Answer Choices:
a. secretion of enzymes
b. regulation of fluid balance
c. production of blood cells
d. maintenance of body temperature
Answer:
b
Question: What is the process by which large molecules are broken down into smaller molecules to release energy?
Answer Choices:
a. metabolism
b. anabolism
c. catabolism
d. ATP synthesis
Answer:
c
Question: What type of adaptive immunity is a vaccine?
Answer Choices:
A. active natural
B. active artificial
C. passive natural
D. passive artificial
Answer:
B. active artificial
Question: The normal flora and microbiota of an individual can cause disease.
Answer:
True
Question: What type of arteriole supplies blood to the glomerulus?
Answer Choices:
a. interlobular
b. segmental
c. efferent
d. afferent
Answer:
d
Question: Internally, the kidney is divided into the medulla and the
Answer Choices:
a. cerebellum.
b. urethra.
c. cortex.
d. renal capsule.
Answer:
c
Question: You are hired as an epidemiologist for the following study. You wish to determine if potato salad, served at a local farmer’s market a month ago, caused an outbreak of a food-borne illness. You specifically interview individuals who had eaten potato salad and developed the illness, as well as individuals who ate the potato salad and did not develop illness. Based on this description, which type of study was conducted?
Answer Choices:
A. case-control*
B. cohort method
C. cross-sectional
D. experimental
Answer:
A
Question: Sickle cell anemia can be classified as which type of disease?
Answer Choices:
A. idiopathic
B. infectious, communicable
C. infectious, noncommunicable
D. noninfectious*
Answer:
D
Question: When the U.S. dollar depreciates against the Japanese Yen
Answer Choices:
a) U.S. exports to Japan are hurt
b) U.S. importers of Japanese goods are hurt
c) U.S. travelers to Japan are better off
d) All of the above
Answer:
b) U.S. importers of Japanese goods are hurt
Question: While providing health teaching for a patient diagnosed with bulimia nervosa, what information should a nurse emphasize? a. Self-monitoring of daily food and fluid intake. b. Establishing the desired body weight gain. c. Recognizing symptoms of hypokalemia. d. Self-esteem maintenance.
Answer Choices:
a. Self-monitoring of daily food and fluid intake.
b. Establishing the desired body weight gain.
c. Recognizing symptoms of hypokalemia.
d. Self-esteem maintenance.
Answer:
C
Question: Select the primary site of nutrient absorption.
Answer Choices:
a) The duodenum and jejunum
b) The ileum and duodenum
c) The stomach and duodenum
d) The jejunum and ileum
Answer:
a) The duodenum and jejunum
Question: The tsetse fly transmits which disease?
Answer Choices:
A. African sleeping sickness*
B. leishmaniasis
C. malaria
D. typhus
Answer:
A