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PATHOPHYSIOLOGY FINAL WCU EXAM LATEST UPDATED
THIS YEAR WITH 450 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED SOLUTIONS JUST RELEASED
Question: Your patient is scheduled for a staging procedure. She wants to know what that
means. The correct response is which of the following? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Determining
extent of the tumor spread
Question: Tumor markers (select all that apply) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Everything except (a) -
produced by normal cells, determine cancer origin, idenitfy cancer progression, include anitgen
Question: A disease that is native to a particular region is called? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔Endemic
Question: After suffering a heart attack, a middle-aged man is counseled to take a cholesterol-
lowering medication. This is an example of? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Tertiary prevention
Question: C.Q was recently exposed to a group A hemolytic Streptococcus and subsequently
developed a pharyngeal infection... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Streptococcal infection
Question: A 17-year old college-bound student receives a vaccine against an organism that
causes meningitis. This is an example of - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Primary prevention
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Question: Allostasis is best defined as? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔The overall process of adaptive
change necessary to maintain survival and well being
Question: A patient with high blood pressure who is otherwise healthy is counseled to restrict
sodium intake. This is an example of? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Secondary prevention
Question: The stage during which the patient functions normally, although the disease
processes are well established is referred to as? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Subclincial
Question: All these cellular responses are potentially reversible except? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔Necrosis
Question: Many of the responses to stress are attributed to the activation of the sympathetic
nervous system and are mediated by? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Norepinephrine
Question: Coagulative necrosis is caused by? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Interrupted blood supply
Question: After surgery to remove a lung tumor, your patient is scheduled for chemotherapy,
which will? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Kill rapidly dividing cells
Question: Malignant neoplasm of epithelial origin are known as? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔Carcinomas
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Question: Apoptosis is a process that results in cellular? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Death
Question: An increase in organ size and function due to increased workload is termed -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Hypertrophy
Question: Necrotic death of brain tissue usually produces __ necrosis - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔Liquefactive
Question: Metaplasia is - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔The replacement of one differentiated cell type
with another
Question: Your patient eats "lots of fat," leads a "stressful" life, and has smoked "about two
packs a day for the last 40 years."... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Cigarette smoking
Question: The principle Ig mediator of Type 1 hypersensitivity reaction is - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔IgE
Question: Risk factors for atherosclerosis include - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Hyperlipidemia
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Question: Dysfunction of which organ would lead to clotting factor deficiency? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔Liver
Question: A low mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC) and mean corpuscular
volume (MCV) are characteristic of which type of anemia? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Iron
deficiency
Question: A commonly ingested substance associated with prolongation of the bleeding time
is? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Aspirin
Question: What is necessary for red blood cell production? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Iron
Question: The prothrombin time (PT) and INR (international normalized ratio) measure the
integrity of - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Extrinsic pathway
Question: Patients with immunodeficiency disorders are usually first identified because they -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Develop recurrent infections
Question: Autologous stem cell transplantation are usually first identified because they -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Patients own blood
Question: A normal bleeding time in association with normal platelet count, and increased
prothrombin time (PT) and (INR) is indicative of - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Vitamin K deficiency
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY FINAL WCU EXAM LATEST UPDATED
THIS YEAR WITH 450 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED SOLUTIONS JUST RELEASED
Question: Your patient is scheduled for a staging procedure. She wants to know what that
means. The correct response is which of the following? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Determining
extent of the tumor spread
Question: Tumor markers (select all that apply) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Everything except (a) -
produced by normal cells, determine cancer origin, idenitfy cancer progression, include anitgen
Question: A disease that is native to a particular region is called? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔Endemic
Question: After suffering a heart attack, a middle-aged man is counseled to take a cholesterol-
lowering medication. This is an example of? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Tertiary prevention
Question: C.Q was recently exposed to a group A hemolytic Streptococcus and subsequently
developed a pharyngeal infection... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Streptococcal infection
Question: A 17-year old college-bound student receives a vaccine against an organism that
causes meningitis. This is an example of - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Primary prevention
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Question: Allostasis is best defined as? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔The overall process of adaptive
change necessary to maintain survival and well being
Question: A patient with high blood pressure who is otherwise healthy is counseled to restrict
sodium intake. This is an example of? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Secondary prevention
Question: The stage during which the patient functions normally, although the disease
processes are well established is referred to as? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Subclincial
Question: All these cellular responses are potentially reversible except? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔Necrosis
Question: Many of the responses to stress are attributed to the activation of the sympathetic
nervous system and are mediated by? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Norepinephrine
Question: Coagulative necrosis is caused by? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Interrupted blood supply
Question: After surgery to remove a lung tumor, your patient is scheduled for chemotherapy,
which will? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Kill rapidly dividing cells
Question: Malignant neoplasm of epithelial origin are known as? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔Carcinomas
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Question: Apoptosis is a process that results in cellular? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Death
Question: An increase in organ size and function due to increased workload is termed -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Hypertrophy
Question: Necrotic death of brain tissue usually produces __ necrosis - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔Liquefactive
Question: Metaplasia is - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔The replacement of one differentiated cell type
with another
Question: Your patient eats "lots of fat," leads a "stressful" life, and has smoked "about two
packs a day for the last 40 years."... - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Cigarette smoking
Question: The principle Ig mediator of Type 1 hypersensitivity reaction is - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔IgE
Question: Risk factors for atherosclerosis include - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Hyperlipidemia
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Question: Dysfunction of which organ would lead to clotting factor deficiency? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔Liver
Question: A low mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC) and mean corpuscular
volume (MCV) are characteristic of which type of anemia? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Iron
deficiency
Question: A commonly ingested substance associated with prolongation of the bleeding time
is? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Aspirin
Question: What is necessary for red blood cell production? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Iron
Question: The prothrombin time (PT) and INR (international normalized ratio) measure the
integrity of - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Extrinsic pathway
Question: Patients with immunodeficiency disorders are usually first identified because they -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Develop recurrent infections
Question: Autologous stem cell transplantation are usually first identified because they -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Patients own blood
Question: A normal bleeding time in association with normal platelet count, and increased
prothrombin time (PT) and (INR) is indicative of - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Vitamin K deficiency
