ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Which of the following hormones is NOT essential for normal body growth and maturation in
children?
A. growth hormone
B. insulin
C. adrenalin
D. androgen - CORRECT ANSWER - C. adrenalin
A common characteristic of a person with Grave's disease is?
A. ophthalmopathy
B. humped back
C. moon face
D. peripheral neuropathy - CORRECT ANSWER - A. ophthalmopathy
In addition to elevated blood glucose levels, the initial laboratory findings in a patient with
diabetic ketoacidosis would include?
A. elevated pH levels
B. decreased bicarbonate levels
C. decreased potassium levels
D. elevated glomerular filtration rate - CORRECT ANSWER - B. decreased bicarbonate
levels
In thyrotoxic crisis, T3 and T4 are overproduced, causing hypermetabolism from overproduction
of?
A. dopamine
B. catecholamines
, C. epinephrine
D. norepephrine - CORRECT ANSWER - C. epinephrine
Which one of the following is NOT a cause of short stature in children?
A. Turner syndrome
B. Growth hormone deficiency
C. Hypothyroidism
D. Early estrogen and androgen secretion - CORRECT ANSWER - D. Early estrogen and
androgen secretion
Acute complications of untreated diabetes insipidus would NOT include
A. hypovolemia
B. hypervolemia
C. circulatory collapse
D. loss of consciousness - CORRECT ANSWER - B. hypervolemia
Symptoms of thyrotoxicosis include:
A. hypotension
B. bradycardia
C. low cardiac output
D. cardiac arrythmia - CORRECT ANSWER - D. cardiac arrythmia
Antidiuretic hormone (ADH) and oxytocin are produced in the?
A. adrenal glands
B. parathyroid gland
C. thyroid gland
D. hypothalamus - CORRECT ANSWER - D. hypothalamus