BSC Exam 1 UPDATED Exam Questions
and CORRECT Answers
What does the SQ3R method stand for?
A. search, quiet, research, read, and remember
B. sort, query, read, recite, and review
C. share, quiz, query, question, and read
D. survey, question, read, recite, and review - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ D. survey,
question, read recite, and review
What type of learner performs best with study groups?
A. visual/nonverbal learner
B. tactile/kinesthetic learner
C. any type of visual learner
D. visual/verbal learner - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ B. tactile/kinesthetic learner
What characteristic of life involves the removal of waste products that result from metabolic
processes?
A. irritability
B. growth
C. reproduction
D. excretion - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ D. excretion
In laboratory, you will study tissues. This area of study is known as __________.
A. physiology
B. gross anatomy
C. histology
D. cytology - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ C. histology
When we imagine a person exhibiting anatomical position, the palms of the hands are
assumed to be facing __________.
,A. backward
B. down
C. to the side
D. forward - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ D. forward
What best describes the directional term proximal?
A. toward the head
B. closer to the point of origin
C. toward the front
D. closer to the midline of the body - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ B. closer to the point of
origin
The hand is also known as the __________.
A. manual region
B. plantar region
C. pedal region
D. acromial region - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ A. manual region
What major organs are housed in the thoracic cavity?
A. stomach, intestines, liver, pancreas
B. brain and spinal cord
C. lungs, heart, esophagus, trachea
D. urinary bladder, reproductive organs - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ C. lungs, heart,
esophagus, trachea
The innermost serous membrane attached to the heart muscle is called the __________.
A. visceral pleura
B. parietal pericardium
C. visceral pericardium
D. visceral peritoneum - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ C. visceral pericardium
, A cell or organ that responds to the directions of the control center in a negative feedback
loop is termed __________.
A. a regulator
B. an effector
C. a stimulus
D. a receptor - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ B. an effector
The type of feedback that increases or enhances the effects of the variable is __________.
A. neutral
B. negative
C. positive
D. responsive - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ C. positive
What are the two major methods by which cells communicate to coordinate their functions?
A. positive feedback loops and negative feedbackloops
B. temperature gradients and pressure gradients
C. effectors and responses
D. chemical messengers and/or electrical signals - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ D. chemical
messengers and/or electrical signals
The thoracic cavity is situated superior to the abdominopelvic cavity and separated by the
diaphragm. Therefore, the diaphragm creates a __________.
A. midsagittal (median) plane
B. frontal (coronal) plane
C. transverse (horizontal) plane or cross section
D. parasagittal plane - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ C. transverse (horizontal) plane or cross
section
How does the effector restore homeostasis in a negative feedback loop?
A. The effector causes a rapid change in a variable.
B. The effector opposes the initial stimulus and shuts off when conditions return to the
normal range.
and CORRECT Answers
What does the SQ3R method stand for?
A. search, quiet, research, read, and remember
B. sort, query, read, recite, and review
C. share, quiz, query, question, and read
D. survey, question, read, recite, and review - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ D. survey,
question, read recite, and review
What type of learner performs best with study groups?
A. visual/nonverbal learner
B. tactile/kinesthetic learner
C. any type of visual learner
D. visual/verbal learner - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ B. tactile/kinesthetic learner
What characteristic of life involves the removal of waste products that result from metabolic
processes?
A. irritability
B. growth
C. reproduction
D. excretion - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ D. excretion
In laboratory, you will study tissues. This area of study is known as __________.
A. physiology
B. gross anatomy
C. histology
D. cytology - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ C. histology
When we imagine a person exhibiting anatomical position, the palms of the hands are
assumed to be facing __________.
,A. backward
B. down
C. to the side
D. forward - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ D. forward
What best describes the directional term proximal?
A. toward the head
B. closer to the point of origin
C. toward the front
D. closer to the midline of the body - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ B. closer to the point of
origin
The hand is also known as the __________.
A. manual region
B. plantar region
C. pedal region
D. acromial region - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ A. manual region
What major organs are housed in the thoracic cavity?
A. stomach, intestines, liver, pancreas
B. brain and spinal cord
C. lungs, heart, esophagus, trachea
D. urinary bladder, reproductive organs - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ C. lungs, heart,
esophagus, trachea
The innermost serous membrane attached to the heart muscle is called the __________.
A. visceral pleura
B. parietal pericardium
C. visceral pericardium
D. visceral peritoneum - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ C. visceral pericardium
, A cell or organ that responds to the directions of the control center in a negative feedback
loop is termed __________.
A. a regulator
B. an effector
C. a stimulus
D. a receptor - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ B. an effector
The type of feedback that increases or enhances the effects of the variable is __________.
A. neutral
B. negative
C. positive
D. responsive - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ C. positive
What are the two major methods by which cells communicate to coordinate their functions?
A. positive feedback loops and negative feedbackloops
B. temperature gradients and pressure gradients
C. effectors and responses
D. chemical messengers and/or electrical signals - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ D. chemical
messengers and/or electrical signals
The thoracic cavity is situated superior to the abdominopelvic cavity and separated by the
diaphragm. Therefore, the diaphragm creates a __________.
A. midsagittal (median) plane
B. frontal (coronal) plane
C. transverse (horizontal) plane or cross section
D. parasagittal plane - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔ C. transverse (horizontal) plane or cross
section
How does the effector restore homeostasis in a negative feedback loop?
A. The effector causes a rapid change in a variable.
B. The effector opposes the initial stimulus and shuts off when conditions return to the
normal range.
