WCU PATHO 370 MIDTERM STUDY QUESTIONS SET 1 - 5 STUDYGUIDE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Coagulative necrosis is caused by
Answer:
interrupted blood supply
Question:
2. Which form of leukemia demonstrates the presence of the Philadelphia chromosome?
Answer:
CML (Chronic Myeloid Leukemia)
Question:
3. Overproduction of nitric oxide is an important aspect of the pathophysiologic process of
what type of shock?
Answer:
Septic
Question:
4. Cardiogenic shock is characterized by
Answer:
reduced cardiac output
Question:
5. Prerenal acute kidney injury may be caused by
Answer:
severe hypotension
Question:
6. Most muscle strains are caused by
Answer:
abnormal muscle contraction
Question:
7. Findings that should prompt an evaluation for renal cancer include
Answer:
hematuria
Question:
8. A patient has a positive Chvostek sign. The nurse interprets this as a sign of
Answer:
Increased neuromuscular excitability
, Question:
9. T/F: The nurse is swabbing a patient's throat to test for streptococcal pharyngitis. The
nurse must understand that tests such as this differ in the probability that they will be
positive for a condition when applied to a person with the condition; this probability is
termed sensitivity.
Answer:
True
Question:
10. Retroviruses are associated with human cancers, including
Answer:
Burkitt Lymphoma HIV Kaposisarcoma T-lymphocyte type 1
Question:
11. what from parent to offspring?
Answer:
gene
Question:
12. A patient with metastatic lung cancer wants to know her chances for survival. Which
response is correct?
Answer:
"Lung cancer has about a 15% survival rate"
Question:
13. Necrotic death of brain tissue usually produces _____ necrosis.
Answer:
liquefactive
Question:
14. Which is not normally secreted in response to stress?
Answer:
Insulin
Question:
15. Proto-oncogenes
Answer:
are normal cellular genes that promote growth
Question:
16. After bronchoscopy and histologic examination of a suspected tumor, your patient is
diagnosed with primary bronchial carcinoma. Thus, the tumor
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Coagulative necrosis is caused by
Answer:
interrupted blood supply
Question:
2. Which form of leukemia demonstrates the presence of the Philadelphia chromosome?
Answer:
CML (Chronic Myeloid Leukemia)
Question:
3. Overproduction of nitric oxide is an important aspect of the pathophysiologic process of
what type of shock?
Answer:
Septic
Question:
4. Cardiogenic shock is characterized by
Answer:
reduced cardiac output
Question:
5. Prerenal acute kidney injury may be caused by
Answer:
severe hypotension
Question:
6. Most muscle strains are caused by
Answer:
abnormal muscle contraction
Question:
7. Findings that should prompt an evaluation for renal cancer include
Answer:
hematuria
Question:
8. A patient has a positive Chvostek sign. The nurse interprets this as a sign of
Answer:
Increased neuromuscular excitability
, Question:
9. T/F: The nurse is swabbing a patient's throat to test for streptococcal pharyngitis. The
nurse must understand that tests such as this differ in the probability that they will be
positive for a condition when applied to a person with the condition; this probability is
termed sensitivity.
Answer:
True
Question:
10. Retroviruses are associated with human cancers, including
Answer:
Burkitt Lymphoma HIV Kaposisarcoma T-lymphocyte type 1
Question:
11. what from parent to offspring?
Answer:
gene
Question:
12. A patient with metastatic lung cancer wants to know her chances for survival. Which
response is correct?
Answer:
"Lung cancer has about a 15% survival rate"
Question:
13. Necrotic death of brain tissue usually produces _____ necrosis.
Answer:
liquefactive
Question:
14. Which is not normally secreted in response to stress?
Answer:
Insulin
Question:
15. Proto-oncogenes
Answer:
are normal cellular genes that promote growth
Question:
16. After bronchoscopy and histologic examination of a suspected tumor, your patient is
diagnosed with primary bronchial carcinoma. Thus, the tumor
