MEMMLERS ACTUAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND REVISED
ANSWERS (ALL ARE CORRECT)
The chemical category that includes fats and cholesterol is:
a.) proteins
b.) solutions
c.) carbohydrates
d.) lipids - Answer ✔ lipids
If a given disease is found to a lesser extent but continuously in a particular region?
a.) epidemic
b.) pandemic
c.) endemic
c.) mortality - Answer ✔ endemic
disease that spreads throughout an entire country, continent, or planet?
a.) epidemic
b.) pandemic
c.) endemic
c.) mortality - Answer ✔ pandemic
The positively charged particles in the atom nucleus are called:
a.) isotopes
b.) electrons
c.) protons
d.) neutrons - Answer ✔ protons
Which of the following is a mixture?
a.) sodium hydroxide
b.) sugar water
c.) hydrochloric acid
d.) table salt - Answer ✔ sugar water
,Alopecia resulting from cancer treatment is a(n):
A) iatrogenic disorder
B) disease that can be treated with antibiotics
C) autoimmune disorder
D) mycotic disease - Answer ✔ iatrogenic disorder
Another name for hypodermis is:
A) subcutaneous layer
B) reticular layer
C) papilla
D) deep fascia - Answer ✔ subcutaneous layer
The prefix neo- means:
a.) beside
b.) new
c.) below
d.) nipple - Answer ✔ new
Proteins are complex molecules composed of:
a.) amino acids
b.) water
c.) glucose
d.) calcium - Answer ✔ amino acids
The protein that makes up hair and nails is:
A) carotene
B) collagen
C) melanin
D) keratin - Answer ✔ keratin
The maintenance of constant body temperature would be difficult without the actions of
the:
A) meibomian glands
B) apocrine glands
C) sebaceous glands
D) eccrine glands - Answer ✔ eccrine glands
An objective indication of disease is called a(n):
A) prognosis
B) sign
C) symptom
D) etiology - Answer ✔ sign
,An infectious agent composed entirely of protein is called a(n):
A) virus
B) prion
C) rickettsiae
D) viroid - Answer ✔ prion
The structure that senses light touch is the:
A) free nerve endings
B) arrector pili
C) Pacinian corpuscle
D) Meissner corpuscle - Answer ✔ meissner corpuscle
The word part scler/o means:
A) dark
B) skin
C) blue
D) hard - Answer ✔ hard
An obligate intracellular parasite lives:
A) only in living cells
B) in vectors
C) in dead tissue
D) only in the blood - Answer ✔ only in living cells
Mr. M has erythematous flat areas on his arms and legs that are covered with silvery
scales. His father also has the same skin condition. The most likely diagnosis is :
A) shingles
B) psoriasis
C) atopic dermatitis
D) impetigo - Answer ✔ psoriasis
single-celled animals
a.) bacteria
b.) protozoa
c.) fungi
d.) viruses - Answer ✔ protozoa
The glands that may become blocked, resulting in blackheads, are called:
A) sebaceous glands
B) ceruminous glands
C) eccrine glands
D) apocrine glands - Answer ✔ sebaceous glands
A substance that has a name ending in -ase is most likely a(n)
, a.) enzyme
b.) lipid
c.) carbohydrate
d.) mixture - Answer ✔ enzyme
The breakdown of complex glycogen molecules into simple glucose molecules is most
accurately described as a(n):
a.) catabolic reaction
b.) anabolic reaction
c.) metabolic reaction
d.) synthesis reaction - Answer ✔ catabolic reaction
basic substance could have a pH of:
a.) 0
b.) 6
c.) 12
d.) 7 - Answer ✔ 12
A substance that dissolves in another substance is a
a.) solution
b.) solute
c.) solvent
d.) mixture - Answer ✔ solute
The body systems involved in communication and control are the:
a.) integumentary and reproductive
b.) lymphatic and urinary
c.) nervous and endocrine
d.) respiratory and digestive - Answer ✔ Nervous and Endocrine
he atomic number of iron is 26. How many protons does iron have?
a.) 13
b.) 26
c.) 39
d.) 52 - Answer ✔ 26
What bond forms between two atoms that share their electrons equally?
