PNP301 Final Exam Questions and
Already Passed Answers (2025-2026)
Updated.
What is the most common cause of endocrine disorders?
a. Malignant neoplasm
b. Infection
c. Congenital defect
d. Benign tumor - Answer D.
Which of the following hormonal imbalances causes Addison's disease?
a. Increased glucocorticoids
b. Decreased glucocorticoids
c. Deficit of antidiuretic hormone (ADH)
d. Deficit of T3 and T4 - Answer B.
Which of the following hormonal imbalances causes myxedema?
a. Increased glucocorticoids
b. Decreased glucocorticoids
c. Deficit of ADH
d. Deficit of T3 and T4 - Answer D.
Which of the following applies to acromegaly?
a. It occurs in infants and children.
b. It causes excessive longitudinal bone growth.
c. It results from excessive secretion of growth hormone (GH).
d. It does not change soft tissue growth. - Answer C.
Which of the following may cause goiter?
1. Hyperthyroidism
2. Hypothyroidism
,b. 2, 3
c. 1, 2, 3
d. 1, 2, 3, 4 - Answer C.
- both hyper + hypothyroidism
- lack of iodine
Which signs are typical of Graves' disease?
a. Facial puffiness, bradycardia, and lethargy
b. Exophthalmos and tachycardia
c. delayed physical and intellectual development
d. Goiter and decreased basal metabolic rate (BMR) - Answer B.
Characteristics of Cushing's syndrome include all of the following EXCEPT:
a. Heavy body and round face
b. Atrophied skeletal muscle in the limbs
c. Staring eyes with infrequent blinking
d. Atrophy of the lymph nodes - Answer C.
Which of the following is an effect of long-term glucocorticoid therapy?
a. Decreased secretion from the adrenal cortex gland
b. An increased inflammatory response to irritants
c. Hypotension and poor circulation
d. Increased number of hypersensitivity reactions - Answer A.
Which of the following is an effect of Addison's disease?
a. Elevated blood glucose levels
b. High blood pressure
c. Low serum potassium levels
d. Poor stress response - Answer D.
What is/are the effect(s) of thyrotoxic crisis?
, Which of the following conditions may cause immunosuppression?
a. Graves' disease
b. Acromegaly
c. Cushing's disease
d. Diabetes insipidus - Answer C.
Goiters occur more frequently in persons living in the:
a. Great Lakes or mountainous regions.
b. southwest United States.
c. temperate regions.
d. areas bordering the oceans. - Answer A.
Which of the following is caused by Graves' disease?
a. Hypermetabolism
b. Decreased size of thyroid gland
c. Bradycardia and hypothermia
d. Decreased blood levels of T3, T4, and TSH - Answer A.
Goiters may be caused by:
a. hypothyroid conditions only.
b. either hypothyroid or hyperthyroid conditions.
c. hyperthyroid conditions only.
d. fungal infections such as candidiasis. - Answer B.
Which of the following hormones is involved in both the stress response and the anti-
inflammatory response?
a. Aldosterone
b. Norepinephrine
c. Thyroxine
d. Cortisol - Answer D.
Already Passed Answers (2025-2026)
Updated.
What is the most common cause of endocrine disorders?
a. Malignant neoplasm
b. Infection
c. Congenital defect
d. Benign tumor - Answer D.
Which of the following hormonal imbalances causes Addison's disease?
a. Increased glucocorticoids
b. Decreased glucocorticoids
c. Deficit of antidiuretic hormone (ADH)
d. Deficit of T3 and T4 - Answer B.
Which of the following hormonal imbalances causes myxedema?
a. Increased glucocorticoids
b. Decreased glucocorticoids
c. Deficit of ADH
d. Deficit of T3 and T4 - Answer D.
Which of the following applies to acromegaly?
a. It occurs in infants and children.
b. It causes excessive longitudinal bone growth.
c. It results from excessive secretion of growth hormone (GH).
d. It does not change soft tissue growth. - Answer C.
Which of the following may cause goiter?
1. Hyperthyroidism
2. Hypothyroidism
,b. 2, 3
c. 1, 2, 3
d. 1, 2, 3, 4 - Answer C.
- both hyper + hypothyroidism
- lack of iodine
Which signs are typical of Graves' disease?
a. Facial puffiness, bradycardia, and lethargy
b. Exophthalmos and tachycardia
c. delayed physical and intellectual development
d. Goiter and decreased basal metabolic rate (BMR) - Answer B.
Characteristics of Cushing's syndrome include all of the following EXCEPT:
a. Heavy body and round face
b. Atrophied skeletal muscle in the limbs
c. Staring eyes with infrequent blinking
d. Atrophy of the lymph nodes - Answer C.
Which of the following is an effect of long-term glucocorticoid therapy?
a. Decreased secretion from the adrenal cortex gland
b. An increased inflammatory response to irritants
c. Hypotension and poor circulation
d. Increased number of hypersensitivity reactions - Answer A.
Which of the following is an effect of Addison's disease?
a. Elevated blood glucose levels
b. High blood pressure
c. Low serum potassium levels
d. Poor stress response - Answer D.
What is/are the effect(s) of thyrotoxic crisis?
, Which of the following conditions may cause immunosuppression?
a. Graves' disease
b. Acromegaly
c. Cushing's disease
d. Diabetes insipidus - Answer C.
Goiters occur more frequently in persons living in the:
a. Great Lakes or mountainous regions.
b. southwest United States.
c. temperate regions.
d. areas bordering the oceans. - Answer A.
Which of the following is caused by Graves' disease?
a. Hypermetabolism
b. Decreased size of thyroid gland
c. Bradycardia and hypothermia
d. Decreased blood levels of T3, T4, and TSH - Answer A.
Goiters may be caused by:
a. hypothyroid conditions only.
b. either hypothyroid or hyperthyroid conditions.
c. hyperthyroid conditions only.
d. fungal infections such as candidiasis. - Answer B.
Which of the following hormones is involved in both the stress response and the anti-
inflammatory response?
a. Aldosterone
b. Norepinephrine
c. Thyroxine
d. Cortisol - Answer D.
