ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY EXAM 1 NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM 200 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+

ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY EXAM 1
NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM 200 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH
RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY
GRADED A+
Your patient has a long history of mitral stenosis (narrowing
of the mitral valve). As the years go by, the left atrium, which
contracts against the increased resistance of the stenotic valve,
begins to fail--and output from the left ventricle begins to
decline. If the left ventricle were to undergo adaptation, what
would it most likely be?
a. atrophy.
b. hypertrophy.
c. hyperplasia.
d. metaplasia. - ....ANSWER...A
Which of the following is not characteristic of cellular
dysplasia?
a. variation in size and shape of cells
b. small, pale nuclei
c. disorderly arrangement of cells
d. preneoplastic change - ....ANSWER...B
If a normal individual began to take cortisol 100 mgs. every
day as a medication, which of the following would result?
a. hypertrophy of the adrenal gland
b. hyperplasia of the adrenal gland
c. atrophy of the adrenal gland
d. hypertrophy and hyperplasia of the adrenal gland -
....ANSWER...C
If a normal individual began to take thyroid hormone 100
mcgs. every day as a medication, which of the following
would result?
a. hypertrophy of the thyroid gland
b. hyperplasia of the thyroid gland
c. atrophy of the thyroid gland
d. hypertrophy and hyperplasia of the thyroid gland -
....ANSWER...B
Chronic alcoholism can result in the development of a fatty
liver because it results in which of the following?
a. increased production of free fatty acids
b. increased conversion of free fatty acids to triglycerides
c. decreased oxidation of cholesterol, triglycerides, and
phospholipids
d. decreased binding of cholesterol, triglycerides, and
phospholipids to apoproteins - ....ANSWER...A
Which of the following is the primary difference between wet
and dry gangrene?
a. Infection and inflammation are present in wet gangrene.
b. Wet gangrene results from arterial occlusion and dry
gangrene from venous stasis.
c. Dry gangrene involves the presence of Clostridium
perfringens.
d. Wet gangrene occurs only in internal organs. -
....ANSWER...D
Which of the following components is not involved in
apoptosis?
a. Bcl-2
b. apaf-1
c. caspase 9
d. cytochrome c
e. HLA 2 - ....ANSWER...E
Some cancer-causing viruses are able to protect the cells that
they transform from undergoing apoptosis by interfering with
the action of the apoptosis promoter called:
a. TNF-alpha.
b. Fas.
c. p53.
d. IL-2.
e. INF-beta. - ....ANSWER...C
Which of the following diseases is thought to be related to
free radical damage?
a. osteoarthritis
b. detached retina
c. cerebral aneurysm
d. cancer - ....ANSWER...D
Which of the following enzymes, released from dying cells,
may indicate problems in the liver?
a. alanine aminotransferase
b. aspartate aminotransferase c. alkaline phosphatase
d. all of the above
e. none of the above - ....ANSWER...D
Researchers hypothesize that the disappearance of dopaminegenerating cells in the midbrain in Parkinson's Disease may be
related to oxidative stress due to a decrease in the amount of
glutathione in the midbrain. The best explanation for this
theory is which of the following?
a. DNA synthesis requires glutathione for optimal
development.
b. Dopamine synthesis requires glutathione to prevent free
radical production.
c. Free radicals produced via dopamine synthesis are
neutralized by glutathione.
d. Glutathione is needed for entry of d