ANP 652: Final test review Questions With Complete
Solutions
Fever of unknown origin, by definition, is a fever of 101
Fahrenheit or greater rectally persisting over at least how
many weeks?
A. 2 weeks
B. 3 weeks
C. 1 week
D. 6 weeks
B. 3 weeks
Brain death criteria vary from state to state and involve the
absence of breathing, absence of spontaneous movement,
and several other neurological findings. Ancillary tests to
prove brain death include all the following except:
A. Transcranial Doppler
B. Electroencephalography
C. Cerebral blood flow study
D. Nerve conduction studies
D. Nerve conduction studies
The classic triad of Parkinson's includes all the following
except:
A. Resting tremor
,B. Rigidity arms, legs, and neck stiffness
C. Bradykinesia
D. Severe cognitive deficits
C. Bradykinesia
Focal seizures are often accompanied by automatisms, which
are behaviors that include all of the following except:A. Lip
smacking
B. Picking at clothes
C. Chewing
D. Scratching
D. Scratching
Loss of central vision is a hallmark of:
A. Macular degeneration
B. Glaucoma
C. Retinal detachment
D. Cataracts
A. Macular degeneration
Which of the following diseases cause degeneration or loss of
nerve cells in the brain?
A. Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and Huntington's
B. Sepsis, chronic kidney disease, and scleroderma
C. Rheumatoid Arthritis, Alzheimer's, and Scleroderma
, D. Parkinson's, B12 deficiency, and Myasthenia Gravis
A. Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and Huntington's
Immunologic mediators that play a role in the
pathophysiology of fever include all of the following except:
A. Interleukin 1 - primary
B. Interleukin 2
C. Interleukin 6
D. Tumor necrosis factor
B. Interleukin 2
The most common causes of fever in a geriatric patient
include all of the following except:
A. Malignancies
B. Medication effect
C. Connective tissue disorders (rheumatoid arthritis, sarcoidosis,
temporal arteritis)
D. Sexually transmitted infections (chlamydia, herpes)
D. Sexually transmitted infections (chlamydia, herpes)
Anemia is the reduction of one or more of the following
major red blood cell measurements:
A. Hemoglobin, hematocrit, RBC count
B. B12, folic acid, hemoglobin
C. Hemoglobin, folic acid, fibrinogen
Solutions
Fever of unknown origin, by definition, is a fever of 101
Fahrenheit or greater rectally persisting over at least how
many weeks?
A. 2 weeks
B. 3 weeks
C. 1 week
D. 6 weeks
B. 3 weeks
Brain death criteria vary from state to state and involve the
absence of breathing, absence of spontaneous movement,
and several other neurological findings. Ancillary tests to
prove brain death include all the following except:
A. Transcranial Doppler
B. Electroencephalography
C. Cerebral blood flow study
D. Nerve conduction studies
D. Nerve conduction studies
The classic triad of Parkinson's includes all the following
except:
A. Resting tremor
,B. Rigidity arms, legs, and neck stiffness
C. Bradykinesia
D. Severe cognitive deficits
C. Bradykinesia
Focal seizures are often accompanied by automatisms, which
are behaviors that include all of the following except:A. Lip
smacking
B. Picking at clothes
C. Chewing
D. Scratching
D. Scratching
Loss of central vision is a hallmark of:
A. Macular degeneration
B. Glaucoma
C. Retinal detachment
D. Cataracts
A. Macular degeneration
Which of the following diseases cause degeneration or loss of
nerve cells in the brain?
A. Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and Huntington's
B. Sepsis, chronic kidney disease, and scleroderma
C. Rheumatoid Arthritis, Alzheimer's, and Scleroderma
, D. Parkinson's, B12 deficiency, and Myasthenia Gravis
A. Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and Huntington's
Immunologic mediators that play a role in the
pathophysiology of fever include all of the following except:
A. Interleukin 1 - primary
B. Interleukin 2
C. Interleukin 6
D. Tumor necrosis factor
B. Interleukin 2
The most common causes of fever in a geriatric patient
include all of the following except:
A. Malignancies
B. Medication effect
C. Connective tissue disorders (rheumatoid arthritis, sarcoidosis,
temporal arteritis)
D. Sexually transmitted infections (chlamydia, herpes)
D. Sexually transmitted infections (chlamydia, herpes)
Anemia is the reduction of one or more of the following
major red blood cell measurements:
A. Hemoglobin, hematocrit, RBC count
B. B12, folic acid, hemoglobin
C. Hemoglobin, folic acid, fibrinogen
