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PATH370 Pathophysiology

Week 1 Quiz

Question 1 The stage during which the patient functions normally, although the disease processes are well established, is referred to as

Question 2 The nurse is swabbing a patient’s throat to test for streptococcal pharyngitis. The nurse must understand that tests such as this differ in the probability that they will be positive for a condition when applied to a person with the condition; this probability is termed sensitivity.

Question 3 A patient has been exposed to meningococcal meningitis, but is not yet demonstrating signs of this disease. This stage of illness is called the _____ stage.

Question 4 A 17-year-old college-bound student receives a vaccine against an organism that causes meningitis. This is an example of

Question 5 Socioeconomic factors influence disease development because of ( Select all that apply.)

Question 6 The primary adaptive purpose of the substances produced in the alarm stage is

Question 7 Persistence of the alarm stage will ultimately result in

Question 8 Many of the responses to stress are attributed to activation of the sympathetic nervous system and are mediated by

Question 9 The effect of stress on the immune system

Question 10 Allostasis is best defined as

Question 11 An increase in organ size and function caused by increased workload is termed

Question 12 The cellular response indicative of injury because of faulty metabolism is

Question 13 Necrotic death of brain tissue usually produces _____ necrosis.

Question 14 The cellular change that is considered preneoplastic is

Question 15 Extreme cold injures cells by all the following except

Question 16 Characteristics of telomerase include ( Select all that apply.)

Question 17 Cancer grading is based on

Question 18 Malignant neoplasms of epithelial origin are known as

Question 19 Paraneoplastic syndromes in cancer involve excessive production of substances by multiple means. A common substance found in excessive amounts resulting from cancer paraneoplastic syndromes is

Question 20 Your patient eats “lots of fat,” leads a “stressful” life, and has smoked “about two packs a day for the last 40 years.” Her chronic morning cough recently worsened, and she was diagnosed with a lung mass. The most likely contributing factor for development of lung cancer in this patient is