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GNRS 515-ADVANCED
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY-EXAM 1 2025-
2026|ACTUAL EXAM WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS|A+GRADE
What organs are affected by coagulative necrosis that results from
hypoxia caused by severe ischemia or caused by chemical injury?
A. Lungs and pulmonary vessels
B. Brain and spinal cord
C. Kidneys and heart
D. Muscles and bones - ..........ANSWER.......C. Kidneys and heart
What type of necrosis results from ischemia of neurons and glial
cells?
A. Coagulative necrosis
B. Liquefactive necrosis
C. Caseous necrosis
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D. Gangrene necrosis - ..........ANSWER.......B. Liquefactive
necrosis
What type of necrosis is often associated with pulmonary
tuberculosis?
A. Bacteriologic necrosis
B. Caseous necrosis
C. Liquefactive necrosis
D. Gangrenous necrosis - ..........ANSWER.......B. Caseous necrosis
What type of necrosis is associated with wet gangrene?
A. Coagulative necrosis
B. Liquefactive necrosis
C. Caseous necrosis
D. Gangrene necrosis - ..........ANSWER.......B. Liquefactive
necrosis
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What is the single most common cause of cellular injury?
A. Hypoxic injury
B. Chemical injury
C. Infectious injury
D. Genetic injury - ..........ANSWER.......A. Hypoxic injury
Which is a description of the characteristics of apoptosis?
A. A programmed cell death of scattered, single cells
B. Characterized by swelling of the nucleus and cytoplasm
C. Has unpredictable patterns of cell death
D. Results in benign malignancies - ..........ANSWER.......A. A
programmed cell death of scattered, single cells
All the following are characteristics of apoptosis as compared to
necrosis EXCEPT:
A. Starts by shrinkage of the cell
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B. Functions to remove cells so new cells can replace them
C. Intracellular enzymes are released into the circulation
D. Not associated with surrounding inflammatory reaction -
..........ANSWER.......C. Intracellular enzymes are released into the
circulation
A nurse is discussing preinvasive epithelial tumors of glandular or
squamous cell origin. What is the nurse describing?
A. Tumor in differentiation
B. Dysplastic
C. Cancer in situ
D. Cancer beyond (meta) situ - ..........ANSWER.......C. Cancer in
situ
A patient has a tissue growth that was diagnosed as cancer. Which
of the following terms best describes this growth?
A. Neoplasm
GNRS 515-ADVANCED
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY-EXAM 1 2025-
2026|ACTUAL EXAM WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS|A+GRADE
What organs are affected by coagulative necrosis that results from
hypoxia caused by severe ischemia or caused by chemical injury?
A. Lungs and pulmonary vessels
B. Brain and spinal cord
C. Kidneys and heart
D. Muscles and bones - ..........ANSWER.......C. Kidneys and heart
What type of necrosis results from ischemia of neurons and glial
cells?
A. Coagulative necrosis
B. Liquefactive necrosis
C. Caseous necrosis
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D. Gangrene necrosis - ..........ANSWER.......B. Liquefactive
necrosis
What type of necrosis is often associated with pulmonary
tuberculosis?
A. Bacteriologic necrosis
B. Caseous necrosis
C. Liquefactive necrosis
D. Gangrenous necrosis - ..........ANSWER.......B. Caseous necrosis
What type of necrosis is associated with wet gangrene?
A. Coagulative necrosis
B. Liquefactive necrosis
C. Caseous necrosis
D. Gangrene necrosis - ..........ANSWER.......B. Liquefactive
necrosis
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What is the single most common cause of cellular injury?
A. Hypoxic injury
B. Chemical injury
C. Infectious injury
D. Genetic injury - ..........ANSWER.......A. Hypoxic injury
Which is a description of the characteristics of apoptosis?
A. A programmed cell death of scattered, single cells
B. Characterized by swelling of the nucleus and cytoplasm
C. Has unpredictable patterns of cell death
D. Results in benign malignancies - ..........ANSWER.......A. A
programmed cell death of scattered, single cells
All the following are characteristics of apoptosis as compared to
necrosis EXCEPT:
A. Starts by shrinkage of the cell
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B. Functions to remove cells so new cells can replace them
C. Intracellular enzymes are released into the circulation
D. Not associated with surrounding inflammatory reaction -
..........ANSWER.......C. Intracellular enzymes are released into the
circulation
A nurse is discussing preinvasive epithelial tumors of glandular or
squamous cell origin. What is the nurse describing?
A. Tumor in differentiation
B. Dysplastic
C. Cancer in situ
D. Cancer beyond (meta) situ - ..........ANSWER.......C. Cancer in
situ
A patient has a tissue growth that was diagnosed as cancer. Which
of the following terms best describes this growth?
A. Neoplasm
