NURS 6501 Advanced

Pathophysiology

Midterm & Final Exam

Part 1

26 of the 100 Questions on

the Multiple Choice Test

*with Answers

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1. A patient has a history of excessive use of magnesium-containing antacids

and aluminum-containing antacids. What lab value does the healthcare

professional correlate to this behavior?

Answer: B

a. Magnesium 1.8 mg/dL

b. Phosphate 1.9 mg/dL

c. Sodium 149 mEq/L

d. Potassium 2.5 mEq/L

2. A person has hypothyroidism. What chemical does the healthcare professional

advise the person to include in the diet?

Answer: B

a. Iron

b. Iodine

c. Zinc

d. Magnesium

3. In teaching a women's community group, which risk factor does the

healthcare professional teach is related to high morbidity of cancer of the

colon, uterus, and kidney?

Answer: C

a. Women older than 45 years of age

b. Women who have never had children

c. Women who have high body mass index

d. Women who have smoked for more than 10 years

4. A professor has taught the students about the pathogenesis of abdominal pain.

Which statement by a student indicates the professor needs to review the

material?

Answer: D

a. Chemical mediators, such as histamine, bradykinin, and serotonin, produce

abdominal pain.

b. Edema and vascular congestion produce abdominal pain by stretching.

c. Ischemia, caused by distention of bowel obstruction or mesenteric vessel 

thrombosis, produce abdominal pain.

d. Low concentrations of anaerobes, such as Streptococci, Lactobacilli,

Staphylococci, Enterobacteria, and Bacteroides, produce abdominal pain.

5. What effect is a result of inhibiting the parasympathetic nervous system with a

drug such as atropine?

Answer: B

a. Salivation becomes thinner

b. Salivation decreases

c. The pH of saliva changes

d. Digestive enzymes are inhibited

6. A student asks why carbon monoxide causes tissue damage. What response by

the professor is best?

Answer: B

a. Competes with carbon dioxide so that it cannot be excreted

b. Binds to hemoglobin so that it cannot carry oxygen

c.

Destroys the chemical bonds of hemoglobin so it cannot carry

oxygen

d. Removes iron from hemoglobin so it cannot carry oxygen