EEOB 2520 QUESTIONS EXAMS 1-6
AND ANSWERS 2026
[Exam 1] Migratory birds require water when making their nonstop flights south in the
autumn. Since their physiology is fairly similar to ours, we correctly realize that during
these flights the birds are ___ humans because they will ___.
A) Like - be requiring our Eq. 3 to avoid an increase in pH.
B) Unlike - producing large amounts of tricarbonate.
C) Unlike - be utilizing our Eq. 2 with a focus on avoiding water loss.
D) Like - be utilizing our Eq. 4 to determine that increases in pressure occur when
volumes decrease. - ANSWERSD
[Exam 1] Goldy Gopher just started a new job in Denver, Colorado (aka the Mile High
City) and realizes that location has a much greater altitude than his prior home of
Minneapolis, Minnesota. Consequently, Goldy correctly realized that he will experience
a(n) ____ due to the new conditions in Denver and this experience will be ___ if he
decides to return to Minneapolis.
A) Feedforward - irreversible
B) Adaptation - reversible
C) Acclimatization - reversible
D) Developmental acclimatization - irreversible - ANSWERSC
[Exam 1] While in the RPAC sauna, Brutus Buckeye significantly raised his body
temperature. He stayed in the sauna but put on a sweatshirt and sweatpants. His
actions are an example of
A) Negative feedforward
B) Negative feedback
C) Positive feedback
D) Feedforward - ANSWERSC
[Exam 1] In which of the following activities is one of your homeostatic control systems
utilizing its efferent pathway?
A) Crossing the path of a smelly skunk.
B) Getting kicked by your relative.
C) Slapping at a mosquito sitting on your arm.
D) Having cold ice cream spilt on your hand. - ANSWERSC
[Exam 1] Dr. Chris P. Bacon had an enjoyable, relaxing vacation, but now must return to
work. He has been scheduled for his first month back to work the night shift. Dr. Bacon
realizes that he will need to ___ to being awake at night but also knows that his body
will utilize ___ to alter his ___ for determining when to sleep.
A) Adapt - genetic changes - set point
B) Acclimate - environmental cues - set point
,C) Acclimate - environmental cues - steady state
D) Adapt - genetic changes - steady state - ANSWERSB
[Exam 1] Dr. Scarlet is evaluating a new Patient X. This 12-year old was born with
webbed fingers and lost one thumb to a knife accident two years earlier. Dr. Scarlet
correctly realizes that these two components of Patient X
A) Only include one developmental acclimatization.
B) Includes two acclimatizations.
C) Includes two developmental acclimatizations.
D) Only includes one acclimatization. - ANSWERSA
[Exam 1] Phys Phab Caroline is trying to get some stress-relieving exercise and beat
the heat by jogging though the sprinklers on the Oval. She correctly realizes based on
our Equation #___ that if the volume of water moving through sprinkler were doubled
than the pressure in that sprinkler would be ___.
A) 3 - decreased
B) 4 - increased
C) 3 - increased
D) 4 - decreased - ANSWERSB
[Exam 1] While looking for good deals on Physio-bay over break, Phys Phab Dustin
found and purchased a Magic Shrink Ray. Using the setting of "ion", he took a stroll last
night between two of his roommate's cells but without ever being outside of either of the
cells. He correctly realized that he was most likely utilizing the path of a(n)
A) Tunneling junction
B) Gap nanotube
C) Direct communicator
D) Juxtacrine - ANSWERSC
[Exam 1] Which is a correct statement about homeostasis?
A) It is the state at which the body is held at a set range.
B) The body's response to a disruption from homeostasis could be to maintain the
disruption.
C) All three statements are correct
D) It does not involve energy expenditure to maintain. - ANSWERSB
[Exam 1] Dr. May Zen Blue does not like the BuckeyeNation. Dr. Blue has created a
toxin, while present in the victims, that causes them to no longer be able to generate
cheers for the Scarlet and Gray teams. Which could be a correct statement about this
toxin?
A) Both statements are correct
B) This toxin could travel between cells via tunneling junctions.
C) This toxin likely does not cause a developmental acclimatization to occur.
D) Neither statement is correct - ANSWERSC
[Exam 1] Which is a correct statement about the reflex template?
