HEALTH SCIENCE PRACTICE FINAL EXAM 2024-
2025 ACTUAL EXAM VERIFIED EXAM QUESTIONS
AND WELL DETAILED CORRECT ANSWERS
||ALREADY GRADED A+
in anatomical position, the elbow is proximal to the wrist but distal to
a. the fingers
b. the shoulder
c. the carpals
d. the radius - CORRECT ANSWERS - b. the shoulder
the mouth is ____ plane divides the body into superior and inferior sections.
a. superior
b. lateral
c. distal
d. medial
e. inferior - CORRECT ANSWERS - e. inferior
the ____ plane divides the body into superior and inferior sections
a. frontal
b. sagittal
c. oblique
d. transverse - CORRECT ANSWERS - d. tranverse
the maintenance of a relatively stable internal environment by the body is
called:
,a. physiology
b. homeostasis
c. a feedback mechanism
d. metabolism
e. isotonic - CORRECT ANSWERS - b. homeostasis
the stomach and intestines are covered by what serous membrane?
a. parietal pleura
b. visceral pleura
c. parietal pericardium
d. visceral peritoneum
e. parietal peritoneum - CORRECT ANSWERS - d. visceral peritoneum
in ____ there is an equal sharing of electrons resulting in a molecule that is
electrically neutral.
a. ionic bonding
b. nonpolar covalent bonding
c. polar covalent bonding
d. hydrogen bonding - CORRECT ANSWERS - b. nonpolar covalent
bonding
if the pH of urine is determine to be 4.8, the urine is ____.
a. acidic
b. basic
c. neutral - CORRECT ANSWERS - a. acidic
____ are complex molecules that consist of chains of amino acids which have
folded or twisted a fibrous or globular structure.
,a. lipids
b. proteins
c. carbohydrates
d. nucleic acids - CORRECT ANSWERS - b. proteins
phospholipids have a(n) ____ or "water-loving" group and have long
hydrocarbon tails that are ____.
a. hydrophilic, hydrophobic
b. basic, acidic
c. hydrophobic, hydrophilic
d. acidic, basic - CORRECT ANSWERS - a. hydrophilic, hydrophobic
which of the following bases would you NOT find in a DNA molecule?
a. adenine
b. cytosine
c. guanine
d. thymine
e. uracil - CORRECT ANSWERS - e. uracil
the movement of substances across the membrane following their concentration
gradient with the aid of a protein carrier molecule is called:
a. simple diffusion
b. carrier-mediated or facilitated diffusion
c. phagocytosis
d. solute pumping - CORRECT ANSWERS - b. carrier-mediated or
facilitated diffusion
these organelles have a double membrane and are responsible for the production
of ATP in the presence of oxygen.
, a. Ribosomes
b. Mitochondria
c. Lysosomes
d. Centrioles
e. Peroxisomes - CORRECT ANSWERS - b. mitochondria
These organelles are the site of protein synthesis and are often found associated
with endoplasmic reticulum.
a. Ribosomes
b. Mitochondria
c. Lysosomes
d. Centrioles
e. Peroxisomes - CORRECT ANSWERS - a. ribosomes
The process by which DNA information is copied in preparation for cell
division (mitosis) is:
a. Replication
b. Transcription
c. Translation
d. Mitosis - CORRECT ANSWERS - a. replication
Mitosis is for ____________ and results in cells which are _____________.
a. growth and repair; genetically different.
b. growth and repair; genetically identical.
c. production of sperm and eggs; genetically identical
d. production of mitochondria; genetically identical e. differentiation and
specialization of cells; genetically different. - CORRECT ANSWERS - b.
growth and repair; genetically identical