WCU PATHOPHYSIOLOGY FINAL
EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
A patient with high blood pressure who is otherwise healthy is counseled to restrict sodium
intake. This is an example of? - ANS Secondary prevention
The stage during which the patient functions normally, although the disease processes are well
established is referred to as? - ANS Subclincial
All these cellular responses are potentially reversible except? - ANS Necrosis
Many of the responses to stress are attributed to the activation of the sympathetic nervous
system and are mediated by? - ANS Norepinephrine
Coagulative necrosis is caused by? - ANS Interrupted blood supply
After surgery to remove a lung tumor, your patient is scheduled for chemotherapy, which will? -
ANS Kill rapidly dividing cells
Malignant neoplasm of epithelial origin are known as? - ANS Carcinomas
Apoptosis is a process that results in cellular? - ANS Death
An increase in organ size and function due to increased workload is termed -
ANS Hypertrophy
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,Necrotic death of brain tissue usually produces __ necrosis - ANS Liquefactive
Your patient is scheduled for a staging procedure. She wants to know what that means. The
correct response is which of the following? - ANS Determining extent of the tumor spread
Tumor markers (select all that apply) - ANS Everything except (a) - produced by normal cells,
determine cancer origin, idenitfy cancer progression, include anitgen
A disease that is native to a particular region is called? - ANS Endemic
After suffering a heart attack, a middle-aged man is counseled to take a cholesterol-lowering
medication. This is an example of? - ANS Tertiary prevention
C.Q was recently exposed to a group A hemolytic Streptococcus and subsequently developed a
pharyngeal infection... - ANS Streptococcal infection
A 17-year old college-bound student receives a vaccine against an organism that causes
meningitis. This is an example of - ANS Primary prevention
Allostasis is best defined as? - ANS The overall process of adaptive change necessary to
maintain survival and well being
Metaplasia is - ANS The replacement of one differentiated cell type with another
Deficits in immune system function occur in cancer due to (select all that apply) - ANS
Everything except (d) chemotherapy, cancer cells, cancer to bone marrow, malnutrition NOT
immunotherapy - ANS
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, Your patient eats "lots of fat," leads a "stressful" life, and has smoked "about two packs a day
for the last 40 years."... - ANS Cigarette smoking
The principle Ig mediator of Type 1 hypersensitivity reaction is - ANS IgE
Risk factors for atherosclerosis include - ANS Hyperlipidemia
Dysfunction of which organ would lead to clotting factor deficiency? - ANS Liver
A low mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC) and mean corpuscular volume
(MCV) are characteristic of which type of anemia? - ANS Iron deficiency
A commonly ingested substance associated with prolongation of the bleeding time is? -
ANS Aspirin
What is necessary for red blood cell production? - ANS Iron
The prothrombin time (PT) and INR (international normalized ratio) measure the integrity of -
ANS Extrinsic pathway
Patients with immunodeficiency disorders are usually first identified because they -
ANS Develop recurrent infections
Autologous stem cell transplantation are usually first identified because they - ANS Patients
own blood
A normal bleeding time in association with normal platelet count, and increased prothrombin
time (PT) and (INR) is indicative of - ANS Vitamin K deficiency
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EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
A patient with high blood pressure who is otherwise healthy is counseled to restrict sodium
intake. This is an example of? - ANS Secondary prevention
The stage during which the patient functions normally, although the disease processes are well
established is referred to as? - ANS Subclincial
All these cellular responses are potentially reversible except? - ANS Necrosis
Many of the responses to stress are attributed to the activation of the sympathetic nervous
system and are mediated by? - ANS Norepinephrine
Coagulative necrosis is caused by? - ANS Interrupted blood supply
After surgery to remove a lung tumor, your patient is scheduled for chemotherapy, which will? -
ANS Kill rapidly dividing cells
Malignant neoplasm of epithelial origin are known as? - ANS Carcinomas
Apoptosis is a process that results in cellular? - ANS Death
An increase in organ size and function due to increased workload is termed -
ANS Hypertrophy
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,Necrotic death of brain tissue usually produces __ necrosis - ANS Liquefactive
Your patient is scheduled for a staging procedure. She wants to know what that means. The
correct response is which of the following? - ANS Determining extent of the tumor spread
Tumor markers (select all that apply) - ANS Everything except (a) - produced by normal cells,
determine cancer origin, idenitfy cancer progression, include anitgen
A disease that is native to a particular region is called? - ANS Endemic
After suffering a heart attack, a middle-aged man is counseled to take a cholesterol-lowering
medication. This is an example of? - ANS Tertiary prevention
C.Q was recently exposed to a group A hemolytic Streptococcus and subsequently developed a
pharyngeal infection... - ANS Streptococcal infection
A 17-year old college-bound student receives a vaccine against an organism that causes
meningitis. This is an example of - ANS Primary prevention
Allostasis is best defined as? - ANS The overall process of adaptive change necessary to
maintain survival and well being
Metaplasia is - ANS The replacement of one differentiated cell type with another
Deficits in immune system function occur in cancer due to (select all that apply) - ANS
Everything except (d) chemotherapy, cancer cells, cancer to bone marrow, malnutrition NOT
immunotherapy - ANS
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, Your patient eats "lots of fat," leads a "stressful" life, and has smoked "about two packs a day
for the last 40 years."... - ANS Cigarette smoking
The principle Ig mediator of Type 1 hypersensitivity reaction is - ANS IgE
Risk factors for atherosclerosis include - ANS Hyperlipidemia
Dysfunction of which organ would lead to clotting factor deficiency? - ANS Liver
A low mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC) and mean corpuscular volume
(MCV) are characteristic of which type of anemia? - ANS Iron deficiency
A commonly ingested substance associated with prolongation of the bleeding time is? -
ANS Aspirin
What is necessary for red blood cell production? - ANS Iron
The prothrombin time (PT) and INR (international normalized ratio) measure the integrity of -
ANS Extrinsic pathway
Patients with immunodeficiency disorders are usually first identified because they -
ANS Develop recurrent infections
Autologous stem cell transplantation are usually first identified because they - ANS Patients
own blood
A normal bleeding time in association with normal platelet count, and increased prothrombin
time (PT) and (INR) is indicative of - ANS Vitamin K deficiency
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