, A) Both statements are correct
B) The stimulus is sometimes external.
C) Neither statement is correct
D) The effector cannot be activated before the receptor. - ANSWERSA
[Exam 1] Brutus Buckeye regularly walks to work at The James. Due to the 90°F
temperature last week, Brutus started to sweat on the walk to lower his body
temperature. Correctly recalling his physiology, he realized that, for this walk,
A) All three statements are correct
B) Sweating is his stimulus.
C) Sweating will return his temperature to set point.
D) He is doing a negative feedforward process. - ANSWERSC
[Exam 1] Which is a correct statement about our critical equations?
A) Both statements are correct
B) A sugar is combined with oxygen to create ADP in our Equation #2.
C) Only two of our equations are reversible.
D) Neither statement is correct - ANSWERSC
[Exam 1] While shadowing in a medical lab, you are given a sample of venous blood
that is high in carbon dioxide. You correctly realize that your measurement of ___ in this
sample should be ___.
A) All three statements are correct
B) pH - elevated
C) HCO3- - very low
D) Acidity - increased - ANSWERSD
[Exam 2] Puddles (aka The Oregon Duck) was at a pond gathering with lots of both his
fellow ducks and his much larger than himself geese friends. Considering his physiology
knowledge, he realized that he would be making an accurate analogy by having himself
and his fellow ducks be the ____ to those geese as the ___. But, he also correctly
realized that, this analogy would only be valid if the numbers of these two bird types
were ___.
A) Cholesterol - phospholipids - the same
B) Cholesterol - phospholipids - much greater for the geese
C) Phospholipids - cholesterol - much greater for the geese
D) Phospholipids - cholesterol - the same - ANSWERSA
[Exam 2] Dr. Gray correctly advises Patient X who is currently healthy that an increase
of ___ like ___ in the diet would currently be beneficial.
A) Electron donors - Vitamin D
B) Oxidants - melatonin
C) Free radicals - superoxide anion
D) Antioxidants - nitric oxide - ANSWERSA
[Exam 2] To reach the receiving cell, paracrines travel via the ___ fluid which is the ___.
AND ANSWERS 2026
[Exam 1] Migratory birds require water when making their nonstop flights south in the
autumn. Since their physiology is fairly similar to ours, we correctly realize that during
these flights the birds are ___ humans because they will ___.
A) Like - be requiring our Eq. 3 to avoid an increase in pH.
B) Unlike - producing large amounts of tricarbonate.
C) Unlike - be utilizing our Eq. 2 with a focus on avoiding water loss.
D) Like - be utilizing our Eq. 4 to determine that increases in pressure occur when
volumes decrease. - ANSWERSD
[Exam 1] Goldy Gopher just started a new job in Denver, Colorado (aka the Mile High
City) and realizes that location has a much greater altitude than his prior home of
Minneapolis, Minnesota. Consequently, Goldy correctly realized that he will experience
a(n) ____ due to the new conditions in Denver and this experience will be ___ if he
decides to return to Minneapolis.
A) Feedforward - irreversible
B) Adaptation - reversible
C) Acclimatization - reversible
D) Developmental acclimatization - irreversible - ANSWERSC
[Exam 1] While in the RPAC sauna, Brutus Buckeye significantly raised his body
temperature. He stayed in the sauna but put on a sweatshirt and sweatpants. His
actions are an example of
A) Negative feedforward
B) Negative feedback
C) Positive feedback
D) Feedforward - ANSWERSC
[Exam 1] In which of the following activities is one of your homeostatic control systems
utilizing its efferent pathway?
A) Crossing the path of a smelly skunk.
B) Getting kicked by your relative.
C) Slapping at a mosquito sitting on your arm.
D) Having cold ice cream spilt on your hand. - ANSWERSC
[Exam 1] Dr. Chris P. Bacon had an enjoyable, relaxing vacation, but now must return to
work. He has been scheduled for his first month back to work the night shift. Dr. Bacon
realizes that he will need to ___ to being awake at night but also knows that his body
will utilize ___ to alter his ___ for determining when to sleep.
