Exam 2: NSG3850 / NSG 3850 (Latest Update 2025 /
2026) Pathophysiology for Nurses II | Review Questions
and Answers | Grade A | 100% Correct – Galen
Which is indicative of a left tension pneumothorax?
a. course crackles throughout the left chest
b. tracheal deviation to the left
c. absent breath sounds on the left
d. respiratory acidosis - Correct Answer--C
A pt. with a productive cough and parenchymal infiltrated on x-ray is
demonstrating symptomology of
a. bacterial pneumonia
b. viral pneumonia
c. tuberculosis
d. acute respiratory distress syndrome - Correct Answer--A
Which ds is caused by inhalation of organic substances?
a. diffuse interstitial lung ds
b. hypersensitivity pneumonitis
c. sarcoidosis
d. acute respiratory distress syndrome - Correct Answer--B
Empyema is defined as an
a. exudative bronchitis
,b. infection int he pleural space
c. infection localized in the lung
d. infection in the blood - Correct Answer--B
A pt with flail chest will demonstrate
a. absence of chest movement with breaths
b. no inspiratory breath sounds
c. fluttering chest movements on expirations
d. outward chest movement on expiration - Correct Answer--d
Obstructive sleep apnea would most likely be found in a pt. diagnosed with
a. myasthenia gravis
b. poliomyelitis
c. pickwickian syndrome
d. pneumonia - Correct Answer--C
Pneumocystitis is a term hat refers to a
a. fingal pneumonia secondary to HIV
b. viral PNA found in transplant recipients
c. non-infectious inflammation in the lung
d. pneumonia secondary to bladder infection - Correct Answer--A
The most definitive diagnostic method for active TB is acquired via
, a. sputum culture
b. montoux skin test
c. chest x-ray
d. blood culture - Correct Answer--A
A major cause of treatment failure in TB is
a. resistant organism
b. allergy to drugs used
c. noncompliance
d. immunosuppression - Correct Answer--C
Legionnaires disease is characterized by
a. presence of systemic illness
b. airborne mechanism of communicability
c. mild symptomatology
d. resolution with or without antimicrobial therapy - Correct Answer--A
Bacterial PNA leads to hypoxemia caused by
a. cariogenic pulmonary edema
b. upper airway obstruction
c. accumulation of alveolar exudates
d. interstitial edema - Correct Answer--C
2026) Pathophysiology for Nurses II | Review Questions
and Answers | Grade A | 100% Correct – Galen
Which is indicative of a left tension pneumothorax?
a. course crackles throughout the left chest
b. tracheal deviation to the left
c. absent breath sounds on the left
d. respiratory acidosis - Correct Answer--C
A pt. with a productive cough and parenchymal infiltrated on x-ray is
demonstrating symptomology of
a. bacterial pneumonia
b. viral pneumonia
c. tuberculosis
d. acute respiratory distress syndrome - Correct Answer--A
Which ds is caused by inhalation of organic substances?
a. diffuse interstitial lung ds
b. hypersensitivity pneumonitis
c. sarcoidosis
d. acute respiratory distress syndrome - Correct Answer--B
Empyema is defined as an
a. exudative bronchitis
,b. infection int he pleural space
c. infection localized in the lung
d. infection in the blood - Correct Answer--B
A pt with flail chest will demonstrate
a. absence of chest movement with breaths
b. no inspiratory breath sounds
c. fluttering chest movements on expirations
d. outward chest movement on expiration - Correct Answer--d
Obstructive sleep apnea would most likely be found in a pt. diagnosed with
a. myasthenia gravis
b. poliomyelitis
c. pickwickian syndrome
d. pneumonia - Correct Answer--C
Pneumocystitis is a term hat refers to a
a. fingal pneumonia secondary to HIV
b. viral PNA found in transplant recipients
c. non-infectious inflammation in the lung
d. pneumonia secondary to bladder infection - Correct Answer--A
The most definitive diagnostic method for active TB is acquired via
, a. sputum culture
b. montoux skin test
c. chest x-ray
d. blood culture - Correct Answer--A
A major cause of treatment failure in TB is
a. resistant organism
b. allergy to drugs used
c. noncompliance
d. immunosuppression - Correct Answer--C
Legionnaires disease is characterized by
a. presence of systemic illness
b. airborne mechanism of communicability
c. mild symptomatology
d. resolution with or without antimicrobial therapy - Correct Answer--A
Bacterial PNA leads to hypoxemia caused by
a. cariogenic pulmonary edema
b. upper airway obstruction
c. accumulation of alveolar exudates
d. interstitial edema - Correct Answer--C
