NURS 6501 Midterm Exam Version 4 Walden University 2025/2026 UPDATE

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NURS 6501 Midterm Exam Version 4 Walden University 2024/2025 Update Course Test NURS-6501N-32,Advanced Pathophysiology.2024 Spring Qtr 02/24-05/17-PT27 Exam - Week 6 Midterm Started 4/4/20 3:01 PM Submitted 4/4/20 5:01 PM Due Date Status 4/6/20 1:59 AM Completed Attempt Score 100 out of 100 points Time Elapsed 2 hours, 0 minute out of 2 hours Results Submitted Answers, Incorrectly Answered Questions Displayed 1 out of 1 points Question 1 What is the blood type of a person who is heterozygous, having A and B alleles as codominant? Selected Answer: AB Question 2 1out of 1 point The data reporting that sickle cell disease affects approximately 1 in 600 American blacks is an example of which concept? Selected Answer: Incidence prevalence ratio risk Question 3 1out of 1 points A patient is having a spirometry measurement done and asks the healthcare professional to explain this test. What response by the professional is best? Selected To Answer: ure the volume and flow rate during forced expiration meas Question 4 1 out of 1 points A healthcare professional is caring for a patient undergoing chemotherapy. What is the skinrelated health risk the professional should assess the patient for and be prepared to treat? Selected Answer: Infection Question 5 1 out of 1 points A professor has taught the students about the sources of increased ammonia in patients with hepatic encephalopathy. What statement by a student indicates the professor should review this material? Selected Answer: Accumulation of short-chain fatty acids are a source of increased ammonia. Question 6 1out of 1 points What is the second most commonly recognized genetic cause of intellectual disability? Selected Answer: Fragile X syndrome Question 7 1 out of 1 points What is the role of reverse transcriptase in HIV infection? Selected Answer: It converts RNA into double-stranded DNA. Question 8 1 out of 1 points Which renal change is found in older adults? Selected Answer: Decrease in the number of nephrons Question 9 1 out of 1 points In regulating vascular mediators released from mast cells, the role of eosinophils is to release what? Selected Answer: Histaminase, which limits the effects of histamine during acute inflammation Question 10 1 out of 1 points Under anaerobic conditions, what process provides energy for the cell? Selected Answer: Glycolysis Question 11 1 out of 1 points A patient had a motor vehicle crash and suffered critical injuries to the brainstem. What physiological responses would the healthcare professional expect to see? Selected Answer: Pulse and blood pressure changes Question 12 1 out of 1 points A parent wants to know how to prevent type 1 diabetes in the newborn. The healthcare professional explains that prevention is not possible, because which of these is a major characteristic of type 1 diabetes mellitus? Selected Answer: An autoimmune cause factor Question 13 1out of 1 points A patient has a pulmonary capillary wedge pressure of 30mmHg. What assessment finding by the healthcare professional would be most consistent with this reading? Selected Answer: Pink, frothy sputum Question 14 1out of 1 points A patient is having an IgE-mediated hypersensitivity reaction. What action by the healthcare professional is best? Selected Answer: Give the patient an antihistamine. Question 15 1 out of 1 points A healthcare professional is educating a patient on asthma. The professional tells the patient that the most successful treatment for chronic asthma begins with which action? Selected Answer: Avoidance of the causative agent Question 16 1 out of 1 points A student asks the healthcare professional to explain the pathophysiologic process of alcoholic cirrhosis. What statement by the professional would not be consistent with complete knowledge about this process? Selected Inflammation and damage leading to cirrhosis begin in the Answer: bile canaliculi. Question 17 1out of 1 points The pathophysiologic process of edema is related to which mechanism? Selected Answer: Lymphatic obstruction