a.) hydrogen bond
b.) ionic bond
c.) nonpolar bond
QUESTIONS AND REVISED
ANSWERS (ALL ARE CORRECT)
The chemical category that includes fats and cholesterol is:
a.) proteins
b.) solutions
c.) carbohydrates
d.) lipids - Answer ✔ lipids
If a given disease is found to a lesser extent but continuously in a particular region?
a.) epidemic
b.) pandemic
c.) endemic
c.) mortality - Answer ✔ endemic
disease that spreads throughout an entire country, continent, or planet?
a.) epidemic
b.) pandemic
c.) endemic
c.) mortality - Answer ✔ pandemic
The positively charged particles in the atom nucleus are called:
a.) isotopes
b.) electrons
c.) protons
d.) neutrons - Answer ✔ protons
Which of the following is a mixture?
a.) sodium hydroxide
b.) sugar water
c.) hydrochloric acid
d.) table salt - Answer ✔ sugar water
,Alopecia resulting from cancer treatment is a(n):
A) iatrogenic disorder
B) disease that can be treated with antibiotics
C) autoimmune disorder
D) mycotic disease - Answer ✔ iatrogenic disorder
Another name for hypodermis is:
A) subcutaneous layer
B) reticular layer
C) papilla
D) deep fascia - Answer ✔ subcutaneous layer
The prefix neo- means:
a.) beside
b.) new
c.) below
d.) nipple - Answer ✔ new
Proteins are complex molecules composed of:
a.) amino acids
b.) water
c.) glucose
d.) calcium - Answer ✔ amino acids
The protein that makes up hair and nails is:
A) carotene
B) collagen
C) melanin
D) keratin - Answer ✔ keratin
The maintenance of constant body temperature would be difficult without the actions of
the:
A) meibomian glands
B) apocrine glands
C) sebaceous glands
D) eccrine glands - Answer ✔ eccrine glands
An objective indication of disease is called a(n):
A) prognosis
B) sign
C) symptom
D) etiology - Answer ✔ sign
,An infectious agent composed entirely of protein is called a(n):
A) virus
B) prion
C) rickettsiae
D) viroid - Answer ✔ prion
The structure that senses light touch is the:
A) free nerve endings
B) arrector pili
C) Pacinian corpuscle
D) Meissner corpuscle - Answer ✔ meissner corpuscle
The word part scler/o means:
A) dark
B) skin
C) blue
D) hard - Answer ✔ hard
An obligate intracellular parasite lives:
A) only in living cells
B) in vectors
C) in dead tissue
D) only in the blood - Answer ✔ only in living cells
Mr. M has erythematous flat areas on his arms and legs that are covered with silvery
scales. His father also has the same skin condition. The most likely diagnosis is :
A) shingles
B) psoriasis
C) atopic dermatitis
D) impetigo - Answer ✔ psoriasis
single-celled animals
a.) bacteria
b.) protozoa
c.) fungi
d.) viruses - Answer ✔ protozoa
The glands that may become blocked, resulting in blackheads, are called:
A) sebaceous glands
B) ceruminous glands
C) eccrine glands
D) apocrine glands - Answer ✔ sebaceous glands
A substance that has a name ending in -ase is most likely a(n)
, a.) enzyme
b.) lipid
c.) carbohydrate
d.) mixture - Answer ✔ enzyme
The breakdown of complex glycogen molecules into simple glucose molecules is most
accurately described as a(n):
a.) catabolic reaction
b.) anabolic reaction
c.) metabolic reaction
d.) synthesis reaction - Answer ✔ catabolic reaction
basic substance could have a pH of:
a.) 0
b.) 6
c.) 12
d.) 7 - Answer ✔ 12
A substance that dissolves in another substance is a
a.) solution
b.) solute
c.) solvent
d.) mixture - Answer ✔ solute
The body systems involved in communication and control are the:
a.) integumentary and reproductive
b.) lymphatic and urinary
c.) nervous and endocrine
d.) respiratory and digestive - Answer ✔ Nervous and Endocrine
he atomic number of iron is 26. How many protons does iron have?
a.) 13
b.) 26
c.) 39
d.) 52 - Answer ✔ 26
What bond forms between two atoms that share their electrons equally?
a.) hydrogen bond
b.) ionic bond
c.) nonpolar bond
