NR 507 Course Quiz Week 1 – 7 (Version 4: Retired)
- Question 1: After sexual transmission of HIV, a person can be infected yet seronegative for _____ months.
- Question 2: Once they have penetrated the first line of defense, which microorganisms do neutrophils actively attack, engulf, and destroy by phagocytosis?
- Question 3: Which statement about vaccines is true?
- Question 4: Cells in _____ may act as a reservoir in which HIV can be relatively protected from antiviral drugs.
- Question 5: Which statement is true about fungal infections?
- Question 6: What of the following remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide?
- Question 7: In a type II hypersensitivity reaction, when soluble antigens from infectious agents enter circulation, tissue damage is a result of
- Question 8: What is the mechanism in type III hypersensitivity reactions?
- Question 9: Deficiencies in which element can produce depression of both B- and T-cell function?
- Question 10: A person with type O blood is likely to have high titers of anti-___ antibodies.
- Question 11: Hypersensitivity is best defined as a(n)
- Question 12: In which primary immune deficiency is there a partial to complete absence of T-cell immunity?
- Question 13: What mechanism occurs in Raynaud phenomenon that classifies it as a type III hypersensitivity reaction?
- Question 14: The effect that low serum albumin has on the central stress response is to
- Question 15: Which cytokines initiate the production of corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH)?
- Question 16: Stress-age syndrome results in decreased
- Question 17: Exhaustion occurs if stress continues and _____ is not successful.
- Question 18: Inherited mutations that predispose to cancer are almost invariably what kind of gene?
- Question 19: Which of the viruses below are oncogenic DNA viruses?
- Question 20: Which of the following represents the correct nomenclature for benign and malignant tumors of adipose tissue, respectively?
- Question 21: Cells from a muscle tumor show a reduced ability to form new muscle and appear highly disorganized. This is an example of
- Question 22: What is the role of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF), and transforming growth factor-alpha (TGF-α) in cell metastasis?
- Question 23: Which of the following cancers originate from connective tissue?
- Question 24: Which characteristic among women correlates with a high morbidity of cancer of the colon, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, breast, uterus, and kidney?
- Question 25: What percentage of children with cancer can be cured?
- Question 1: Symptoms of polycythemia vera are mainly the result of
- Question 2: Untreated pernicious anemia is fatal, usually because of
- Question 3: What is the pathophysiologic process of aplastic anemia?
- Question 4: Pernicious anemia generally requires continued therapy lasting
- Question 5: The underlying disorder of _____ anemia is defective secretion of intrinsic factor, which is essential for the absorption of vitamin B12.
- Question 6: Which anemia produces small, pale erythrocytes?
- Question 7: What change is seen in leukocytes during an allergic disorder (type I) often caused by asthma, hay fever, and drug reactions?
- Question 8: Which of the following is a description consistent with acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL)?
- Question 9: Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is described as a(n)
- Question 10: Which of the following is a description consistent with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)?
- Question 11: Erythroblastosis fetalis is defined as an
- Question 12: In a full-term infant, the normal erythrocyte life span is _____ days, whereas the adult is _____ days.
- Question 13: The sickle cell trait differs from sickle cell disease in that the child with sickle cell trait
- Question 14: Hemophilia B is caused by clotting factor _____ deficiency.
- Question 15: Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is an autoimmune process involving antibodies against
- Question 16: G6PD and sickle cell disease are
- Question 17: An individual who is demonstrating elevated levels of troponin, creatine kinase (CK), and lactic dehydrogenase (LDH) is exhibiting indicators associated with:
- Question 18: Which of the following is manufactured by the liver and primarily contains cholesterol and protein?
- Question 19: In systolic heart failure, what effect does angiotensin II have on stroke volume?
- Question 20: Which of the following can trigger an immune response within the bloodstream that can result in an embolus?
- Question 21: When does most cardiovascular development occur?
- Question 22: Which heart defect produces a systolic ejection murmur at the right upper sternal border that transmits to the neck and left lower sternal border with an occasional ejection click?
- Question 23: Which congenital heart defects occur in trisomy 13, trisomy 18, and Down syndrome?
