HYPERTENSION AND TYPE 2 DIABETES
EXAM SCRIPT WITH VERIFIED QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
●● What mechanism most likely triggered sudden onset chest pain and
shortness of breath in a patient?
Answer: Plaque rupture with thrombus formation
●● What structural change occurs in small arteries in chronic
hypertension?
Answer: Hyaline arteriosclerosis
●● What is isolated diastolic hypertension?
Answer: When systolic pressure is normal and diastolic pressure is high
●● Which organ damage is associated with hypertension?
Answer: Kidney damage
●● How does hypertension increase the likelihood of plaque rupture in
established atherosclerosis?
Answer: By increasing mechanical stress on the plaque
, ●● Which type of angina is associated with plaque rupture without
complete occlusion?
Answer: Unstable angina
●● What clinical manifestation is most likely to occur in a patient with
atherosclerosis affecting the coronary arteries?
Answer: Angina pectoris
●● Which complication is commonly associated with chronic
uncontrolled essential hypertension?
Answer: Left ventricular hypertrophy
●● When do ketoacidosis symptoms occur in relation to insulin levels?
Answer: When insulin levels are absent or severely low
●● Why does Hashimoto thyroiditis become hypothyroid?
Answer: Due to autoimmune follicular destruction
●● Which hormone plays a central role in sodium reabsorption and
potassium secretion?
Answer: Aldosterone
EXAM SCRIPT WITH VERIFIED QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
●● What mechanism most likely triggered sudden onset chest pain and
shortness of breath in a patient?
Answer: Plaque rupture with thrombus formation
●● What structural change occurs in small arteries in chronic
hypertension?
Answer: Hyaline arteriosclerosis
●● What is isolated diastolic hypertension?
Answer: When systolic pressure is normal and diastolic pressure is high
●● Which organ damage is associated with hypertension?
Answer: Kidney damage
●● How does hypertension increase the likelihood of plaque rupture in
established atherosclerosis?
Answer: By increasing mechanical stress on the plaque
, ●● Which type of angina is associated with plaque rupture without
complete occlusion?
Answer: Unstable angina
●● What clinical manifestation is most likely to occur in a patient with
atherosclerosis affecting the coronary arteries?
Answer: Angina pectoris
●● Which complication is commonly associated with chronic
uncontrolled essential hypertension?
Answer: Left ventricular hypertrophy
●● When do ketoacidosis symptoms occur in relation to insulin levels?
Answer: When insulin levels are absent or severely low
●● Why does Hashimoto thyroiditis become hypothyroid?
Answer: Due to autoimmune follicular destruction
●● Which hormone plays a central role in sodium reabsorption and
potassium secretion?
Answer: Aldosterone
