BME 3 Exam 50 Questions with Verified Answers
Where will the course reading and discussion take place? - CORRECT ANSWER Perusall
You can finish the
... [Show More] entire course by week two, if you work hard. - CORRECT ANSWER False
How many quizzes are there during the entire course? - CORRECT ANSWER 10
What software is essential for this course? - CORRECT ANSWER Excel
Which category has no effect on your final grade? - CORRECT ANSWER Attendance
An IACUC (Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee) must have at least five members. One of these members must be a veterinarian. - CORRECT ANSWER True
What disease was George Minot diagnosed with when he was 35 years old? - CORRECT ANSWER Diabetes
The Flexner report on Medical Education in the United States and Canada concluded that: - CORRECT ANSWER Medical Schools should be racially integrated
Medical education needed to be reformed
What causes pernicious anemia? - CORRECT ANSWER A vitamin deficiency
Diabetes was first described - CORRECT ANSWER Independently by many different cultures
Around 1920, the amount of glucose in blood could be measured by an electronic meter. - CORRECT ANSWER False
Charles Evan Hughes, the US Secretary of State in 1920, was diagnosed with diabetes in 1920. - CORRECT ANSWER False
The best treatment for diabetes about 1915 was known as: - CORRECT ANSWER The starvation diet
During the summer of 1921, Fred Banting performed experiments on dogs. In one group of dogs, he tried to cause the dogs to develop diabetes by removing an organ. Which organ did he remove: - CORRECT ANSWER Pancreas
A child who develops diabetes typically loses weight. In 1920, the best treatment for this child would be to: - CORRECT ANSWER restrict diet, causing more weight loss
George Walden was the engineer at the Eli Lilly in charge of insulin production and purification. George Walden's major contribution was that: - CORRECT ANSWER He invented isoelectric precipitation.
The quantity known as pH measures: - CORRECT ANSWER The concentration of hydrogen ions in a solution
Arnold Beckman invented and sold one of the first integrated - CORRECT ANSWER pH meters
Fred Banting died in 1941 from: - CORRECT ANSWER A plane crash
In 1920 the company Eli Lilly was known for manufacturing - CORRECT ANSWER Capsules for drugs
X-ray crystallography can be used to - CORRECT ANSWER determine the three dimensional structure of a protien.
Hypoglycemia can be alleviated by injecting insulin. - CORRECT ANSWER False
This technique reveals the structure of complex molecules: - CORRECT ANSWER X-ray crystallography
Insulin from humans and cows are exactly alike. - CORRECT ANSWER False
Molecular dynamics simulations show that the structure of proteins - CORRECT ANSWER is dynamic; proteins constantly shake and bend.
A continuous glucose monitor measures blood glucose approximately once every: - CORRECT ANSWER Minute
When insulin is injected under the skin it has an immediate effect, lowering blood sugar levels within a few seconds. - CORRECT ANSWER False
The birth control drug Nexplanon is implanted under the skin. Nexplanon is an example of ________ applied to birth control. - CORRECT ANSWER Drug delivery
The Ames Reflective Meter was one of the first: - CORRECT ANSWER Home based blood glucose meters
Glucose Oxidase was isolated from: - CORRECT ANSWER A fungus
The loose control approach to managing a patient's diabetes can be characterized by the following: - CORRECT ANSWER freedom to eat whatever they choose and a single dose of insulin per day
A complete lack of vitamin A in a person's diet can lead to: - CORRECT ANSWER Blindness
Amputation
Deafness
Patients enrolled in the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial were randomly assigned to be part of the tight control group or the standard group. - CORRECT ANSWER True
One conclusion from the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial was that tight control: - CORRECT ANSWER Minimized long term complications
Beta carotene is a precursor to Vitamin A. The CARET trial showed that heavy smokers who took a daily 30 mg beta carotene supplement had: - CORRECT ANSWER The same rate of lung cancer compared to the control group
From the 1920s through the 1960s, insulin used by patients with diabetes came from which sources: - CORRECT ANSWER pigs and cows.
In 1976, a US city held hearings on the safety of recombinant DNA in research. This city was home to which university: - CORRECT ANSWER Harvard
When recombinant DNA technology was developed in the 1970's, a group of prominent scientists proposed a national ban on it, until: - CORRECT ANSWER The risks were better understood
An insulin molecule in circulating in your bloodstream consists of: - CORRECT ANSWER two chains of amino acids linked together by disulfide bonds
Several insulin analogs, like Lispro, Aspar, and Glulisine, are produced by Eli Lilly. These insulin analogs differ from normal human insulin by: - CORRECT ANSWER they act quicker or slower after injection.
Afrezza and Exubera are two different insulin delivery systems. These two systems both: - CORRECT ANSWER deliver insulin through the lungs.
A closed loop system for insulin delivery contains: - CORRECT ANSWER an insulin pump and a continuous blood glucose meter.
Off label prescribing is when - CORRECT ANSWER a physician prescribes a drug to treat a condition that was NOT approved by the FDA.
a physician directly hands the drug to a patient, bypassing the pharmacy.
a patient is prescribed a drug by a physician over the internet.
The drug propanolol has been approved by the FDA for use in treating anxiety. - CORRECT ANSWER False
The label of a prescription drug: - CORRECT ANSWER summarizes all the scientific information known about the drug.
In the 1960's Margaret Crane was working as a : - CORRECT ANSWER product packaging designer
The first home pregnancy test was called: - CORRECT ANSWER Predictor
The HbA1c test measures how much of this molecule is attached to hemoglobin. - CORRECT ANSWER Glucose
The self-orienting millimeter scale applicator (SOMA) is a device that might allow oral delivery of insulin, or an insulin pill. The shape of the SOMA is based on the shape of which animal: - CORRECT ANSWER a turtle
The HbA1c test is named after: - CORRECT ANSWER A line of hemoglobin observed on a gel. [Show Less]