BIO 669 PRACTICE EXAMS ANSWERS AND
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔If anterior pituitary secretion is deficient in a growing child, the child will:
a. Mature sexually at an earlier than normal age.
b. Become a dwarf, but have fairly normal body proportions
c. Develop acromegaly
d. Be in constant danger of dehydration - ✔✔b. Become a dwarf, but have fairly normal
body proportions
✔✔The anterior pituitary secretes all of the following except:
a. Antidiuretic Hormone (ADH)
b. Growth Hormone
c. Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH)
d. Gonadotropins - ✔✔a. Antidiuretic Hormone (ADH)
✔✔Negative feedback that T3 and T4 hormones of the thyroid gland have on the
hypothalamus is an example of:
a. Long loop inhibition
b. Tropic inhibition
c. Somatic inhibition
d. Short loop inhibition - ✔✔a. Long loop inhibition
, ✔✔Which of the following is an accurate statement regarding regulation of Pituitary
hormone secretion by the hypothalamus?
a. All anterior hormones are regulated by releasing hormones and a release inhibiting
hormone from the hypothalamus.
b. All posterior pituitary hormones are regulated by a releasing hormone from the
hypothalamus.
c. None of the above are correct.
d. All pituitary hormones are tropic hormones.
E. All pituitary hormones are regulated by tropic hormones from the Hypothalamus. -
✔✔c. None of the above are correct.
✔✔What percentage of the total beta cell population in the pancreas must be destroyed
before noticeable hyperglycemia occurs?
a. About 10%
b. About half (50%)
c. Between 80-90%.
d. Between 10-30% - ✔✔c. Between 80-90%.
✔✔Gestational diabetes mellitus is best described as:
a. Diabetes caused by a viral infection
b. Subclinical damage to the beta cells that preceded onset of diabetes
c. Any degree of glucose intolerance with onset or first recognition during pregnancy
d. Beta cell function or action affected by autosomal dominant mutations - ✔✔c. Any
degree of glucose intolerance with onset or first recognition during pregnancy
✔✔Excessive levels of cortisol as a result of excessive anterior pituitary secretion of
ACTH is termed:
a. Cushing syndrome
b. Addison disease
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔If anterior pituitary secretion is deficient in a growing child, the child will:
a. Mature sexually at an earlier than normal age.
b. Become a dwarf, but have fairly normal body proportions
c. Develop acromegaly
d. Be in constant danger of dehydration - ✔✔b. Become a dwarf, but have fairly normal
body proportions
✔✔The anterior pituitary secretes all of the following except:
a. Antidiuretic Hormone (ADH)
b. Growth Hormone
c. Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH)
d. Gonadotropins - ✔✔a. Antidiuretic Hormone (ADH)
✔✔Negative feedback that T3 and T4 hormones of the thyroid gland have on the
hypothalamus is an example of:
a. Long loop inhibition
b. Tropic inhibition
c. Somatic inhibition
d. Short loop inhibition - ✔✔a. Long loop inhibition
, ✔✔Which of the following is an accurate statement regarding regulation of Pituitary
hormone secretion by the hypothalamus?
a. All anterior hormones are regulated by releasing hormones and a release inhibiting
hormone from the hypothalamus.
b. All posterior pituitary hormones are regulated by a releasing hormone from the
hypothalamus.
c. None of the above are correct.
d. All pituitary hormones are tropic hormones.
E. All pituitary hormones are regulated by tropic hormones from the Hypothalamus. -
✔✔c. None of the above are correct.
✔✔What percentage of the total beta cell population in the pancreas must be destroyed
before noticeable hyperglycemia occurs?
a. About 10%
b. About half (50%)
c. Between 80-90%.
d. Between 10-30% - ✔✔c. Between 80-90%.
✔✔Gestational diabetes mellitus is best described as:
a. Diabetes caused by a viral infection
b. Subclinical damage to the beta cells that preceded onset of diabetes
c. Any degree of glucose intolerance with onset or first recognition during pregnancy
d. Beta cell function or action affected by autosomal dominant mutations - ✔✔c. Any
degree of glucose intolerance with onset or first recognition during pregnancy
✔✔Excessive levels of cortisol as a result of excessive anterior pituitary secretion of
ACTH is termed:
a. Cushing syndrome
b. Addison disease
