NBDHE Board Study UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers

NBDHE Board Study UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
A drug ending in the suffix 'pril is considered a
A. antibiotic
B.ACE inhibitor
C. anti fungal

D. beta antagonist - CORRECT ANSWER - B. ACE inhibitor


Which of the following is NOT considered to be a risk factor for a type 1 diabetic?
A. diet
B. genetics
C. autoimmune

D. environmental - CORRECT ANSWER - A. diet


Type 2 diabetes accounts for approximately what percentage of all cases of diabetes in adults?
A. 25-30%
B/ 35-40%
C. 55-60%

D. 90-95% - CORRECT ANSWER - D. 90-95%


Which of the following is NOT considered to be a risk factor for a type 2 diabetic?
A. increased age
B. obesity
C. smoking

D. physical inactivity - CORRECT ANSWER - c. smoking

,What percentage of women with gestational diabetes are diagnosed with type 2 diabetes
following their pregnancy?
A. <5%
B. 5-10%
C. 20-25%

D. 25-30% - CORRECT ANSWER - B. 5-10%


Untreated diabetes may result in all of the following EXCEPT:
A. blindness
B. cardiovascular disease
C. kidney disease

D. tinnitus - CORRECT ANSWER - D. tinnitus
-ringing of the ears


Prediabetes is associated with all of the following except:


a. Increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes
b. Impaired glucose tolerance
c. Increased risk of heart disease and stroke

d. Increased risk of developing type 1 diabetes - CORRECT ANSWER - D. increased risk
of developing type 1 diabetes


-persons with elevated glucose levels that do not yet meet the criteria for diabetes are considered
to have prediabetes and are at increased risk for type 2 diabetes, not type 1


diabetics are at increased risk of heart disease if they also
a. smoke
b. have increased HDL cholesterol levels
c. take aspirin

,D. consume increased fiber in diet - CORRECT ANSWER - A. smoke


Which of the following types of immunoglobulins is the most responsible for promoting allergic
reactions?
A. IgA
B. IgD
C. IgM

D. IgE - CORRECT ANSWER - D. IgE


how to remember: "Eeeek, I had an allergic reaction"


Which of the following types of immunoglobulins is located on the surface of most B-
lymphocytes?
A. IgA
B. IgM
C. IgD

D. IgE - CORRECT ANSWER - C. IgD


Which of the following types of immunoglobulins does NOT cross the barrier between mother
and infant in the womb?
A. IgA
B. IgM
C. IgD

D. IgE - CORRECT ANSWER - A. IgA


Which of the following is NOT an autoimmune disease?
A. Graves Disease
B. Myasthenia Gravis
C. Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus

, D. Alzheimers disease - CORRECT ANSWER - D. Alzheimers disease


T-cell activation requires a/an _____ cell
A. Activation
B. Accessory
C. Plasma

D. Helper - CORRECT ANSWER - B. accessory


Which of the following statements is FALSE regarding the spleen?
A. Divided up into lobules
B. Similar to a large lymph node
C. Contains macrophages

D. limited blood within the lobules - CORRECT ANSWER - D. limited blood within the
lobules


Which of the following is NOT considered a central location of lymph nodes?
A. cervical
b. axillary
c. inguinal

d. tibial - CORRECT ANSWER - d. tibial


Lymphocytes that reach the thymus become
a. t cells
b. b cells
c. plasma cells

d. beta cells - CORRECT ANSWER - a. t cells


lymphocytes that do not reach the thymus become