BIO 256 UPDATED PRACTICE TEST QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Ovulation is stimulated by a surge in which hormone? - ✔✔LH
✔✔High levels of __________, secreted by the corpus luteum, inhibits LH surges. -
✔✔progesterone
✔✔Which hormone promotes oogenesis and development of the follicle? - ✔✔FSH
✔✔How is polyspermy prevented during fertilization? - ✔✔The fusion of the sperm with
the oocyte releases an enzyme that inactivates sperm binding protein.
✔✔Where does the progesterone that helps maintain the pregnancy come from? - ✔✔It
is produced by the placenta.
✔✔Which of the following hormones stimulate uterine contractions?
-CRH
-HCG
-Prolactin
-Ocytocin - ✔✔Oxytocin
✔✔What does progesterone do to counteract estrogen and help maintain the
pregnancy? - ✔✔suppression of contractile activity in uterine smooth muscle
✔✔Which of the following is true regarding type 2 diabetes mellitus? - ✔✔There is
tissue resistance to insulin
✔✔Which of the following is true of type 1 diabetes? - ✔✔Type 1 diabetes is due to an
insulin deficiency
✔✔What is a symptom of ketoacidosis - ✔✔tachypnea
✔✔Diabetes mellitus is characterized by hyperglycemia (increased blood glucose
levels); excess blood glucose would have what effect on kidney function? - ✔✔Some
glucose will be excreted in urine
✔✔Which of the following complications of diabetes does NOT contribute to the
development of nephropathy?
-inhibition of protein kinase C
-glycoslyation
-hypertension
-inflammation - ✔✔inhibition of protein kinase C
, ✔✔What is a complication of the macrovascular damage associated with diabetes? -
✔✔A person with diabetes has the same risk for a myocardial infarction as someone
who has already had a heart attack.
✔✔Which of the following are associated with wound healing in diabetes?
-Hyperglycemia increases the formation of scar tissue.
-Inflammation is accelerated by hyperglycemia.
-Proliferation of the immune cells and extracellular matrix is accelerated by
hyperglycemia leading to reduced blood flow to the wound.
-Oxygen delivery is limited by reduced angiogenesis and erythrocyte flexibility. -
✔✔Oxygen delivery is limited by reduced angiogenesis and erythrocyte flexibility.
✔✔What is the first step for treating type 1 diabetes? - ✔✔insulin administration
✔✔What is the primary goal of pharmacological interventions in treating type 2
diabetes? - ✔✔to increase glucose uptake by cells
✔✔What are the first-line therapies for treating type 2 diabetes - ✔✔increase physical
activity and a healthy diet
✔✔Which of the following is NOT one of the proposed methods to cure diabetes?
-Liver transplant
-Preventing the loss of beta cells
-Stem-cell implants
-Gene therapy - ✔✔Liver transplant
✔✔What has been a recent focus of research in the prevention and treatment of
diabetes that can have the most significant benefit? - ✔✔The enhancement of beta cell
function
✔✔What are the typical early symptoms of diabetes? - ✔✔Early symptoms of diabetes
are often frequent urination, thirst, increased hunger, fatigue, and weight loss.
✔✔ Carbohydrate digestion begins in the __________ with the enzyme __________. -
✔✔mouth, salivary amylase
✔✔The bolus of food moves down the esophagus by a motility process called
__________. - ✔✔peristalsis
✔✔Motility is accomplished in the large intestines by which processes? -
✔✔haustrations
mass movements
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Ovulation is stimulated by a surge in which hormone? - ✔✔LH
✔✔High levels of __________, secreted by the corpus luteum, inhibits LH surges. -
✔✔progesterone
✔✔Which hormone promotes oogenesis and development of the follicle? - ✔✔FSH
✔✔How is polyspermy prevented during fertilization? - ✔✔The fusion of the sperm with
the oocyte releases an enzyme that inactivates sperm binding protein.
✔✔Where does the progesterone that helps maintain the pregnancy come from? - ✔✔It
is produced by the placenta.
✔✔Which of the following hormones stimulate uterine contractions?
-CRH
-HCG
-Prolactin
-Ocytocin - ✔✔Oxytocin
✔✔What does progesterone do to counteract estrogen and help maintain the
pregnancy? - ✔✔suppression of contractile activity in uterine smooth muscle
✔✔Which of the following is true regarding type 2 diabetes mellitus? - ✔✔There is
tissue resistance to insulin
✔✔Which of the following is true of type 1 diabetes? - ✔✔Type 1 diabetes is due to an
insulin deficiency
✔✔What is a symptom of ketoacidosis - ✔✔tachypnea
✔✔Diabetes mellitus is characterized by hyperglycemia (increased blood glucose
levels); excess blood glucose would have what effect on kidney function? - ✔✔Some
glucose will be excreted in urine
✔✔Which of the following complications of diabetes does NOT contribute to the
development of nephropathy?
-inhibition of protein kinase C
-glycoslyation
-hypertension
-inflammation - ✔✔inhibition of protein kinase C
, ✔✔What is a complication of the macrovascular damage associated with diabetes? -
✔✔A person with diabetes has the same risk for a myocardial infarction as someone
who has already had a heart attack.
✔✔Which of the following are associated with wound healing in diabetes?
-Hyperglycemia increases the formation of scar tissue.
-Inflammation is accelerated by hyperglycemia.
-Proliferation of the immune cells and extracellular matrix is accelerated by
hyperglycemia leading to reduced blood flow to the wound.
-Oxygen delivery is limited by reduced angiogenesis and erythrocyte flexibility. -
✔✔Oxygen delivery is limited by reduced angiogenesis and erythrocyte flexibility.
✔✔What is the first step for treating type 1 diabetes? - ✔✔insulin administration
✔✔What is the primary goal of pharmacological interventions in treating type 2
diabetes? - ✔✔to increase glucose uptake by cells
✔✔What are the first-line therapies for treating type 2 diabetes - ✔✔increase physical
activity and a healthy diet
✔✔Which of the following is NOT one of the proposed methods to cure diabetes?
-Liver transplant
-Preventing the loss of beta cells
-Stem-cell implants
-Gene therapy - ✔✔Liver transplant
✔✔What has been a recent focus of research in the prevention and treatment of
diabetes that can have the most significant benefit? - ✔✔The enhancement of beta cell
function
✔✔What are the typical early symptoms of diabetes? - ✔✔Early symptoms of diabetes
are often frequent urination, thirst, increased hunger, fatigue, and weight loss.
✔✔ Carbohydrate digestion begins in the __________ with the enzyme __________. -
✔✔mouth, salivary amylase
✔✔The bolus of food moves down the esophagus by a motility process called
__________. - ✔✔peristalsis
✔✔Motility is accomplished in the large intestines by which processes? -
✔✔haustrations
mass movements
