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Week 1 Review Pathology Quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the definition of Pathology?

a)

The study of psychological disorders

b)

The investigation of structural alterations in cells, tissues, and organs

c)

The study of treatment methods for diseases

d)

The identification of a disease

2.

What does Pathogenesis refer to?

a)

The cure for a disease

b)

The study of disease distribution

c)

The pattern of tissue changes associated with the development of a disease

d)

The symptoms of a disease

3.

What term describes diseases acquired in a hospital?

a)

Nosocomial infection

b)

Pathogenic infection

c)

Community-acquired infection

d)

Iatrogenic infection

4.

Which term refers to the expected outcome of a disease?

a)

Prognosis

b)

Diagnosis

c)

Etiology

d)

Remission

5.

What is the sudden appearance of signs and symptoms called?

a)

Chronic disease

b)

Acute disease

c)

Latent disease

d)

Complicated disease

6.

Which of the following is a sign, not a symptom?

a)

Pain

b)

Nausea

c)

Fever

d)

Redness

7.

What is the reversible replacement of one mature cell type by another less mature cell type called?

a)

Dysplasia

b)

Metaplasia

c)

Hypertrophy

d)

Hyperplasia

8.

What is the increase in the size of cells and the size of the affected organ referred to as?

a)

Hyperplasia

b)

Atrophy

c)

Hypertrophy

d)

Dysplasia

9.

Which of the following is NOT a cause of cellular injury?

a)

Hypoxia

b)

Free radicals

c)

Ischemia

d)

Hypertrophy

10.

What term refers to the programmed cell death process?

a)

Necrosis

b)

Apoptosis

c)

Autophagy

d)

Cellular lysis