WEB WOC WOUND CARE
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM FULL QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS VERIFIED REVIEW
MATERIAL
●● A patient has an acute full-thickness wound due to trauma. What
order of healing would occur with this wound?
Select one:
a. Inflammatory, hemostasis, granulation tissue formation, re-
epithelialization.
b. Re-epithelialization, granulation tissue formation, hemostasis,
remodeling.
c. Hemostasis, resurfacing, scar formation, remodeling.
d. Hemostasis, inflammation, proliferation and maturation
Answer: d. Hemostasis, inflammation, proliferation and maturation
●● Which statement accurately describes the characteristic and
implication of necrotic tissue in a wound bed?
Select one:
a. Necrosis of muscle tissue typically results in the formation of stringy,
yellow slough.
,b. Consistency refers to the cohesiveness of the debris; typically more
advanced necrosis is thin and wet.
c. Eschar usually is black, brown or gray and associated with deeper
tissue damage. It is usually firmly attached to the wound base.
d. A soft mushy leather eschar is not attached to the base and edges of
wound and is sometimes mistaken as a scab.
Answer: c. Eschar usually is black, brown or gray and associated with
deeper tissue damage. It is usually firmly attached to the wound base.
●● What is the primary reason for taking the time to perform a
comprehensive assessment to identify protein energy malnutrition as
opposed to ordering a simple blood draw to formulate a diagnosis?
Select one:
a. Blood tests do not provide a 'stand-alone' assessment.
b. None, blood test for malnutrition are completely reliable.
c. There are no blood tests available.
d. There is a high incidence of false-positive results with blood tests.
Answer: a. Blood tests do not provide a 'stand-alone' assessment.
●● Which of the following wounds will heal with scar formation?
Select one:
a. Full thickness wound.
,b. Partial thickness wound.
c. Type 2 skin tear.
d. MARSI (Medical adhesive skin injury).
Answer: a. Full thickness wound.
●● When the skin around a wound develops a whitish appearance, it can
be described as:
Select one:
a. Desiccated.
b. Excoriated.
c. Indurated.
d. Macerated.
Answer: d. Macerated.
●● As you setup a skin care program, you identify the elderly to be at
risk for skin tears due to the effects of aging on:
Select one:
a. Tissue oxygenation.
b. Rete ridges.
c. Nutritional status.
d. Immune system.
, Answer: b. Rete ridges.
●● As wound healing progresses, collagen deposition and remodeling
occur and has which of the following effects?
Select one:
a. Reduced cytokine production.
b. Increased tensile strength.
c. Restored innervation.
d. Increased monocyte activity.
Answer: b. Increased tensile strength.
●● You are aware that age itself is NOT a risk factor for failure to heal
wounds. Problems in wound healing for the elderly are most likely
associated with:
Select one:
a. Diet and hydration habits.
b. Lifestyle - such as lack of exercise to stimulate cellular processes.
c. Multiple co-morbidities.
d. Memory loss.
Answer: c. Multiple co-morbidities.
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM FULL QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS VERIFIED REVIEW
MATERIAL
●● A patient has an acute full-thickness wound due to trauma. What
order of healing would occur with this wound?
Select one:
a. Inflammatory, hemostasis, granulation tissue formation, re-
epithelialization.
b. Re-epithelialization, granulation tissue formation, hemostasis,
remodeling.
c. Hemostasis, resurfacing, scar formation, remodeling.
d. Hemostasis, inflammation, proliferation and maturation
Answer: d. Hemostasis, inflammation, proliferation and maturation
●● Which statement accurately describes the characteristic and
implication of necrotic tissue in a wound bed?
Select one:
a. Necrosis of muscle tissue typically results in the formation of stringy,
yellow slough.
,b. Consistency refers to the cohesiveness of the debris; typically more
advanced necrosis is thin and wet.
c. Eschar usually is black, brown or gray and associated with deeper
tissue damage. It is usually firmly attached to the wound base.
d. A soft mushy leather eschar is not attached to the base and edges of
wound and is sometimes mistaken as a scab.
Answer: c. Eschar usually is black, brown or gray and associated with
deeper tissue damage. It is usually firmly attached to the wound base.
●● What is the primary reason for taking the time to perform a
comprehensive assessment to identify protein energy malnutrition as
opposed to ordering a simple blood draw to formulate a diagnosis?
Select one:
a. Blood tests do not provide a 'stand-alone' assessment.
b. None, blood test for malnutrition are completely reliable.
c. There are no blood tests available.
d. There is a high incidence of false-positive results with blood tests.
Answer: a. Blood tests do not provide a 'stand-alone' assessment.
●● Which of the following wounds will heal with scar formation?
Select one:
a. Full thickness wound.
,b. Partial thickness wound.
c. Type 2 skin tear.
d. MARSI (Medical adhesive skin injury).
Answer: a. Full thickness wound.
●● When the skin around a wound develops a whitish appearance, it can
be described as:
Select one:
a. Desiccated.
b. Excoriated.
c. Indurated.
d. Macerated.
Answer: d. Macerated.
●● As you setup a skin care program, you identify the elderly to be at
risk for skin tears due to the effects of aging on:
Select one:
a. Tissue oxygenation.
b. Rete ridges.
c. Nutritional status.
d. Immune system.
, Answer: b. Rete ridges.
●● As wound healing progresses, collagen deposition and remodeling
occur and has which of the following effects?
Select one:
a. Reduced cytokine production.
b. Increased tensile strength.
c. Restored innervation.
d. Increased monocyte activity.
Answer: b. Increased tensile strength.
●● You are aware that age itself is NOT a risk factor for failure to heal
wounds. Problems in wound healing for the elderly are most likely
associated with:
Select one:
a. Diet and hydration habits.
b. Lifestyle - such as lack of exercise to stimulate cellular processes.
c. Multiple co-morbidities.
d. Memory loss.
Answer: c. Multiple co-morbidities.
