WGU D027 Study Guide Questions
and Answers (100% Pass)
Autosomal Dominant
✓ 1 parent has, 50% change of child having
Autosomal Recessive
✓ Both parents are carriers, 25% change of child having, 50% chance
child is a carrier.
Cystic Fibrosis
✓ affects pancreas causing secretions in lungs
21st Trisomy
✓ Down Syndrome
Klinefelter Syndrome (XXY)
✓ male has extra X, female like qualities
Turner Syndrome
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✓ Missing X in females
Alpha Thalassemia
✓ inherited blood disorder; mild to severe anemia
Beta Thallasemia
✓ low hemoglobin; contraindicated medication ferrous sulfate
Prevalence Risk
✓ proportion of the population affected at a certain time
Incidence rate
✓ number of new cases divided by population
Innate immunity
✓ inflammation; increased vascular permeability
B&T lymphocytes
✓ immune response
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primary malignant tumor
✓ lack of organization of cells
glucocorticoids
✓ used in combination with other agent to treat lymphoid tissue
(leukemia). glucocorticoids are directly toxic to lymphoid tissues.
Selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERM)
✓ for hormone receptor positive and advanced breast cancer.
(Tamoxifin reduces risk and recurrence risk)
Heart failure
✓ impairment of the ventricle to fill with or eject blood; heart cannot
meet metabolic need of the body.
CHF
✓ heart cannot keep up with metabolic needs; volume overload in
pulmonary area
Left Ventricular Dysfunction
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✓ reduced ejection fraction; ventricle having issue ejecting blood.
normal ejection fraction
✓ 55 - 60 % (blood pumped out with each heartbeat)
Ejection fraction of 50% - reduced or preserved?
✓ preserved
Diastolic CHF
✓ preserved ejection fraction, problem is with filling
Systolic CHF
✓ reduced ejection fraction, problem is with ejecting
Left sided CHF
✓ pulmonary (JVD, fluid volume overload, rails, S-3 murmurs) ** #1 cause
of Right sided CHF
BNP
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