WCU PATHOPHYSIOLOGY EVALUATION TEST
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔The finding of ketones in the blood suggests that a person may have - ✔✔metabolic
acidosis (ketoacidosis)
✔✔Allergic (extrinsic) asthma is associated with - ✔✔IgE-mediated airway inflammation
✔✔Persistence of the alarm stage will ultimately result in - ✔✔permanent damage and
death (organ failure)
✔✔The prevalence of high blood pressure is higher in - ✔✔non-Hispanic black adults
✔✔Risk factors for atherosclerosis include - ✔✔Hyperlipidemia
✔✔A low mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC) and mean corpuscular
volume (MCV) are characteristic of which type of anemia? - ✔✔iron deficiency
✔✔In general, the best prognosis for long-term disease-free survival occurs with -
✔✔ALL (acute lymphoid leukemia)
✔✔The cellular change that is considered preneoplastic is - ✔✔dysplasia
✔✔Manifestations from sodium imbalances occur primarily as a result of - ✔✔cellular
fluid shifts
✔✔The majority of tachydysrhythmias are believed to occur because of - ✔✔reentry
mechanisms
✔✔A commonly ingested substance associated with prolongation of the bleeding time is
- ✔✔aspirin
, ✔✔The nurse provides teaching regarding dietary intake of potassium to avoid an
electrolyte imbalance when a patient - ✔✔has chronic heart failure that is treated with
diuretics
✔✔Which blood pressure reading is considered to be indicative of prehypertension
according to the JNC-7 criteria? - ✔✔128/82
✔✔Allostasis is best defined as - ✔✔the overall process of adaptive change necessary
to maintain survival and well-being.
✔✔Decreased neuromuscular excitability is often the result of - ✔✔Hypercalcemia and
hypermagnesemia
✔✔A patient has been exposed to meningococcal meningitis, but is not yet
demonstrating signs of this disease. This stage of illness is called the _____ stage. -
✔✔latent
✔✔A patient is diagnosed with heart failure with normal ejection fraction. This patient is
most likely characterized by a(n) - ✔✔an elderly woman without a previous history of MI
✔✔A 5-year-old patient's parents report loss of appetite and fatigue in their child. The
parents also state that the child refuses to walk as a result of pain. The child's most
likely diagnosis is - ✔✔ALL (acute lymphoid leukemia)
✔✔Burkitt lymphoma is most closely associated with - ✔✔Epstein-Barr virus
✔✔The assessment findings of a 5-year-old with a history of asthma include extreme
shortness of breath, nasal flaring, coughing, pulsus paradoxus, and use of accessory
respiratory muscles. There is no wheezing and the chest is silent in many areas. How
should you interpret your assessment? - ✔✔The child may be having such a severe
asthma episode that the airways are closed, so start oxygen and get the doctor
immediately.
✔✔Blood flow throughout the periphery is regulated by - ✔✔the autonomic nervous
system
✔✔Early manifestations of a developing metabolic acidosis include - ✔✔headache
✔✔An example of an acyanotic heart defect is - ✔✔ventricular septal defect
✔✔What is the correct definition of complete remission (CR) of leukemia? - ✔✔CR is
less than 5% blasts in marrow and normal CBC values
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔The finding of ketones in the blood suggests that a person may have - ✔✔metabolic
acidosis (ketoacidosis)
✔✔Allergic (extrinsic) asthma is associated with - ✔✔IgE-mediated airway inflammation
✔✔Persistence of the alarm stage will ultimately result in - ✔✔permanent damage and
death (organ failure)
✔✔The prevalence of high blood pressure is higher in - ✔✔non-Hispanic black adults
✔✔Risk factors for atherosclerosis include - ✔✔Hyperlipidemia
✔✔A low mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC) and mean corpuscular
volume (MCV) are characteristic of which type of anemia? - ✔✔iron deficiency
✔✔In general, the best prognosis for long-term disease-free survival occurs with -
✔✔ALL (acute lymphoid leukemia)
✔✔The cellular change that is considered preneoplastic is - ✔✔dysplasia
✔✔Manifestations from sodium imbalances occur primarily as a result of - ✔✔cellular
fluid shifts
✔✔The majority of tachydysrhythmias are believed to occur because of - ✔✔reentry
mechanisms
✔✔A commonly ingested substance associated with prolongation of the bleeding time is
- ✔✔aspirin
, ✔✔The nurse provides teaching regarding dietary intake of potassium to avoid an
electrolyte imbalance when a patient - ✔✔has chronic heart failure that is treated with
diuretics
✔✔Which blood pressure reading is considered to be indicative of prehypertension
according to the JNC-7 criteria? - ✔✔128/82
✔✔Allostasis is best defined as - ✔✔the overall process of adaptive change necessary
to maintain survival and well-being.
✔✔Decreased neuromuscular excitability is often the result of - ✔✔Hypercalcemia and
hypermagnesemia
✔✔A patient has been exposed to meningococcal meningitis, but is not yet
demonstrating signs of this disease. This stage of illness is called the _____ stage. -
✔✔latent
✔✔A patient is diagnosed with heart failure with normal ejection fraction. This patient is
most likely characterized by a(n) - ✔✔an elderly woman without a previous history of MI
✔✔A 5-year-old patient's parents report loss of appetite and fatigue in their child. The
parents also state that the child refuses to walk as a result of pain. The child's most
likely diagnosis is - ✔✔ALL (acute lymphoid leukemia)
✔✔Burkitt lymphoma is most closely associated with - ✔✔Epstein-Barr virus
✔✔The assessment findings of a 5-year-old with a history of asthma include extreme
shortness of breath, nasal flaring, coughing, pulsus paradoxus, and use of accessory
respiratory muscles. There is no wheezing and the chest is silent in many areas. How
should you interpret your assessment? - ✔✔The child may be having such a severe
asthma episode that the airways are closed, so start oxygen and get the doctor
immediately.
✔✔Blood flow throughout the periphery is regulated by - ✔✔the autonomic nervous
system
✔✔Early manifestations of a developing metabolic acidosis include - ✔✔headache
✔✔An example of an acyanotic heart defect is - ✔✔ventricular septal defect
✔✔What is the correct definition of complete remission (CR) of leukemia? - ✔✔CR is
less than 5% blasts in marrow and normal CBC values
