WGU D115 Unit 4 Questions and
Answers 100% Pass
How many months of unprotected intercourse with the same partner with an inability to conceive
would be considered infertility? ✔✔Infertility is defined as the inability
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WGU D115 Unit 4 Questions and
Answers 100% Pass
How many months of unprotected intercourse with the same partner with an inability to conceive
would be considered infertility? ✔✔Infertility is defined as the inability to conceive after 12
months of unprotected intercourse with the same partner.
A student is learning about pelvic inflammatory disease (PID).
Which information about PID is correct?
An episode of mild PID can decrease the possibility of a successful pregnancy by 80%.
PID has not been associated with an increased risk of ectopic pregnancy.
Contracting this infection increases the risk of cervical cancer.
This inflammation results in permanent changes to the ciliated epithelium of the fallopian tubes.
✔✔PID results in permanent changes to the ciliated epithelium of the fallopian tubes. The two
students have clarified the information on PID.
Which factor increases the risk for ovarian cancer after the age of 40 years?
Prolonged lactation
Multiple pregnancies
Oral contraceptive use
Never having children ✔✔Never having children
Interruption of ovulatory cycles appears to have a protective function against developing ovarian
cancer. This can be achieved with pregnancy, lactation, or use of oral contraceptives.
Why is it advised to have children before 35 ✔✔Egg quality and sperm quality and motility
decline with age.
A healthcare professional is educating a community men's group on symptoms of benign
prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).
Which pathophysiological condition causes most of the symptoms of BPH?
Obstruction of the urethra
Compression of the urethra
Infection of the prostate
Ischemia of the urethra ✔✔The prostate grows and compresses the urethra, causing most of the
symptoms of BPH.
Which unique factor causes adolescent girls to be at high risk for sexually transmitted infections
(STIs)?
The position of susceptible cells on the adolescent cervix is different than in older women.
They are in an experimental phase and believe they are resistant to developing STIs.
The length of the vaginal canal is short in adolescents.
The anus to the vaginal introitus is in close proximity in adolescent girls. ✔✔The
transformational zone extends outside the cervical os in females of early reproductive age. As
females age, this zone recedes into the cervical canal.
How is gonorrhea transmitted from a pregnant woman to her fetus?
Unbound in the blood via the placenta
By direct inoculation with the fetal scalp electrodes exposed to maternal body fluids
Attached to immunoglobulin G (IgG) via the placenta
Predominantly through infected cervical and vaginal secretions during the birth process
✔✔Gonorrhea is found in body fluids such as semen and vaginal secretions. It can be transmitted
to an infant primarily through contact with the birth canal and affected secretions.
Vital capacity (VC) decreases throughout the life span. This is due to the expected aging change
in the adult where alveolar surface area Choose...increases decreases. ✔✔decreases Less matter
means less surface area.
What increases as a result of pulmonary edema in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)?
Oncotic pressure
Serum sodium and water levels
Capillary permeability
Capillary hydrostatic pressure ✔✔ARDS is known to cause increased capillary permeability,
thereby causing an influx of fluid such as serum and water to pool inside the alveoli leading to
pulmonary edema
Which three symptoms can most likely be found in a child with croup?
Low-grade fever
Coarse rhonchi
Sore throat
Nasopharyngeal congestion
Barking cough
Check My Answer ✔✔Sore throat and low-grade fever are often seen with croup, and a seal-like
barking cough is pathognomonic for croup. Higher fevers are usually seen with pneumonia.
Select three true statements regarding the infant's respiratory system.
Increased resiliency makes infants more tolerant of respiratory problems than older children.
Airway obstruction occurs sooner in infants than in older children.
Infants are obligatory nose breathers.
An adult's chest wall compliance is lower than an infant's.
A baby is born with all the alveoli he or she will ever have ✔✔An adult's chest wall compliance
is lower than an infant's because bones are more pliable in children, resulting in greater chest
expansion. Infants are obligatory nose breathers; people learn to breathe through their mouths
with age and conditioning. Airway obstruction occurs sooner in infants than in older children
because infant airways are smaller and easier to obstruct with secretions.
Signs of acute epiglottitis ✔✔his high fever and stridor, and he is in the tripod position.
About Acute epiglottitis ✔✔Acute epiglottitis is most commonly caused by bacterial invasion of
the mucosa with associated inflammation that leads to the rapid development of edema. Edema
would cause severe, life-threatening obstruction of the upper airway. The healthcare team should
maintain a calm atmosphere, so that the child does not become more anxious. He should not be
provoked in any way. Do not examine his airway, as total airway obstruction may occur.
Resuscitation equipment should be available, including a surgical airway tray, but ideally, these
should be kept out of sight of both the child and his mother.
Most common cause of amenorrhea ✔✔Pregnancy
What is the majority of AUB( abnormal uterine bleeding) due to? and what is the first-line
treatment ✔✔lack of ovulation and NSAIDS
symptoms of a urethral stricture ✔✔UTI like symptoms, diminished force and caliber of the
urinary stream, double urine stream
What is Paraphimosis ✔✔foreskin is retracted and can't be moved forward to cover the glans.
Can constrict blood flow * surgery must be performed to prevent necrosis.
