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SAMPLE TEST QUESTIONS D
The purpose of this section is to provide a few sample test questions so that you can become familiar with the types of questions to be found on the exams and also practice to improve your test taking skills.
Directions: Using a pen or pencil on a separate sheet of paper number 1- 10 and record your answers to each question as you progress. When you have finished, then click on "Answers to Sample D" for a key to the correct answers.
1.Hepatitis A is
a. most often associated with post transfusion hepatitis
b. transmitted by contaminated feces
c. transmitted by blood, semen or saliva
d. caused by a bacteria
2. All of the following statements about Cushing's Disease are true except
a. a past exposure to tuberculosis may cause the disease later in life
b. it can lead to diabetes and osteoporosis
c. there may be the development of a "buffalo torso"
d. there is a deficiency of cortisol
3. Which is not a symptom of adult hyperthyroidism?
a. diarrhea
b. tachycardia
c. weight loss
d. intolerance to cold
4. Which of the following statements best typifies Type II diabetes?
a. it is most likely to occur in an obese person after the age of 40
b. it requires insulin replacement therapy
c. DKA is a frequent metabolic complication
d. it is an autoimmune disease that often has its onset in chidhood
5.Helicobacter pylori has been implicated as a causative agent in
a. cholecystitis
b. Crohn's disease
c. duodenal ulcers
d. hepatitis
6. During pregnancy the demands for insulin
a. remain the same
b. fluctuate widely on a day to day basis
c. decrease
d. increase
7. The condition best characterized by decreased peristalsis in the esophagus and the esophageal sphincter remaining open after deglutition is
a. achalasia
b. heartburn
c. diaphragmatic hernia
d. Celiac disease
TRUE OR FALSE
8. A decreased serum amylase level is associated with pancreatitis.
9. Kussmaul respirations are a sign of hypoglycemia
10. A hemolytic anemia is likely to produce an unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia