NR 507 Week 4 Midterm (Version 8: Retired)
Quiz Score: 120 out of 120 (Explanation included in the “Details” section)
- Question: Infants are most susceptible to significant losses in total body water because of an infant’s:
- Question: The drug heparin acts in hemostasis by which processes?
- Question: Which cells have phagocytic properties similar to monocytes and contract like smooth muscles cells, thereby influencing the glomerular filtration rate?
- Question: Erythrocyte life span of less than 120 days, ineffective bone marrow response to erythropoietin, and altered iron metabolism describe the pathophysiologic characteristics of which type of anemia?
- Question: Which blood cell type is elevated at birth but decreases to adult levels during the first year of life?
- Question: Immunoglobulin E (IgE) is associated with which type of hypersensitivity reaction?
- Question: Which drug may be prescribed orally for outbreak management of herpes simplex viral (HSV) infections?
- Question: Which substance has been shown to increase the risk of cancer when used in combination with tobacco smoking?
- Question: An infant’s hemoglobin must fall below ___ g/dl before signs of pallor, tachycardia, and systolic murmurs occur.
- Question: How high does the plasma glucose have to be before the threshold for glucose is achieved?
- Question: Which disorder results in decreased erythrocytes and platelets with changes in leukocytes and has clinical manifestations of pallor, fatigue, petechiae, purpura, bleeding, and fever?
- Question: Deficiencies in which element can produce depression of both B- and T-cell function?
- Question: Apoptosis is a(an):
- Question: The only surface inside the nephron where cells are covered with microvilli to increase the reabsorptive surface area is called the:
- Question: The coronary ostia are located in the:
- Question: Causes of hyperkalemia include:
- Question: Why is nasal congestion a serious threat to young infants?
- Question: Continuous increases in left ventricular filing pressures result in which disorder?
- Question: What is the first stage in the infectious process?
- Question: Which type of immunity is produced by an individual after either natural exposure to the antigen or after immunization against the antigen?
- Question: What are the abnormalities in cytokines found in children with cystic fibrosis (CF)?
- Question: What substance stimulates renal hydroxylation in the process of producing vitamin D?
- Question: When a patient has small, vesicular lesions that last between 10 and 20 days, which sexually transmitted infection is suspected?
- Question: Which organ is stimulated during the alarm phase of the general adaptation syndrome (GAS)?
- Question: Which primary characteristic is unique for the immune response?
- Question: What is the fundamental physiologic manifestation of anemia?
- Question: Hypersensitivity is best defined as a(an):
- Question: What is the life span of an erythrocyte (in days)?
- Question: The risk for respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) decreases for premature infants when they are born between how many weeks of gestation?
- Question: Research supports the premise that exercise has a probable impact on reducing the risk of which cancer?
- Question: Which immunoglobulin (Ig) is present in childhood asthma?
- Question: Causes of hyperkalemia include:
- Question: An individual is more susceptible to infections of mucous membranes when he or she has a seriously low level of which immunoglobulin antibody?
- Question: What is the primary site for uncomplicated local gonococci infections in men?
- Question: Decreased lung compliance means that the lungs are demonstrating which characteristic?
- Question: Which organism is a common sexually transmitted bacterial infection?
- Question: The Papanicolaou (Pap) test is used to screen for which cancer?
- Question: What is the ratio of coronary capillaries to cardiac muscle cells?
- Question: Which laboratory test is considered adequate for an accurate and reliable diagnosis of gonococcal urethritis in a symptomatic man?
- Question: What is the role of collagen in the clotting process?
- Question: Fetal hematopoiesis occurs in which structure?
- Question: The glomerular filtration rate is directly related to which factor?
- Question: What is the primary problem resulting from respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) of the newborn?
- Question: What is the trigone?
- Question: Which hormone is synthesized and secreted by the kidneys?
- Question: Which hepatitis virus is known to be sexually transmitted?
- Question: What is the functional unit of the kidney called?
- Question: A person with type O blood is considered to be the universal blood donor because type O blood contains which of the following?
- Question: Which hormone is required for water to be reabsorbed in the distal tubule and collecting duct?
- Question: Low plasma albumin causes edema as a result of a reduction in which pressure?
- Question: The most common site of metastasis for a patient diagnosed with prostate cancer is which location?
- Question: How is most of the oxygen in the blood transported?
- Question: What is the direct action of atrial natriuretic hormone?
- Question: What is the purpose of the spirometry measurement?
- Question: Carcinoma in situ is characterized by which changes?
- Question: If the sinoatrial (SA) node fails, then at what rate (depolarizations per minute) can the atrioventricular (AV) node depolarize?
- Question: What effects do exercise and body position have on renal blood flow?
- Question: What is the major concern regarding the treatment of gonococci infections?
- Question: Innervation of the bladder and internal urethral sphincter is supplied by which nerves?
- Question: Which congenital heart defects occur in trisomy 13, trisomy 18, and Down syndrome?
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