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WGU D027 Exam (Latest 2023 – 2024) Questions With Verified Answers

WGU D027 Objective Assessment Review (Latest 2023/ 2024 Update) Advanced Pathopharmacological Foundations| Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A Q: What is the proportion of the population affected by a disease at the specific point in time? Answer: Prevalence rate - Incidence rate refers to how many new cases there are of a disease within a period of time divided by the number of the population's individuals. The prevalence rate is affected by the incidence rate and h...

In an effort to cut costs, an apparel factory is moving operations to another country where labor is cheap and employment laws are less stringent. Costs can only be kept low if the factory operates like a sweatshop. Which type of problem is this company facing? - correct answer Legal-unethical The chief executive officer (CEO) of a company decides to change the way thecompany has been functioning over the years in order to improve its reputation.The CEO decides to pay the employees a fai...

What is true about emotional intelligence in the workplace? - correct answer Importance EI Varies by situation and job position A supervisor conducts a 90 day evaluation with a new employee. Its recommended that the new employee take more initiative to complete tasks and to persevere, even on the most challenging days. - correct answer Motivation A manager recently decides to get employees involved in a new corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative to show that the company...

What organ does cystic fibrosis affect? - correct answer Affects the pancreas causing secretions into the lungs What is Klinefelter syndrome? - correct answer An extra X chromosome for males so example XXY causing female-like qualities What is Turner Syndrome? - correct answer females. missing or deformed x chromosome. right hemisphere dysfunction, hearing loss, ear infection, language and articulation disorders, visual spatial and attentional problems What is beta thalas...

Celiac Disease - signs/symptoms - Labs - Testing - Foods to avoid - correct answer The lining of the small intestine and intolerant of gluten. More pronounced in the duodenum and jejunum. signs/symptoms: abdominal pain and distention, diarrhea, malnutrition (rickets, occult blood, anemia), early bleeds/bruises, hypomagnesium and hypocalcemia (irritability, tremors, convulsions, tetany, bone pain, osteomalacia). Labs: IgA-tTg, IgA-EMA, Total IgA Testing: endoscopy with small int...

In the general population, pharmacologic treatment should be initiated when blood pressure is: - correct answer 150/90 mm Hg or higher in adults 60 years and older, or 140/90 mm Hg or higher in adults younger than 60 years In patients with hypertension and diabetes, pharmacologic treatment should be initiated when blood pressure is: - correct answer 140/90 mm Hg or higher, regardless of age. Initial antihypertensive treatment should include what medications? - correct answer ...

Which of the following is not a cellular function? Reproduction Combustion Absorption Excretion - correct answer combustion Which if the following can cause edema? Decreased capillary hydrostatic pressure Increased lymphatic pressure Increased plasma pressure Decreased capillary permeability - correct answer Increased lymphatic pressure Which of the following best describes the result of cellular reproduction? During anaphase, the centromeres come together. During telo...

Acetylcholinesterase inhibitor medications - correct answer Donepezil, Aricept, Aricept, Rivastigmine, Galantamine, Exelon, Razadyne Type of medication that treats mild to moderate Alzheimers disease - correct answer cholinesterase inhibitor medication for treatment Memantine (Namenda) - correct answer used in treatment of moderate to severe Alzheimer's Memantine (Namenda) function - correct answer medication is a methyl-d-aspartate receptor antagonist Apolipopro...

1.During the body's inflammatory process, what causes edema? Vasodilation of blood vessels Emigration of neutrophils Endothelial cell expansion Increased capillary permeability - correct answer Increased capillary permeability. The increased flow and capillary permeability result in a leakage of plasma from the vessels causing swelling (edema) in the surrounding tissue and is solely responsible for inflammation induced edema 2.A 56-year-old diabetic patient has not taken his in...

color blindness and hemophilia - correct answer sex-linked traits, cones lack one or more wavelength-sensitive chemicals, you will be unable to distinguish the colors red, green or blue. Some conditions that can cause color deficits are sickle cell anemia. Thiazide diuretics mechanism of action - correct answer -Inhibit Na reabsorption in the *distal tubule* -Promotes up to 10% of Na and H2O excretion -Increase urinary excretion of other electrolytes Diuril (chlorothiazide) -...

Mechanism of Action for loop diuretics - correct answer block water reasborption in the loop of Henle of nephron. Increases urine output Suffix for loop - correct answer -emide ex: furosemide cautions in using loop diuretics - correct answer decreased potassium, decreased BP, ototoxicity, nephrotoxicity USE WITH CAUTION in those who have auditory/renal impairments Suffix for Thiazide Diuretics - correct answer -thiazide MOA for thiazide diuretics - correct answe...