
Aging increases the risk of colon cancer, with the risk doubling every decade until age
80.
Family history of colorectal cancer in a first-degree relative triples the probability of risk.
Ulcerative bowel conditions such as Crohn disease or ulcerative colitis are risk factors.
Dietary factors, such as a high-fat, low-fiber diet, increase the risk.
There is no current research to support a strong link between gender and the risk for
colon cancer.
✔✔Which is a characteristic finding in renal failure?
a. Increased serum phosphorus
b. Increased serum calcium
c. Crystals in the urine
d. Protein in the urine - ✔✔a. Increased serum phosphorus
✔✔Which term is used to describe the deficiency in circulating platelets?
a. Anemia
b. Leukopenia
c. Leukocytosis
d. Thrombocytopenia - ✔✔d. Thrombocytopenia
Thrombocytopenia is a deficiency in circulation platelets, which are important mediators
of blood clotting.
Anemia is a deficiency of circulating red blood cells.
Leukopenia is a decrease in white blood cells.
Leukocytosis is an increase in circulating white blood cells.
✔✔Appendicitis is one of the most common abdominal conditions requiring emergency
surgery. Although its symptoms sometimes overlap with those of other abdominal
disorders, appendicitis is initially characterized by which of the following? (Select all that
apply.)
a. Fever
b. Nausea
c. Diarrhea
d. Periumbilical pain
e. Migrating lower-right abdomen pain - ✔✔b. Nausea
c. Diarrhea
d. Periumbilical pain
e. Migrating lower-right abdomen pain
✔✔Which clinical manifestation differentiates myocardial infarction (MI) from angina
pectoris? (Select all that apply.)
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Glomerulonephritis results from
a. Trauma to the kidney
b. Obstructive pathology
c. Antigen-antibody complexes
d. Infection caused by Streptococcus - ✔✔c. Antigen-antibody complexes
✔✔Cholecystitis is caused by
a. A fatty diet
b. Chronic gastritis
c. Spicy food intake
d. Inflammatory reactions - ✔✔d. Inflammatory reactions
The term cholecystitis refers to inflammation of the gallbladder wall. The continued
presence of gallstones within the gallbladder ultimately promotes inflammatory changes
in the gallbladder wall, with fibrosis and thickening.
A fatty diet doesn't cause cholecystitis, but can aggravate the condition.
Chronic gastritis is not associated with cholecystitis.
Spicy food may not be tolerated well, but that is not the cause of cholecystitis.
✔✔When a patient receives bone marrow from a closely matched relative, it is referred
to as what type of transplant?
a. Allogenic
b. Autologous
c. Graft-versus-host
d. Peripheral stem cell - ✔✔a. Allogenic
- Allogenic is the term for a transplant from a closely matched relative.
Autologous transplants collect stem cells from the patient's own blood to be stored and
then re-infused after chemotherapy and irradiation.
,Graft-versus-host disease is a serious problem that can occur from allogenic
transplants.
Using peripheral stem cell transplantation (which is a form of autologous transplant)
helps eliminate the problem of graft-versus-host disease.
✔✔What is the pathophysiologic phenomenon underlying disseminated intravascular
coagulation (DIC)?
a. Elevated platelet and fibrinogen levels
b. Clotting that leads to bleeding
c. Inadequate cardiac output
d. Mast cell degranulation - ✔✔b. Clotting that leads to bleeding
✔✔A current diagnosis of tuberculosis requires a
a. Chest x-ray
b. Positive Mantoux test
c. Positive sputum culture for acid-fast bacillus
d. Presentation of typical symptoms including night sweats - ✔✔c. Positive sputum
culture for acid-fast bacillus
✔✔High blood pressure can be treated with lifestyle modification related to which of the
following? (Select all that apply.)
a. Decreased sodium intake
b. Relaxation techniques
c. Weight management
d. Medication therapy
e. Exercise - ✔✔a. Decreased sodium intake
b. Relaxation techniques
c. Weight management
e. Exercise
A low-sodium diet decreases sodium retention and blood volume, altering stroke volume
and cardiac output, which results in a lower blood pressure.
Relaxation techniques help manage stress which helps lower blood pressure.
Obesity is a major risk factor for hypertension.
Exercise increases vascular tone, thus decreasing systemic vascular resistance and
blood pressure.
Medication therapy is not considered a lifestyle modification.
✔✔The strong risk factors for colon cancer include which of the following? (Select all
that apply.)
a. Aging
b. Gender
c. Heredity
d. Crohn disease
e. High-fat diet - ✔✔a. Aging
, c. Heredity
d. Crohn disease
e. High-fat diet
Aging increases the risk of colon cancer, with the risk doubling every decade until age
80.
Family history of colorectal cancer in a first-degree relative triples the probability of risk.
Ulcerative bowel conditions such as Crohn disease or ulcerative colitis are risk factors.
Dietary factors, such as a high-fat, low-fiber diet, increase the risk.
There is no current research to support a strong link between gender and the risk for
colon cancer.
✔✔Which is a characteristic finding in renal failure?
a. Increased serum phosphorus
b. Increased serum calcium
c. Crystals in the urine
d. Protein in the urine - ✔✔a. Increased serum phosphorus
✔✔Which term is used to describe the deficiency in circulating platelets?
a. Anemia
b. Leukopenia
c. Leukocytosis
d. Thrombocytopenia - ✔✔d. Thrombocytopenia
Thrombocytopenia is a deficiency in circulation platelets, which are important mediators
of blood clotting.
Anemia is a deficiency of circulating red blood cells.
Leukopenia is a decrease in white blood cells.
Leukocytosis is an increase in circulating white blood cells.
✔✔Appendicitis is one of the most common abdominal conditions requiring emergency
surgery. Although its symptoms sometimes overlap with those of other abdominal
disorders, appendicitis is initially characterized by which of the following? (Select all that
apply.)
a. Fever
b. Nausea
c. Diarrhea
d. Periumbilical pain
e. Migrating lower-right abdomen pain - ✔✔b. Nausea
c. Diarrhea
d. Periumbilical pain
e. Migrating lower-right abdomen pain
✔✔Which clinical manifestation differentiates myocardial infarction (MI) from angina
pectoris? (Select all that apply.)
