NETA ASSESSMENT
Test Bank
to accompany
Second Canadian Edition prepared by
Dr. Alice Khin
University of Alberta.
,NETA Assessment: Test Bank to accompany Human Physiology, Second
Canadian Edition
By Sherwood, Kell, and Ward
Test Bank prepared by Dr.Alice Khin, University of Alberta.
NETA copy editor: Karen Rolfe
Available on Instructor’s Resource CD ISBN 0176629025and at www.HumanPhysiology2Ce.nelson.com
COPYRIGHT ©2013 by Nelson Education Ltd. Nelson is a registered trademark used herein under licence. All
rights reserved.
For more information contact Nelson, 1120 Birchmount Road, Toronto, Ontario M1K 5G4. Or you can visit our
Internet site at www.nelson.com.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. No part of this work covered by the copyright hereon may be reproduced or used in
any form or by any means—graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping, web
distribution or information storage and retrieval systems—without the written permission of the publisher
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, TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1 The Foundation of Physiology .......................................................................... 1-1
Chapter 2 Cell Physiology ................................................................................................. 2-1
Chapter 3 The Central Nervous System ............................................................................. 3-1
Chapter 4 The Peripheral Nervous System: Sensory, Autonomic, Somatic ...................... 4-1
Chapter 5 Principles of Endocrinology; The Central Endocrine Glands ........................... 5-1
Chapter 6 Muscle Physiology ............................................................................................ 6-1
Chapter 7 Cardiac Physiology ........................................................................................... 7-1
Chapter 8 Vascular Physiology .......................................................................................... 8-1
Chapter 9 The Blood .......................................................................................................... 9-1
Chapter 10 Body Defences ................................................................................................ 10-1
Chapter 11 The Respiratory System .................................................................................. 11-1
Chapter 12 The Urinary System ........................................................................................ 12-1
Chapter 13 Fluid and Acid–Base Balance ......................................................................... 13-1
Chapter 14 The Digestive System ...................................................................................... 14-1
Chapter 15 Energy Balance and Temperature Regulation ................................................. 15-1
Chapter 16 The Endocrine Glands ..................................................................................... 16-1
Chapter 17 The Reproductive System ............................................................................... 17-1
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, PREFACE
In most post-secondary courses, a large percentage of student assessment is based on multiple-
choice testing. Many instructors use multiple-choice reluctantly, believing that it is a
methodology best used for testing what a student remembers rather than what she or he has
learned.
Nelson Education Ltd. understands that a good quality multiple-choice test bank can provide
the means to measure higher-level thinking skills as well as recall. Recognizing the
importance of multiple-choice testing in today’s classroom, we have created NETA—the
Nelson Education Teaching Advantage program—to ensure the value of our high quality test
banks.
The NETA program was created in partnership with David DiBattista, a 3M National Teaching
Fellow, professor of psychology at Brock University, and researcher in the area of multiple-
choice testing. NETA ensures that subject-matter experts who author test banks have had
training in two areas: avoiding common errors in test construction, and developing multiple-
choice test questions that ―get beyond remembering‖ to assess higher-level thinking.
All NETA test banks include David DiBattista’s guide for instructors, ―Multiple Choice Tests:
Getting Beyond Remembering.‖ This guide has been designed to assist you in using Nelson
test banks to achieve your desired outcomes in your course.
The Test Bank for Sherwood, Kell, Ward, Human Physiology, Second Canadian Edition] has
been revised for Canadian students by Dr. Alice Khin, University of Alberta. The multiple-
choice questions were written and edited to conform to NETA guidelines, which emphasize
the development of higher-order thinking and the effective construction of questions. NETA
principles of question construction help eliminate ambiguity, arguable answers, guesswork,
and unconscious cues to test-savvy students, resulting in a test that accurately reflects student
understanding. The Test Bank offers over 3678 questions, including 1264 multiple choice, 990
true/false, 5 short answer, 10 problems, 67essay questions, and 809 individual matching items.
In addition to providing a variety of questions related to each chapter objective, this test bank
also employs a series of tags that can help design effective, balanced tests by the measure of
course outcomes. All of the tags are included with the question in the test bank. These tags
include:
ANS: The correct answer.
PTS: The number of points an instructor can assign for each question. The default is 1
point.
