Pathophysiology Exam 2 Practice Questions With 100%
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When a nurse cares for a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), the nurse remembers this
disease is an example of:
a. autoimmunity.
b. alloimmunity.
c. homoimmunity.
d. alleimmunity. - ✔✔✔ - A Autoimmunity
A 10-year-old male is stung by a bee while playing in the yard. He begins itching and develops pain,
swelling, redness, and respiratory difficulties. He is suffering from:
a. immunodeficiency.
b. autoimmunity.
c. anaphylaxis.
d. tissue-specific hypersensitivity. - ✔✔✔ - C. Anaphylaxis
A 30-year-old female complains of fatigue, arthritis, rash, and changes in urine color. Laboratory
testing reveals anemia, lymphopenia, and kidney inflammation. Assuming a diagnosis of SLE, which
of the following is also likely to be present?
a. Anti-LE antibodies
b. Autoantibodies
c. Antiherpes antibodies
d. Anti-CMV antibodies - ✔✔✔ - B. Autoantibodies
A 40-year-old female is diagnosed with SLE. Which of the following findings would be considered a
symptom of this disease?
,a. Gastrointestinal ulcers
b. Decreased glomerular filtration rate
c. Rash on trunk and extremities
d. Photosensitivity - ✔✔✔ - D. Photosensitivity
A 30-year-old female is diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Which symptoms are a
result of a type II hypersensitivity? (Select all that apply.)
a. Anemia
b. Seizures
c. Lymphopenia
d. Facial rash
e. Photosensitivity - ✔✔✔ - A. Anemia
C. Lymphopenia
A person is given an attenuated antigen as a vaccine. When the person asks what was given in the
vaccine, how should the nurse respond? The antigen is:
a. alive, but less infectious.
b. mutated, but highly infectious.
c. normal, but not infectious.
d. inactive, but infectious. - ✔✔✔ - A. Alive, but less infectious
A 22 year old was recently diagnosed with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Which
decreased lab finding would be expected to accompany this virus?
a. CD4+ T-helper
b. CD8 T-helper
c. CDC cells
d. CDC10 cells - ✔✔✔ - A. CD4+T-Helper
, Which of the following is a characteristic of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which causes
AIDS?
a. HIV only infects B cells.
b. HIV is a retrovirus.
c. Infection does not require a host cell receptor.
d. After infection, cell death is immediate. - ✔✔✔ - B. HIV is a retrovirus
A 30-year-old male was diagnosed with HIV. Which of the following treatments would be most
effective?
a. Reverse transcriptase inhibitors
b. Protease inhibitors
c. Entrance inhibitors
d. Antiretroviral therapy (ART) - ✔✔✔ - D. Antiretroviral Therapy (ART)
A patient has a tissue growth that was diagnosed as cancer. Which of the following terms best
describes this growth?
a. Malignant tumor
b. Lipoma
c. Meningioma
d. Hypertrophy - ✔✔✔ - A. Malignant Tumor
An oncologist is discussing when a cancer cell loses differentiation. Which of the following is the
oncologist describing?
a. Autonomy
b. Anaplasia
c. Pleomorphic
d. Metastasis - ✔✔✔ - B. Anaplasia
A 30-year-old female is diagnosed with cancer. Testing reveals that the cancer cells have spread to
local lymph nodes. A nurse realizes this cancer would be documented as stage:
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When a nurse cares for a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), the nurse remembers this
disease is an example of:
a. autoimmunity.
b. alloimmunity.
c. homoimmunity.
d. alleimmunity. - ✔✔✔ - A Autoimmunity
A 10-year-old male is stung by a bee while playing in the yard. He begins itching and develops pain,
swelling, redness, and respiratory difficulties. He is suffering from:
a. immunodeficiency.
b. autoimmunity.
c. anaphylaxis.
d. tissue-specific hypersensitivity. - ✔✔✔ - C. Anaphylaxis
A 30-year-old female complains of fatigue, arthritis, rash, and changes in urine color. Laboratory
testing reveals anemia, lymphopenia, and kidney inflammation. Assuming a diagnosis of SLE, which
of the following is also likely to be present?
a. Anti-LE antibodies
b. Autoantibodies
c. Antiherpes antibodies
d. Anti-CMV antibodies - ✔✔✔ - B. Autoantibodies
A 40-year-old female is diagnosed with SLE. Which of the following findings would be considered a
symptom of this disease?
,a. Gastrointestinal ulcers
b. Decreased glomerular filtration rate
c. Rash on trunk and extremities
d. Photosensitivity - ✔✔✔ - D. Photosensitivity
A 30-year-old female is diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Which symptoms are a
result of a type II hypersensitivity? (Select all that apply.)
a. Anemia
b. Seizures
c. Lymphopenia
d. Facial rash
e. Photosensitivity - ✔✔✔ - A. Anemia
C. Lymphopenia
A person is given an attenuated antigen as a vaccine. When the person asks what was given in the
vaccine, how should the nurse respond? The antigen is:
a. alive, but less infectious.
b. mutated, but highly infectious.
c. normal, but not infectious.
d. inactive, but infectious. - ✔✔✔ - A. Alive, but less infectious
A 22 year old was recently diagnosed with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Which
decreased lab finding would be expected to accompany this virus?
a. CD4+ T-helper
b. CD8 T-helper
c. CDC cells
d. CDC10 cells - ✔✔✔ - A. CD4+T-Helper
, Which of the following is a characteristic of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which causes
AIDS?
a. HIV only infects B cells.
b. HIV is a retrovirus.
c. Infection does not require a host cell receptor.
d. After infection, cell death is immediate. - ✔✔✔ - B. HIV is a retrovirus
A 30-year-old male was diagnosed with HIV. Which of the following treatments would be most
effective?
a. Reverse transcriptase inhibitors
b. Protease inhibitors
c. Entrance inhibitors
d. Antiretroviral therapy (ART) - ✔✔✔ - D. Antiretroviral Therapy (ART)
A patient has a tissue growth that was diagnosed as cancer. Which of the following terms best
describes this growth?
a. Malignant tumor
b. Lipoma
c. Meningioma
d. Hypertrophy - ✔✔✔ - A. Malignant Tumor
An oncologist is discussing when a cancer cell loses differentiation. Which of the following is the
oncologist describing?
a. Autonomy
b. Anaplasia
c. Pleomorphic
d. Metastasis - ✔✔✔ - B. Anaplasia
A 30-year-old female is diagnosed with cancer. Testing reveals that the cancer cells have spread to
local lymph nodes. A nurse realizes this cancer would be documented as stage:
