Overview
Chapter 11
Conception and Fetal Development
Multiple Choice
Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1)The nurse is preparing a class on reproduction. The cell division process that results in two identical cells, each with the same number of chromosomes as the original cell, should be termed:
A)Meiosis.
B)Oogenesis.
C)Mitosis.
D)Gametogenesis.
Answer:C
2)The nurse is present for the delivery of a preterm fetus. The fetus is wrinkled, covered with vernix, opens and closes its eyelids, and has physiologically immature lungs that cannot sufficiently provide gas exchange. What gestational age is this fetus?
A)34 weeks
B)23 weeks
C)36 weeks
D)25 weeks
AnswerD
3)The nurse is presenting a class to pregnant clients. The nurse asks, “The fetal brain is developing rapidly and the nervous system is complete enough to provide some regulation of body function on its own at which fetal development stage?” It is clear that education has been effective when a participant responds:
A)”The 33rd to 36th week.”
B)”The 29th to 32nd week.”
C)”The 17th to 20th week.”
D)”The 25th to 28th week.”
Answer:D
4)The nurse is presenting a class on conception to a group of middle school students. Which answer to this question indicates that learning has occurred? “In order for fertilization to occur, what portion of the sperm must enter the ovum?”
A)Only the head
B)Either the head or the tail
C)Only the tail
D)The entire sperm
Answer:A
5)A pregnant woman tells the midwife, “I’ve heard that if I eat certain foods during my pregnancy, the baby will be a boy.” The nurse midwife’s response should explain that this is a myth, and that the sex of the baby is determined at the time of:
A)Differentiation.
B)Fertilization.
C)Implantation.
D)Ejaculation.
Answer:B
6)A client tells you that her mother was a twin, two of her sisters have twins, and several cousins either are twins or gave birth to twins. The client, too, is expecting twins. Because there is a genetic predisposition to twins in her family, there is a good chance that the client will have:
A)Nonzygotic twins.
B)Dizygotic twins.
C)Identical twins.
D)Monozygotic twins.
Answer:B
7)Which statement by a pregnant client would indicate that additional teaching was necessary?
A)”Because of their birth relationship, fraternal twins are more similar to each other than if they had been born singly.”
B)”Identical twins may be the same or different sex.”
C)”Identical twins occur more frequently than fraternal twins.”
D)”Congenital abnormalities are more prevalent in identical twins.”
Answer:D
8)The nurse is evaluating information that was taught about conception and fetal development. When the client verbalizes her understanding about transportation time of the zygote through the fallopian tube and into the cavity of the uterus, which statement shows correct understanding?
A)”It will take at least three days for the egg to reach the uterus.”
B)”It will take 18 hours for the fertilized egg to implant in the uterus.”
C)”It will take eight days for the egg to reach the uterus.”
D)”It will only take 12 hours for the egg to go through the fallopian tube.”
Answer:A
9)The pregnant client who is at 14 weeks gestation asks the nurse why the doctor used to call her baby an embryo, and now calls it a fetus. What is the best answer to this question?
A)”The official term for a baby in utero is really zygote.”
B)”We call a baby a fetus when it is larger than an embryo.”
C)”An embryo is a baby from conception until the eighth week.”
D)”A fetus is the term used from the ninth week of gestation and onward.”
Answer:D
10)During a prenatal examination, an adolescent client asks, “How does my baby get air?” The nurse would give correct information by saying:
A)”The blood from the placenta is carried through the umbilical artery, which penetrates the abdominal wall of the fetus.”
B)”The fetus is able to obtain sufficient oxygen due to the fact that your hemoglobin concentration is 50% greater during pregnancy.”
C)”The lungs of the fetus carry out respiratory gas exchange in utero similar to what an adult experiences.”
D)”The placenta assumes the function of the fetal lungs by supplying oxygen and allowing the excretion of carbon dioxide into your bloodstream.”
Answer:D
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