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Test Bank
to accompany
Second Canadian Edition prepared by
Dr. Alice Khin
University of Alberta.
,NETA Assessment: Test Bank to accompany Human Physiology, Second
Canadian Edition
By Sherwood, Kell, and Ward
Test Bank prepared by Dr.Alice Khin, University of Alberta.
NETA copy editor: Karen Rolfe
Available on Instructor’s Resource CD ISBN 0176629025and at www.HumanPhysiology2Ce.nelson.com
COPYRIGHT ©2013 by Nelson Education Ltd. Nelson is a registered trademark used herein under licence. All
rights reserved.
For more information contact Nelson, 1120 Birchmount Road, Toronto, Ontario M1K 5G4. Or you can visit our
Internet site at www.nelson.com.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. No part of this work covered by the copyright hereon may be reproduced or used in
any form or by any means—graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping, web
distribution or information storage and retrieval systems—without the written permission of the publisher
ii
, TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1 The Foundation of Physiology .......................................................................... 1-1
Chapter 2 Cell Physiology ................................................................................................. 2-1
Chapter 3 The Central Nervous System ............................................................................. 3-1
Chapter 4 The Peripheral Nervous System: Sensory, Autonomic, Somatic ...................... 4-1
Chapter 5 Principles of Endocrinology; The Central Endocrine Glands ........................... 5-1
Chapter 6 Muscle Physiology ............................................................................................ 6-1
Chapter 7 Cardiac Physiology ........................................................................................... 7-1
Chapter 8 Vascular Physiology .......................................................................................... 8-1
Chapter 9 The Blood .......................................................................................................... 9-1
Chapter 10 Body Defences ................................................................................................ 10-1
Chapter 11 The Respiratory System .................................................................................. 11-1
Chapter 12 The Urinary System ........................................................................................ 12-1
Chapter 13 Fluid and Acid–Base Balance ......................................................................... 13-1
Chapter 14 The Digestive System ...................................................................................... 14-1
Chapter 15 Energy Balance and Temperature Regulation ................................................. 15-1
Chapter 16 The Endocrine Glands ..................................................................................... 16-1
Chapter 17 The Reproductive System ............................................................................... 17-1
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, PREFACE
In most post-secondary courses, a large percentage of student assessment is based on multiple-
choice testing. Many instructors use multiple-choice reluctantly, believing that it is a
methodology best used for testing what a student remembers rather than what she or he has
learned.
Nelson Education Ltd. understands that a good quality multiple-choice test bank can provide
the means to measure higher-level thinking skills as well as recall. Recognizing the
importance of multiple-choice testing in today’s classroom, we have created NETA—the
Nelson Education Teaching Advantage program—to ensure the value of our high quality test
banks.
The NETA program was created in partnership with David DiBattista, a 3M National Teaching
Fellow, professor of psychology at Brock University, and researcher in the area of multiple-
choice testing. NETA ensures that subject-matter experts who author test banks have had
training in two areas: avoiding common errors in test construction, and developing multiple-
choice test questions that ―get beyond remembering‖ to assess higher-level thinking.
All NETA test banks include David DiBattista’s guide for instructors, ―Multiple Choice Tests:
Getting Beyond Remembering.‖ This guide has been designed to assist you in using Nelson
test banks to achieve your desired outcomes in your course.
The Test Bank for Sherwood, Kell, Ward, Human Physiology, Second Canadian Edition] has
been revised for Canadian students by Dr. Alice Khin, University of Alberta. The multiple-
choice questions were written and edited to conform to NETA guidelines, which emphasize
the development of higher-order thinking and the effective construction of questions. NETA
principles of question construction help eliminate ambiguity, arguable answers, guesswork,
and unconscious cues to test-savvy students, resulting in a test that accurately reflects student
understanding. The Test Bank offers over 3678 questions, including 1264 multiple choice, 990
true/false, 5 short answer, 10 problems, 67essay questions, and 809 individual matching items.
In addition to providing a variety of questions related to each chapter objective, this test bank
also employs a series of tags that can help design effective, balanced tests by the measure of
course outcomes. All of the tags are included with the question in the test bank. These tags
include:
ANS: The correct answer.
PTS: The number of points an instructor can assign for each question. The default is 1
point.
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