PATHO 370 MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

PATHO 370 MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS


1 After suffering a heart attack, a middle-aged man is counseled to take a cholesterol-
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lowering medication. This is an example of jl jl jl jl jl jl




a. primary prevention.
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b. secondary prevention.
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c. tertiary prevention
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.d. disease treatment. - (correct answer) -c
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A patient has been exposed to meningococcal meningitis, but is not yet demonstrating
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signs of this disease. This stage of illness is called the _____ stage.
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d. convalescence - (correct answer) -b
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A patient with high blood pressure who is otherwise healthy is counseled to restrict sodium
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intake. This is an example of
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a. primary prevention.
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b. secondary prevention.
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c. tertiary prevention.
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d. disease treatment. - (correct answer) -b
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what clinical course would you see SIGNS & SYMPTOMS? - (correct answer) -
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PRODROMAL

A disease that is native to a particular region is called
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a. epidemic. jl



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d. ethnographic. - (correct answer) -b
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C.Q. was recently exposed to group A hemolytic Streptococcus and subsequently
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developed a pharyngeal infection. His clinic examination reveals an oral temperature of
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102.3°F, skin rash, dysphagia, and reddened throat mucosa with multiple pustules. He
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complains of sore throat, malaise, and joint stiffness. A throat culture is positive for
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Streptococcus, and antibiotics have been prescribed. The etiology of C.Q.'s disease is
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,a. genetic susceptibility.
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b. pharyngitis.
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c. streptococcal infection.
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d. a sore throat. - (correct answer) -c
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The stage during which the patient functions normally, although the disease processes are
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well established, is referred as
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a. latent.
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b. subclinical.
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c. prodromal.
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d. convalescence. - (correct answer) -b
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When the cause is unknown, a condition is said to be idiopathic
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a. true
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b. false - (correct answer) -a
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primary level of prevention - (correct answer) -prevention before you ever have a disease;
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immunization
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Many of the responses to stress are attributed to activation of the sympathetic nervous
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system and are mediated by?
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a. norepinephrine.
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b. cortisol.
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c. glucagon.
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d. ACTH. - (correct answer) -a
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Allostasis is best defined as jl jl jl jl



a. steady-state.
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b. a state of equilibrium, of balance within the organism.
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c. the process by which the body heals following disease.
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d. the overall process of adaptive change necessary to maintain survival andwell-being. -
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(correct answer) -d
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Selye's three phases of the stress response include all the following except?
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a. allostasis.
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b. resistance.
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c. alarm.
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d. exhaustion. - (correct answer) -a
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All the following stress-induced hormones increase blood glucose except?
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a. aldosterone.
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b. cortisol.
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, c. norepinephrine.
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d. epinephrine. - (correct answer) -a
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Your patient eats "lots of fat," leads a "stressful" life, and has smoked "about two packs a
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day for the last 40 years." Her chronic morning cough recently worsened, and she was
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diagnosed with a lung mass. The most likely contributing factor for development of lung
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cancer in this patient is
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a. stressful lifestyle.
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b. high-fat diet
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.c. cigarette smoking
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.d. urban pollutants. - (correct answer) -c
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The nurse is swabbing a patient's throat to test for streptococcal pharyngitis. The nurse
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must understand that tests such as this differ in the probability that they will be positive for a
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condition when applied to a person with the condition; this probability is termed sensitivity.
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true or false? - (correct answer) -true
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After surgery to remove a lung tumor, your patient is scheduled for chemotherapy, which
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will
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a. kill rapidly dividing cells.
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b. have minimal side effects.
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c. selectively kill tumor cells.
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d. stimulate immune cells to fight the cancer. - (correct answer) -a
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The primary adaptive purpose of the substances produced in the alarm stage is
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a. energy and repair.
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b. invoke resting state.
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c. produce exhaustion.
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d. set a new baseline steady-state. - (correct answer) -a
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Persistence of the alarm stage will ultimately result in jl jl jl jl jl jl jl jl



a. stress reduction.
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b. permanent damage and death.
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c. movement into the resistance stage.
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d. exhaustion of the sympathetic nervous system. - (correct answer) -b
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The effect of stress on the immune system
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a. is unknown.
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b. has been demonstrated to be non-existent in studies.
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c. most often involves enhancement of the immune system.
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d. may involve enhancement or impairment the immune system. - (correct answer) -d
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