NR507/ NR 507 Midterm & Final Combined
Exams Latest 2025/ 2026 ( Update Advanced
Pathophysiology )| Questions and Verified
Answers| 100% Correct |Grade A+ – Just
Released.
1. Iron deficiency, Sideroblastic, Thalassemia - ANSWER
✓ Microcytic Hypochromic
2. Anemia of inflammation and chronic disease -
ANSWER ✓ Microcytic Normochromic
3. Hereditary spherocytosis - ANSWER ✓ Microcytic
Hyperchromic
4. When iron stores are depleted , the cell's mitochondria
are still able to utilize iron effectively due to
compensatory mechanisms - ANSWER ✓ False
,5. Although less common , transferrin deficiencies and
mitochondrial defects can lead to iron deficiency
anemia - ANSWER ✓ True
6. A transferrin deficiency will most likely result in : -
ANSWER ✓ Iron - deficiency anemia
7. The basic pathophysiology of iron deficiency anemia is
that there are insufficient iron levels or the inability of
the cell's mitochondria to utilize iron effectively -
ANSWER ✓ True
8. A non - megaloblastic anemia would be caused by -
ANSWER ✓ Liver disease
9. One of the common precipitating factors of folate
deficiency is alcohol abuse - ANSWER ✓ True
,10. A deficiency of intrinsic factor will result in -
ANSWER ✓ Pernicious anemia
11. Folic acid is essential to the body because it : -
ANSWER ✓ Plays a major role in the maturing of
RBCs .
12. In a patient with pernicious anemia , what lab values
can be normal or low ? - ANSWER ✓ folate
13. Which of the following lab values are normal for the
patient with folate deficiency ? - ANSWER ✓ Ferritin
14. Which of the following lab values will be low in a
patient with folate deficiency ? - ANSWER ✓
Reticulocyte count
15. What lab values will be normal in a patient with
pernicious anemia - ANSWER ✓ MCHC
, 16. Which of the following is a cause of hemolytic
anemia ? ( Select all that apply . ) - ANSWER ✓
Transfusion reaction
Drugs
Infection
17. Aplastic anemia can be caused by - ANSWER ✓
Antibiotics
18. An individual who has received an incorrect blood
transfusion will exhibit signs of - ANSWER ✓
Hemolytic anemia
19. In hemolytic anemia , the destruction of lysis of
RBCs is due to : - ANSWER ✓ Enzymes or toxins
produced by an infectious agent, Chemical release
medication by one's immune system, Effects of drugs
20. The MCHC will be normal in which of the following
anemias ? - ANSWER ✓ Aplastic anemia
Post - hemorrhagic anemia Hemolytic anemia
Exams Latest 2025/ 2026 ( Update Advanced
Pathophysiology )| Questions and Verified
Answers| 100% Correct |Grade A+ – Just
Released.
1. Iron deficiency, Sideroblastic, Thalassemia - ANSWER
✓ Microcytic Hypochromic
2. Anemia of inflammation and chronic disease -
ANSWER ✓ Microcytic Normochromic
3. Hereditary spherocytosis - ANSWER ✓ Microcytic
Hyperchromic
4. When iron stores are depleted , the cell's mitochondria
are still able to utilize iron effectively due to
compensatory mechanisms - ANSWER ✓ False
,5. Although less common , transferrin deficiencies and
mitochondrial defects can lead to iron deficiency
anemia - ANSWER ✓ True
6. A transferrin deficiency will most likely result in : -
ANSWER ✓ Iron - deficiency anemia
7. The basic pathophysiology of iron deficiency anemia is
that there are insufficient iron levels or the inability of
the cell's mitochondria to utilize iron effectively -
ANSWER ✓ True
8. A non - megaloblastic anemia would be caused by -
ANSWER ✓ Liver disease
9. One of the common precipitating factors of folate
deficiency is alcohol abuse - ANSWER ✓ True
,10. A deficiency of intrinsic factor will result in -
ANSWER ✓ Pernicious anemia
11. Folic acid is essential to the body because it : -
ANSWER ✓ Plays a major role in the maturing of
RBCs .
12. In a patient with pernicious anemia , what lab values
can be normal or low ? - ANSWER ✓ folate
13. Which of the following lab values are normal for the
patient with folate deficiency ? - ANSWER ✓ Ferritin
14. Which of the following lab values will be low in a
patient with folate deficiency ? - ANSWER ✓
Reticulocyte count
15. What lab values will be normal in a patient with
pernicious anemia - ANSWER ✓ MCHC
, 16. Which of the following is a cause of hemolytic
anemia ? ( Select all that apply . ) - ANSWER ✓
Transfusion reaction
Drugs
Infection
17. Aplastic anemia can be caused by - ANSWER ✓
Antibiotics
18. An individual who has received an incorrect blood
transfusion will exhibit signs of - ANSWER ✓
Hemolytic anemia
19. In hemolytic anemia , the destruction of lysis of
RBCs is due to : - ANSWER ✓ Enzymes or toxins
produced by an infectious agent, Chemical release
medication by one's immune system, Effects of drugs
20. The MCHC will be normal in which of the following
anemias ? - ANSWER ✓ Aplastic anemia
Post - hemorrhagic anemia Hemolytic anemia
