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BSC 3022 Questions with Answers (100% Correct
Answers)
1. Which of the following is an example of DEVELOPMENT?
a) separation of preformed fingers into individual digits
b) initiation of the menstrual cycle
c) wrinkling of skin
d) progression of stage I cancer to stage IV cancer
e) transition from atherosclerosis to heart disease
f) all of these answers Answer: a) separation of preformed fingers into
individual digits
2. Certain diseases often accompany aging, because _____
a) their likelihood increases as homeostasis declines
b) some diseases progress slowly, so that their effects are felt over time
c) exposure to disease-promoting factors is more likely the longer one
lives
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d) more than one of these answers
e) all of these answers Answer: e) all of these answers
3. Biological aging may be BEST characterized as a decline, then loss of
which of the basic features of life?
a) ability to grow
b) responsiveness
c) maintenance of homeostasis
d) ability to reproduce
e) use of energy
f) the storage and use of genetic information
g) evolutionary adaptation Answer: c) maintenance of homeostasis
Several of these qualities decline due to aging; however homeostasis
which involves numerous body functions is the BEST answer to the
question.
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4. Which of the following types of aging is NOT influenced by the
other types?
a) chronological
b) cosmetic
c) social
d) psychological
e) economic Answer: a) chronological
5. Which of the following can shed insight into human aging?
a) studying animal models
b) studying cultured human cells
c) longitudinal studies
d) cross-sectional studies Answer: e) all of these answers
6. The best term to classify arthritis, heart disease, and cancer is _____.
a) biological aging
b) cosmetic aging
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c) normal aging
d) disease Answer: d) disease
7. Which of the following body or health changes is an expectation of
biological aging?
a) formation of limbs, then individual digits in a developing embryo
b) increase in height during adolescence
c) decreased resistance to bacterial infection
d) heart disease
e) skin cancer
f) diabetes Answer: c) decreased resistance to bacterial infection
8. The overall number as well as the proportion of elders has risen
markedly in the U.S. in recent years, in part due to a decline in the
DEATH RATE of _____.
a) young children
b) young adults
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BSC 3022 Questions with Answers (100% Correct
Answers)
1. Which of the following is an example of DEVELOPMENT?
a) separation of preformed fingers into individual digits
b) initiation of the menstrual cycle
c) wrinkling of skin
d) progression of stage I cancer to stage IV cancer
e) transition from atherosclerosis to heart disease
f) all of these answers Answer: a) separation of preformed fingers into
individual digits
2. Certain diseases often accompany aging, because _____
a) their likelihood increases as homeostasis declines
b) some diseases progress slowly, so that their effects are felt over time
c) exposure to disease-promoting factors is more likely the longer one
lives
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d) more than one of these answers
e) all of these answers Answer: e) all of these answers
3. Biological aging may be BEST characterized as a decline, then loss of
which of the basic features of life?
a) ability to grow
b) responsiveness
c) maintenance of homeostasis
d) ability to reproduce
e) use of energy
f) the storage and use of genetic information
g) evolutionary adaptation Answer: c) maintenance of homeostasis
Several of these qualities decline due to aging; however homeostasis
which involves numerous body functions is the BEST answer to the
question.
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4. Which of the following types of aging is NOT influenced by the
other types?
a) chronological
b) cosmetic
c) social
d) psychological
e) economic Answer: a) chronological
5. Which of the following can shed insight into human aging?
a) studying animal models
b) studying cultured human cells
c) longitudinal studies
d) cross-sectional studies Answer: e) all of these answers
6. The best term to classify arthritis, heart disease, and cancer is _____.
a) biological aging
b) cosmetic aging
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c) normal aging
d) disease Answer: d) disease
7. Which of the following body or health changes is an expectation of
biological aging?
a) formation of limbs, then individual digits in a developing embryo
b) increase in height during adolescence
c) decreased resistance to bacterial infection
d) heart disease
e) skin cancer
f) diabetes Answer: c) decreased resistance to bacterial infection
8. The overall number as well as the proportion of elders has risen
markedly in the U.S. in recent years, in part due to a decline in the
DEATH RATE of _____.
a) young children
b) young adults
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