A&P 1 FINAL EXAM: STRAIGHTERLINE ANATOMY AND
PHYSIOLOGY 1 – 2025–2026 LATEST CUMULATIVE
FINAL WITH MOST TESTED QUESTIONS (HARVARD
STYLE REFERENCING)
✅ Key Features:
Comprehensive coverage of the most tested A&P 1 final exam topics
Updated for the 2025–2026 academic cycle to match current curriculum requirements
Includes practice-style cumulative final exam questions with detailed rationales
Covers major units: cell biology, tissues, skeletal, muscular, nervous, and
integumentary systems
Every explanation supported with Harvard-style referencing for credibility
Structured to reflect the difficulty and scope of StraighterLine’s final assessments
📘 Best For:
StraighterLine students preparing for the A&P 1 final exam
Learners needing structured, academically referenced study material
Students aiming for strong performance on cumulative exams
Allied health, nursing, and pre-med majors seeking exam confidence and mastery of
A&P fundamentals
What is the smallest level of organization in the body that contains the body's genetic information?
Select one:
a. chemical
b. cellular
c. tissue
d. organism - CORRECT ANSWER-B. Cellular
The cellular level includes the nucleus, an organelle that contains the body's genetic information.
Which is an example of a normally occurring positive-feedback mechanism?
Select one:
,a. elevated blood pressure during exercise
b. increase in heart rate after blood loss
c. decrease in blood pressure after blood loss
d. stretching of the uterus near the end of pregnancy - CORRECT ANSWER-d. stretching of the uterus
near the end of pregnancy
Normal pH for blood is 7.35 to 7.45. Maintenance of the pH in this range is
Select one:
a. critical because enzymes work best within narrow ranges of pH.
b. not critical because extreme pH values do not affect enzyme function.
c. called denaturation.
d. not required.
e. None of these choices is correct. - CORRECT ANSWER-a. critical because enzymes work best within
narrow ranges of pH.
A solution that contains one osmole of solute in one kilogram (kg) of water is called a
Select one:
a. 1% solution.
b. 1 molar solution.
c. 10% solution.
d. 1 osmolal solution.
e. None of these choices are correct. - CORRECT ANSWER-d. 1 osmolal solution.
What particle is formed when an acid loses a proton (H+)?
Select one:
a. buffer
b. conjugate acid
c. salt
d. conjugate base - CORRECT ANSWER-d. conjugate base
What structure does "C" represent on the diagram of the plasma membrane?
Select one:
,a. membrane channel protein
b. phospholipid bilayer
c. internal membrane surface
d. peripheral protein
e. integral protein - CORRECT ANSWER-e. integral protein
Which of the following activities is a function of the plasma membrane?
Select one:
a. digestion of unneeded cell organelles
b. recognition of bacterial cells by the immune system
c. transport of products from the nucleus to the endoplasmic reticulum
d. cell metabolism
e. detoxification - CORRECT ANSWER-b. recognition of bacterial cells by the immune system
What structure does "B" represent on the diagram of the plasma membrane?
Select one:
a. membrane channel protein
b. phospholipid bilayer
c. internal membrane surface
d. peripheral protein
e. integral protein - CORRECT ANSWER-a. membrane channel protein
What structure does "A" represent on the diagram of the plasma membrane?
Select one:
a. membrane channel protein
b. phospholipid bilayer
c. internal membrane surface
d. peripheral protein
e. integral protein - CORRECT ANSWER-b. phospholipid bilayer
, What structure does "E" represent on the diagram of the plasma membrane?
Select one:
a. membrane channel protein
b. phospholipid bilayer
c. internal membrane surface
d. peripheral protein
e. receptor protein - CORRECT ANSWER-c. internal membrane surface
Which of the following processes generates the most ATP within a human cell?
Select one:
a. glycolysis
b. lactic acid fermentation
c. oxidative phosphorylation
d. citric acid cycle - CORRECT ANSWER-c. oxidative phosphorylation
During DNA replication, how does each template strand eventually become two identical DNA
molecules?
Select one:
a. The two strands form continuously, catalyzed by DNA polymerase.
b. The two strands form continuously, catalyzed by DNA ligase.
c. One strand forms continuously, the other forms in short segments spliced by DNA polymerase.
d. One strand forms continuously, the other forms in short segments spliced by DNA ligase. -
CORRECT ANSWER-d. One strand forms continuously, the other forms in short segments spliced
by DNA ligase.
Which is the most superficial layer of skin that is composed primarily of living cells?
