ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY QUIZ 1-NURS 6501 WALDEN
UNIVERSITY Questions with Correct Solutions
Question:
1. A runner has depleted all the oxygen available for muscle energy. Which of the following
will facilitate his continued muscle performance?
Answer:
Answer: Anaerobic glycolysis
Question:
2. What causes the rapid change in the resting membrane potential that initiates an action
potential?
Answer:
Answer: Sodium gates open, and sodium rushes into the cell, changing the membrane
potential from negative to positive.
Question:
3. A 12-year-old male is diagnosed with Klinefelter syndrome. His karyotype would reveal
which of the following?
Answer:
Answer: XXY
Question:
4. A nurse is reviewing the pedigree chart. When checking for a proband, what is the nurse
looking for?
Answer:
Answer: The person who is first diagnosed with a genetic disease
Question:
5. An aide asks the nurse why people who have neurofibromatosis will show varying degrees
of the disease. Which genetic principle should the nurse explain to the aide?
Answer:
Answer: Expressivity
Question:
6. In teaching a patient with cirrhosis, which information should the nurse include regarding
cholesterol?
, Answer:
Answer: Cholesterol decreases the membrane fluidity of the erythrocyte, which reduces its
ability to carry oxygen.
Question:
7. A 15-year-old female is diagnosed with Prader-Willi syndrome. This condition is an example
of:
Answer:
Answer: Gene imprinting
Question:
8. When a patient asks what causes cystic fibrosis, how should the nurse respond? Cystic
fibrosis is caused by an _____ gene
Answer:
Answer: Autosomal recessive
Question:
9. How are potassium and sodium transported across plasma membranes?
Answer:
Answer: By adenosine triphosphate enzyme (ATPase)
Question:
10. The nurse would be correct in identifying the predominant extracellular cation as:
Answer:
Answer: Sodium
Question:
11. The early dilation (swelling) of the cell's endoplasmic reticulum results in:
Answer:
Answer: Reduced protein synthesis
Question:
12. What principle should the nurse remember when trying to distinguish aging from
diseases?
Answer:
Answer: It is difficult to tell the difference because both processes are believed to result from
cell injury.
UNIVERSITY Questions with Correct Solutions
Question:
1. A runner has depleted all the oxygen available for muscle energy. Which of the following
will facilitate his continued muscle performance?
Answer:
Answer: Anaerobic glycolysis
Question:
2. What causes the rapid change in the resting membrane potential that initiates an action
potential?
Answer:
Answer: Sodium gates open, and sodium rushes into the cell, changing the membrane
potential from negative to positive.
Question:
3. A 12-year-old male is diagnosed with Klinefelter syndrome. His karyotype would reveal
which of the following?
Answer:
Answer: XXY
Question:
4. A nurse is reviewing the pedigree chart. When checking for a proband, what is the nurse
looking for?
Answer:
Answer: The person who is first diagnosed with a genetic disease
Question:
5. An aide asks the nurse why people who have neurofibromatosis will show varying degrees
of the disease. Which genetic principle should the nurse explain to the aide?
Answer:
Answer: Expressivity
Question:
6. In teaching a patient with cirrhosis, which information should the nurse include regarding
cholesterol?
, Answer:
Answer: Cholesterol decreases the membrane fluidity of the erythrocyte, which reduces its
ability to carry oxygen.
Question:
7. A 15-year-old female is diagnosed with Prader-Willi syndrome. This condition is an example
of:
Answer:
Answer: Gene imprinting
Question:
8. When a patient asks what causes cystic fibrosis, how should the nurse respond? Cystic
fibrosis is caused by an _____ gene
Answer:
Answer: Autosomal recessive
Question:
9. How are potassium and sodium transported across plasma membranes?
Answer:
Answer: By adenosine triphosphate enzyme (ATPase)
Question:
10. The nurse would be correct in identifying the predominant extracellular cation as:
Answer:
Answer: Sodium
Question:
11. The early dilation (swelling) of the cell's endoplasmic reticulum results in:
Answer:
Answer: Reduced protein synthesis
Question:
12. What principle should the nurse remember when trying to distinguish aging from
diseases?
Answer:
Answer: It is difficult to tell the difference because both processes are believed to result from
cell injury.