Torsion of testes ✔✔may not have high riding because of spermatic cord twisted
What are the main causes of PID ✔✔chlamydia and gonorrhea main causes
SX of PID ✔✔low bilateral abdominal pain, sx more likely to develop during or immediately
after menstruation, uterine tenderness; increased risk for infertility
Describe the clinical manifestations of epiglottitis ✔✔High fever, irritability, sore throat,
inspiratory stridor, and severe respiratory distress, also will take a forward leaning position,
drooling and dysphagia. Life threatening emergency. **DO NOT examine the airway/throat -
could cause laryngospasm and cause respiratory collapse.
Most common cause of hypoxemia ✔✔Refers to an abnormal distribution of ventilation and
perfusion (V/Q mismatch) - this is the most common cause of hypoxemia. Hypoxemia caused by
inadequate ventilation of well perfused areas of the lung (low V/Q) - this type of mismatch is
called shunting- occurs in atelectasis (alveoli filled with fluid).
Hypoxemia caused by poor perfusion of well-ventilated portions of the lung (high V/Q),
resulting in wasted ventilation- most common cause (PE impairs blood flow to a segment of the
lung).
What usually precedes Pneumonia ✔✔viral upper respiratory tract infection
Clinical manifestations of ACTIVE TB ✔✔develops gradually- fatigue, weight loss, lethargy,
low grade fever, night sweats, cough that produces purulent sputum (develops slowly).
Clinical manifestations of squamous cell carcinoma ✔✔Squamous cell carcinoma- slow growthlocated centrally near hila and projects into bronchi - non-productive cough, airway obstruction,
hypercalcemia, hemoptysis
Signs and symptoms of an ACUTE asthma attack ✔✔coughing, wheezing- expiratory wheezes
often described as high pitched and musical.
Describe the pathological process that leads to pulmonary edema. ✔✔Valvular dysfunction,
CAD, Left ventricular dysfunction, causes increase in left atrial pressure, causing increase in
pulmonary capillary hydrostatic pressure. Most common cause of pulmonary edema is left sided
heart disease.
Most common cause of pulmonary edema ✔✔left sided heart disease
ARDS can trigger... ✔✔severe pulmonary edema due to damaging the capillary membrane.
What is the most common sign of upper airway obstruction ✔✔Stridor. Stridor is a high pitched
harsh, vibratory sound with inspiration of variable pitch caused by turbulent flow through the
partially obstructed airway -
What is the first sign of puberty in girls?
Growth of pubic hair
Vaginal discharge
Breast buds
Menstruation ✔✔Breast buds are the first sign of puberty in girls, and they begin when estradiol
secretions occur, typically from ages eight to nine in the United States.
What are two common clinical manifestations of endometriosis?
Dysuria
Infertility
Back and flank pain
Amenorrhea
Dysmenorrhea ✔✔Irregular menses and hormonal fluctuations are thought to contribute to
infertility. Dysmenorrhea, or painful periods, are the hallmark finding in endometriosis. It is the
hormones that interact with the endometrial tissue (that can be in the uterus or migrate elsewhere
in both women and men) that cause the pain of endometriosis. One treatment for the pain of
endometriosis is to prevent menses. Men can have endometriosis as well.
How does the epididymis become infected?
The pathogenic microorganisms are attached to sperm that travel through the genital tract.
The pathogenic microorganisms from the prostate fluid ascend to the epididymis.
The pathogenic microorganisms from the tunica vaginalis are transported to the epididymis.
The pathogenic microorganisms ascend the vasa deferentia from an already infected urethra or
bladder. ✔✔The epididymis becomes infected when the pathogenic microorganisms from an
already infected urethra or bladder ascend the vasa deferentia.
A patient reports small, vesicular lesions that last between 10 and 20 days.
Which treatment should the healthcare professional educate the patient about?
Test of cure
One-time dose of azithromycin
Three injections of penicillin
Acyclovir ✔✔Correct! The patient likely has HSV, a viral infection, and acyclovir (Zovirax) is
used to treat it.
What are four common modes of transmission for hepatitis B virus (HBV)?
Needle punctures
Blood transfusions
Contact with infected body fluids
Skin cuts
Ingestion of infected substances ✔✔Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is transmitted through blood and
bodily fluids, which includes punctures with infected needles, transfusions of contaminated
blood, contact with infected body fluids, and the introduction of the pathogen through a break in
the skin.
Where would the healthcare professional expect to hear decreased or absent breath sounds in an
individual who aspirated food particles?
Left lung
Carina
Right lung
Trachea ✔✔Anatomically, the right lung has the shortest path from the trachea, so this is where
decreased or absent breath sounds can be heard.
A patient has pulmonary edema.
Which condition should the healthcare professional assess the patient for as the priority?
Aortic stenosis
Right-sided heart failure
Mitral valve prolapse
Left-sided heart failure ✔✔Left-sided heart failure is most important to determine because it
dictates diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary edema.
Which immunoglobulin (Ig) may contribute to the pathophysiological characteristics of asthma?
lgM
lgA
lgE
lgG ✔✔IgE is produced by the body as an allergic response to an allergen.
What is the most common route of lower respiratory tract infection?
Spread of microorganisms to the lung via blood
Aspiration of oropharyngeal secretions
Poor mucous membrane protection
Inhalation of microorganisms ✔✔Oropharyngeal pathogens are sucked into the lungs with
aspiration, thus enabling them to grow deep in the alveoli of the lungs and cause a lower
respiratory tract infection.
Bronchiolitis tends to occur during the first years of life.
Which virus most often causes bronchiolitis in the first year of life?
Adenovirus
Rhinovirus
Influenza virus
Respiratory syncytial virus ✔✔Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) most often causes bronchiolitis
in the first year of life.
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