Pathophysiology Final Exam Actual Test

Pathophysiology Final Exam Actual Test

A characteristics of benign tumors includes which of the following?

• Not invasive nor metastasize
• Generally occur in limited places
• Do not reappear once removed
• Never lead to death - ANSWER A. Not invasive nor metastasize

What condition would make a person more at risk for Hemorrhoidal Disease?

• Constipation

B. GERD

• Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• Diverticulitis - ANSWER A. Constipation

What is the treatment for Barrett esophagus?

• Treat patient for GERD
• Surgery for umbilical hernia
• No known treatment
• Surgical removal of affected esophagus - ANSWER A. Treat patient for GERD

What is a clinical manifestation (sign or symptom) of respiratory acidosis?

• Decreased rate and/or depth of breathing
• Decreased neuromuscular excitability
• Increased neuromuscular excitability
• Increased rate and/or depth of breathing - ANSWER d. Increased rate and/or depth of

breathing A person reports a sudden and complete loss of vision in one eye? What condition is this person most likely experiencing?

• cataracts

• glaucoma
• hyperopia
• retinal detachment - ANSWER d. Retinal Detachment

A person has 20/60 vision. How would you explain this finding to this person?

• You have normal vision
• You can see at 60 feet what a person with normal vision can see at 20 feet
• You are most likely experiencing cataracts
• You can see at 20 feet what a person with normal vision can see at 60 feet - ANSWER d.

You can see at 20 feet what a person with normal vision can see at 60 feet An infection in which part of the ear will most likely cause balance problems?

• Middle ear
• Tympanic membrane
• Inner ear
• Outer ear - ANSWER c. Inner ear

What disease causes a lack of dopamine in the body?

• Parkinson Disease
• Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Alzheimer Disease - ANSWER a. Parkinson Disease

Which condition is characterized by tremors, "pill rolling", and cogwheeling?

• Huntington Disease
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Parkinson Disease
• Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis - ANSWER c. Parkinson Disease

What is the term for a person with enhanced and sustained electrical activity over 30 minutes?

• Absent Seizure

• Status Epilepticus
• Full Seizure
• Partial Seizure - ANSWER b. Status Epilepticus

What condition results from the demyelination of the central nervous system neurons?

• Multiple Sclerosis
• Parkinson Disease
• Guillan Barre
• Huntington Disease - ANSWER a. Multiple Sclerosis

Trigeminal Neuralgia will result in what clinical manifestation?

• Pain in the hands
• Pain in the face
• Numbness in the face
• Numbness in the hands - ANSWER b. Pain in the face

Neurofibrillary tangles and senile plaques in the brain are characteristic of what disease?

• Alzheimer Disease
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Guillain-Barré syndrome
• Myasthenia gravis - ANSWER a. Alzheimer Disease

True of False In a spinal cord injury, the higher the injury, generally worse prognosis.True False - ANSWER True Which of the following is NOT a cause of hydrocephalus?

• Obstruction within the ventricular system
• Increased Fluid Production
• Increased CSF absorption

• Decreased CSF reabsorption - ANSWER c. Increased CSF absorption

A patient reports severe head pain with ipsilateral autonomic manifestations. What is the most likely diagnosis?

• Traumatic Brain Injury
• Tension headache
• Hemorrhagic Stroke
• Cluster headache - ANSWER d. Cluster headache

Often arising after a viral infection or vaccine, what disease results in demyelination of the peripheral nerves?

• Alzheimer Disease
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Parkinson Disease
• Guillain-Barré syndrome - ANSWER d. Guillain-Barré syndrome

A patient presents with a cloudy or opaque discoloration of lens. What is the most likely diagnosis?

• Legal blindness
• Cataracts
• Retinal Detachment
• Glaucoma - ANSWER b. Cataracts

A patient can see objects nearby, but not objects far away. What condition does this patient have?

• Hyperopia
• Myopia
• Presbyopia
• Astigmatism - ANSWER b. Myopia

What is the expected initial treatment for acute otitis media?

• No treatment required
• Surgery