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PATHO 370 MIDTERM EXAM NEWEST 2024
ACTUAL EXAM TEST BANK 250 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED
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1 After suffering a heart attack, a middle-aged man is counseled
to take a cholesterol-lowering medication. This is an example of
a. primary prevention.
b. secondary prevention.
c. tertiary prevention
.d. disease treatment. - ANSWER >>> c
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.
a. prodromal
b. latent
c. sequela
d. convalescence - ANSWER >>> b
A patient with high blood pressure who is otherwise healthy is
counseled to restrict sodium intake. This is an example of
a. primary prevention.
b. secondary prevention.
c. tertiary prevention.
d. disease treatment. - ANSWER >>> b
,what clinical course would you see SIGNS & SYMPTOMS? -
ANSWER >>> PRODROMAL
A disease that is native to a particular region is called
a. epidemic.
b. endemic.
c. pandemic.
d. ethnographic. - ANSWER >>> b
C.Q. was recently exposed to group A hemolytic Streptococcus
and subsequently developed a pharyngeal infection. His clinic
examination reveals an oral temperature of 102.3°F, skin rash,
dysphagia, and reddened throat mucosa with multiple pustules.
He complains of sore throat, malaise, and joint stiffness. A throat
culture is positive for Streptococcus, and antibiotics have been
prescribed. The etiology of C.Q.'s disease is
a. genetic susceptibility.
b. pharyngitis.
c. streptococcal infection.
d. a sore throat. - ANSWER >>> c
The stage during which the patient functions normally, although
the disease processes are well established, is referred as
a. latent.
b. subclinical.
c. prodromal.
d. convalescence. - ANSWER >>> b
When the cause is unknown, a condition is said to be idiopathic
a. true
b. false - ANSWER >>> a
,primary level of prevention - ANSWER >>> prevention before you
ever have a disease; immunization
Many of the responses to stress are attributed to activation of the
sympathetic nervous system and are mediated by?
a. norepinephrine.
b. cortisol.
c. glucagon.
d. ACTH. - ANSWER >>> a
Allostasis is best defined as
a. steady-state.
b. a state of equilibrium, of balance within the organism.
c. the process by which the body heals following disease.
d. the overall process of adaptive change necessary to maintain
survival andwell-being. - ANSWER >>> d
Selye's three phases of the stress response include all the
following except?
a. allostasis.
b. resistance.
c. alarm.
d. exhaustion. - ANSWER >>> a
All the following stress-induced hormones increase blood glucose
except?
a. aldosterone.
b. cortisol.
c. norepinephrine.
d. epinephrine. - ANSWER >>> a
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
a. stressful lifestyle.
b. high-fat diet
.c. cigarette smoking
.d. urban pollutants. - ANSWER >>> c
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.
true or false? - ANSWER >>> true
After surgery to remove a lung tumor, your patient is scheduled
for chemotherapy, which will
a. kill rapidly dividing cells.
b. have minimal side effects.
c. selectively kill tumor cells.
d. stimulate immune cells to fight the cancer. - ANSWER >>> a
The primary adaptive purpose of the substances produced in the
alarm stage is
a. energy and repair.
b. invoke resting state.
c. produce exhaustion.
d. set a new baseline steady-state. - ANSWER >>> a
Persistence of the alarm stage will ultimately result in
a. stress reduction.
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