- Question 24: An infant has a loud, harsh, holosystolic murmur and systolic thrill that can be detected at the left lower sternal border that radiates to the neck. These clinical findings are consistent with which congenital heart defect?
- Question 25: The foramen ovale is covered by a flap that creates a check valve allowing blood to flow unidirectionally from the _____ to the _____.
- Question 5: In hemolytic anemia, jaundice occurs only when
- Question 6: Clinical manifestations of mild to moderate splenomegaly and hepatomegaly, bronze-colored skin, and cardiac dysrhythmias are indicative of which anemia?
- Question 8: Which proinflammatory cytokines are responsible for the development and maintenance of DIC?
- Question 11: Hemolytic disease of the newborn can occur if the mother is
- Question 13: The type of anemia that occurs as a result of thalassemia is
- Question 14: What is the name of the disorder in which levels of bilirubin remain excessively high in the newborn and are deposited in the brain?
- Question 17: The pulsus paradoxus that occurs as a result of pericardial effusion is significant because it reflects the impairment of the
- Question 18: Atherosclerosis causes an aneurysm by
- Question 20: What alteration occurs in injured endothelial cells that contributes to atherosclerosis?
- Question 21: When does most cardiovascular development occur?
- Question 25: When does systemic vascular resistance in infants begin to rise?
- Question 3: The body compensates for anemia by
- Question 4: In some anemias, the erythrocytes are present in various sizes, which is referred to as
- Question 8: Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is described as a(n)
- Question 12: Polycythemia occurs in a fetus because
- Question 17: What is the most common cardiac disorder associated with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) resulting from myocarditis and infective endocarditis?
- Question 18: Cardiac cells can withstand ischemic conditions and still return to a viable state for how many minutes?
- Question 20: Which of the following can trigger an immune response within the bloodstream that can result in an embolus?
- Question 25: What is the most important clinical manifestation of aortic coarctation in the neonate?
- Question 1: When thirst is experienced, how are osmoreceptors activated?
- Question 2: How does the loss of chloride during vomiting cause metabolic alkalosis?
- Question 3: At the arterial end of capillaries, fluid moves from the intravascular space into the interstitial space because the
- Question 4: What is a major determinant of the resting membrane potential necessary for transmission of nerve impulses?
- Question 5: Physiologic pH is maintained around 7.4 because bicarbonate (HCO3) and carbonic acid (H2CO3) exist in a ratio of
- Question 6: Water movement between the intracellular fluid compartment and the extracellular compartment is primarily a function of
- Question 7: Which are indications of dehydration?
- Question 8: A(n) _____ is a circumscribed area of suppuration and destruction of lung parenchyma.
- Question 9: Which inflammatory mediators are produced in asthma?
- Question 10: Clinical manifestations of pulmonary hypertension include
- Question 11: _____ is a fulminant form of respiratory failure characterized by acute lung inflammation and diffuse alveolocapillary injury.
- Question 12: Clinical manifestations that include unexplained weight loss, dyspnea on exertion, use of accessory muscles, and tachypnea with prolonged expiration are indicative of
- Question 13: Which pleural abnormality involves a site of pleural rupture that act as a one-way valve, permitting air to enter on inspiration but preventing its escape by closing during expiration?
- Question 14: In ARDS, alveoli and respiratory bronchioles fill with fluid as a result of the
- Question 15: Which of the following is a true statement?
- Question 16: In tuberculosis, the body walls off the bacilli in a tubercle by stimulating
- Question 17: Pulmonary edema usually begins at a pulmonary capillary wedge pressure or left atrial pressure of _____ mm Hg.
- Question 18: Kussmaul respirations may be characterized as a respiratory pattern
- Question 19: Which of the following statements about the advances in the treatment of RDS of the newborn is incorrect?
- Question 20: Which of the following types of croup is most common?
- Question 21: The release of fibroblast growth factors affects ARDS by causing
- Question 22: What is the primary cause of RDS of the newborn?
- Question 23: Chest wall compliance in infants is _____ in adults.