Select one:
a. stratum corneum
b. stratum lucidum
c. stratum basale
PHYSIOLOGY 1 – 2025–2026 LATEST CUMULATIVE
FINAL WITH MOST TESTED QUESTIONS (HARVARD
STYLE REFERENCING)
✅ Key Features:
Comprehensive coverage of the most tested A&P 1 final exam topics
Updated for the 2025–2026 academic cycle to match current curriculum requirements
Includes practice-style cumulative final exam questions with detailed rationales
Covers major units: cell biology, tissues, skeletal, muscular, nervous, and
integumentary systems
Every explanation supported with Harvard-style referencing for credibility
Structured to reflect the difficulty and scope of StraighterLine’s final assessments
📘 Best For:
StraighterLine students preparing for the A&P 1 final exam
Learners needing structured, academically referenced study material
Students aiming for strong performance on cumulative exams
Allied health, nursing, and pre-med majors seeking exam confidence and mastery of
A&P fundamentals
What is the smallest level of organization in the body that contains the body's genetic information?
Select one:
a. chemical
b. cellular
c. tissue
d. organism - CORRECT ANSWER-B. Cellular
The cellular level includes the nucleus, an organelle that contains the body's genetic information.
Which is an example of a normally occurring positive-feedback mechanism?
Select one:
,a. elevated blood pressure during exercise
b. increase in heart rate after blood loss
c. decrease in blood pressure after blood loss
d. stretching of the uterus near the end of pregnancy - CORRECT ANSWER-d. stretching of the uterus
near the end of pregnancy
Normal pH for blood is 7.35 to 7.45. Maintenance of the pH in this range is
Select one:
a. critical because enzymes work best within narrow ranges of pH.
b. not critical because extreme pH values do not affect enzyme function.
c. called denaturation.
d. not required.
e. None of these choices is correct. - CORRECT ANSWER-a. critical because enzymes work best within
narrow ranges of pH.
A solution that contains one osmole of solute in one kilogram (kg) of water is called a
Select one:
a. 1% solution.
b. 1 molar solution.
c. 10% solution.
d. 1 osmolal solution.
e. None of these choices are correct. - CORRECT ANSWER-d. 1 osmolal solution.
What particle is formed when an acid loses a proton (H+)?
Select one:
a. buffer
b. conjugate acid
c. salt
d. conjugate base - CORRECT ANSWER-d. conjugate base
What structure does "C" represent on the diagram of the plasma membrane?
Select one:
,a. membrane channel protein
b. phospholipid bilayer
c. internal membrane surface
d. peripheral protein
e. integral protein - CORRECT ANSWER-e. integral protein
Which of the following activities is a function of the plasma membrane?
Select one:
a. digestion of unneeded cell organelles
b. recognition of bacterial cells by the immune system
c. transport of products from the nucleus to the endoplasmic reticulum
d. cell metabolism
e. detoxification - CORRECT ANSWER-b. recognition of bacterial cells by the immune system
What structure does "B" represent on the diagram of the plasma membrane?
Select one:
a. membrane channel protein
b. phospholipid bilayer
c. internal membrane surface
d. peripheral protein
e. integral protein - CORRECT ANSWER-a. membrane channel protein
What structure does "A" represent on the diagram of the plasma membrane?
Select one:
a. membrane channel protein
b. phospholipid bilayer
c. internal membrane surface
d. peripheral protein
e. integral protein - CORRECT ANSWER-b. phospholipid bilayer
, What structure does "E" represent on the diagram of the plasma membrane?
Select one:
a. membrane channel protein
b. phospholipid bilayer
c. internal membrane surface
d. peripheral protein
e. receptor protein - CORRECT ANSWER-c. internal membrane surface
Which of the following processes generates the most ATP within a human cell?
Select one:
a. glycolysis
b. lactic acid fermentation
c. oxidative phosphorylation
d. citric acid cycle - CORRECT ANSWER-c. oxidative phosphorylation
During DNA replication, how does each template strand eventually become two identical DNA
molecules?
Select one:
a. The two strands form continuously, catalyzed by DNA polymerase.
b. The two strands form continuously, catalyzed by DNA ligase.
c. One strand forms continuously, the other forms in short segments spliced by DNA polymerase.
d. One strand forms continuously, the other forms in short segments spliced by DNA ligase. -
CORRECT ANSWER-d. One strand forms continuously, the other forms in short segments spliced
by DNA ligase.
Which is the most superficial layer of skin that is composed primarily of living cells?
Select one:
a. stratum corneum
b. stratum lucidum
c. stratum basale
