WGU D027 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
1.What organ does cystic fibrosis affect?
Answer Affects the pancreas causing secre- tions into the lungs
2.What is Klinefelter syndrome?
Answer An extra X chromosome for males so example XXY causing
female-like qualities
3.What is Turner Syndrome?
Answer females. missing or deformed x chromosome. right hemisphere
dysfunction, hearing loss, ear infection, language and articulation dis-
orders, visual spatial and attentional problems
4.What is beta thalassemia?
Answer a condition in which the synthesis of the beta-globin chains is
decreased or absent. Causes low hemoglobin.
5.Which medication is contraindicated in a patient with Beta Thalassemia?
Answer -
Ferrous Sulfate
6.What drug is used in combination with other agent to treat lymphoid
tissue (leukemia). Directly toxic to lymphoid tissues Selective estrogen
receptor modulators (SERM) - for hormone receptor positive and advanced
breast cancer. (Tomaxafin - reduces risk and recurrence risk)
Answer Glucocorticoids
7.What is the normal ejection fraction?
Answer 55-60%. Less than 50% is BAD
8.Is an ejection fraction of 50% reduced or preserved?
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, Answer Preserved
9.What are symptoms of left sided heart failure?
Answer Think PULMONARY. JVD, FVO, rails, S3 murmurs. Number one
cause of right sided heart failure!
10.What are symptoms of right sided heart failure?
Answer Think peripheral vascular. Lower extremity edema, abdominal
distension.
11.What is the gold standard lab test for heart failure?
Answer BNP. Heart failure is a result greater than 100
12.What heart disease is worse with exertion?
Answer Ischemic heart disease because the demand requirements are
higher.
13.What should you assess before giving Digoxin?
Answer Apical pulse
14. How should Warfarin be started?
Answer Start initial dose at half to monitor the effects
15.What causes the destruction of alveolar walls? Air goes in but can't get
out which leads to hyperinflation
Answer Emphysema
16.What causes excess mucus production and smooth muscle hypertrophy?
Answer Bronchitis
17.What is a chronic inflammatory obstruction of bronchi?
Answer Asthma, Triggers cause mucus to clog bronchial tubes.
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1.What organ does cystic fibrosis affect?
Answer Affects the pancreas causing secre- tions into the lungs
2.What is Klinefelter syndrome?
Answer An extra X chromosome for males so example XXY causing
female-like qualities
3.What is Turner Syndrome?
Answer females. missing or deformed x chromosome. right hemisphere
dysfunction, hearing loss, ear infection, language and articulation dis-
orders, visual spatial and attentional problems
4.What is beta thalassemia?
Answer a condition in which the synthesis of the beta-globin chains is
decreased or absent. Causes low hemoglobin.
5.Which medication is contraindicated in a patient with Beta Thalassemia?
Answer -
Ferrous Sulfate
6.What drug is used in combination with other agent to treat lymphoid
tissue (leukemia). Directly toxic to lymphoid tissues Selective estrogen
receptor modulators (SERM) - for hormone receptor positive and advanced
breast cancer. (Tomaxafin - reduces risk and recurrence risk)
Answer Glucocorticoids
7.What is the normal ejection fraction?
Answer 55-60%. Less than 50% is BAD
8.Is an ejection fraction of 50% reduced or preserved?
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, Answer Preserved
9.What are symptoms of left sided heart failure?
Answer Think PULMONARY. JVD, FVO, rails, S3 murmurs. Number one
cause of right sided heart failure!
10.What are symptoms of right sided heart failure?
Answer Think peripheral vascular. Lower extremity edema, abdominal
distension.
11.What is the gold standard lab test for heart failure?
Answer BNP. Heart failure is a result greater than 100
12.What heart disease is worse with exertion?
Answer Ischemic heart disease because the demand requirements are
higher.
13.What should you assess before giving Digoxin?
Answer Apical pulse
14. How should Warfarin be started?
Answer Start initial dose at half to monitor the effects
15.What causes the destruction of alveolar walls? Air goes in but can't get
out which leads to hyperinflation
Answer Emphysema
16.What causes excess mucus production and smooth muscle hypertrophy?
Answer Bronchitis
17.What is a chronic inflammatory obstruction of bronchi?
Answer Asthma, Triggers cause mucus to clog bronchial tubes.
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