- Question 24: Cystic fibrosis (CF) is caused by a(n)
- Question 25: An accurate description of childhood asthma is that it is a(n)
- Question 1: In hyperkalemia, cardiac rhythm changes are a direct result of
- Question 3: Why are infants susceptible to significant losses in total body water (TBW)?
- Question 5: Chvostek sign and Trousseau sign indicate
- Question 6: At the arterial end of capillaries, fluid moves from the intravascular space into the interstitial space because the
- Question 8: Dyspnea is not a result of
- Question 11: The most successful treatment for chronic asthma begins with
- Question 14: Clinical manifestations that include unexplained weight loss, dyspnea on exertion, use of accessory muscles, and tachypnea with prolonged expiration are indicative of
- Question 19: What is the primary cause of RDS of the newborn?
- Question 20: An accurate description of childhood asthma is that it is a(n)
- Question 21: The release of fibroblast growth factors affects ARDS by causing
- Question 22: Which immunoglobulin is present in childhood asthma?
- Question 23: Cystic fibrosis (CF) is caused by a(n)
- Question 3: Why are infants susceptible to significant losses in total body water (TBW)?
- Question 6: Which enzyme is secreted by the juxtaglomerular cells of the kidney when circulating blood volume is reduced?
- Question 7: Water movement between the intracellular fluid compartment and the extracellular compartment is primarily a function of
- Question 10: In ARDS, alveoli and respiratory bronchioles fill with fluid as a result of the
- Question 16: High altitudes may produce hypoxemia through
- Question 1: After sexual transmission of HIV, a person can be infected yet seronegative for _____ months.
- Question 2: Once they have penetrated the first line of defense, which microorganisms do neutrophils actively attack, engulf, and destroy by phagocytosis?
- Question 3: Which statement about vaccines is true?
- Question 4: Cells in _____ may act as a reservoir in which HIV can be relatively protected from antiviral drugs.
- Question 5: Which statement is true about fungal infections?
- Question 6: What of the following remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide?
- Question 7: In a type II hypersensitivity reaction, when soluble antigens from infectious agents enter circulation, tissue damage is a result of
- Question 8: What is the mechanism in type III hypersensitivity reactions?
- Question 9: Deficiencies in which element can produce depression of both B- and T-cell function?
- Question 10: A person with type O blood is likely to have high titers of anti-___ antibodies.
- Question 11: Hypersensitivity is best defined as a(n)
- Question 13: What mechanism occurs in Raynaud phenomenon that classifies it as a type III hypersensitivity reaction?
- Question 14: The effect that low serum albumin has on the central stress response is to
- Question 15: Which cytokines initiate the production of corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH)?
- Question 16: Stress-age syndrome results in decreased
- Question 17: Exhaustion occurs if stress continues and _____ is not successful.
- Question 18: Inherited mutations that predispose to cancer are almost invariably what kind of gene?
- Question 19: Which of the viruses below are oncogenic DNA viruses?
- Question 20: Which of the following represents the correct nomenclature for benign and malignant tumors of adipose tissue, respectively?
- Question 21: Cells from a muscle tumor show a reduced ability to form new muscle and appear highly disorganized. This is an example of
- Question 22: What is the role of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF), and transforming growth factor-alpha (TGF-α) in cell metastasis?
- Question 23: Which of the following cancers originate from connective tissue?
- Question 24: Which characteristic among women correlates with a high morbidity of cancer of the colon, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, breast, uterus, and kidney?
- Question 25: What percentage of children with cancer can be cured?
- Question 1: What of the following remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide?
- Question 4: Which statement is true about fungal infections?
- Question 6: What is the role of reverse transcriptase in HIV infection?
- Question 7: Deficiencies in which element can produce depression of both B- and T-cell function?
- Question 8: What is the mechanism in type III hypersensitivity reactions?
- Question 9: During an IgE-mediated hypersensitivity reaction, what causes bronchospasm?
- Question 11: In a type II hypersensitivity reaction, when soluble antigens from infectious agents enter circulation, tissue damage is a result of
- Question 12: What mechanism occurs in Raynaud phenomenon that classifies it as a type III hypersensitivity reaction?
- Question 13: The class of antibody involved in type I hypersensitivity reactions is
- Question 14: Which hormone increases the formation of glucose from amino acids and free fatty acids?
