Principles of Biology - Exam 1 UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Homeostasis - CORRECT ANSWER - The condition of the body where it exists in a
dynamic equilibrium of normal anatomical or physiological parameters.
Scientific Method - CORRECT ANSWER - Organized body of knowledge obtained either
by observation and/or experimentation which is used to explain and/or predict the occurance of
natural phenomena.
Observation - CORRECT ANSWER - A step in the scientific method where you're
required to use your five senses.
Experimentation - CORRECT ANSWER - The recreation of natural phenomena in a
natural lab setting under controlled conditions. The criteria for a valid experiment is to be
unbiased, must be reproducible, your experiment should answer a yes or no question.
Malpractice - CORRECT ANSWER - Doing something to a patient that a group of your
peers wouldn't have done under similar conditions.
Primo no nocere - CORRECT ANSWER - First do no harm
Docere - CORRECT ANSWER - To teach
Healthcare - CORRECT ANSWER - An art that is practiced using scientific method.
Deductive Reasoning - CORRECT ANSWER - Reasoning from the general to the specific.
A type of logic in which specific results are predicted from a general premise. Or the process of
using logic to draw conclusions
, Inductive Reasoning - CORRECT ANSWER - A sequence of thought that moves from
specific facts to a general conclusion
Tentative diagnosis - CORRECT ANSWER - Your hypothesis after knowing most
information of a patient walking in.
Theory - CORRECT ANSWER - Your working diagnosis
Law - CORRECT ANSWER - When you have your cure
Viral Life Cycle - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Virus has to attach it's self to a host cell
2. Virus is going to introduce it's DNA into the host cell
3. Viral genetic material will replace some of the host cell genetic material and take over cellular
operations
4. Viral DNA tells cell to make more viruses. (Virus factory)
Anti-oxidant - CORRECT ANSWER - They help the defects of being exposed to too much
oxygen.
Oxygen can wear you out just as oxidation does to iron.
B-nutients - CORRECT ANSWER - Nutrients that give you energy
Ground Atom - CORRECT ANSWER - When atom is where its supposed to be
Excited State of the Atom - CORRECT ANSWER - When energy is turned on
Characteristics of Life - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Growth
2. Movement
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Homeostasis - CORRECT ANSWER - The condition of the body where it exists in a
dynamic equilibrium of normal anatomical or physiological parameters.
Scientific Method - CORRECT ANSWER - Organized body of knowledge obtained either
by observation and/or experimentation which is used to explain and/or predict the occurance of
natural phenomena.
Observation - CORRECT ANSWER - A step in the scientific method where you're
required to use your five senses.
Experimentation - CORRECT ANSWER - The recreation of natural phenomena in a
natural lab setting under controlled conditions. The criteria for a valid experiment is to be
unbiased, must be reproducible, your experiment should answer a yes or no question.
Malpractice - CORRECT ANSWER - Doing something to a patient that a group of your
peers wouldn't have done under similar conditions.
Primo no nocere - CORRECT ANSWER - First do no harm
Docere - CORRECT ANSWER - To teach
Healthcare - CORRECT ANSWER - An art that is practiced using scientific method.
Deductive Reasoning - CORRECT ANSWER - Reasoning from the general to the specific.
A type of logic in which specific results are predicted from a general premise. Or the process of
using logic to draw conclusions
, Inductive Reasoning - CORRECT ANSWER - A sequence of thought that moves from
specific facts to a general conclusion
Tentative diagnosis - CORRECT ANSWER - Your hypothesis after knowing most
information of a patient walking in.
Theory - CORRECT ANSWER - Your working diagnosis
Law - CORRECT ANSWER - When you have your cure
Viral Life Cycle - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Virus has to attach it's self to a host cell
2. Virus is going to introduce it's DNA into the host cell
3. Viral genetic material will replace some of the host cell genetic material and take over cellular
operations
4. Viral DNA tells cell to make more viruses. (Virus factory)
Anti-oxidant - CORRECT ANSWER - They help the defects of being exposed to too much
oxygen.
Oxygen can wear you out just as oxidation does to iron.
B-nutients - CORRECT ANSWER - Nutrients that give you energy
Ground Atom - CORRECT ANSWER - When atom is where its supposed to be
Excited State of the Atom - CORRECT ANSWER - When energy is turned on
Characteristics of Life - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Growth
2. Movement