A) Adapt - genetic changes - set point
B) Acclimate - environmental cues - set point
,C) Acclimate - environmental cues - steady state
D) Adapt - genetic changes - steady state - ANSWERSB
[Exam 1] Dr. Scarlet is evaluating a new Patient X. This 12-year old was born with
webbed fingers and lost one thumb to a knife accident two years earlier. Dr. Scarlet
correctly realizes that these two components of Patient X
A) Only include one developmental acclimatization.
B) Includes two acclimatizations.
C) Includes two developmental acclimatizations.
D) Only includes one acclimatization. - ANSWERSA
[Exam 1] Phys Phab Caroline is trying to get some stress-relieving exercise and beat
the heat by jogging though the sprinklers on the Oval. She correctly realizes based on
our Equation #___ that if the volume of water moving through sprinkler were doubled
than the pressure in that sprinkler would be ___.
A) 3 - decreased
B) 4 - increased
C) 3 - increased
D) 4 - decreased - ANSWERSB
[Exam 1] While looking for good deals on Physio-bay over break, Phys Phab Dustin
found and purchased a Magic Shrink Ray. Using the setting of "ion", he took a stroll last
night between two of his roommate's cells but without ever being outside of either of the
cells. He correctly realized that he was most likely utilizing the path of a(n)
A) Tunneling junction
B) Gap nanotube
C) Direct communicator
D) Juxtacrine - ANSWERSC
[Exam 1] Which is a correct statement about homeostasis?
A) It is the state at which the body is held at a set range.
B) The body's response to a disruption from homeostasis could be to maintain the
disruption.
C) All three statements are correct
D) It does not involve energy expenditure to maintain. - ANSWERSB
[Exam 1] Dr. May Zen Blue does not like the BuckeyeNation. Dr. Blue has created a
toxin, while present in the victims, that causes them to no longer be able to generate
cheers for the Scarlet and Gray teams. Which could be a correct statement about this
toxin?
A) Both statements are correct
B) This toxin could travel between cells via tunneling junctions.
C) This toxin likely does not cause a developmental acclimatization to occur.
D) Neither statement is correct - ANSWERSC
[Exam 1] Which is a correct statement about the reflex template?
, A) Both statements are correct
B) The stimulus is sometimes external.
C) Neither statement is correct
D) The effector cannot be activated before the receptor. - ANSWERSA
[Exam 1] Brutus Buckeye regularly walks to work at The James. Due to the 90°F
temperature last week, Brutus started to sweat on the walk to lower his body
temperature. Correctly recalling his physiology, he realized that, for this walk,
A) All three statements are correct
B) Sweating is his stimulus.
C) Sweating will return his temperature to set point.
D) He is doing a negative feedforward process. - ANSWERSC
[Exam 1] Which is a correct statement about our critical equations?
A) Both statements are correct
B) A sugar is combined with oxygen to create ADP in our Equation #2.
C) Only two of our equations are reversible.
D) Neither statement is correct - ANSWERSC
[Exam 1] While shadowing in a medical lab, you are given a sample of venous blood
that is high in carbon dioxide. You correctly realize that your measurement of ___ in this
sample should be ___.
A) All three statements are correct
B) pH - elevated
C) HCO3- - very low
D) Acidity - increased - ANSWERSD
[Exam 2] Puddles (aka The Oregon Duck) was at a pond gathering with lots of both his
fellow ducks and his much larger than himself geese friends. Considering his physiology
knowledge, he realized that he would be making an accurate analogy by having himself
and his fellow ducks be the ____ to those geese as the ___. But, he also correctly
realized that, this analogy would only be valid if the numbers of these two bird types
were ___.
A) Cholesterol - phospholipids - the same
B) Cholesterol - phospholipids - much greater for the geese
C) Phospholipids - cholesterol - much greater for the geese
D) Phospholipids - cholesterol - the same - ANSWERSA
[Exam 2] Dr. Gray correctly advises Patient X who is currently healthy that an increase
of ___ like ___ in the diet would currently be beneficial.
A) Electron donors - Vitamin D
B) Oxidants - melatonin
C) Free radicals - superoxide anion
D) Antioxidants - nitric oxide - ANSWERSA
[Exam 2] To reach the receiving cell, paracrines travel via the ___ fluid which is the ___.