- Question 15: Exhaustion occurs if stress continues and _____ is not successful.
- Question 16: Which cytokines initiate the production of corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH)?
- Question 17: The effect that low serum albumin has on the central stress response is to
- Question 18: Intestinal polyps are benign neoplasms and the first stage in development of colon cancer. These findings support the notion that
- Question 19: Which of the following cancers originate from connective tissue?
- Question 20: What is the role of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF), and transforming growth factor-alpha (TGF-α) in cell metastasis?
- Question 21: Which cytokine is involved in producing cachexia syndrome?
- Question 23: Which of the viruses below are oncogenic DNA viruses?
- Question 25: Childhood exposure to all of the following risk factors increases susceptibility to cancer except
- Question 7: What disease involves the deposition of circulating immune complexes containing an antibody against host DNA, resulting in tissue damage?
- Question 14: Stress-induced norepinephrine results in
- Question 15: What effect does estrogen have on lymphocytes?
- Question 19: Many cancers create a mutation of ras. What is ras?
- Question 20: Which cytokine is involved in producing cachexia syndrome?
- Question 21: By what process does the ras gene convert from a proto-oncogene to an oncogene?
- Question 24: Tobacco smoking is associated with cancers of all of the following except
- Question 11: What mechanism occurs in Raynaud phenomenon that classifies it as a type III hypersensitivity reaction?
- Question 1: When thirst is experienced, how are osmoreceptors activated?
- Question 3: In hyperkalemia, cardiac rhythm changes are a direct result of
- Question 4: How does the loss of chloride during vomiting cause metabolic alkalosis?
- Question 15: In ARDS, alveoli and respiratory bronchioles fill with fluid as a result of the
- Question 1: A woman complains of chronic gastritis, fatigue, weight loss, and tingling in her fingers. Laboratory findings show low hemoglobin and hematocrit levels, and a high mean corpuscular volume. These findings are consistent with _____ anemia.
- Question 2: Symptoms of polycythemia vera are mainly the result of
- Question 3: Untreated pernicious anemia is fatal, usually because of
- Question 4: The underlying disorder of _____ anemia is defective secretion of intrinsic factor, which is essential for the absorption of vitamin B12.
- Question 5: What is the pathophysiologic process of aplastic anemia?
- Question 6: Pernicious anemia generally requires continued therapy lasting
- Question 7: Which proinflammatory cytokines are responsible for the development and maintenance of DIC?
- Question 8: What change is seen in leukocytes during an allergic disorder (type I) often caused by asthma, hay fever, and drug reactions?
- Question 9: Local signs and symptoms of Hodgkin disease–related lymphadenopathy are a result of
- Question 10: What is the most common cause of vitamin K deficiency?
- Question 11: Hemolytic disease of the newborn can occur if the mother is
- Question 12: The type of anemia that occurs as a result of thalassemia is
- Question 13: The sickle cell trait differs from sickle cell disease in that the child with sickle cell trait
- Question 14: Hemophilia B is caused by clotting factor _____ deficiency.
- Question 15: In a full-term infant, the normal erythrocyte life span is _____ days, whereas the adult is _____ days.
- Question 16: G6PD and sickle cell disease are
- Question 17: Atherosclerosis causes an aneurysm by
- Question 18: An individual who is demonstrating elevated levels of troponin, creatine kinase (CK), and lactic dehydrogenase (LDH) is exhibiting indicators associated with:
- Question 19: Which form of cardiomyopathy is characterized by ventricular dilation and grossly impaired systolic function, leading to dilated heart failure?
- Question 20: Which of the following can trigger an immune response within the bloodstream that can result in an embolus?
- Question 21: The foramen ovale is covered by a flap that creates a check valve allowing blood to flow unidirectionally from the _____ to the _____.
- Question 22: When does most cardiovascular development occur?
- Question 23: When does systemic vascular resistance in infants begin to rise?
- Question 24: What is the most important clinical manifestation of aortic coarctation in the neonate?
- Question 25: Which congenital heart defects occur in trisomy 13, trisomy 18, and Down syndrome?
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